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Baymont Inns & Suites Continue Planned Migration from Economy Segment to the Mid-market Segment / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Baymont Inns & Suites Continue Planned Migration from Economy Segment to the Mid-market Segment MILWAUKEE, Wis., December 14, 2000 Baymont Inns & Suites, the mid-market, limited-service hotel brand of the Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), unveiled a number of new growth initiatives to its franchisees at the brands annual conference held recently in Williamsburg, Va. Reflecting the conference theme of A Brand New Vision, Baymont focused on the success of its strategy to reposition the brand in the mid-priced lodging segment and outlined its new strategies for growth. We have ...
Bass Hotels & Resorts Unveils Aggressive US$70m Plan to Expand Inter-Continental Brand in Asia-Pacific / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Bass Hotels & Resorts Unveils Aggressive US$70m Plan to Expand Inter-Continental Brand in Asia-Pacific SINGAPORE, Dec. 12, 2000 - Bass Hotels & Resorts announced today that it will make a bold move to expand and enhance its Inter-Continental hotel brand portfolio in Asia-Pacific. The company will invest more than US$70 million to establish or refurbish 14 new hotels in five markets over the next two years, including China, India, Malaysia, French Polynesia and New Zealand. The projected growth in inventory by Bass represents the largest expansion development for any five-star hotel br...
Ben D. Marcus, Founder of The Marcus Corporation, Dies at 89 / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Ben D. Marcus, Founder of The Marcus Corporation, Dies at 89 MILWAUKEE - Dec. 25, 2000--Ben Marcus, 89, founder of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS - news), died in his suburban Milwaukee home last night following a long illness. Marcus founded The Marcus Corporation, a Milwaukee-based firm with operations in limited service lodging, movie theatres, hotels/ resorts and restaurants, in 1935. He had served as the firms Chairman Emeritus since 1991, when he stepped down as Chairman of the Board, a position he held since 1972. Ben Marcus was, in a very real sense, the personification ...
BAA, the Management Company for Heathrow, Stansted, and Gatwick Airports Obtains The Best Practices Distinction for Efforts to Improve the Quality of
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report BAA, the Management Company for Heathrow, Stansted, and Gatwick Airports Obtains The Best Practices Distinction for Efforts to Improve the Quality of Life in Communities in Which They Operate Airport Management Companys Contract With The Community Cited as Best Practice NEW YORK, Dec. 15 - The Conference Boards Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (B.E.S.T.) initiative has recently named BAA, the management company for Heathrow, Stansted, and Gatwick Airports in the United Kingdom and worldwide, a Best Practices Company. The Best Practices distinction ...
Asutosh Hotels Begins Building Two Franchised Wingate Inn Hotels in Jacksonville, Florida / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Asutosh Hotels Begins Building Two Franchised Wingate Inn Hotels in Jacksonville, Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (December 6, 2000) Asutosh Hotels has begun building the second and third franchised Wingate Inn hotels in Jacksonville, Florida, with both expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2001. A four-story, 81-room property will be located on I-95 Airport Road, SW Quad, at the Jacksonville Airport, while the second one, a four-story, 104-room hotel, will be in Windsor Commons Park at Butler Boulevard and Hodges Road. Were very excited about the groundbreak of these hotels as...
Amy K. Johnson Named Controller for AmericInn International, LLC / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Amy K. Johnson Named Controller for AmericInn International, LLC Chanhassen, MN (December 11, 2000) Company Chairman and CEO, Lucius L. Fowler has named Amy K. Johnson as Controller for AmericInn International, LLC and other related entities. AmericInn International, LLC is the franchisor of the AmericInn® Lodging System. With nearly 200 locations open or under development, AmericInn® is North Americas fastest growing upscale limited service lodging chain. The AmericInn® Lodging System is dedicated to the concept of providing the best lodging value for our guests and will cont...
Steven J. Belmonte, President and CEO of Ramada Franchise Systems Inc., Named Chairman of the American Hotel Foundation / Dec 2000
April 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Steven J. Belmonte, President and CEO of Ramada Franchise Systems Inc., Named Chairman of the American Hotel Foundation PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 5, 2000 - Steven J. Belmonte, president and chief executive officer of Ramada Franchise Systems Inc. and executive vice president of Cendant Corporations Hotel Division, has been named chairman of the American Hotel Foundation. Belmonte was elected during the organizations board of trustees meeting in New York earlier this week. His one-year term will begin on January 1, 2001. He succeeds Thomas F. Hewitt, who served three consecutive years. B...
Amerihost Inns Running at 58.7% with $56.44 ADR for First 6 Months 2000 / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Amerihost Inns Running at 58.7% with $56.44 ADR for First 6 Months 2000 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, JULY 31, 2000 Amerihost Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: HOST) today announced its earnings results for the three months ended June 30, 2000. Total revenues for the second quarter totaled $21.8 million, up 14.2% from $19.1 million in the second quarter of 1999. The Company reported net income of $1.2 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, compared to net income of $797,709, or $0.13 per diluted share in the second quarter of 1999. For the first six months of 2000, the Company reported net income...
