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Recent California Supreme Court Ruling: Wages Due for 'Non-Working' Employees / JMBM / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Recent California Supreme Court Ruling: Wages Due for "Non-Working" Employees August 2000 - In Morillion v. Royal Packing Co. the California Supreme Court recently held unanimously that when an employer requires employees to report to a designated meeting place and travel on company buses, the employer was required to compensate the workers for that travel time, despite the fact that workers were allowed to sleep or read while on the bus. The Trial Court Found for the Employer. In a class action suit led by farm worker Jose Morillion, workers for Royal Packing argued that they ...
Dolce Owned Vaalsbroek in The Netherlands Completes $10 million Expansion / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Dolce Owned Vaalsbroek in The Netherlands Completes $10 million Expansion VAALS, THE NETHERLANDS (August 3, 2000). Vaalsbroek, a Dolce-owned and managed conference hotel in the Vaals region of The Netherlands, has just completed a $10-million renovation and expansion project growing the property to 130 guestrooms and 22 meeting rooms. A new, extensive spa was also added -- Dolce Vital Beauty and Health -- which features an indoor pool, fitness room and spa offering massage, aroma therapy, Finnish sauna and a beauty salon. Cynthia Schneider, U.S. Ambassador to The Netherlands, offici...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Stratosphere Hotel and AmeriTel Inns Tap VIPs Expertise in Electronic Distribution to Drive Revenue Calgary, Alberta, Canada August 24, 2000 - VIP International Corporation, electronic distribution provider for over 3,400 hotels and car rental locations, announced two new clients that together demonstrate how VIP makes a smart fit for large independent properties as well as hotel chains. The Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, and Ameritel Inns of Idaho join a growing group of properties attracted to the VIP reservation model. VIP International electronically dis...
Union Campaigns: Focus on Hotels / JMBM / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Union Campaigns: Focus on Hotels August 2000 New Campaigns are Launched. As part of a nation-wide effort, the AFL-CIO has boldly announced its intent to turn Los Angeles into a "union town" by 2002. Its main target: hotels and allied sectors of the hospitality industry. Just last month, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union ("HERE") held a rally in Santa Monica, California to announce that it is targeting Los Angeles hotels for union organizing. More than half of the upscale hotel rooms in downtown Los Angeles are union. Now, HERE says it will target all Westside hotel...
The 237-room Isle of Capri Black Hawk Hotel Opens in Black Hawk, Colorado / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The 237-room Isle of Capri Black Hawk Hotel Opens in Black Hawk, Colorado Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. Announces Quarterly Earnings UWINs 1st Quarter Net Income $2,857,302 or $0.28 Per Common Share Isle of Capri Black Hawk 1st Quarter Revenue $27.8 Million Isle of Capri Black Hawk 1st Quarter EBITDA $7.2 Million Isle of Capri Black Hawk 1st Quarter Net Income $3.2 Million August 22. 2000 - Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UWIN; BSE: UWN), a resorts and entertainment company, announced today the continued prosperity of its Isle of Capri Casino in B...
National Trust Historic Hotels of America Creates Committees to to Develop Marketing Initiatives / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report National Trust Historic Hotels of America Creates Committees to to Develop Marketing Initiatives WASHINGTON, D.C., August 9, 2000 -- National Trust Historic Hotels of America, a collection of 150 historically significant hotels, announces the creation of two committees: the business partnership and the technology committee. These committees will help us to anticipate trends within the hospitality industry allowing Historic Hotels of America to develop marketing initiatives through corporate alliances and new media outlets, said James C. Bradbury, chairman of National Trust Histo...
Travel Scams: A Product for Unscrupulous Travel Marketers / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Travel Scams: A Product of Unscrupulous Travel Marketers August 23, 2000 - A South Carolina man got an unsolicited fax at his office offering a vacation deal he couldnt refuse. He quickly called to book the trip, looking forward to the comfortable resort accommodations, free breakfasts and special cruise outing promised in the fax. But when he arrived at the resort, he learned that the free cruise would cost him $200, and that to get his room upgraded to the level promised and receive his complimentary breakfasts, hed have to attend a sales seminar on timeshares. When a Florid...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Loews Hotels, Inc. Utilizing TravelCLICKs Phaser and Hotelligence Reports for Detailed Rate and Reservation Reports Specific to Their Competitive Set Chicago, Aug 21, 2000 - Richard W. Gray, chairman and co-CEO of TravelCLICK, Inc., announced today that Loews Hotels, Inc. has subscribed to TravelCLICKs Phaser and Hotelligence Reports data product lines on a brand-wide basis. The new Phaser and Hotelligence Reports will provide each of Loews 16 U.S. and Canadian properties with detailed rate and reservation reports specific to their competitive set. This historical and futu...
