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MGM Grand Detroit Casino Pays Gaming taxes and Fees Totaling $87 million During First Year of Operation / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report MGM Grand Detroit Casino Pays Gaming taxes and Fees Totaling $87 million During First Year of Operation DETROIT, July 28, 2000 - MGM Grand Detroit Casino, Detroits first gaming facility, will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday, July 29, 2000. Over the past year, MGM Grand Detroit Casino has donated almost $2 million dollars in food, clothing and monies as charity and community contributions, and has made a significant impact on the City of Detroit. The casinos have played an important role in the rebirth and economic revitalization of Detroit, said Mayor Dennis Archer, City of...
MGM Grand and Mirage Resorts Seamlessly Blended to Create MGM MIRAGE; Consolidated Net Revenue was $627.2 million for the Three Months Ended June 30,
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report MGM Grand and Mirage Resorts Seamlessly Blended to Create MGM MIRAGE; Consolidated Net Revenue was $627.2 million for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2000 Hotel Operating Statistics LAS VEGAS, July 27, 2000 - MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGG) today reported an 82% increase in net income, before non-recurring charges and preopening expenses, to $60.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2000 compared with $33.3 million in the year ago period. Including non-recurring and preopening expenses the Company reported a net loss of $19 million. Earnings per share, before non-recurring ...
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Elects Michael Chun as Vice Chairman / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Elects Michael Chun as Vice Chairman 28 July 2000 - NEWPORT BEACH, California Michael M.S. Chun, AIA, was elected to the newly created position of Vice Chairman of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WAT&G) by the firms board of directors. Recognizing Chuns value to WAT&G, Chaiman Don Goo said, In the 23 years he has been with the firm, Mike has excelled in many areas first, as a project architect, then as principal and managing director of our fast-growing Newport Beach Office, as a major client executive and as a member of the board. With his new ...
Marriott Full-service Brands REVPAR Climbs 8.2 %, ADR Up by 5.6 % and Occupancy at 81.6 % for 2nd Qtr / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Full-service Brands REVPAR Climbs 8.2 %, ADR Up by 5.6 % and Occupancy at 81.6 % for 2nd Qtr WASHINGTON, July 6, 2000 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today reported diluted earnings per share of $0.50 for the second quarter ended June 16, 2000, up 19 percent from $0.42 in the year earlier time period. Net income increased 11 percent over the prior years second quarter to $126 million. Reported sales totaled $2.4 billion, an increase of 17 percent compared to the 1999 second quarter. Systemwide sales, which include sales of managed and franchised propert...
Lowe Enterprises and Destination Hotels Acquire Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield, Illinois / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Lowe Enterprises and Destination Hotels Acquire Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield, Illinois DENVER July 7, 2000 - Beginning today, Destination Hotels & Resorts is the new manager and operator of the luxurious Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield in Springfield, Ill., as well as the Holiday Inn Express next door. Destinations parent company, Lowe Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of a pension fund client, finalized acquisition of the two properties from the Raynor Hotel Company. The properties will be transitioned to Destination Hotels & Resorts management today, July 7, 2000. Bob Van Ber...
Denise Lodrige Named Vice President – National Sales for Hilton Hotels Corporation / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Denise Lodrige Named Vice President - National Sales for Hilton Hotels Corporation BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.- July 17, 2000 -- Denise Lodrige has been named vice president - national sales for Hilton Hotels Corporation. Lodrige most recently served as managing director of sales for the Hilton Sales Worldwide office in Chicago. In this newly created position, Lodrige oversees management of the Hilton Sales Worldwide offices in the United States and works closely with the regional vice president - sales & marketing and brand managers to ensure that worldwide sales efforts are aligned with...
LodgeNet Now Provides Interactive Television Services to More than 690,000 Rooms / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report LodgeNet Now Provides Interactive Television Services to More than 690,000 Rooms Installs 4,000th Hotel With Interactive Television Services SIOUX FALLS, S.D., July 19, 2000 - LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET), the leading provider of broadband, interactive television services to the hospitality industry, announced today it has installed 4,000 hotels with its interactive systems and services. LodgeNet installed its 4,000th system at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, which opened this spring and is a centerpiece of Philadelphias Avenue of the Arts renovation project...
Affordable Database Marketing for Hotels and Resorts; Littleton Marketing Group and Republic Direct form Strategic Alliance / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Affordable Database Marketing for Hotels and Resorts Littleton Marketing Group and Republic Direct form Strategic Alliance TEMPE, Ariz. July 10, 2000 - Littleton Marketing Group, LLC, a hotel marketing company, has aligned with Republic Direct to form LMG Database Marketing. The partnership was created to bring the benefits of knowledge-driven database marketing to individual hotels at an affordable cost. Hotel chains are entering the database marketing arena in a big way, but the real opportunity is at the individual property level, gaining an understanding of who the custom...
