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Norwegian Norlandia Hotels Rebrands the Ronneby Brunn to Radisson SAS / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Norwegian Norlandia Hotels Rebrands the Ronneby Brunn to Radisson SAS Brussels, 1st November 2000 . Today, one of Scandinavias largest conference, business and resort hotels joins Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts. Ronneby Brunn, a spring resort dating back to 1705 has 265 guest rooms and suites. The hotel has been re-named Radisson SAS Ronneby Brunn Hotel, allowing the international hotel chain to put Ronneby, often referred to as the garden of Sweden, on the world map. Ronneby is situated in the south of Sweden, at about 500 kilometres driving distance to Stockholm. In this ...
Trendwest Completes Conversion of Former Colonial Inn in Reno into Timeshare Units / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Trendwest Completes Conversion of Former Colonial Inn in Reno into Timeshare Units REDMOND, Wash. - Nov. 27, 2000 - Trendwest Resorts Inc. (Nasdaq:TWRI), today announced the completion of its newest resort, WorldMark at Reno, Nevada. Earlier this year, Trendwest purchased Renos Colonial Inn, the areas landmark hotel, and has since converted the 168-room hotel into 64 fully equipped timeshare condominium units, including an on-site sales office. Within walking distance to several major downtown casinos, the renovated property will also include a swimming pool and fitness facilit...
Barbara McMahon, GM, Fashioning the Soon to Open 300-room Renaissance Pittsburgh / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Barbara McMahon, GM, Fashioning the Soon to Open 300-room Renaissance Pittsburgh McMahons background makes her the ideal leader of this refurbished gem PITTSBURGH, PA. November 2000 The redevelopment of the 93-year-old landmark Fulton Building into the upscale Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel scheduled to open in Spring 2001, is Barbara McMahons most exciting professional assignment to date. To be an integral part of Pittsburghs third Renaissance, says McMahon, ensuring that the integrity associated with [Denver-based hotel developer] Sage Hospitality Resources mag...
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts Begins Major Wave of Investment in the UK & Ireland Market / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts Begins Major Wave of Investment in the UK & Ireland Market Group Announces 16 New Properties In The UK By 2005 Brussels, November 2000 . The success of Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts current properties in London, Manchester, Dublin and Stirlingshire, has led to a new major wave of investment in the UK & Ireland market. Radisson SAS has signed contracts for four properties in Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham and Galway, Ireland, all to be opened by 2002, with a further seven under negotiation in Liverpool, Belfast, Bristol, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Stansted Airpo...
Radisson SAS Joint Ventures as Management Partner at The Radisson Hotel Waterfront (previously known as the Villa Via Granger Bay) / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson SAS Joint Ventures as Management Partner at The Radisson Hotel Waterfront (previously known as the Villa Via Granger Bay) Cape Town, November 2000 . The Radisson Hotel Waterfront in Cape Town set the stage for much celebration on the occasion of the launch of the Radisson brand in southern Africa and the grand opening of the Radisson Hotel Waterfront, attended by Kurt Ritter, President & CEO Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, on the 7th of November 2000. Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts is the joint venture management partner of the hotel, in conjunction with Radisson Souther...
Robert Penning Appointed GM at New Hampshire's Mountain Club on Loon / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Robert Penning Appointed GM at New Hampshire's Mountain Club on Loon SHELTON, CT November 16, 2000 Robert Penning, a hospitality industry veteran with more than 20 years experience, has been appointed general manager of The Mountain Club on Loon, announced New Castle Hotels, the hotel management and ownership company which manages the resort in New Hampshires White Mountains. As general manager, Penning will oversee all aspects of day-to-day operations at the resort, including the pending integration of restaurant operations under New Castle management. Prior to joining New ...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Robert J. Morse: Millenniums New President Interview with GHG Chairman Jim Butler November 2000 - In April of this year, Robert J. Morse was hired to be President of Millennium Hotels and Resorts, The Americas. Morse joins MHR from Meristar Hotels & Resorts where he was Executive Vice President of Operations. Prior to that he held senior posts with Sheraton, last as President of both the Franchise Division and Four Points Hotels by Sheraton. Commenting on Bobs appointment as president of MHR, John Wilson, Chief Executive of the London-based parent company (which has 116 hotels i...
Quality Brand Hotels Teams with Kraft Foods to Develop Buffet Breakfast / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Quality Brand Hotels Teams with Kraft Foods to Develop Buffet Breakfast NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 17, 2000 - First came system-wide inroom coffee by Maxwell House. Then came the Quality Sleeper by Serta, the first bed by a major manufacturer designed exclusively for a hotel brand. Then came the 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, the Quality Executive Room for business travelers, and a revolutionary Quality brand prototype. Today, in perhaps its boldest initiative designed to imprint the Quality name in the minds of travelers, Quality introduces Quality Beginnings, an innovative midmarke...