The Prince Hotel Group Installing VBN (Visitor Based Network) System Provided by inter-touch / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Prince Hotel Group Installing VBN (Visitor Based Network) System Provided by inter-touch Japan, September 20, 2000 - inter-touch Japan, a subsidiary company of inter-touch Pty Ltd, Australia, a provider of broadband internet services to the hospitality, business and related industries, announced today that its high speed VBN (Visitor Based Network) system, would be introduced into Japans leading hotel chain, the Prince Hotel Group. VBN enables plug and play connectivity to the Internet in a variety of environments. Many hotels are planning to install this technology to support the rapid...
Sealy and United Stationers Integrated with hsupply.com to Realize Extended Market Reach / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sealy and United Stationers Integrated with hsupply.com to Realize Extended Market Reach ATLANTA, Sept. 18, 2000 - e-Markets require more than simply signing up manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers. e-Markets must be integrated and embedded into the key processes of its suppliers. Helping those companies rewire the supply chain to seamlessly integrate channel processesproduct tracking, fulfillment, and paymentis the true challenge. hsupply is tackling such a vision tightly linking with its suppliers. Premier companies, including e-NITED Business Solutions, a division of Unit...
Instill, a Food and Beverage e-Procurement Network Added to the Zoho Online Marketplace / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Instill, a Food and Beverage e-Procurement Network Added to the Zoho Online Marketplace SUNNYVALE & REDWOOD CITY, Ca - Sept. 13, 2000 -- Zoho, the premier online marketplace for the hospitality industry, and Instill, the leading provider of e-business services for the $376 billion foodservice industry, today announced a strategic alliance to provide members of the Zoho Online Hospitality Marketplace access to Instills Purchase Web Network for food and beverage procurement. Zoho members will now have access to hundreds of regional and broadline food and beverage suppliers, including se...
WynTrac, LLC and iHotelier Integrate to Offer Reservations Package for Group Meeting, Leisure and Business Travel / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement WynTrac, LLC and iHotelier Integrate to Offer Reservations Package for Group Meeting, Leisure and Business Travel HOUSTON, Texas -September 27, 2000 - WynTrac, LLC, a leading housing and registration application service provider for the meetings and conventions industry, and iHotelier, a leading provider of customized e-solutions for the hospitality industry, have announced an alliance agreement that will integrate the two systems to offer the hospitality industry a complete reservations package comprised of total Group Meeting, Leisure and Business travel, and Online Ma...
Seventeen Atlanta Hotels Offer Wayport High-Speed Internet Access / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Seventeen Atlanta Hotels Offer Wayport High-Speed Internet Access How to Select the Best Internet Service for Your Hotel ATLANTA - Sept. 26, 2000 -The meaning of southern hospitality is quickly being redefined in Atlanta, with more than 17 local-area hotels welcoming guests with high-speed Internet access after recently joining the Wayport connection. The travelers choice for rapid-fire portable connection to online communications and information, Wayport service currently can be found in six Atlanta hotels, with 11 more hotels scheduled for installation by year-end. Guests currently ...
Waterford Hotel Group Holds Conference for GMs and DOSs from 40 Properties / $38-million 285-room Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton, CT, Under Con
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Waterford Hotel Group Holds Conference for GMs and DOSs from 40 Properties $38-million 285-room Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton, CT, Under Construction Waterford, CT More than 40 hotel general managers and directors of sales recently gathered at the Holiday Inn of Cromwell, CT for an extensive three-day training conference. Participants came from 27 properties in 11 states, all of which are operated by Waterford Hotel Group. The national hotel management firm hosts the conference twice yearly to share ideas, learn common procedures and foster the t...
Arizona Lodging Insights/ Second Quarter 2000 / Charts / Warnick & Co. / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Warnick & Company Arizona Lodging Insights Second Quarter 2000 Chart Index State of Arizona Metropolitan Phoenix Occupancy Average Daily Rate Revenue Per Available Room Supply and Demand Occupancy Average Daily Rate Revenue Per Available Room Supply and Demand Metropolitan Tucson Occupancy Average Daily Rate Revenue Per Available Room Supply and Demand State of Arizona Lodging Market Performance Chart Index State of Arizona Metropolitan Phoenix Occupancy Average Daily Rate Revenue Per Available Room Supply and Demand Occupancy Average Daily Rate Rev...
Arizona Lodging Insights/ Second Quarter 2000 / Warnick & Co. / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Warnick & Company Arizona Lodging Insights Second Quarter 2000 State of Arizona / Lodging Market Performance / Six Months Ended June 30, 2000 vs. 1999 STATE OF ARIZONA Arizona's lodging industry appears to have turned the corner. During the first six months of 2000, as compared to the first half of 1999, occupancy, average daily rate (ADR), and the rate of growth in rooms demand were all up, while the rate of growth in rooms supply declined. Statewide occupancy increased from 64.9 percent to 65.8 percent, a 1.4 percent increase. ADR was up by 1.3 percent, from $93.54 to $94.76. The re...
