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David Norton Named EVP of Human Resources at Starwood / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report David Norton Named EVP of Human Resources at Starwood WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 19, 2000 - Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it has named David K. Norton as Executive Vice President Human Resources effective May 1. Mr. Norton was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Frito-Lay North America, an $8 billion snack food division of Pepsico, Inc. In his new position, Mr. Norton will have leadership responsibility for worldwide human resources of Starwood overseeing organization design, management development, staffing, compensation and...
Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Stormont Trice Development Corporation Form Alliance; Provides Advantage in Creating New Hotel Projects / April
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Stormont Trice Development Corporation Form Alliance; Provides Advantage in Creating New Hotel Projects BETHESDA, Md., April 14, 2000 - Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a wholly-owned hotel management subsidiary of Crestline Capital Corporation, (NYSE: CLJ), has formed a strategic alliance with Stormont Trice Development Corporation (STDC), a privately - held, Atlanta-based hotel development company. Under terms of the agreement, Crestline Hotels & Resorts has the right of first refusal to manage and co-invest in STDC-developed hotels. Conc...
The Ray Group Opens a 22-story Luxury Hotel – the Outrigger Coolangatta Beach Resort; Managed by Outrigger Hotels & Resorts / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Ray Group Opens a 22-story Luxury Hotel - the Outrigger Coolangatta Beach Resort; Managed by Outrigger Hotels & Resorts HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII The Outrigger Coolangatta Beach Resort officially opened its doors on April 19, 2000, marking another milestone in Outrigger Hotels & Resorts expansion in Australia and across the Pacific. The Outrigger Coolangatta Beach Resort is the sixth Australian resort to be managed by Outrigger Hotels and the fifth that is situated along the countrys popular Gold Coast. On hand to mark the opening of the resort was Alan Rickard, Gold Coast Deputy M...
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide Adds 170 Locations in 1999; Hospitality Businesses Focusing on Customer Service, Dot-Com Technology / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Carlson Hospitality Worldwide Adds 170 Locations in 1999; Hospitality Businesses Focusing on Customer Service, Dot-Com Technology MINNEAPOLIS, April 24, 2000 - Carlson Companies, Inc., an international leader in the corporate and consumer travel, hospitality and relationship marketing industries, marked 1999 with solid growth of its corporate and consumer businesses, record-breaking sales generated by its brands systemwide, and bold expansion into the burgeoning dot-com arena. The results include the best year ever for Carlson Marketing Group®, several new agreements with large ...
Arthur Andersen Launching Benchmark Survey – Caribbean Edition; Tracking Hotel Performance in Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Arthur Andersen Launching Benchmark Survey - Caribbean Edition; Tracking Hotel Performance in Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and St. Lucia Bridgetown, Barbados April 13, 2000 - Using a proven methodology which is trusted by hoteliers throughout the world, Arthur Andersen today announced that it will launch the Arthur Andersen Benchmark Survey, Caribbean Edition. With the introduction of the Caribbean survey, the number of key markets covered in the global industry's definitive hotel performance survey will expand to more than 200. Initially, the survey will track h...
Arthur Andersen Launching Benchmark Survey – Caribbean Edition; Tracking Hotel Performance in Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Arthur Andersen Launching Benchmark Survey - Caribbean Edition; Tracking Hotel Performance in Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and St. Lucia Bridgetown, Barbados April 13, 2000 - Using a proven methodology which is trusted by hoteliers throughout the world, Arthur Andersen today announced that it will launch the Arthur Andersen Benchmark Survey, Caribbean Edition. With the introduction of the Caribbean survey, the number of key markets covered in the global industry's definitive hotel performance survey will expand to more than 200. Initially, the survey will track h...
Arizona's Carefree Conference Resort Adding 160 Suites / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Arizona's Carefree Conference Resort Adding 160 Suites CAREFREE, ARIZONA, April 2000 - International Conference Resorts, Inc. (ICR) announced the completion of the initial units of a planned 160 suite addition to the Carefree Conference Resort. ICR's Chairman and CEO, Mr. Gene A. Keluche, stated that the Luxury Condominiums of the Village at Carefree Conference Resort will expand the resort from its current 249-room capacity to approximately 270 guestrooms and suites in 2000, 320 in 2001, and over 350 in 2002. The expansion will also add approximately 10,000 sf of dedicated state-of-the-a...
