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Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST) Recognizes Lindblad Expeditions for Model Philanthropic Program / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST) Recognizes Lindblad Expeditions for Model Philanthropic Program; Lindblad Guests Have Contributed more than $500,000 to Galapagos Conservation Fund June 2000 - Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST), a new initiative of The Conference Board in association with the World Travel and Tourism Council, has released BEST Practices: Lindblad Expeditions - Taps Into Travelers' Philanthropic Impulse, the first in a monthly series of tourism business profiles. "Lindblad Expeditions has created an important philanthropic model, a...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report InnHanse Corporation and RoomHost.com Select Sun Microstystems Sun Ray Server InnHanse Corporation Selects Sun Ray Systems to Increase Guest Satisfaction and Revenue at Hotels DALLAS - June 20, 2000 -- Hotel guests can now surf the web with ease using InnHanse Corp.s installation of Sun Microsystems Sun Ray systems at select hotels. The Sun Ray 1 enterprise appliance and the new all-in-one Sun Ray 100 and 150 enterprise appliances provide added convenience to hotel guests by allowing users to access in-room high-speed Internet access and create a unique rev...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Retained to Finance $250 Million St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sonnenblick-Eichner Retained to Finance $250 Million St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Los Angeles, California - June 12, 2000 - Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has been exclusively retained by Capital Pacific Holdings, Inc to arrange construction financing for the new St. Regis Hotel Monarch Beach Resort located in Dana Point, California. The approximately $250 million resort will include the development of a new 400-room St. Regis Hotel located on 209 acres in the prestigious South Orange County City of Dana Point. The project also includes the improvement of the existing Monarch Beach Golf...
ShoLodge, Inc Reports Net Loss $0.38 per Share, Compared with a Net Income of $0.05 per Share in the First Quarter of 1999 / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report ShoLodge, Inc Reports Net Loss $0.38 per Share, Compared with a Net Income of $0.05 in the First Quarter of 1999 HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - May 31, 2000--ShoLodge, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:LODG) today announced results for its first quarter ended April 16, 2000. Total operating revenues were $27.2 million compared with $19.5 million in the first quarter a year ago. The Company reported a net loss of $2.0 million, or $0.38 per share, compared with a net income of $376,000, or $0.05 per share, in the first quarter of 1999. Net income in the first quarter of 1999 included the after-tax gain,...
Station Casinos, Inc Acquires the Santa Fe Hotel & Casino for Approximately $205 million in Cash / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Station Casinos, Inc Acquires the Santa Fe Hotel & Casino for Approximately $205 million in Cash LAS VEGAS, June 13, 2000 - Santa Fe Gaming Corporation (the Company) (OTC Bulletin Board: SGMG), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Santa Fe Hotel Inc. (SFHI) has agreed to sell substantially all of the assets of the Santa Fe Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (the Hotel/Casino) to Station Casinos, Inc., (NYSE: STN) (STN). Additionally, STN has agreed to lend up to $36 million to the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary, Pioneer Hotel Inc. (PHI). The ...
Mandarin Oriental Hotels Partners with STSN for High Speed Internet Access in 7,000 Guest Rooms / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Mandarin Oriental Hotels Partners with STSN for High Speed Internet Access in 7,000 Guest Rooms SALT LAKE CITY, June 13, 2000 STSN, specializing in offering user-friendly, plug and play Internet access for business travelers at speeds up to 300 times faster than typical dial-up access, announced today it has been selected by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to provide high - speed Internet access to Mandarin Oriental hotels worldwide. STSNs high-speed Internet access will be installed in all Mandarin Oriental hotels, which include over 7,000 guestrooms and meeting rooms worldwide. I...
HotelTraining.com Providing SRS-WORLDHOTELS with Customized Internet Based Training / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report HotelTraining.com Providing SRS-WORLDHOTELS with Customized Internet Based Training Fort Worth, TX June 13,2000 - HotelTraining.com announced today that SRS-WORLDHOTELS has selected HotelTraining.com to provide training via the Internet to their almost 400 hotels. Hoteltraining.com formed a custom training division earlier this year to address the increasing demand for their custom Internet based training platform. The new division was created to work with vendors and suppliers of hotel-related products and services. The creation of a Custom Training Division was the next logic...
Strategic Hotel Capital Purchases Marriott Hamburg from Bilia AB. Jones / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Strategic Hotel Capital Purchases Marriott Hamburg from Bilia AB. Jones CHICAGO - June 15, 2000 -- Strategic Hotel Capital (SHC), an upscale and luxury global hotel investment company based in Chicago, and GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd (GIC RE), the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. Pte Ltd, Thursday announced the acquisition of the Marriott Hotel Hamburg, Germany from Bilia AB. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels advised SHC on the acquisition. The Marriott Hamburg fits all of our acquisition criteria. Its a first-class hotel in the city center of Hambur...
