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Sheraton to Manage and Rebrand the Former Outrigger Hotel Tahiti / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sheraton to Manage and Rebrand the Former Outrigger Hotel Tahiti WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 18, 2000 - Tahiti, long regarded as one of the worlds most romantic and alluring destinations, is now home to the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, the newest addition to the Sheraton Hotels Resorts portfolio. Sheraton announced today it has taken over the management contract for the 200-room property in Papeete, one of three properties in French Polynesia that will become part of the Starwood Hotels Resorts family. The Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, formerly the Outrigger Hotel Tahiti, is set on a tr...
Vistana and Sun International Form Joint Venture to Develop Harborside Resort at Atlantis Paradise Island / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Vistana and Sun International Form Joint Venture to Develop Harborside Resort at Atlantis, Paradise Island Orlando, FL -- April 6, 2000 - Vistana, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), and Sun International Hotels Limited (NYSE: SIH) have finalized plans to develop Harborside Resort at Atlantis, a large-scale luxury vacation ownership resort adjacent to Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Construction and presales will begin at the property immediately. Vistana and Sun International have formed a 50/50 joint venture to de...
Timeshare Resort Automation System Being Developed by Springer-Miller and RCI / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Timeshare Resort Automation System Being Developed by Springer-Miller and RCI Stowe, VT, April 6, 2000--Springer-Miller Systems and Resort Condominiums International, LLC, have forged a strategic alliance to develop and maintain an enterprise-wide timeshare resort automation system. RCI is the worlds leading timeshare-exchange company with more than 3,600 affiliated resorts in nearly 100 countries. The future development and integration of Resort Computer Corporation products and SMS products will ensure that RCI-affiliated resorts worldwide will have the most innovative solution in t...
Richard A. Smith Appointed EVP CFO and Mark F. Hedley Appointed SVP CTO at Wyndham / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Richard A. Smith Appointed EVP CFO and Mark F. Hedley Appointed SVP CTO at Wyndham DALLAS - April 13, 2000 -- Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE:WYN) today announced the appointment of two rising stars in the hospitality industry to key senior management positions. Richard A. Smith has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mark F. Hedley joins Wyndham as senior vice president and chief technology officer. The appointments we are announcing today significantly strengthen our senior management team as we enter the next phase in Wyndhams transformation in...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Dramatic Sleigh Beds, Cozy Chairs and Oversized Work Areas are Features in Sheratons $350 million Renovation Program WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-- April 19, 2000 -- Business travelers will no longer be able to say, Theres no place like home, now that Sheraton Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:HOT) has introduced its new look in thousands of hotel rooms across the country. Dramatic sleigh beds, cozy chairs and oversized work areas are just some of the features in Sheratons $350 million, two-year renovation program, designed to enhance the brand in the U.S. This is the most aggressive re...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Perry J. Snyderman and Edwin H. Ed McMullen, Sr. Receive the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Resort Development Association Northbrook, ILApril 13, 2000 -- For their long and distinguished service to the vacation ownership industry, two of the managing directors of a Northbrook, Illinois-based development company recently earned their industrys highest recognition. Perry J. Snyderman and Edwin H. Ed McMullen, Sr., Managing Direictors of Shell Vacations LLC, both received the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Resort Development Association (AR...
Recruit and Hire Differently, Reduce Turnover, and Save Lots of Money / Tom Shanahan / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Recruit and Hire Differently, Reduce Turnover, and Save Lots of Money By: Tom Shanahan, Customer Service Consultant, Seminar Leader and Speaker / April 2000 One popular definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. Using this definition, many have said that hotels have insane hiring and retention practices. Those outside the hospitality industry have labeled our spending huge sums of money to recruit, hire and train virtually an entire staff every six to twelve months as insane but many operators have come to accept one hundred ...
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians Planning a$180 million Luxury Villa Gaming and Resort Complex near Escondido, Calif / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians Planning a $180 million Luxury Villa Gaming and Resort Complex near Escondido, Calif VALLEY CENTER, Calif. - April 17, 2000--The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians in Northern San Diego County Monday announced a joint agreement with the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana represented by First Nation Gaming LLC. The tribe will build and operate a luxury villa gaming and resort complex on a spectacular hilltop location overlooking Lake Wohlford. The land sits on existing tribal property near Escondido in Valley Center, Calif. The estimated cost...
S.R. Culver Properties Rebrands as Red Lion the Former Quality Inn Hotel and Conference Center – Salem, Oregon / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report S.R. Culver Properties Rebrands as Red Lion the Former Quality Inn Hotel and Conference Center - Salem, Oregon VANCOUVER, Wash - April 4, 2000 -- Red Lion Hotels Inns has announced the opening of the 150-room Red Lion Salem hotel in Salem, Ore., representing another addition to Red Lions network of hotels throughout the Pacific Northwest. Formerly the Quality Inn Hotel and Conference Center, the Red Lion Salem has undergone a major refurbishment. This full-service hotel is owned by S.R. Culver Properties; managed by InnBiz, Inc.; and operated under a license agreement with Red Lio...