Choice Hotels System-wide Domestic Effective Royalty Rate Grows to 3.75% in 1st Quarter; Domestic Hotels Report 47.5% Occupancy / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels System-wide Domestic Effective Royalty Rate Grows to 3.75% in 1st Quarter; Domestic Hotels Report 47.5% Occupancy Operating Information by Brand SILVER SPRING, Md., April 20, 2000 - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) today reported first quarter 2000 recurring net income of $9.9 million, or $0.18 recurring diluted earnings per share (EPS), increases of 3.8% and 5.9% respectively, over the $9.5 million in recurring net income and $0.17 recurring diluted EPS reported for first quarter 1999. The first quarter produced sustained growth, despite the slow start we...
Premier Hotels Believes the American Brand Howard Johnson May Shake up the UK Budget Hotel Market / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Premier Hotels Believes the American Brand Howard Johnson May Shake up the UK Budget Hotel Market Howard Johnson Hotel Opens in West Bromwich 4th April 2000 - The popular mid-market hotel brand, Howard Johnson has made its first entry into the UK market in West Bromwich. The 133-bedroom hotel located off the main high street celebrated its official opening on 31st March 2000. The 75 year old hotel brand has been brought to the UK by Premier Hotels who were awarded the master franchise by the Cendant Corporation to develop over forty hotels in the UK and across Europe. With hotels li...
Maddy Bowers Named National Sales Manager for Hershey Resorts / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Maddy Bowers Named National Sales Manager for Hershey Resorts HERSHEY, PA April 11, 2000 - Maddy Bowers, CHSP, has been named National Sales Manager for Hershey Resorts. Hershey Resorts is comprised of The Hotel Hershey and The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Bowers will handle all National Association business as well as any business based from Washington D.C. and south. Prior to joining Hershey Resorts in 1999, Bowers was a Sales Manager for the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers, and Director of Sales and Marketing for the Days Inn Conference Center, Middl...
Boca Resorts, Inc 3rd Qtr RevPar Rises 2% Over the Prior Year; Increases in Both ADR and Occupancy Rate / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Boca Resorts, Inc 3rd Qtr RevPar Rises 2% Over the Prior Year; Increases in Both ADR and Occupancy Rate BOCA RATON, Fla., April 27, 2000 - Boca Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: RST), a leading owner and operator of luxury resorts and entertainment and sports businesses, today reported operating results for its third quarter ended March 31. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2000, was $33.2 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, compared to $26.0 million, or $0.70 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 1999, an increase of 27%. The results for the recently completed reco...
New Sales Team at Regal Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles; Striving to Reach NewInternational Business through Synergy from Millennium Hotels and Resorts /
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report New Sales Team at Regal Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles; Striving to Reach New International Business through Synergy from Millennium Hotels and Resorts April 2000 - Landmark Regal Biltmore hotel has hired four highly qualified sales managers to acquire new clients and drive revenue for its new parent company, Millennium Hotels and Resorts. The following sales manager positions have been filled as of March 20, 2000: Kathy Markarian, international sales manager; GNell Abracosa, national sales manager, corporate groups; Penny Tilton, national sales manager, specialty markets; a...
Walter Raleigh Stewart Designs $300,000 Putting Course for the Big EZ Lodge at Big Sky, Montana / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Walter Raleigh Stewart Designs $300,000 Putting Course for the Big EZ Lodge at Big Sky, Montana BIG SKY, MONTANA, April 3, 2000 A one-of-a-kind 18-hole, par-72 championship putting course is located at the newly opened Big EZ Lodge, in Big Sky, Montana. The course, called The Big EZ Buffalo Links Championship Putting Course, has been designed to USGA championship greens standards. It is unique in the world and features 18 individual holes varying in length from 35 to 150 feet. Constructed in the Fall of 1999 at a cost of $300,000, The Big EZ Buffalo Links Course covers two scen...