SDD Announces JAZZ Guest Internet Accounting and JAZZ Enterprise Call Accounting / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report SDD Announces JAZZ Guest Internet Accounting and JAZZ Enterprise Call Accounting Guest Internet Accounting Software JAZZ Guest Internet allows property managers or their internet service providers, the ability to independently manage the revenues and billing from in-room guest internet services. In a market full of highly "bundled" in room guest internet revenue share deals, JAZZ Guest Internet represents a service provider-independent tool that lets properties and service providers independently construct and/or control the profits from their own guest internet solutions. ...
Steve Romaniello Named President & COO of USFS / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Steve Romaniello Named President & COO of USFS ATLANTA, June 15, 2000 - U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USFS) today announced that it has appointed one of its most senior executives, Steven M. Romaniello, to be president and chief operating officer of the Company. Romaniello, formerly executive vice president, franchise sales, operations and administration, will now head up U.S. Franchise Systems sales; franchise operations including design and construction, franchise support and quality assurance; administration; human resources, and purchasing departments. The announcement ...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report NORTHWIND Announces ResEze Real-time Web Reservation Facility & Maestro Enterprise Corporate Centralized Solution at HITEC 2000 NORTHWINDs Yield Management With The Real-time Advantage Fully Integrates Into The Maestro PMS MARKHAM, ON (NORTHWIND) June 7, 2000 Northwind will be exhibiting again this year at HITEC 2000, booth #235. Above and beyond its already proven Windows/UNIX Maestro suite of products, NORTHWIND will be presenting ResEze and the Maestro Enterprise suite (roll-out in progress) that are revolutionizing the way hotels operate now a...
Cheryl Billo, GM at Red Roof Inn Buffalo (N.Y.) Airport, Accepts Red Roof Inn's Property of the Year Award / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Cheryl Billo, GM at Red Roof Inn Buffalo (N.Y.) Airport, Accepts Red Roof Inn's Property of the Year Award DALLAS - June 7, 2000 - Red Roof Inns, a leader in the economy segment of the lodging industry, announces that its property at Buffalo (N.Y.) Airport has been named the 1999 Inn of the Year. This coveted honor was given to the inn for its excellent staff performance, superior revenue earnings with minimal discounting, and overall guest satisfaction. The 109-room property achieved an 88.7 percent rating on guests return intent and overall satisfaction. The inn also achieved a 17 percen...
50 Million Euro Investment for Major Renovations at Radisson SAS Hotels / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report 50 Million Euro Investment for Major Renovations at Radisson SAS Hotels Brussels, June 2000 Radisson SAS announces major renovations in several of its hotels throughout Europe and the Middle East. Locations for investment include Istanbul, Cannes, London, Vienna, Copenhagen and Stavanger, totalling an investment of 50 million Euro. Kurt Ritter, President & CEO, Radisson SAS comments: I work with a vision without compromise. During the last five years we have committed ourselves to becoming the leading full-service, upscale hotel chain in Europe and the Middle East. Over and above...
Former Mirage Exec, Robert D. Sheldon, Named Chief Operating Officer of Foxwoods Resort Casino / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Former Mirage Exec, Robert D. Sheldon, Named Chief Operating Officer of Foxwoods Resort Casino MASHANTUCKET, Conn. - June 22, 2000 -- Robert D. Sheldon has been named Chief Operating Officer of Foxwoods Resort Casino, widely recognized as the worlds largest and most successful casino. Mr. Sheldon will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the property. He was president of the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Bob is going to be a perfect complement to our Foxwoods management team, said Bill Sherlock, former Foxwoods COO, who becomes president and CEO...
Richard Irwin, Founder of all-hotels.com, Finalist in Ernst & Young Business Oscars' in Scotland / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Richard Irwin, Founder of all-hotels.com, Finalist in Ernst & Young Business Oscars in Scotland 20 June 2000 - Richard Irwin of All-Hotels, in Edinburgh, has been selected as a finalist in this years prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Scotland. He is one of 38 entrepreneurial high achievers shortlisted for the business Oscars, which was announced at a banquet at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 20th June. Entrepreneur Of The Year, a major regional, national and international award programme founded and produced by Ernst & Youn...
Pritzker Family Investing $75 million in U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pritzker Family Investing $75 million in U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. ATLANTA, June 2, 2000 U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USFS) announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement with interests of the Pritzker family of Chicago to effect a recapitalization of the Company. Pursuant to the definitive agreement, USFS will shortly commence a self-tender for 8.66 million shares of Common Stock at a price of $7.50 per share. Pritzker family business interests will invest $75 million in the Company in exchange for $65 million of a new series of 8.5% Redee...
