Reginald Beckham Appointed Director of Membership Services at HSMAI / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Reginald Beckham Appointed Director of  Membership Services at HSMAI WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 18, 2000) – The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has announced the appointment of Reginald Beckham, Jr. to the position of director of membership services.  In his role as director of membership services, Reginald will be responsible for developing and implementing membership solicitation and retention programs, communicating effectively with the membership, researching and developing new benefits programs, and distributing membership materials.  Reginald brings ...

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Pitfalls and Perils of the ‘Puter Path Traps for the unwary as they go about buying or upgrading their automated systems June 2000 / Reprinted from the Summer 2000 Issue of  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine . by - Jon Inge.  Jon is a featured writer of  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine.  View more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry at the Hospitality Upgrade web site To request a free publication please call (770) 953-2300 or email. “We need to get a new system.”  These words can strike both joy and terror into our hearts.  As many a tool-oriented pe...

The Procaccianti Group Acquires the Hyatt Hotel at Brookfield in Richmond, Virginia / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report The Procaccianti Group Acquires the Hyatt Hotel in Richmond, Virginia Company to Invest $10 Million to Upgrade to "Residential" Guestrooms  and Re-Flag to the Sheraton Brand RICHMOND, Va., July 3, 2000--The Procaccianti Group, a New England-based full-service hotel ownership, management and construction company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 376-room Hyatt Hotel at Brookfield in Richmond, Virginia.  The company plans to immediately begin a $10 million renovation to upgrade the exterior, guest rooms and meeting space and convert it to the Sheraton brand.Â...

Preferred Hotels & Resorts Accepts The Muse; About Preferred Membership / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Preferred Hotels & Resorts Accepts The Muse NEW YORK, July 24, 2000 – The Muse has joined 110 of the world’s finest independent luxury properties as a member of the prestigious Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Scheduled to open in August 2000 at 130 West 46 Street, the 200-room boutique property will offer exceptional service and upscale amenities in a refined contemporary setting. “The Muse’s participation in the Preferred Hotels program ensures that our guests will enjoy the highest level of personal service and hospitality,” said General Manager Mark Briskin. “Our goa...

Prairie Island Indian Community Suing Federal Government Over Proposed Wisconsin Casino / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Prairie Island Indian Community Suing Federal Government  Over Proposed Wisconsin Casino Says Interior Secretary Babbitt is Ignoring the Law  PRAIRIE ISLAND, Minn., July 17, 2000 - The Prairie Island Indian Community on Friday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to stop the United States Department of Interior (DOI) and Secretary Bruce Babbitt from acting on a proposal to build an off-reservation Indian casino in nearby Hudson, Wis., until DOI consults with affected tribes. The Hudson casino proposal was rejected in 1995 by DOI, but Babbitt recently agreed in the sett...

The City of Portsmouth and Rising Tide Productions Inc. Start Construction on Portsmouth Riverfront Performing Arts Center / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report   The City of Portsmouth and Rising Tide Productions Inc.  Start Construction on Portsmouth Riverfront  Performing Arts Center  Portsmouth, Virginia - July 11, 2000 -  The City of Portsmouth and Rising Tide Productions Inc. broke ground June 21, 2000, for the Portsmouth Riverfront Performing Arts Center in the South Harbor area of Portsmouth. The groundbreaking starts construction of a high-quality 6,000-seat outdoor performing arts theater and waterfront park that will serve three major needs: cultural arts, contemporary entertainment and city festivals. Participants in the groundbr...

Following a Strong Year in 2000, Rapid Supply Growth In U.S. Lodging Industry Will Place Pressure On Key Lodging Markets in 2001 and 2002 / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Following a Strong Year in 2000, Rapid Supply Growth  In U.S. Lodging Industry Will Place Pressure On  Key Lodging Markets in 2001 and 2002 NEW YORK, Jul 17, 2000 -  In a study performed last week by PricewaterhouseCoopers on 20 of the country’s largest lodging markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers further examined the impact that supply growth will have on the industry in coming years. PricewaterhouseCoopers categorized the markets by RevPAR and supply growth as follows:   “Favorable” markets are those where RevPAR growth exceeded U.S. RevPAR growth in the past two years, and where cum...

Paul Pressler Promoted to Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Paul Pressler Promoted to Chairman,  Walt Disney Parks and Resorts BURBANK, Calif.- July 13, 2000-- Paul Pressler has been promoted to chairman of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts business, it was announced today by Disney Chairman and CEO Michael D. Eisner, and President and COO Robert A. Iger.  Pressler, 43, has served as president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts since 1998, with responsibility for the company’s theme parks and resorts, the Disney Cruise Line, Disney Regional Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering. In addition, he has been responsible for the business’ long-ter...

