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February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Pan Pacific San Francisco Holds Focus Group to Better Accommodate the Hotels Female Guests San Francisco, CA --- June 1, 2000 - The Pan Pacific San Francisco recently conducted a comprehensive survey of female guests and a focus group with several travel industry leaders and discovered the hotel is indeed offering many of the services, accommodations and amenities this highly discerning market segment expects from their homes away from home. However, in order to better accommodate the hotels female guests, The Pan Pacific has made several enhancements as a result ...
The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach Selects ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii to Manage Both the Resort Operation and Owner's Association / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach Selects ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii to Manage Both the Resort Operation and Owner's Association HONOLULU (June 9, 2000) - The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach, the premier, luxury-condominium property in Maui's Kaanapali Beach Resort, has selected ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii to manage both the resort operation and owner's association. It is the first time in the property's history that both operations and the association will be handled by one operator. Also, it is the first change in resort management for The Whaler in more than 23 years. ASTON will take o...
Tishman Realty & Construction Commence Construction on Architecturally Dramatic Westin New York At Times Square / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Tishman Realty & Construction Commence Construction on Architecturally Dramatic Westin New York At Times Square NEW YORK - June 8, 2000 -- Construction has begun on the 858-room Westin New York at Times Square, on a site within the 42nd Street Development Project in Manhattan, it was announced today. Developed, Owned, and Built by Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc. affiliates, the new, full-service hotel will be operated by Westin Hotels & Resorts, one of the worlds most prestigious hospitality companies, whose parent, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is the largest hotel company in the ...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report David Weisberg, AIA, Named WAT&Gs Worldwide Director of Interior Design NEWPORT BEACH, California, June, 2000 - Internationally renowned for hospitality, leisure and entertainment architecture, the firm of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WAT&G) has expanded the scope of its services by creating additional interior design capabilities, and naming David Weisberg, AIA, as WAT&Gs worldwide director of interior design. Weisberg is a registered architect with over 25 years of experience directing interior design projects in Europe, Asia and North America. For years, many of our clients...
Wayport Inc. Completes Master Global Agreement With Four Seasons Hotels Limited to Deliver High-Speed Internet Access / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Wayport Inc. Completes Master Global Agreement With Four Seasons Hotels to Deliver High-Speed Internet Access AUSTIN, Texas - June 20, 2000 -- Wayport, Inc., the travelers choice for fast, portable connections to on-line communication and information, announces today the completion of a master agreement with Four Seasons Hotels Limited to deploy Wayports high-speed wired and wireless Internet access to all Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts worldwide. This collaboration with the worlds leading operator of hotels and resorts exclusively in the luxury class extends Wayports rapidl...
Jennifer Wayland-Smith Named Director at Hotel Hershey's New $7 million Spa / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Jennifer Wayland-Smith Named Director at Hotel Hershey's New $7 million Spa HERSHEY, PA -- 23 Jun 2000 - Maarten van Wijk, General Manager of The Hotel Hershey, has announced that Jennifer Wayland-Smith has been appointed Spa Director for The Spa at The Hotel Hershey. Wayland-Smith will be responsible for the day to day operations and long range planning of the Spa and ensuring the highest quality operation and growth through hands-on management and progressive program development. She will also oversee and be responsible for budgets, sales, staffing and management of the Spa. ...
Visual One Systems Opening Offices in Asia / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Visual One Systems Opening Offices in Asia Rockville, MD - June 19, 2000 -- Visual One Systems, a leading software developer for the hospitality industry, today announced the formation of Visual One Asia, which will operate as a direct subsidiary of Visual One USA. Visual One Asia offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney will open by the end of June, additional locations in Asia will open within 60 days. The announcement was made by the company during the annual HITEC trade show in Dallas. Visual One Asia will sell, design and support all of Visual Ones integrated management syst...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Connect to Offer Veicons V-Link In-Room Internet Access Devices BEAVERTON, Oregon June 20, 2000 - Veicon Technology, Inc., of Beaverton, Oregon, and Hotel Connect, Inc., of Wilsonville, Oregon, announced a strategic partnership agreement to offer Veicons V-Link services to hotel guests without laptop computers. Hotel Connect will use the V-Link services to fulfill its contracts for telecommunications services for over 100,000 hotel rooms nationwide. With Veicons V-Link services, visitors can check their own email accounts, access the Internet and use popular MS Office t...