Timeshare Technology Steps Up / by Elizabeth Lauer / Hospitality Upgrade Magazine / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Timeshare Technology Steps Up To view more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry please visit the Hospitality Upgrade Web site or to request a free publication please call (770) 953-2300 or email. By Elizabeth Lauer / Reprinted from the Summer 2000 Issue of Hospitality Upgrade Magazine, formerly the Hotel & Restaurant Technology UPDATE Magazine / elauer@hvsinternational.com As a consultant to hotel and interval ownership developers, I am privy to brilliant concepts for vacation lodging products. Timeshare developers have sought distinction by routinely reinventing m...
Park Place Entertainment Enters Into an Agreement to Sell the Las Vegas Hilton to Ed Roski, Jr. for $365 million / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Park Place Entertainment Enters Into an Agreement to Sell the Las Vegas Hilton to Ed Roski, Jr. for $365 million LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2000 Park Place Entertainment announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell the Las Vegas Hilton to Ed Roski, Jr. The transaction is expected to be completed by year end and is subject to regulatory approval. Total consideration for the property is estimated at $365 million, consisting of the following components: $300 million for the property, plant and equipment; $31 million for assuming all liabilities under the Hilton licensing ...
Laura A. Neumann Promoted to Regional Director of Operations at Benchmark Hospitality / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Laura A. Neumann Promoted to Regional Director of Operations at Benchmark Hospitality THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, July 23, 2000 Benchmark Hospitality has announced the promotion of Laura A. Neumann to the position of Regional Director of Operations. Sam Haigh, Chief Operating Officer for the company, made the announcement. Ms. Neumann will operate out of Benchmarks Midwest regional office located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As Regional Director of Operations, Laura Neumann will directly oversee five Benchmark properties located in the Midwest, including SC Johnson and Sons internation...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Keith Hymel, a 21-year Hilton Veteran, Appointed to Head up Hiltons Sales Technology Strategy BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - June 20, 2000 - Keith Hymel has been named vice president, sales strategy and technology for Hilton Hotels Corporation, effective immediately. Hymel most recently served as managing director, business organizational development, a position he held since March 1999. Hymel will be responsible for overseeing Hiltons sales technology strategy, which encompasses working with Hiltons IT team as a sales sponsor of Global Sales Force Automation, working with regional ho...
Klaus Bowers Named General Manager of the Year for Leisure Hotels / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Klaus Bowers Named General Manager of the Year for Leisure Hotels HUTCHINSON, KS - May 19, 2000 Klaus Bowers, Manager of Hampton Inn, Manhattan, Kansas, was named General Manager of the Year for Leisure Hotels, LLC as the fast-growing hospitality' management firm recognized the year's outstanding accomplishments of its hotel managers. The awards were presented during the General Managers Meeting at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Hutchinson, Kansas. "We're proud to recognize the achievements of our hotel general managers," said Wayne J. Heintz, Vice-President and Chief...
The Jolly Beach Resort Story; Eliminating the Confusion / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Jolly Beach Resort Story; Eliminating the Confusion Antigua, West Indies, July 17, 2000 - - The Jolly Beach Resort in Antigua, which is currently owned in a joint venture partnership between Tradewinds Resorts and Antigua-Barbuda Development, LTD. (ABI), has had a very confusing history. In its lifetime the property has undergone more than its fair share of changes in ownership, management and, of course, names. Below we start from the beginning and try to clarify what the property was, what it is now and what its going to be in the future. Originally opened in 1968 as the Jo...
John Murphy Joins Shell Vacations as its Regional Director Arizona Region / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report John Murphy Joins Shell Vacations as its Regional Director Arizona Region NORTHBROOK, ILJuly 21, 2000 -- A respected sales management executive with over two decades of vacation ownership experience has recently been appointed to head Shell Vacations Arizona resorts. John Murphy has joined Shell Vacations as its Regional Director Arizona Region where he has assumed executive leadership responsibilities for the companys three vacation ownership properties. According to Perry Snyderman, Managing Director of the Northbrook, Illinois-based vacation ownership company, John Mur...
Austrailian Hotel School Students Learn Principles of Thai Cooking at the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Austrailian Hotel School Students Learn Principles of Thai Cooking at the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya July 2000 - Hotel School, Hotel Inter.Continental Chef Lecturer Jacques Laurent is a great believer in the principle that the ideal place to learn about preparing Asian cuisine is in Asia, so he took a group of student chefs from the class of 2000 to Thailand to extend their culinary horizons. We attended Thai cooking classes at the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya, said Laurent where the students were taught all aspects of Thai cooking by Executive Sous Chef Wuthicha Kuilong, rig...