Hotel Transactions In 2000 Are On The Upswing, While Per-Room Sales Price Remains Strong / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Transactions In 2000 Are On The Upswing, While Per-Room Sales Price Remains Strong August 7, 2000 - HVS International, the leading global hospitality consulting and hotel appraisal firm, has tracked 70 major hotel transactions from January through June of 2000, at an average per-room sale price of $131,000 according to HVS Director of Research Stephen Hennis. We tracked 118 major transactions in all of 1999, and predicted the number to be comparable for 2000, Hennis states. There were few sales during the first quarter of 2000, primarily due to fears relating to Y2K and i...
Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC. Formed by Industry Veterans to Sell Hotel Assets / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC. Formed by Industry Veterans to Sell Hotel Assets ATLANTA, Georgia - August 3, 2000 Keith Thompson, Al Calhoun and Mark Fair today announced the formation of Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC. The hotel brokerage firm, in partnership with The Plasencia Group, will specialize in the sale of hotels. According to Al Calhoun, the firms President, the venture will be named Thompson Calhoun Fair- In Partnership with The Plasencia Group. The new firm, in which The Plasencia Group is an investor, brings together the resources, talents and industry relationships...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report GreatHotelsOnline.com Chooses TENonlines Level 2000 Technology to Power Its Chic New Luxury 4 and 5 Star Hotel Website LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2000 - Luxury hotel website, GreatHotelsOnline.com, joined forces with TENonline, a division of Whale Media, Inc. and an innovative provider of web-based inventory management and distribution marketing and technology solutions, to present business and leisure travelers preferred rates at over 1600 luxury hotels in 100 destinations world-wide. Now consumers of upscale travel services can go to one site to have direct access and 24...
Vancouver, Washington Based Northwest Hospitality Group, LLC, Adds Three Hotels to Roster; Company Led by Richard E. Takach, Jr / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Northwest Hospitality Group Adds Hotels to its Roster Company Led by Richard E. Takach, Jr August 23, 2000 - Northwest Hospitality Group, LLC, a Vancouver, Washington - based hotel management company, has added to its roster three hotels that will appeal to a broad spectrum of business and leisure travelers. Northwest Hospitality Group recently opened and will manage the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Vancouver, Washington; in early August signed a management contract with the Staybridge Suites Hotel in Portland, Oregon and just completed renovation of the Renaissance Hotel in McAllen,...
Sol Meliá to Acquire the Madrid-based TRYP Hotel Chain, Transaction Valued at More than US$ 327 million for 201 Hotels / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sol Meliá to Acquire the Madrid-based TRYP Hotel Chain, Transaction Valued at More than US$ 327 million for 201 Hotels August 20, 2000 - The 60,000 million pesetas operation will involve a payment of 27,000 million pesetas and 13,222,266 Sol Meliá shares valued at 15 euros per share. In addition Sol Meliá will acquire the Fénix Hotel in Madrid and the Colón Hotel in Seville, valued at 12,500 million pesetas. Rufino Calero, Chief Executive Officer of TRYP, will join the Sol Meliá Board of Directors. Sol Meliá and the Madrid-based TRYP hotel chain have signed an agreeme...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Harrahs Web-based Reservation System, SynXis Agent, Allows Real-time Inventory to all Booking Sources McLean, VA, August 8, 2000 - SynXis Corporation, a leading developer of electronic commerce and software solutions, announced today an alliance with Harrahs Entertainment, Inc., which operates casinos and hotels in 17 markets in the United States. Harrahs Entertainment, which features a combined database of more than 19 million players, will use SynXis Global Distribution System (GDS) connectivity solution for all of its hotel properties, which include the Harrahs, Showboat a...
SuiteStar to Provide Free High-Speed Wireless Internet Access Appliances in Sunburst Hotel Rooms / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report SuiteStar to Provide Free High-Speed Wireless Internet Access Appliances in Sunburst Hotel Rooms Fairfax, Virginia -- August 8, 2000 - SuiteStar Corporation has been selected by Sunburst Hospitality Corporation to provide its hotel guests free 24-hour high-speed wireless internet access via special in-room computers. The first computer installations are scheduled to begin this month, it was announced by SuiteStar CEO, Stephen M. Marcus. According to Marcus, the SuiteStar business model was selected by Sunburst because it offers internet access free to the hotel and its guests, rather ...
On-property Reservations Departments and Regional Call Centers at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Monitored by HSA International and Statability / August 20
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report On-property Reservations Departments and Regional Call Centers at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Monitored by HSA International and Statability --- Mystery Calling Program Providing Instantaneous Knowledge Fort Lauderdale, FL August 29, 2000 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has selected HSA International and its strategic alliance partner Statability to provide web-based reporting of telemonitoring and test call data for its corporate owned and managed properties in the United States, Caribbean and Canada. John Shields, corporate director of revenue management operations...