Veicon Technology Announces Under $500 Internet Access Device for Hotel Guests / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Veicon Technology Announces Under $500 Internet Access Device for Hotel Guests In-Room Terminals Let Visitors Leave their PCs at Home BEAVERTON, Ore. - June 8, 2000 - Veicon Technology, Inc., announces V-Link/HIT, a new V-Link Internet access device priced under $500.00 specifically designed for hotel guest rooms and public meeting facilities. V-Link/HIT provides hotel management with low-maintenance, trouble-free Internet access points where visitors can check their own email accounts, access the Internet and use popular MS Office tools. Our V-Link/HIT access devices let...
Marcelo D. Vazquez Name Vice President Americas at Summit Hotels & Resorts / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Marcelo D. Vazquez Name Vice President Americas at Summit Hotels & Resorts Vazquez Spent Eight Years With Leading Hotels of the World NEW YORK/LONDON (June 16, 2000) - Summit Hotels & Resorts, a collection of more than 150 luxury independent hotels located throughout the world, has named Marcelo D. Vazquez area vice president for the Americas. Summit Hotels & Resorts is a hotel brand and marketing service of Dallas- based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS), a leading provider of hotel industry transaction processing and electronic commerce services. Vazquez, who is based in New Yor...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pegasus Solutions Utell, a Third-party Marketing and Reservations Provider, Leveling the Playing Field for Independent and Small Chain Hotels DALLAS and LONDON - June 13, 2000 -- Hoteliers from more than 34 countries gathered last week at Utells customer conference in Prague, Czech Republic, to learn about Utells expanded offerings geared to independent and small chain hotels. Through enhanced, flexible solutions, London-based Utell is establishing itself as one-stop shopping for its more than 6,400 member hotels to obtain marketing and technology solutions, as well as sup...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pegasus Utell Announces Appointments of Three of its Singapore-based Regional Executives Singapore (16 June, 2000) Following the acquisition of REZsolutions by Pegasus Solutions, Utell has announced the new appointments of three of its Singapore-based regional executives in the Asia Pacific. Utell is a service of Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS), and with more than 6,400 hotel members, it ranks as the worlds largest third-party provider of representation, reservations and marketing services to the hotel industry. Previously director of marketing, Christine Toguchi, is no...
Sol Meliá Joint Ventures with Autonomous University of Barcelona on Campus Hotel and Will Develop Projects to Improve the School's Tourism
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sol Meliá Joint Ventures with Autonomous University of Barcelona on Campus Hotel and Will Develop Projects to Improve the School's Tourism and Hotel Management Program June, 2000 - Amongst other things, the agreement includes the take-over of the management of the hotel located on the university campus by Sol Meliá The Rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Carles Solá, and the Vice Chairman of Sol Meliá, Sebastián Escarrer, have formed a strategic alliance with the primary objective of jointly developing projects to improve the university education of students...
InRoom Connect Providing Internet Connectivity and Customer Relationship Management Tools with an In Room PC / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report InRoom Connect Providing Internet Connectivity and Customer Relationship Management Tools with an In Room PC BLUE BELL, PA, June 7, 2000 -- Imagine finally checking in to your hotel room after a long day of connecting flights and travel delays. With an important client meeting in the morning, you need to relax and get some rest. So you turn to the computer terminal on the desk, and with a few taps on the flat-screen monitor, you have ordered a gourmet meal from room service, confirmed the start time for your favorite team's game and double-checked directions to the client's office -- al...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report UNLV / Strictly Slots Survey Reveals Preferences of Americas Slot Players LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2000 - A survey released last week by Casino Journal Publishing Group at the UNLVs Casino Ops 2000 revealed the favorite games, playing habits and budgets of Americas slot players. Since it began publishing Strictly Slots magazine in 1998, Casino Journal Publishing Group has been receiving informal information on the preferences of slot players. Last year, Strictly Slots editors decided to formalize some of the information they were receiving and asked for help from the International Gam...
Mass Mutual/Cornerstone Advisors Opens University of Florida Hotel & Conference Center, a Doubletree® hotel, in Gainesville / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Mass Mutual/Cornerstone Advisors Opens University of Florida Hotel & Conference Center, a Doubletree® hotel, in Gainesville GAINESVILLE, Fla./BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - June 12, 2000-- Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced the grand opening of its newest property, the 248-room University of Florida Hotel & Conference Center, a Doubletree® hotel, in Gainesville, Fla., representing another addition to the companys nationwide collection of full-service university hotels and conference centers. The newly constructed University of Florida Hotel & Conference Center is owned by Mass ...