Hospitality Europe's Hotel Pulitzer, Amsterdam, Completes a US$33 Million Renovation And Joins the Luxury Collection / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality Europe's Hotel Pulitzer, Amsterdam, Completes a US$33 Million Renovation And Joins the Luxury Collection WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2000 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (NYSE: HOT) has announced that Hospitality Europe, owner of Starwoods Hotel Pulitzer in Amsterdam, has completed a US$33 million renovation of the landmark, five star property located in the citys scenic center. The Hotel Pulitzer now joins Starwoods prestigious Luxury Collection, alongside hotels such as the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan and the Prince de Galles in Paris. Throughout the r...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Proposition 65: Where Theres Smoke, Theres Fire! An Update on Tobacco Cases Employment Law Bulletin: California Supreme Court Okays Arbitration of Employment Disputes An Update on Tobacco Cases November 2000 - The Consumer Advocacy Groups actions against hotels has been continuing for two years now. As you may know, Proposition 65 (The Safe Drinking Water and Enforcement Act of 1986) requires businesses of 10 or more employees to provide clear and reasonable warnings, prior to exposing individuals to certain chemicals at significant (very minute) risk le...
Willie Lee (Li wei ying ) Focusing on IT Solutions for the Chinese Hospitality Industry / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Willie Lee (Li wei ying ) Focusing on IT Solutions for the Chinese Hospitality Industry Hong Kong November 13th, 2000 - Pertlink has formed a strategic partnership with Willie Lee (Li wei ying ) to help develop the China side of its business. Responding to the need to bring its unique services to this important marketplace, Pertlink will work through Willie Lee to share industry knowledge, and focus on bringing the very best IT solutions to the hospitality industry. Terence Ronson, Pertlinks Managing Director said; Im thrilled that Willie is going to be working with our tea...
People.com – Finding a Great Team of Employees Functioning Like a Well-oiled Machine / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report People.com Finding a Great Team of Employees Functioning Like a Well-oiled Machine By Charles G. Nehme, CHA, President of Citimark Hospitality, Inc. November 2000 People are the one commodity that you cannot dot com. You cannot design the person to fit the position and dot com him/her. Nor should you really design the position to fit the person either. In the hospitality business, one can dot com until the cows come home, but, without the right people, it is just another supplier of goods and services trying to make a buck. Whatever happened to the human element in ...
Winegardner & Hammons Receives Marriott's Partnership Circle Award for Fourth Consecutive Year / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Winegardner & Hammons Receives Marriott's Partnership Circle Award for Fourth Consecutive Year WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 10, 2000 Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) presented two franchise companies with the Partnership Circle Award during Marriotts annual conference for Marriott and Renaissance full-service brands owners and franchisees. Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. and John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. -- two companies that embody Marriotts vision of hospitality excellence -- were honored. Marriott executives, Bill Shaw, president and chief operating officer, and Steve J...
Hospitality Research Group Launches Benchmarker To Help Owners Analyze Hotel Performance / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality Research Group Launches Benchmarker® To Help Owners Analyze Hotel Performance Benchmarker® Compares a Hotels Performance to a Group of Comparable Properties; Shows Owners, Managers, and Lenders How their Hotel Stacks Up Against Competition Atlanta, GA. November 8, 2000. The Hospitality Research Group, the research affiliate of PKF Consulting, announced that it is going nationwide with its launch of a service to help measure the effectiveness of a hotels financial performance, according Dr. Jack Corgel, Director of Applied Re...
Pegasus Solutions, Inc. to Acquire All or Part of Global Enterprise Technology Solutions LLC, A Provider of Hotel Property Systems to 3,000 Hotels /
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pegasus Solutions, Inc. to Acquire All or Part of Global Enterprise Technology Solutions LLC, A Provider of Hotel Property Systems to 3,000 Hotels DALLAS and PHOENIX, Nov. 1, 2000 - Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire all or part ownership of Global Enterprise Technology Solutions LLC (GETS), a provider of hotel property systems to nearly 3,000 hotels worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Pegasus will initiate the acquisition by acquiring a 20% interest for a combination of Pegasus common stock and cash tot...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Outrigger Hotels & Resort Automating 24 Properties with Newmarkets Delphi Multi-Property Edition Availability of live e-Learning via Virtual Classroom a major factor in Selection Process PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - November 8, 2000 - Newmarket International, Inc. announced today that Honolulu-based Outrigger Hotels & Resorts is automating its 24 properties with Delphi Multi-Property Edition (Delphi MPE), Newmarkets thin-client enterprise application for multiple properties sold in one system. Outrigger will install Delphi MPE at its corporate headquarters in Honolulu, enabling its...
