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Believing There Is a Market for Westin-branded Vacation Ownership Products, Starwood Proceeds on 158 unit Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas Developme
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Believing There Is a Market for Westin-branded Vacation Ownership Products, Starwood Proceeds on 158 unit Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas Development ORLANDO, Fla.- Nov. 7, 2000 -- Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. is pleased to announce its newest Westin-branded vacation ownership resort at the acclaimed Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California. Overlooking the Pete Dye Golf Course, Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas is adjacent to the hotel and offers its owners and guests full access to the multiple swimming pools, fitness center and spa, restaurants and recreatio...
Manhattan Hospitality Advisors Appoints Former Starwood Exec William G. Sipple as Partner / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Manhattan Hospitality Advisors Appoints Former Starwood Executive William G. Sipple as Partner MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Nov. 15 - - Manhattan Hospitality Advisors (formerly known as Westergom & Assoc., Inc.), a leading hospitality real estate advisory firm announced the appointment of hotel and hospitality veteran William G. (Bill) Sipple to its firm as partner and member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Sipple has more than 24 years of executive experience in the hospitality industry. He was most recently Regional Director of Development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide where his d...
The 500-room WestCoast Anaheim Hotel Obtains $24,500,000 in Leasehold First Mortgage Financing / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The 500-room WestCoast Anaheim Hotel Obtains $24,500,000 in Leasehold First Mortgage Financing Arranged by Sonnenblick-Eichner Company LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2000 - Sonnenblick-Eichner Company announced today that it has arranged $24,500,000 in leasehold first mortgage financing for the 500-room WestCoast Anaheim Hotel located across the street from Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The WestCoast Anaheim Hotels excellent location within walking distance to both Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center and amenities results in it being the best three-star hotel product in the market...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Wayports Wired and Wireless Internet Installed At Four Seasons Hotel New York NEW YORK - Nov. 11, 2000 -- Wayport Inc., the travelers choice for portable, high-speed Internet service and traveler information, announces the availability of wired and wireless Internet access at Four Seasons Hotel New York, located at 57 East 57th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues in Manhattans premier shopping and business district. Guests and meeting attendees can now browse the Web, send or receive email and access corporate networks at speeds 50 times faster than traditional dial-up ...
Arizona Lodging Insights/ Third Quarter 2000 / Warnick & Co. / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Warnick & Company Arizona Lodging Insights Third Quarter 2000 State of Arizona / Lodging Market Performance / Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 vs. 1999 STATE OF ARIZONA During the first nine months of 2000, as compared to the first nine months of 1999, state-wide occupancy and average daily rate (ADR) increased by 1.8 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. The net effect was a very respectable increase in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) of 4.2 percent. Arizonas overall occupancy increased from 62.0 percent to 63.1 percent and ADR increased approximately $2.00, from $85.67 to...
Otaka LP Sells the 1,304-room Hawaiian Regent Hotel to Marriott International for $125.5 million; Will be rebranded as the Waikiki Beach Marriott Res
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Otaka LP Sells the 1,304-room Hawaiian Regent Hotel to Marriott International for $125.5 million; Will be rebranded as the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort HONOLULU November 16, 2000 - Marriott International Inc., (NYSE: MAR) today completed the purchase of the 1,304-room Hawaiian Regent Hotel in Waikiki. Purchase price was $125.5 million. The property will be rebranded as the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Marriott has said that it plans to eventually sell the hotel and take back a long-term management contract. Located on Kalakaua Avenue across from Waikiki Beach on land owned b...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Walter Banks, Owner of Ft. Lauderdales Lago Mar Resort & Club, Incoming Chairman of the Board for Florida Hotel & Motel Association TALLAHASSEE, October 31, 2000 - Walter Banks, owner and operator of Ft. Lauderdales Lago Mar Resort & Club, has assumed leadership of the Florida Hotel & Motel Association (FH&MA) as its chairman of the board. Banks will head the Association for the coming year. Joining him as concurrent officers of the organization are the following hoteliers: G. Gary Brown of Daytona Beach, chair-elect, owner and manager of the Sun Viking Lodge; Phili...
Southeastern Hotel Management Company Rebranding Six Studio Inn Hotels to Villager Premier Extended Stay / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Southeastern Hotel Management Company Rebranding Six Studio Inn Hotels to Villager Premier Extended Stay Agreement Will Add More Than 750 Rooms to the Villager System PARSIPPANY, NJ, Nov. 8, 2000 - Villager Franchise Systems Inc. today announced that six Studio Inn hotels representing more than 750 rooms in Mississippi and Florida will be franchised as Villager Premier extended-stay hotels. The hotels, developed and managed by Southeastern Hotel Management Company Inc. of Atlanta, GA, will be converted to Villager Premier hotels, the chains mid-market product, by years end. ...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western International Honing in on Strategic Marketing Plans Using TravelCLICKs Hotelligence Reports CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2000 - Richard W. Gray, chairman and co-CEO of TravelCLICK, Inc., announced today that Best Western International Inc. has subscribed to TravelCLICKs new Hotelligence Reports on a brand-wide basis. The new Hotelligence Reports will provide Best Western International, domestically and internationally, with access to historical electronic booking data from the Global Distribution System (GDS), including information on business sources, rates and length-of-stay patt...
