David Riley Named VP of Catering and Convention Services for Wyndham International / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report     David Riley Named VP of Catering and Convention Services for Wyndham International DALLAS - Feb. 6, 2001 - Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE: WYN) appointed David Riley, vice president of catering and convention services responsible for directing the catering division and conference service segments in revenue generation.   Riley will also oversee the implementation of catering and convention standards in the company’s hotels and resorts while focusing on expanding Wyndham’s Weddings ByRequest program, launching Meetings ByRequest and a Chefs Series, to be rolled out during fall...

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Industry Veteran Don Landry Joins  HotelTools’ Board of Directors Joins John Russell  Atlanta, GA – February 27, 2001 - HotelTools, Inc., a company specializing in technology solutions for the hospitality industry, announced today that Don Landry has joined John Russell on HotelTools’ Board of Directors. Mr. Landry is a 30-year industry veteran most recently serving as Vice Chairman of the Education Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association (AH&MA) and as Vice Chairman, CEO and President of Sunburst Hospitality Corporation. Mr. Russell currently serves as Chairman of the AH...

Dorsey Brady returns to Hawaii as General Manager of the Outrigger Wailea Resort / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report    Dorsey Brady returns to Hawaii as General Manager  of the Outrigger Wailea Resort HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - February 7, 2001 - After four years as Outrigger Hotels & Resorts’ vice president of Pacific operations and general manager of the Outrigger Guam Resort, Dorsey Brady is returning to Hawaii as general manager of the Outrigger Wailea Resort on Maui. Brady, who assumes his new duties on March 1, 2001, replaces Jay Furfaro, who has left the company to assume a new post on Kauai. “Dorsey has done a superb job at the Outrigger Guam Resort,” said Perry Sorenson, chief operating of...

Dennis Blyshak Appointed Chief Financial Officer for Benchmark Hospitality / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report  Dennis Blyshak Appointed Chief Financial Officer  for Benchmark Hospitality  THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, January 22, 2001…Benchmark Hospitality has announced the appointment of Dennis Blyshak as Chief Financial Officer for the company and its subsidiaries.  His office is located at Benchmark’s Home Office in The Woodlands, Texas.  Burt Cabañas, Chairman and CEO, made the announcement. Mr. Blyshak began his career with Benchmark in 1987 as controller of Seabrook Island Ocean Club, located in Charleston, South Carolina.  At Seabrook, he was highly successful in directing the financial operati...

Hostmark Empowering Associates With On-line Hospitality Classes / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Hostmark Empowering Associates With  On-line Hospitality Classes Schaumburg, IL, February 16, 2001—All associates of Hostmark Hospitality Group, one of the nation’s largest third party hospitality management companies, can now take continuing education hospitality courses, without ever stepping foot in a classroom. The online course curriculum, called CourseLine®, is offered through the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Motel Association (AHMA).   “This is a tremendous opportunity for our associates,” said Christine Miller, Hostmark’s Vice President of Human Resources. “...

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Cornell’s Dean David W. Butler Leverages Hotel School Industry Relationships to Shape Hospitality Strategy Conference AH & MA’s John Russell Selected As Keynote Speaker Marriott’s William Tiefel and Hotel Capital Advisers’ Charles Henry To Co-Chair Conference  Ithaca, NY – February 22, 2001 – Citing the hospitality industry’s thirst for cutting-edge research and analysis, Dean David W. Butler announced that The Cornell Hotel School has leveraged its relationships with leading executives to make “real world relevance” the watchword of the fifth annual Cornell University Hospital...

Seattle Hotel Transaction Overview – 2000 / Colliers / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Colliers International Hotels INNvestment Seattle Winter 2000 Major Transactions - Western Washington INNvestment is published by Colliers International Hotel Realty Hotel Transaction Overview - 2000 Looking back at the first year of the new Millennium (or the last year of the old Millennium), it is easy to see that there was a sense of apprehension when it comes to hotel transactions. Although there was, and continues to be, lots of surface activity, very few trades of any significance took place. The primary factors influencing the slow year were; the limited resources for ...

Working With Consultants to Capture a Hotel Opportunity, and a Case in Point: The Broker / Colliers / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Working With Consultants to Capture  a Hotel Opportunity, and a Case in Point:  The Broker Hotel Buyer’s Checklist for the Use of Brokers by Irv Sandman, Graham & Dunn INNvestment is published by Colliers International Hotel Realty Selecting the right team of advisors is important in almost every real estate opportunity. Team selection and management is particularly vital when seeking to identify and capture an appropriate hotel opportunity. Why the Team is Vital—The Context.  The hotel business is multi-disciplined and complex. Finding and pursuing the right property invo...