The Whitney-A Wyndham Historic Hotel Opens after $10 million Renovation to the 110-year old Whitney Bank Building; Joseph Schwingler Appointed GM / S
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement The Whitney-A Wyndham Historic Hotel Opens after $10 million Renovation to the 110-year old Whitney Bank Building; Joseph Schwingler Appointed GM Dallas (Sept. 14, 2000) -- Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE:WYN) and Whitney Hotel Limited Partnership announced today the opening of The Whitney-A Wyndham Historic Hotel in New Orleans. The 93-room hotel is Wyndhams fourth branded property in the Crescent City. The Whitney hotel was created as a result of a $10 million renovation to the 110-year old Whitney Bank building which is listed on the National Regis...
The PDA Group to Launch New Virtual Tourist Software / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The PDA Group to Launch New "Virtual Tourist" Software Chicago, Ill. September 6, 2000 - Jeff Norton, CTO of The PDA Group, has recently announced that the firm is set to release a new version of software presently being called Virtual Tourist. Partnered with IBM, the worlds leading information technology company, The PDA Group designed the software program, with IBM providing the database engine driving the system - a new product called DB2 Everyplace. The software will be downloaded onto personal digital assistants manufactured by Handspring. Handspring consists...
Las Vegas Destination Hotel Properties Enjoyed 94.1% Occupancy in July, 2000, a 1.7-point Increase over Last July / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Las Vegas Destination Hotel Properties Enjoyed 94.1% Occupancy in July, 2000, a 1.7-point Increase over Last July LAS VEGAS, Sept. 18, 2000 - Las Vegas showed continued growth in visitor volume, room occupancy and gaming revenue in the month of July, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). Overall visitor numbers increased 7.4 percent, to 3,106,011, compared to July 1999. Visitor volume was up 8.1 percent for the year to date. Clark Countys gross gaming revenue climbed to nearly $636 million, up 14 percent over the same time period last year. Strip proper...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Internet Raising New Questions About Value of CRS Franchisees are scrutinizing res fees in light of the Internets increasing share of the pie VerticalNet Means Business on the Internet Since 1995, VerticalNet has been the home of e-business to business. VerticalNet provides end-to-end e-commerce solutions targeted at distinct business segments. By Bill Gillette / September 2000 A tempest is brewing in the hotel-franchise business. Whether it turns out to be of the teapot variety or a full-blown storm remains to be seen. This particular ill wind swirls around the fact that consumers ...
A Grand Scale Lodge with148 Condominium Hotel Units andConference Center Proposed by Vail Resorts at Breckenridge Village / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement A "Grand Scale" Lodge with 148 Condominium Hotel Units and Conference Center Proposed by Vail Resorts at Breckenridge Village New base village envisioned to include 535 new residential units Resort Revenue for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2000 rose 16.1% VAIL, Colo., Sept. 13, 2000 - Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN - news) announced today that Vail Resorts Development Company submitted an application on September 7 to Breckenridge town officials detailing a master plan concept to develop 264 acres of land adjoining Peaks 7 and 8 and the Watson parking lot in t...
WorldRes.com Partners with Utour.com to Provide Interactive Tours for Lodging Properties / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report WorldRes.com Partners with Utour.com to Provide Interactive Tours for Lodging Properties Portland, Oregon - September 21, 2000 - WorldRes.com, the leading online hotel distribution network for leisure travel, and Utour.com, a B2B interactive visual content provider, today announced a partnership to provide interactive virtual tours for lodging properties throughout the country. Under the two-year agreement, Utour.com will capture and host the 360-degree, interactive tours exclusively for WorldRes.com member properties on a fee-per-tour basis. The first group of 100 tours will be available for...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Helmsley Hotels is Banking on Utells Reservations Technology to Compete in Marketplace PHOENIX & SINGAPORE (September 20, 2000) The world-famous Helmsley Hotels has signed a new agreement with Utell, the hotel industrys largest third-party marketing and reservations provider to represent its five New York properties which include the Helmsley Park Lane, the Helmsley Windsor, the Helmsley Middletowne, the New York Helmsley Hotel and the Helmsley Carlton House. Utell is operated by Pegasus Solutions, (Nasdaq: PEGS) a leading provider of end-to-end reservation distribution solutions to ...
eXitSource Providing USFS Brand Websites with Hotel Mapping Feature / Sept 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report eXitSource Providing USFS Brand Websites with Hotel Mapping Feature ATLANTA (Sept. 13, 2000) U.S. Franchise Systems (Nasdaq: USFS), parent company of the franchisors of the Microtel Inns & Suites, Hawthorn and Best Inns & Suites hotel brands, has integrated new mapping software on each of its brand web sites at www.microtelinn.com, www.hawthorn.com and www.bestinn.com to enable travelers to locate hotels by simply entering the city and state of their destination. The software was created by Norcross, Ga.-based eXitSource, formerly known as Interstate America. Our goal is to make thin...