The Torrequebrada Resort & Casino Being Acquired by Phoenix Partners L.P. for US$73 million / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Torrequebrada Resort & Casino Being Acquired by Phoenix Partners L.P. for US$73 million LAS VEGAS and NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2000 - Delmar A. Janovec, Chairman and CEO of AmeriResource Technologies, Inc. (ARET) (OTC Bulletin Board: ARET) and Mr. Joseph Del Valle, Managing Partner of Phoenix Partners LP. (Phoenix) have announced that Phoenix Partners has executed an agreement to acquire the Torrequebrada Resort & Casino located in Malaga, Spain for $73,000,000 million dollars US. As the financing for the acquisition has been successfully circled, the agreement is not contingent ...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Technology Matrix; How is a Hotelier to Determine the Best and Most Future Proof Solutions? Lynn ORourke Hayes - Viewpoint Topic November 2000 - Veteran hoteliers Bob Hazard and Jerry Petitt spent nearly two decades successfully developing and managing global hotel chains Best Western International and Choice Hotels International. More recently, theyve put their energies into developing more than 15 hotels for their own endeavor, Creative Hotel Associates. Now, the challenges arent fewer, just different. Never mind the nightmares associated with finding housekeepers in a tight la...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Atlantic Citys Tannen Towers Offered to Qualified Investors Casino-Adjacent Property Available for Hotel or Timeshare Redevelopment Atlantic City, NJ, November 29, 2000 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has been appointed to identify a joint venture partner for The Towers (formerly known as Tannen Towers), a vacant, luxury apartment building ideally suited for hotel or timeshare redevelopment. The 31-story Towers is situated at the main entrance to Resorts Casino Hotel and is a prominent feature in the Atlantic City skyline. Few are aware of the exceptional strength of the Atlantic City ...
Japanese Professional Baseball Player, Troy Neel, Acquires South Pacific Island Resort / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Japanese Professional Baseball Player, Troy Neel, Acquires South Pacific Island Resort 29 Nov 2000 - One of Vanuatus most loved island resorts has sold to a professional baseball player, Troy Neel and his wife, Jasmine. US and Canadian citizens, Troy and JJ are scheduled to return to Japan in late January when Troy begins spring training. A former MVP, Troy is a designated hitter, sure to take Erakor Island to new levels of performance. Created and developed by Sydney entrepreneurs Michael and Di Nicholas in Troy and JJ Neel, Erakor Chief, Mike & Di Nicholas Photo credit:...
Stonebridge, Owner and Operator of 30 Hotels, Shifts Focus to Full-Service Hotels / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Stonebridge, Owner and Operator of 30 Hotels, Shifts Focus to Full-Service Hotels DENVER November 15, 2000 A textbook example of how to build a hotel company is Denver-based Stonebridge Companies, a company entering its second decade of developing and managing properties throughout the West. Founded in 1991, the company was recently ranked the largest developer/owner of hotels in its home state of Colorado by Hotel Business, a leading hospitality industry trade magazine. Stonebridge owns and operates more than 30 hotels in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado and Washington. T...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Strategic Hotel Capital Selling the London St. Ermins Hotel CHICAGO - Nov. 21, 2000 - Strategic Hotel Capital, an upscale, global hotel investment company based in Chicago, today announced that its U.K. affiliate has reached an agreement to sell the first class London St. Ermins Hotel, anticipating the transaction closing late January, 2001. Strategic Hotel Capital purchased the 290-room hotel in 1998. This sale is in line with our stated goals of selling assets that we feel are not in keeping with our long-term strategic objectives. We remain committed to our focus on luxu...
The Embassy Suites Hotels Space Survey Defines Needs of Introverted vs Extroverted Guests / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Embassy Suites Hotels Space Survey Defines Needs of Introverted vs Extroverted Guests Frequent Travelers Venture Upstairs and Downstairs in Search of Space MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2000 - Room service, Pay-Per-View movies and private sitting areas or hotel restaurant dining, drinks at the hotel bar and sight-seeing between meetings. Men and women today have different needs and desires when it comes to personal space while traveling, according to Embassy Suites Hotels. The brand recently commissioned a proprietary survey of more than 300 frequent travelers. The Emba...