Choice Hotels International Consolidating Five Reservation Call Center Locations into Three / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels International Consolidating Five  Reservation Call Center Locations into Three Choice Fills Key Posts As Part Of  Company-Wide Reorganization  SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 5, 2001 - Choice Hotels International, Inc. today announced it will create a new North American Call Center Network by consolidating five reservations locations into three. This consolidation is part of the company’s previously-announced corporate-wide restructuring. The company will concentrate its reservations operations in Grand Junction, Colorado (one of two existing locations), Minot, North Dakota, and ...

Charlotte County, Fla., Tourism Figures Rise in Fourth Quarter of 2000 / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Charlotte County, Fla., Tourism Figures Rise  in Fourth Quarter of 2000 By Christy Arnold, Sun Herald, Port Charlotte, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News  Feb. 22--Despite a slow December, Charlotte County's hotel and motel occupancy rates increased during the last three months of 2000.  The accommodations business saw fewer heads in beds during the month filled with holidays. Occupancy rates for December 2000 not only dropped from 1999, but also from November 2000.  Fourth-quarter figures were reported during Charlotte's Tourism Development Council meeting Tuesda...

The Caliente Tropics Resort Being Redeveloped from a 60's Palm Springs, California Motel / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report    The Caliente Tropics Resort Being Redeveloped from  a '60's Palm Springs California Motel  February 2001 - Caliente Tropics Resort, in Palm Springs, California, will reopen in March 2001 after a $2 million renovation.  Formerly known as the Tropics Hotel, the 90-room Resort is now operated by Townhouse Development.  Managing Partners Charlie Robles and Casey Jones have combined their 40 years in the hospitality industry which has included Four Seasons, Inter-Continental, the Kimpton Group, Joie de Vivre Hospitality, and major independent hotels, clubs and restaurants. Originally b...

Candlewood Reports Year 2000 RevPAR Up 11.8% 1999, Occupancy to 75.5% from 67.7% / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Candlewood Reports Year 2000 RevPAR Up 11.8% 1999, Occupancy to 75.5% from 67.7% Hotel Statistics Reports 104 Percent Increase in EBITDA for 2000 On 21 Percent Gain in Hotel Operating Revenues            More Mature Properties, Portfolio Expansion and the Benefits of Economies Of Scale Drive Performance WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 22, 2001 - Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.  (Nasdaq: CNDL), a leading owner, manager, developer and franchisor of high-quality, value-oriented, business-travel hotels, today announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2000.  In 200...

Choice Reports Domestic RevPAR increased 4.4% for 2000; Adds 144 Hotels Worldwide / Operating Information by Brand / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report  Choice Reports Domestic RevPAR Increased  4.4% for 2000; Adds 144 Hotels Worldwide Operating Information by Brand Recurring Diluted EPS Increases 7%                   SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 12, 2001 - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) today reported 2000 recurring net income of $58.4 million, or $1.10 recurring diluted earnings per share (EPS), increases of 2.0% and 6.8% respectively, over the $57.2 million in recurring net income and $1.03 recurring diluted EPS reported for 1999. The company reported recurring net income of $14.8 million for the four...

Craig Collins Named Senior Vice President and Yasokazu Terada as Vice President for Jones Lang LaSalle Offices in Asia / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Craig Collins Named  Senior Vice President and Yasokazu Terada  as Vice President for Jones Lang LaSalle Offices in Asia Singapore, February 26, 2001 — Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has reinforced its position as Asia’s market leader in hotel investment banking services, announcing a series of staff appointments and promotions to be effective immediately.  In Singapore, Mr Craig Collins has been appointed Senior Vice President.  “Mr Collins brings nine years of industry experience to the Singapore team, significantly strengthening Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ global leadership in providing sp...

Hotel Developer Choice Atlantica Opening Four Brazilian Properties / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Developer Choice Atlantica Opening  Four Brazilian Properties SÃO PAULO, February 12, 2001 – Choice Atlantica Hotels has converted a 94-room property in the city of Mogi das Cruzes into a Comfort Hotel and announced plans to add three more hotels to its portfolio by May 1. São Paulo and surrounding markets have been a primary focus for Choice Atlantica Hotels since the company’s formation in 1998. Located 46 miles north of the city of São Paulo, Mogi das Cruzes is a city of 300,000 people. The Comfort Hotel is the largest of the city’s three hotels and will undergo a renovation...

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What February 2001 Also: The Devil's Advocate: Readers respond to last month's article Jaunt of the Month: Virgin Atlantic Airways and One Aldwych Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm EUROPE At Grace Leo Associates, GM Regis Lecendreux moves from Montalembert to Lancaster, while John Petch moves up to the Corporate Office in charge of Sales and Marketing.  40-year-old Andreas Christodoulides, who had been Deputy General Manager for seven years, has taken over as GM of Le Méridien Limassol Spa and Resort, on the isla...