Sunburst Hospitality Enjoys Occupancy Increase to 65.3% for 1st Quarter / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sunburst Hospitality Enjoys Occupancy Increase to 65.3% for 1st Quarter; RevPAR up 4.4% SILVER SPRING, MD (April 26, 2000) Sunburst Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: SNB), one of the country's leading hotel ownership and management companies, today announced earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2000. During the first quarter, occupancy rates increased to 65.3% from 63.0% in the prior year and average daily rates increased to $64.91 from $64.49. This resulted in an increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) of 4.4%. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2000...
Imagine If All the Bathing Water and the Kitchen Hot Water Was Sun Light Heated / James Seidel / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Imagine If All the Bathing Water and the Kitchen Hot Water Was Sun Light Heated... From the Desk of James Robert Seidel, April 7, 2000 Everyone has something to say, yet few ever take the time to hear. Having travelled around the planet a few times in my short forty years, I have been able to think my own imaginative thoughts, while travelling around in many exotic and wonderful vacation spots....and I have visited some areas of the world which are best left alone to nature. The majority of the hotel business in the industry are more involved in making the numbers, trying so very ha...
St. Charles Hotel, L.L.C Building New Construction Prototype Ramada Inn and Suites® in New Orleans, Louisiana ; Features Revolutionary Welcome Ce
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report St. Charles Hotel, L.L.C Building New Construction Prototype Ramada Inn and Suites® in New Orleans, Louisiana; Features Revolutionary Welcome Center, Electronic Check-in/check-out PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 27, 2000 - Ramada Franchise Systems, Inc. announced that an agreement has been signed to build the first Ramada Inn and Suites® new construction prototype in New Orleans, Louisiana. The construction highlights the brands aggressive $30 million strategic growth plan to enhance the chains position in the upper-mid market segment and bolster its presence in downtown, gateway cit...
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has Developed an Industry Leading Web Purchasing Information Network / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has Developed an Industry Leading Web Purchasing Information Network Brussels, March 2000 Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has developed an industry leading Purchasing Information Network (PIN), identifying and offering a central database with over 4000 products, accessible through the Internet. The total purchase value in 1999 through the system was MUSD 65. All Radisson SAS managers can obtain free access to the database, containing carefully selected products from around 250 suppliers. With the help of the PIN, users are able to easily find products an...
Executive Management Moves at Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Executive Management Moves at Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts 11 Apr 2000 Amsterdam, The Netherlands City General Manager - Amsterdam Mr. Han Oldenburger, until recent General Manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Düsseldorf has been appointed City General Manager of our two hotels in Amsterdam, Radisson SAS Hotel and Radisson SAS Hotel Amsterdam Airport, effective 3 April 2000. He replaces Mr. Jan Poul Nijenbandring de Boer who was appointed General Manager of the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel in London. Mr. Oldenburger, Dutch, comes with extensive hospitality and cultural experi...
Baltic Realty & Hotel Invest, a Norwegian Corporation, Rebranding Hotel in Klaipeda to Radisson / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Baltic Realty & Hotel Invest, a Norwegian Corporation, Rebranding Hotel in Klaipeda to Radisson Brussels, April 2000 To further strengthen its position in the Baltic States, Radisson SAS has recently signed a management agreement to operate its second hotel in Lithuania, in Klaipeda. Radisson SAS is the first international hotel brand represented in the city and the leading international hotel operator in the Baltic region with hotels in Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn (2001). Located in the city centre close to the harbour area, this 75-room first class full service hotel will be completel...
RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. to Provide www.hotelnet.com Content and Services in Guest Rooms / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. to Provide www.hotelnet.com Content and Services in Guest Rooms MEMPHIS, TN and DENVER, CO (April 18, 2000) - RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: RFS) of Memphis has selected Denver-based STS Hotel Nets Portal, for guestroom Internet portal services. The Hotel Net Portal provides on-line guest resources including on-line travel booking, local merchant information, business support services, customized news and content, on-line shopping, e-centives, entertainment, and front desk support. STS will outfit RFS eligible guest rooms with the Hotel Net Portal, ...