Starwood to Manage a $41 million Hotel Project in Rio de Janeiro; the Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel & Suites / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood to Manage a $41 million Hotel Project in Rio de Janeiro; The Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel & Suites WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2000 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced that it has signed a management agreement with Agenco Engenharia e Construcoes Ltd. and Bank Opportunity to manage a new 308-room hotel in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel & Suites. Construction on the $41 million project begins this month with an opening date scheduled for first quarter, 2003. Rio de Janeiro-based STA Arquitectura, is the archit...
The Sunrise Basic Training Series, a Video-based Training Program Developed for Mid-market, Economy, and Budget Hotels, Now Available in Spanish / Aug
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Sunrise Basic Training Series, a Video-based Training Program Developed for Mid-market, Economy, and Budget Hotels, Now Available in Spanish August 21, 2000 - Innovision Media Concepts Inc. has announced the release of a Spanish-language version of their popular Sunrise Basic Training Series. The Sunrise Basic Training Series, a six-tape video-based training program developed for mid-market, economy, and budget hotels, has become the lodging industrys most popular video training series, currently in use at more than 4000 hotels representing over 40 hotel brands and management com...
What's IN and What's OUT with Spas / SPACIFICALLY 2000 / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report What's IN and What's OUT with Spas / SPACIFICALLY 2000 August 17, 2000 - According to Karen Crawford, Director of SPACIFICALLY 2000, the spa industry has changed dramatically, even in the last year. Some of the most intriguing changes in the burgeoning spa industry are: Adventure spas are in. Flab farms are out. People no longer think of fat. They think of fit. Thai Massage, which fluidly and meditatively blends gentle rocking, rhythmic acupressure and assisted stretches to deeply relax and revitalize body and mind, is in. Feldencrais, the special Awareness thr...
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Converting Sales and Catering Systems To Daylight enterprise / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Converting Sales and Catering Systems To Daylight enterprise DOVER, N.H., Aug. 2, 2000 - Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, known for its upscale hotels, resorts and Nile Cruises, has selected Daylight enterprise as its sales and catering system at eight of its hotel and resort properties. More than 200 users from a previous sales and catering system will be converted to the Daylight enterprise network. All eight Sonesta International properties also will employ Daylight Dimensions, a powerful OLAP (on-line analytical reporting) tool. In...
Financing IS Available For Smart Hotel Development / JMBM / August 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Financing IS Available For Smart Hotel Development JMBM's 10th Annual Hotel Conference Meet the Money 2000! August 2000 There was good news for approximately 350 industry leaders who gathered in Los Angeles recently for JMBM's 10th Annual Hotel Conference, Meet the Money 2000! The biggest hotel finance conference in the United States featured all the top lenders - banks, life companies, credit companies, Wall Street and even non-traditional lenders such as Sempra Energy. The money is there for the deserving, but generally there is less of it and it is more expensive and harder to g...
Omni Hotels, Embassy Suites, Courtyard by Marriott, Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn areTops in Respective Segments When Ranked for Customer Satisfaction
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Omni Hotels, Embassy Suites, Courtyard by Marriott, Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn are Tops in Respective Segments When Ranked for Customer Satisfaction J.D. Power and Associates 2000 Domestic Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study(SM) AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - Aug. 28, 2000 - Customer loyalty declines substantially with anything less than the highest guest rating, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2000 Domestic Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study(SM) released today. (Also see 1999 study.) While more than one-half of all hotel guests rate their overnight stay at a chain hotel high in customer sa...
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sofitel Hotels in the U.S. Updating Financial Management with Scala Hospitalitys Back Office Accounting Software Lake Mary, Florida (August 2, 2000) - Scala Hospitality, the leading provider of Integrated Management Information Solutions (IMIS), recently signed a contract with Accor North America Business & Leisure Hotels to install Scala 5.1 - Scala Hospitalitys back office accounting software - and to set up reporting and planning applications for the new Sofitel hotels in the United States. The customized back office accounting software package consists of the general ledger and ...
Savoy Group Now Providing its 65+ Conference and Banqueting Sales Staff with Instant Access to the Complete Inventory of Six Hotels / Aug 2000
March 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Savoy Group Now Providing its 65+ Conference and Banqueting Sales Staff with Instant Access to the Complete Inventory of Six Hotels PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (August 1, 2000) -- Newmarket International, Inc. announced today through its Europe-Africa-Middle East division (EAME) that the Savoy Group in London has successfully completed installation of Newmarkets Web-enabled cross-property sales solution, Delphi Multi-Property Edition (MPE). Delphi MPE provides real-time, direct-book capability for any guest or function room in a region or cluster of hotels, regardless of size, from a sing...