Crowne Plaza Resort Anaheim/Garden Grove Installing Daylight Enterprise for Sales and Catering Automation System / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Crowne Plaza Resort Anaheim/Garden Grove  Installing Daylight Enterprise for Sales and  Catering Automation System  Product versatility, affordability and open data policy keys in decision Dover, N.H. – July 13, 2000 - Pacific Hospitality Group LLC and Daylight Software Inc. announced today that Pacific Hospitality Group is installing Daylight enterprise as its sales and catering automation system provider for the new Crowne Plaza Resort in Anaheim/Garden Grove, Calif. Located in the center of the revitalized Anaheim resort area, the Crowne Plaza Anaheim/Garden Grove will open in O...

Tapping the Middle East Market / PATA / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Tapping the Middle East Market Arrivals from the Middle East to Select Pacific Asia Destination Countries Middle East Traffic to India, 1999   Tapping the Middle East Market Arrivals from the Middle East to Select Pacific Asia Destination Countries Middle East Traffic to India, 1999 Arrivals from the Middle East to Select Pacific Asia Destination Countries Middle East Traffic to India, 1999 JUNE 2000 - The Middle East has been identified as a promising new market in the budgets of many a PATA NTO and gained added interest in the wake of the first o...

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report On Command’s In-room Television Platform Becoming Web-centric with Integration of STS Hotel Net Partnership Redefines Interactive Television Services for Hotel Guests SAN JOSE, Calif., and DENVER, July 31, 2000 -  On Command Corporation (Nasdaq: ONCO), the leading provider of the latest feature films-on-demand, interactive entertainment, and Internet services for hotels and their guests, announced today a mutually-exclusive joint venture with STS Hotel Net™.  The partnership will focus on integrating On Command’s television platform with STS Hotel Net’s customized Internet po...

Lowell Beebe-Center Appointed GM at the 170-room Hilton Garden Inn in Norwalk, CT / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Lowell Beebe-Center Appointed GM at the 170-room  Hilton Garden Inn in Norwalk, CT Valencia Rainey Appointed Director of Sales NORWALK, CT – July 6, 2000  -- Lowell Beebe-Center and Valencia Rainey have been appointed general manager and director of sales, respectively, of the new three-story, 170-room Hilton Garden Inn in Norwalk, CT.   As general manager, Beebe-Center will oversee all aspects of the hotel’s operations.  He will play an instrumental role in directing the completion of construction, staffing and start-up operations of the new hotel located at 560 Main Ave...

Winston Hotels and Noble Investment Group, Ltd. Align to Finance and Develop Two Hilton Garden Inns / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Winston Hotels and Noble Investment Group, Ltd.  Align to Finance and Develop Two Hilton Garden Inns RALEIGH, N.C., July 10, 2000 - Winston Hotels, Inc., (NYSE: WXH), a lodging real estate investment trust, and Noble Investment Group, Ltd., a leading private hotel company, today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance to finance and develop two Hilton Garden Inn hotels located in Atlanta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida and explore other similar upscale Hilton and Marriott opportunities. The estimated total cost for both hotels is $26.0 million.  Last week, Winston Hotels prov...

Top Hospitality Technology Professionals Assess Initiatives to Drive B2B e-commerce Across a Global Economy / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Top Hospitality Technology Professionals Assess Initiatives to Drive B2B e-commerce Across a Global Economy  Newmarket Accelerates Momentum in e-commerce Standardization DALLAS, TEXAS (July, 2000) – Using HITEC 2000 as an industry platform, Newmarket International, Inc. gathered an interconnected community of hospitality professionals, including representatives from the American Hotel & Motel Association (AH&MA), the Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards (HITIS) Advisory Committee, the OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), Microsoft Corp., and major hospitality corporations...

New York City Hotels Break Records for Rates and Occupancies During First Half of 2000 / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  New York City Hotels Break Records for Rates and  Occupancies During First Half of 2000 New York, NY.  July 24, 2000.  PKF Consulting’s latest Trends in the Hotel Industry report for New York City reveals that NYC hotels finished the first half of 2000 with occupancies of 84.4 percent, breaking all previous six-month records.  Average daily room rates for the first half of this year were also record-breakers at $224.83, an increase of 8.0 percent over 1999, all this according to John A. Fox, Senior Vice President in the New York office of PKF Consulting. “This is great news if you ...

Norman J. Cavin, Former VP and Brand Manager at Choice, Joins Baymont Inns as SVP of Marketing / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Norman J. Cavin, Former VP and Brand Manager at Choice,  Joins Baymont Inns as SVP of Marketing MILWAUKEE- - July 17, 2000--Baymont Inns & Suites today announced the appointment of Norman J. Cavin, a seasoned lodging industry marketing executive with extensive experience in the mid-priced segment, as senior vice president of marketing.  Baymont Inns & Suites is a division of The Marcus Corporation. Before joining Baymont Inns & Suites, Cavin, 45, served as vice president and brand manager for Choice Hotels International, Washington, DC. He has over 18 years of experience in marketing man...