Prime Hospitality Restructuring Operations of Wellesley Inn Suites And AmeriSuites / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Prime Hospitality Restructuring Operations of Wellesley Inn Suites and AmeriSuites FAIRFIELD, N.J., April 25, 2000 - Prime Hospitality Corp. (NYSE: PDQ) announces plans to restructure the operations of its proprietary brands, Wellesley Inn Suites and AmeriSuites. Previously directed under one umbrella, the operations of each brand will be now be independent teams with the AmeriSuites operations lead by Ed Dykes, Senior Vice President (previous head of operations for both brands) and the announcement of the appointment of John Valletta as Senior Vice President, Operations for Wellesle...
Peter Ward Appointed Chairman of the Hospitality Centre of Expertise for Bovis Lend Lease EMEA / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Peter Ward Appointed Chairman of the Hospitality Centre of Expertise for Bovis Lend Lease EMEA April 6, 2000 - Peter Ward was recently appointed Chairman of the Hospitality (including resort & leisure) Centre of Expertise for Bovis Lend Lease EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa). Bovis Lend Lease, is a global construction (& related special management skills) company with over 7,000 employees in 40 countries, underpinned by success in the real estate sector. Their hotel expertise comes from construction of around 250 hotels in the US alone and more worldwide. Peter Ward has almost 30 yea...
Pennsylvania¹s Hospitality and Tourism Industry to Focus on Labor Issues at Annual Conference / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pennsylvania¹s Hospitality and Tourism Industry to Focus on Labor Issues at Annual Conference Partnering in Pennsylvania: Hospitality 2000 Harrisburg, PA (April 5, 2000) Pennsylvania's Hospitality and Tourism Industry will face many challenges in the new century. One of the most pressing issues that will face the industry is continually shrinking labor resources. Employment issues will be the focus of this year¹s conference. Topics will be discussed that will position hospitality and tourism to prevail in the highly competitive market. Also, for the first time ever, the industry wil...
ASEAN Tourism Recovers: Part 2 / PATA / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report ASEAN Tourism Recovers: Part 2 ASEAN Tourism Recovers: Part 1 ASEAN Tourism Recovers: Part 2 ASEAN Tourism Recovers: Part 1 April 2000 - Continuing from the March 2000 edition of Issues & Trends, this edition examines the remaining three ASEAN countries (in alphabetical order) and the policies and strategies they are pursuing as they seek to rebuild their tourism industries and economies in the wake of the 1997-1999 economic crisis. Singapore Singapore tourism rebounded during 1999 with total arrivals rising by +14.5% to 6,958,173. All regions ended the year wi...
Chef, Ken Oringer, Attracts International Attention For the Eliot Hotel and its Renowned Restaurant, Clio / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Chef, Ken Oringer, Attracts International Attention For the Eliot Hotel and its Renowned Restaurant, Clio BOSTON, April 24, 2000 - The Eliot Hotel is proud to announce that Ken Oringer, acclaimed chef of The Eliots famed Clio restaurant, is returning to the James Beard Foundation awards for the third consecutive year, quite a feat for a restaurant not yet three years old. Oringer has been nominated for Best Chef in the Northeast. Awards will be presented later this spring in New York City. The nomination comes as Oringer, one of only two American Chefs chosen, returns from a week i...
Online Business Travel Booking Soars to $20.3 Billion by 2004, According to Forrester Research / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Online Business Travel Booking Soars to $20.3 Billion by 2004, According to Forrester Research CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - April 17, 2000 -- Starting now, the driver of US online business travel will be corporate policy, versus individual travel. According to a new Report from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq:FORR), companies eager to save travel and processing costs will mandate the use of Web-based corporate booking engines. The few remaining unmanaged business travelers will buy their business travel online as leisure bookers do. In 2000, managed travel will already account for 5...
On Command's Internet Access Insalled in 50,000 Hotel Rooms / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report On Command's Internet Access Insalled in 50,000 Hotel Rooms San Jose, CA, Thursday, April 20, 2000 - Marking a major milestone as the worlds largest provider of high-speed Internet access to hotels and their guests, On Command Corporation (NASDAQ: ONCO) today announced that installation of its high-speed service has been completed in over 50,000 hotel rooms across the United States. The hotel industry clearly understands the business advantage of choosing from two points of connectivity in providing business and leisure travelers with high-speed Internet access, stated...
The Allegro Resort Corporation Being Acquired by Occidental Hoteles / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Allegro Resort Corporation Being Acquired by Occidental Hoteles Madrid, 24 April 2000: - OCCIDENTAL HOTELES has formalised the process to acquire Allegro, a world-wide leader in all-inclusive resort management and one of the largest hotel groups in the Caribbean. This prestigious hotel chain, with 24 properties and close to 6,800 rooms in 11 different countries, is one of the leaders in the leisure industry and complements neatly OCCIDENTAL HOTELES strategic policy. With more than 6,000 employees and a turnover above $160 million last year, Allegro will significantly increase the ...