Trigild Assumes Management of Two Hotels / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Trigild Assumes Management of Two Hotels SAN DIEGO, Calif. Trigild has taken over management of two hotels. The Phoenix Rodeway Inn is a 100-unit full service airport property and the Plaza Inn in Midland, Texas is a 120-unit newly renovated limited service inn. William Hoffman has been appointed receiver and Trigild has been named management company for the Rodeway Inn, a 100-unit full service airport property in Phoenix. Hoffman is president of Trigild, a 25-year old management company that specializes in receiverships and REO management. Trigild has operated hund...
TravelNow.com Launches Japan Web Site; Names Jim Oliver as VP European Operations / Development of European Strategy / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report TravelNow.com Launches Japanese Web Site; Names Jim Oliver as VP European Operations / Development of European Strategy SPRINGFIELD, MO, May 31 - TravelNow.com, Inc. (NasdaqSC: TNOW), today announced the appointment of Jim Oliver, as Vice President European Operations / Development of European Strategy, and the official launch of TravelNowJapan.com. In both ventures, TravelNow is seeking to capitalize on the rapidly expanding markets for online travel services outside the United States. Jim Oliver, former Managing Director & Director of Marketing for SABRE Travel Info...
Telman Re-Invents Itself; Concentrates on New Management Company Software Technology / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Telman Re-Invents Itself Concentrates on New Management Company Software Technology Houston, Texas, June 18, 2000 - In these fast-changing times, yesterdays great technology ideas are on todays clearance table, and you have to bite the bullet and re-invent yourself. Telman has done that. Change comes naturally at Telman. Since its inception in 1986, Telman has been credited with improving how the hospitality industry utilizes telecommunications technology. Our commitment has always been and still is Bringing People and Technology Together to Produce Unprecedented Results, s...
Travel Industry Association of America Launches Web-Based Travel Solutions SeeAmerica.com, Will Serve International Tourists / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Travel Industry Association of America Launches Web-Based Travel Solutions SeeAmerica.com, Will Serve International Tourists New York - June 14, 2000 - The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), the non-profit association addressing the common interests and concerns of the U.S. travel industry, has called upon The Lord Group and the Media Edge for a major new venture the launch of SeeAmerica (www.seeamerica.org) a website serving as the all-encompassing travel information site for international tourists looking to visit America. The site will be up and running in August. ...
TIA Survey Indicates Internet Travel Web Sites are the Most Useful to Travelers / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report TIA Survey Indicates Internet Travel Web Sites are the Most Useful to Travelers Atlantic City, NJ - June 12, 2000 - Half of all Americans say that they use the travel media - - everything from newspaper travel sections and television travel shows to online newsletters - - to plan their vacations. This accounts for 101.9 million adults. However, Internet web sites are ranked as the most useful sources for travel news, according to a new TIA Travel Poll released by the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA). The survey, which asked Americans about 14 different types of travel medi...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Expanding their Internet Delivered Solutions; Lodgistixs Property Management Systems Integrating SynXis Agent Reservation System McLean, VA, May 30, 2000-- SynXis Corporation, a leading developer of electronic commerce and software solutions, announced today an alliance with Lodgistix, the lodging sales organization of The Eltrax Hospitality Group. Under the terms of this agreement, Lodgistix will market, install, and support SynXis products including; SynXis Agent Reservation System, SynXis Book-A-Rez, and the Global Distribution System (GDS) interface. Combined with...
Paul Walters, GM at Just Opened W Sydney; the 11th W Hotel / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Paul Walters, GM at Just Opened W Sydney; the 11th W Hotel SYDNEY, Australia, June 13, 2000 - Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., opens its first overseas W hotel this month with W Sydney. The hotel, located at the historical Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, part of a luxury residential and marina complex, opens for business June 12th. This brings the total number of open properties to 11. W Sydney, the first W property outside of North America will feature W Hotel trademarks throughout with an emphasis on urban style and comfort. A five minute stroll from the Central Busines...
Munadir Syah Appointed General Manager of Sol Lovina in Bali / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Munadir Syah Appointed General Manager of Sol Lovina in Bali Singapore, 15 June 2000 - Spanish hotel chain, Sol Meliá today announced the appointment of Munadir Syah as the new General Manager of Sol Lovina in Bali. Mr. Syah brings to the post international experience, having held senior management positions with a number of international hotel chains, - including the Inter-Continental Group, Hilton Group and a series of independent hotels including the Ciputra Hotel in Jakarta, and Swiss Belhotel, - throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Syah is no newcomer to Sol Meliá si...