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Preparing to Open $32 million, 40,000 square foot Spa; Ellen McGinnis Appointed Spa Director / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Preparing to Open $32 million, 40,000 square foot Spa Ellen McGinnis Appointed Spa Director ASHEVILLE, N.C. (November 2000) What hotel officials expect to be the finest spa in North America will open at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa on February 28, 2001. The $32 million, 40,000 square foot subterranean Spa, located in the heart of the resort complex, will have taken nearly two years to build, and will be unique both experientially and architecturally, according to Spa Director Ellen McGinnis. McGinnis has personally selected and trained the Spa...
Softscribe Inc. Targets New Entrants Into the Hospitality Industry / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Softscribe Inc. Targets New Entrants Into the Hospitality Industry November 2000 - Business entry barriers lowered by the Internet are triggering a wave of cross-industry collaboration as more companies outside the hospitality industry seek to broaden their reach into that market. "We're a good example of that trend," said Michael Squires, president of Softscribe Inc., provider of technology marketing and sales services to vendors in and outside the hospitality industry, companies newly targeting that market, and small conference-oriented businesses. Softscribe's growth has really ...
Ulrike Schassberger and Thomas Meier Recognized as 'Young Hoteliers of the World 2000', by the International Hotel & Restaurant Association
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Ulrike Schassberger and Thomas Meier Recognized as Young Hoteliers of the World 2000, by the International Hotel & Restaurant Association London -19th November 2000 - Ulrike Schassberger, 28, junior hotel manager at Schassbergers Kur- und Sporthotel, a family hotel in Germanys Swabian forest, and Thomas Meier, 30, resident manager at the Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, are this years Young Hoteliers of the World 2000, the title conferred by the International Hotel & Ulrike Schassberger and Thomas Meier Restaurant Association (IH&RA) in recognit...
San Diego: Hot, Hot, Hot! / JMBM / November 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report San Diego: Hot, Hot, Hot! November 2000 - You cant help but notice downtown San Diego. The downtown area may have evolved more rapidly than any other in the California region in the last three decades. Today, an even broader and more ambitious development palette is emerging with a mix of Convention Center, retail, entertainment, hotel and condominium uses as well as public venues, such as the Ballpark. Why is the downtown area so hot? Jill Leibowitz of San Diego-based consulting firm Goodwin & Associates provides a succinct overview, The downtown area is unique in that it s...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Glenn Bonner, CIO of MGM MIRAGE, Selects SRDs Near Real-Time Data Warehousing Solution; Provides a Core Capability Years Ahead of the Competition LAS VEGAS - Nov. 8, 2000 - Systems Research & Development (SRD), a Las Vegas-based developer of strategic systems, has licensed its Near Real-Time Data Warehouse to MGM MIRAGE, Incorporated (NYSE:MGG), the first company to acquire this end-to-end solution. Near real-time data warehousing provides MGM MIRAGE with the ability to instantly recognize customer value across its entertainment properties. Most customer data warehousing system...
Pertlink and Contacts International Consultants Ltd H.K., Link-up to Deliver the World's First Ever Seminar on Service (SOS) to the Hospitality I
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pertlink and Contacts International Consultants Ltd H.K., Link-up to Deliver the World's First Ever Seminar on Service (SOS) to the Hospitality Industry Origins of the name Pertlink Pertinent - Having logical, precise relevance to the matter at hand Link - a connecting element Pertinent - Having logical, precise relevance to the matter at hand Link - a connecting element Hong Kong November 26th 2000 - Today, Pertlink (http://www.Pertlink.net), the global network linking Hospitality with IT, has formed a strategic partnership with Contacts International Co...
Stefan Genz Appointed Director of Sales and Brand Acquisition at Trust International / Nov 2000...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Stefan Genz Appointed Director of Sales and Brand Acquisition at Trust International ORLANDO, FL, November 28, 2000 -- TRUST International, subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, announced today the appointment of Stefan Genz as the new Director of Sales and Brand Acquisition. Mr. Genz will be responsible for business development, managing key accounts, and Internet distribution. Stefan Genz has eight years of experience in the travel and hospitality industries, most recently as Director of Sales at TRAVELClick. Previously, Genz managed a sales team at Accor Resort Hotels, where he was respons...
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April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Galileos Computer Reservation Systems Now Handle Multiple Hotel Brand Names, Creating a Cohesive Family Brand Marriott International is Launch Customer ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 28, 2000 - Galileo International, Inc., a global distribution services leader for the travel industry, today announced the launch of RoomMaster® All Brands, the most recent enhancement to the RoomMaster hotel booking system. All Brands is a valuable sales tool, providing hotel brands with maximum exposure of all their affiliated chains. Marriott International is the launch customer for this new one-to-o...