Maximizing the Value of Available Rooms – Putting Barter to Work / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Maximizing the Value of Available Rooms - Putting Barter to Work Luxury Hotels and Resorts Increase Occupancy and Revenues During Off Season Through Barter New York, NY, October 22, 2000- Innovative Travel Marketing (ITM) is impacting the occupancy and cash flow of luxury hotels and resorts during the off-season by accepting available rooms as currency in exchange for advertising services. Hoteliers know that the value of unrealized room revenue can never be recovered. However, available inventory can be used to increase occupancy and profit. ITMs services offset p...
Orient-Express Hotels Reports RevPAR Growth at the European Hotels was 12% for the Nine Months; 13% at North American Properties / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Orient-Express Hotels Reports RevPAR Growth at European Hotels was 12% for Nine Months 2000; 13% at North American Properties November 6, 2000 - Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE: OEH) which completed its initial public offering on August 9, 2000 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange the following day, made its first quarterly earnings release to its shareholders today. For the quarter ended September 30, 2000, earnings before interest, tax and depreciation (EBITDA) were $22.6 million, up 14% from the prior year period, on revenue of $73.3 million, while net income was $10.7...
Roland Nilsson, President & CEO of Scandic Hotels, Named 'Leader of the Year,' Within the Swedish Business Community / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Roland Nilsson, President & CEO of Scandic Hotels, Named Leader of the Year, Within the Swedish Business Community STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nov. 22, 2000 -- Roland Nilsson, President & CEO of Scandic Hotels, has been named Leader of the Year, in Sweden. The recognition as Leader of the Year is being awarded for the sixteenth time by the recruiting company Futurestep and the Affarsvarlden business weekly. The naming of Leader of the Year is intended to focus attention on positive role models within the Swedish business community. Decentralized service companies mu...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report NewspaperDirects Newspaper Delivery Network is Growing! November 13, 2000 Heres a quick look at our recent achievements Kempinski Hotels & Resorts signs chain-wide deal: Kempinski Hotels & Resorts, one of the worlds leading hospitality providers will be installing the NewspaperDirect service in all the hotels in their chain. With this agreement, our on-demand-printing newspaper service will soon be available at an additional 26 hotels throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shinbum now available: Mainichi Shimbun, the worlds fifth largest newspaper ...
NewspaperDirect Partners with Leading Luxury Hotel Chain / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report NewspaperDirect Partners with Leading Luxury Hotel Chain Kempinski Hotels & Resorts Offer International Newspapers New York, NY, November 7, 2000 - NewspaperDirect, the leading innovator in electronic newspaper delivery, and Kempinski Hotels & Resorts, one of the worlds leading hospitality providers, announced today that they are entering an agreement to install NewspaperDirects unique electronic newspaper delivery service in all Kempinski Hotels. The agreement will see NewspaperDirect offered at up to 26 luxury hotels throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Were ex...
Leveraging New Development and Turnarounds for Twenty Years – New Castle Hotels / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Leveraging New Development and Turnarounds for Twenty Years - New Castle Hotels SHELTON, CT November 6, 2000 New Castle Hotels, a leading independent operator and developer of up-scale hotels, resorts and conference centers in the United States and Canada, is celebrating its 20th anniversary of leveraging new development and turnaround opportunities into steady, directed growth. David J. Buffam founded the company in 1980. Two years later, the company acquired its first hotel, a 100-room property in Bangor, ME. Today, New Castle Hotels owns and/or operates 21 hotel and r...
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Promotes Clint Nagata, AIA, Designer of a Number of Major Hotel Projects / Nov 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Promotes Clint Nagata, AIA, Designer of a Number of Major Hotel Projects HONOLULURonald J. Holecek, AIA, president and chief executive officer of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Architects, Designers and Consultants (WATG), has announced the promotion of Clint Nagata, AIA, to associate. Nagata, since joining WATG in 1994, has been responsible for the organization and supervision of various projects from conceptual design through design development. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Hawaii and is a licensed architect in Ha...
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Former Office Space at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Converted to the Award Winning Na Hoola Spa HONOLULU - November 3, 2000 - The Na Hoola Spa at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa was named a Grand Award winner in the 15th Annual Renaissance Remodeling Competition. Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), the projects architects and interior designers, were credited with converting two floors of offices and storage space into the first world-class spa in Waikiki. Dick Pacific Construction Company was the contractor for this 10,000-square-foot renovation project. ...