The Boston / Cambridge 2000 Lodging Market in Review / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report    The Boston / Cambridge 2000 Lodging Market  in Review February 2001 - In 2000 the Boston Cambridge lodging market climbed back to 78.5 percent after declining in 1999.  As expected, a strong convention year resulted in record occupancy and room rates for the market.  In fact, demand was significantly stronger than originally estimated and new supply was easily absorbed, allowing market occupancy to increase by more than three points.  While strong demand allowed operators to increase rates by 6.2 percent to a record high of $199.50, the rate of growth continued to decline from a h...

Hostmark Hospitality Associates Beta-Test Online Courses for Michigan State University / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Hostmark Hospitality Associates Beta-Test Online Courses for Michigan State University Schaumburg, IL, February 26, 2001—Hostmark Hospitality Group, one of the nation’s largest third party hospitality management companies, recently began offering online hospitality courses to its associates. The continuing educational hospitality curriculum called CourseLine® is provided through the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Motel Association (AHMA) and available to all of the company’s associates, from line associates through members of upper management. Some of the first Hostmark stud...

Hollywood Casino® Corporation Planning a $75 million Expansion of its Aurora, Illinois Casino / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report Hollywood Casino® Corporation Planning a $75 million Expansion  of its Aurora, Illinois Casino DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2001 - Hollywood Casino® Corporation announced today it is commencing construction of a major expansion of its Aurora casino. The expansion includes the construction of a new dockside casino, a new restaurant and entertainment lounge, and the expansion of the property’s existing buffet. The Company expects to be under construction by the end of the week, with the expansion scheduled to open in the summer of 2002. The total cost of the project is approximately $75 million, which wil...

Accor Reservation Portals Booked 1% of Total Accor Hotel Sales in 2000, Representing One Million Hotel Nights / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report  Accor Reservation Portals Booked 1% of Total Accor  Hotel Sales in 2000, Representing  One Million Hotel Nights  Paris, February 14, 2001 - In 2000, Accor booked one million hotel nights in the Group’s 3,500 hotels through its online and real-time hotel reservation portal. Every 31 seconds, a room is booked over the Internet In 2000, Accor recorded 12 million visits to its hotel websites (the accorhotels.com portal as well as the individual sites of its hotel networks: sofitel.com, novotel.com, mercure.com, coralia.com, thalassa.com, ibishotel.com, etaphotel.com, hotelformule1.com, ...

Alain Piallat Named President of Marriott Lodging of Canada / Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Hotel Online Special Report  Alain Piallat Named President of  Marriott Lodging of Canada Washington D.C.  - February 14, 2001 - Marriott International, Inc. today announced the appointment of Alain Piallat as president of Marriott Lodging of Canada.  In his new position, Piallat will oversee Marriott’s most aggressive growth period in Canada to date with an estimated 15 additional hotels slated for the end of 2001. With the addition of these new properties, Marriott International, recently listed as the “Most Admired Company” in the lodging industry in Fortune magazine’s list for 2000, expects to have a tot...

Accor 2000 Consolidated Sales Up Sharply; Hotel RevPar by country / Jan 2001

January 30, 2001

Paris, January 31, 2001. _ Accor consolidated sales amounted to EUR 7.0 billion for the full year of 2000 as compared to EUR 6,1 billion at 1999 year-end, up +14.8%.This rise reflects a significant increase in existing activities (+6.6%) as well as a considerable contribution from business development (+10.8%), and foreign currency fluctuations (+4.8%). Excluding assets disposals (Europcar), sales were up +22.8%. In the fourth quarter, sales were up +17.8%, and +7.9% on a constant structural and currency basis vs +6.6% in the third quarter. The increase of +14.8% on a published basis breaks down as follows:  growth of existing a...

Update: AH&MA Conventions – Spring, 2001/ Feb 2001

January 30, 2001

Update: AH&MA Conventions Spring, 2001 AH&MA Legislative Action Summit February 27 - March 1, 2001 Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC Uncertain times call for firm leadership to guide your business. Now you can have a voice in deciding how your business will fare in these uncertain times. Join hoteliers from throughout the country as the American Hotel & Motel Association lobbies Capitol Hill on behalf of the U.S. lodging industry. The fourth annual Legislative Action Summit is an important component of AH&MA’s efforts to support legislation favorable to our industry.  At the summit you will hear from in...

Andrea Carillo Bianchi Named TRUST International Director of Business Development for Europe and Asia

January 30, 2001

ORLANDO, FL, February 15, 2001  -- TRUST International, a subsidiary of international media giant Bertelsmann AG, today announced the appointment of Andrea Carillo Bianchi as the new Director of Business Development for Europe and Asia.  Ms. Bianchi will be responsible for the acquisition of new clients in the European and Asian markets from the Frankfurt, Germany office. Ms. Bianchi has worked as product manager for tour operator DERTour since 1998, where she was responsible for product strategy, planning, and purchasing for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean regions. “Andrea Bianchi is a critical addition to our business...