Mark A. Briskin Appointed GM and Jennifer McMahon Appointed DOS for The Muse hotel / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Mark A. Briskin Appointed GM and Jennifer McMahon  Appointed DOS for The Muse hotel scheduled  to open in late summer 2000 NEW YORK, June 2000 – Mark A. Briskin has been appointed General Manager and Jennifer McMahon has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Muse hotel scheduled to open in late summer 2000.  Kevin P. Kilkeary, President and Chief Financial Officer of Interstate Hotels Corp., which is managing the project, made the announcement.  Located in the heart of the Theater District at 130 West 46th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, the 200-room Muse wi...

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  The Emerald – Apartment Suite Hotel at Mumbai, India  Now Affiliated with Best Western International New Delhi / Mumbai, - Best Western Hotels in India is proud to announce its affiliation with The Emerald – Apartment Suite Hotel at Mumbai, now to be known as "Best Western The Emerald ". Announcing the affiliation, Mr. Anand S. Gupta, President and CEO, Best Western Hotels in India said "This affiliation will now place Mumbai as well as the state of Maharashtra on the World map as a Best Western Destination. This is indeed another shining star in the Best Western horizon. The visitors ...

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Outrigger Mooloolaba International Beach Resort, Developed by  Forrester Kurts Properties and Bloomberg Incorporation Limited,  Opens on Australia’s Sunshine Coast HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - July 17, 2000 - Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has added another property to its Australian management portfolio with the opening of the A$84 million Outrigger Mooloolaba International Beach Resort, located in the burgeoning southern region of Australia’s Sunshine Coast.  Representatives from Forrester Kurts Properties and Bloomberg Incorporation Limited, developers of the project, officially turned o...

Mohegan Sun Setting Meetings Industry Precedent By Requiring MPI and CIC Certification of Key Personnel / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Mohegan Sun Setting Meetings Industry Precedent  By Requiring MPI and CIC Certification of Key Personnel UNCASVILLE, CT - July 10, 2000 - Mohegan Sun, the Northeast's premier meetings, entertainment and gaming destination, announced today the unprecedented step of requiring all its conference services staff and senior management to have their Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) or Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) designations. To further ensure that its conference services-related personnel are among the industry's most highly qualified, Mohegan Sun will underwrite the application and exam...

During 2nd Quarter Mohegan Sun Average Daily Win Per Slot Machine Was $497 Compared to $441in Prior Year / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report During 2nd Quarter Mohegan Sun Average Daily Win Per Slot Machine Was $497 Compared to $441 in Prior Year UNCASVILLE, Conn., July 27, 2000 - The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (“Mohegan Sun”) today announced operating results for both the third quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2000. Mohegan Sun reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, pre-opening expenses and fees paid to Trading Cove Associates (“EBITDAM”) of $65.1 million for the third quarter ended June 30, 2000. In the same period last year, Mohegan Sun generated EBITDAM of $62.3 million. ...

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea For Sale; Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Selected To Market World-Class Property / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea For Sale;  Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Selected To Market World-Class Property Maui, Hawaii, July 25, 2000 - Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has been selected to market the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea on behalf of SCP (Maui 5), Inc., the owner and developer.  The resort is a world-class, luxury property containing 380 guestrooms, of which 75 are luxury suites. "This is the ultimate trophy property. Many consider it to be the best hotel in Hawaii, so we expect the resort to be highly sought after," said Arthur Buser, Executive Vice President of Jones Lang...

Marshall Management and Encore Enterprises Investing $175 Million to Acquire/Develop 12 Hotels / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Marshall Management and Encore Enterprises Investing  $175 Million to Acquire/Develop 12 Hotels  BILOXI, Miss./SALISBURY, Md., June 27, 2000 – Encore Enterprises, Inc. a privately held hotel development and ownership group, and Marshall Management, Inc., a hotel management company that operates 25 properties nationwide, today announced a joint venture to invest more than $175 million to develop/acquire and operate 12 or more hotels in the premium limited-service and first-class, full-service segments over the next three to five years.  “We see this as an ideal combination of our res...

Maureen Mullarkey, Former CFO of International Game Technology, Joins Zoho as Chief Financial Officer / July 2000

March 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Maureen Mullarkey, Former CFO of International Game Technology, Joins Zoho as Chief Financial Officer Zoho Corporation Strengthens Executive Management Team with Addition of Hospitality Industry Executive SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 7, 2000 – Zoho Corporation, the premier online marketplace for the hospitality industry, today announced that Maureen Mullarkey, former chief financial officer of International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), has joined as its new chief financial officer.  IGT is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of microprocessor-based gaming products...