MONY Life Insurance Company Appoints Destination Hotels & Resorts as Operator of the The Pointe Hilton South Mountain Resort; Will Be Renamed Pointe S
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report MONY Life Insurance Company Appoints Destination Hotels & Resorts as Operator of the The Pointe Hilton South Mountain Resort; Will Be Renamed Pointe South Mountain Resort DENVER June 12, 2000 - Destination Hotels & Resorts has been selected by MONY/PSM Properties to manage The Pointe Hilton South Mountain Resort in Phoenix, Ariz. The transition of the property to Destination Hotels & Resorts management will take place August 21, 2000. The 638-suite resort will retain The Pointe name and world-class amenities. We are pleased to bring this distinctive, award-winning resort i...
Filipiniana Resorts Development Corporation Breaks Ground in Philippines for Microtel Inn & Suites / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Filipiniana Resorts Development Corporation Breaks Ground in Philippines for Microtel Inn & Suites ATLANTA, June 9, 2000 - Microtel Inn & Suites (Pilipinas), Inc., the Philippine master franchise holder of the Atlanta, Ga.-based Microtel Inn & Suites hotel chain, has broken ground on the brands third international hotel in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. Owned by Filipiniana Resorts Development Corporation of the RGV Group of Companies, the new Microtel is located on the national highway in Santo Nino, Calapan City. A November 2000 opening is planned. There ar...
Peninsula Group of Hotels Finally Seeing Occupancy and Room Rates in Asia Trending Upwards / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Peninsula Group of Hotels Finally Seeing Occupancy and Room Rates in Asia Trending Upwards HONG KONG, June 22, 2000 - The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, owners and operators of the premier Peninsula Group of hotels, has seen its occupancy and room rates in Asia finally trend upwards. It has noted a sustainable improvement in performance as the economies in the Asian region climb out of two years of turmoil and intra-regional traffic increases. The company used the hiatus, which gripped the entire industry, to realign its business, with particular emphasis on strategy for the ...
Rosewood's The Mansion and The Crescent to Utilize Pegasus for Automation of Travel Agent Commissions / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Rosewood's The Mansion and The Crescent to Utilize Pegasus for Automation of Travel Agent Commissions DALLAS (May 30, 2000) Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) today announced that Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Mansion on Turtle Creek and Hotel Crescent Court have outsourced their travel agency commission processing to Pegasus Commission Processing. In June 2000, Pegasus is scheduled to begin processing commissions for the world-renowned Dallas hotels, both operated by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a leading provider of hotel industry transaction proc...
Alexander Haeusler and Craig Fong Appointed to Executive Positions at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Bangkok / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Alexander Haeusler and Craig Fong Appointed to Executive Positions at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Bangkok June 2 2000 - Rudi Scherb, General Manager of Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, takes pleasure to announce the appointment of Alexander Haeusler to the executive position of Hotel Manager., at this prestigeous Riverside, City Resort . Alexander Haeusler Alexander Haeusler, A native of Austria, graduated from Modul in Vienna, one of the worlds leading hotel management colleges. He joined in April of this year, in the position of Dir.,Cu...
Opryland Hotel Florida Contracted Room Nights Top 400,000; Property to Open February, 2002 / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Opryland Hotel Florida Contracted Room Nights Top 400,000; Property to Open February, 2002 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 13, 2000--The Opryland Hotel Florida, under construction and scheduled to open on Feb. 2, 2002, already has firm contracts for more than 400,000 room nights extending into the year 2014. The 1,400-room property is reserving another 600,000 room nights for contracts and proposals in negotiation. We are booking meetings and conventions at an exciting and very encouraging pace. We booked more than 175,000 room nights in the first quarter of this year alone, said David Jones, p...
Omni Hotels Implementing Guest Relationship Management Programs Designed by Pegasus Solutions, Inc. / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Omni Hotels Implementing Guest Relationship Management Programs Designed by Pegasus Solutions, Inc. IRVING, Texas, June 22, 2000 - Omni Hotels announced today that it has begun implementing one of the first brand-wide guest relationship management programs in the hotel industry, which will allow the luxury hotel company to collect customer data and tailor special guest programs, services and promotions based on customer preferences. Omni Hotels already has implemented its new data warehousing platform, designed and maintained by Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS), at ...
Franchise Development and Acquisition Program Focus of Olympus and Carlson Hotels Strategic Alliance / June 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Franchise Development and Acquisition Program Focus of Olympus and Carlson Hotels Strategic Alliance Radisson, Regent, Park Plaza and Park Inn Brands Targeted SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-- June 5, 2000 -- Olympus Hospitality Group and Carlson Hotels Worldwide announced today a strategic alliance to grow the Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Regent International Hotels, Park Plaza and Park Inn brands under both companies through a focused franchise development and acquisition program. The partnership between Olympus and Carlson is two-fold. It creates Park Hospitality, a joint venture for the c...