Joanne Kestermont Appointed General Manager of the Newly Renovated Best Inn Williamsburg Operated by Hostmark / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Joanne Kestermont Appointed General Manager of the Newly Renovated Best Inn Williamsburg Operated by Hostmark Williamsburg, VA, July 19, 2000 - Hostmark Hospitality Group, one of the nations largest independent third party hospitality management firms, today announced the promotion of Joanne A. Kestermont to General Manager of its newly renovated Best Inn, Williamsburg, VA. In her new position Kestermont will oversee the hotels operations, economic development and expansion. Kestermont brings 18 years of hospitality experience to her new position. Since re-joining Hos...
Jim Burba Leaves Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners; Named Director of Advisory Services for Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Jim Burba Leaves Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners; Named Director of Advisory Services for Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NEWPORT BEACH, California - 12 July 2000 - Internationally renowned for hospitality, leisure and entertainment architecture and design, the firm of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WAT&G) has expanded its consultancy practice and named Jim Burba as WAT&G's worldwide director of advisory services. With 25 years of experience in hospitality consulting providing strategic planning, development consulting, real estate and investment services Burba is well known and highly ...
Olympus Hospitality Group Collaborates with Interactive Sites for Web Presence / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Olympus Hospitality Group Collaborates with Interactive Sites for Web Presence Scottsdale, AZ - July 3, 2000 - Interactive Sites, Inc., the leading Internet agency for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce the Internet debut of the newly formed Olympus Hospitality Group and their exclusive collection of Rockresort properties. Designed by Interactive Sites, the groups dynamic web sites will bring the luxurious natural identity of their brand to the World Wide Web. The corporate site, www.olympushospitality.com offers company information, direct links to its property brands, ...
Hotels Scramble to Roll Out Broadband to Guest Rooms / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Scramble to Roll Out Broadband to Guest Rooms SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jul 18, 2000 - The World Wide Wait will soon be a thing of the past for hotel guests according to Cahners In-Stat Group, a high-tech market research firm. Business travelers frustrated by slow dial-up Internet connections while on the road are driving demand for broadband in hotel rooms and the hospitality industry is beginning to acknowledge the frustration experienced by their business guests who increasingly rely on the Internet and are accustomed to high-speed connectivity in the office. Businesspeople desire the s...
Compagnie des Alpes and Intrawest Developing 800 residential units and European Spa at the Village Les Arcs, France / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Compagnie des Alpes and Intrawest Developing 800 Residential Units and European Spa at the Village Les Arcs, France VANCOUVER, July 24, 2000 - Intrawest Corporation announced today its plans to build a signature Intrawest village in France. Through its partnership with Compagnie des Alpes (CDA), the largest ski company in the world in terms of skier visits (10.2 million in 1999/2000), Intrawest will develop a pedestrian-only village at Les Arcs, located in the Savoie region of France. Weve been asked by a variety of groups to become involved in Europe for years, but didnt...
ICR Conference Resorts Exceed Industry Technology Standards / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report ICR Conference Resorts Exceed Industry Technology Standards COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - JULY, 2000 - Conference resorts and executive conference centers managed by International Conference Resorts (ICR) surpass the technology capabilities of many comparable conference resorts and executive conference centers, according to criteria set forth by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). Each ICR-managed propertys technology capabilities includes on-site, property owned and operated audio-visual inventory and professionally trained technicians to provide in-depth progr...
Hilton New York Uses Technology to Humanize High-Tech Communciations / July 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton New York Uses Technology to Humanize High-Tech Communciations NEW YORK, NY June 28, 2000 -- Its been argued that pervasive technology may further dehumanize communications in the 21st century. The Hilton New York, however, is using 21st century technology to enhance communications between hotel guests and staff. From the installation of flat screen monitors that allow for a more guest-friendly front desk design, to the creation of an audio-visual control center linking all the hotels conference facilities, the Hilton New York uses technology to: further personalize th...
Atlantic Hospitality, Inc Assigns Management Contract for Holiday Inn Express, Plano, TX to Hudson Hotels; Hudson Hotels Corporation 1st Qtr 2000 Disa
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Atlantic Hospitality, Inc Assigns Management Contract for Holiday Inn Express, Plano, TX to Hudson Hotels Hudson Hotels Corporation 1st Qtr 2000 Disappointing ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 10, 2000 - Hudson Hotels Corporation, (Nasdaq: HUDS) (Hudson or the Company) today announced that it has executed a new management contract. The contract calls for the Company to be the exclusive manager of a Holiday Inn Express in Plano, Texas, which has just completed construction and is scheduled to open on Thursday, July 13, 2000. Hudson is focused on the middle market, unlike many of the large...