Sixteen Former Wyndham Garden Properties Purchased by Barcelo Hotels USA for $325 million from Bedrock Partners / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sixteen Former Wyndham Garden Properties Purchased by Barcelo Hotels USA for $325 million from Bedrock Partners WASHINGTON - April 5, 2000--Barcelo Hotels USA, whose parent company Grubarges Inversion Hotelera, S.A. is an affiliate of Barcelo EmpresasSpains third largest travel and hotel companytoday announced the acquisition of 16 properties located in major city and suburban markets in 10 states, reaching from coast to coast. The sixteen former Wyndham Garden properties were purchased by Barcelo Hotels USA for $325 million from Dallas investment firm, Bedrock Partners. This ...
Alice S. Marriott, the co-founder of Marriott Corporation with her husband, J. Willard Marriott, Died April 17 in Washington, D.C. / April 2000
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Alice S. Marriott, the Co-founder of Marriott Corporation with Her Husband, J. Willard Marriott, Died April 17 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, April 18, 2000 - Alice Sheets Marriott, the co-founder of Marriott Corporation with her husband, J. Willard Marriott, died Monday, April 17 in Washington, D.C., of natural causes. She was 92 years old. Mrs. Marriott and her husband, who died in 1985, personified the American dream. The nine-stool root beer stand they opened in 1927 was the beginning of Marriott Corporation, one of the worlds leading hospitality companies. Today, there are f...
New South Wales Australia Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Accor Concerning Early Terminination of All Seasons Hotels Management Contracts / April 200
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report New South Wales Australia Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Accor Concerning Early Terminination of All Seasons Hotels Management Contracts Court upholds Accors management contracts on All Seasons Frontier Hotels 27 April 1999: A judgement in the NSW Supreme Court confirmed Accors right to continue operating three hotels in the Northern Territory. In a case brought against Border Corporation and other companies involved in the ownership of the three Frontier hotels in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs, Justice Windeyer of the NSW Supreme Court concluded that the notices of termina...
February 28, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Legends, Leaders, and Visionaries Theme for AH&MA Annual Conference & Leadership Forum/The Lodging Expo Phoenix, Ariz., April 6, 2000 - The American Hotel & Motel Association (AH&MA) is hosting its Annual Conference & Leadership Forum/The Lodging Expo, April 12 - 14, 2000, at the Phoenix Civic Plaza. The conference is filled with two and a half days of networking and educational sessions for more than 1,3000 hoteliers from every lodging segments across the nation. In its secondyear, The Lodging Expo features more than 150 AH&MA allied members displaying the latest and best ...
Johnson & Wales Tasting Bill Passes the House / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Johnson & Wales Tasting Bill Passes the House March 16, 2000--The Florida House of Representatives has passed legislation 81 to 26 that would allow culinary arts students under the age of 21 to taste wine, not drink, during class. Johnson & Wales University (J&W) has a comprehensive curriculum in the College of Culinary Arts that includes dining room service, principles of beverages, and oenology (the study of wines and wine tasting). A graduate of Johnson & Wales Florida Campus will now have the opportunity to receive the same education offered at other J&Ws Providence, RI. campu...
STS Hotel Net Raised $2.5 million in Venture Capital in Support of the Hotelnet.com Portal; Now Online in 800 Denver Hotel Rooms / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report STS Hotel Net Raised $2.5 million in Venture Capital in Support of the Hotelnet.com Portal; Now Online in 800 Denver Hotel Rooms DENVER 13 Mar 2000 - Staying connected and informed while traveling was made easier today as Denver-based STS Hotel Net launched its new high-speed Internet portal, www.hotelnet.com, designed to provide hotel guests staying in rooms in the Denver area with Internet content, communication and e-commerce applications. The guest rooms at the Denver City Center Marriott, Marriott Courtyard and Oxford Hotel will be equipped with the STS Hotel Net portal wi...
To Strengthen Position in Online Hotel Booking Market all-hotels.com Adds Four Senior Travel and Technology Experts / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report To Strengthen Position in Online Hotel Booking Market all-hotels.com Adds Four Travel and Technology Experts Edinburgh, Scotland - 6 March 2000 - www.all-hotels.com, today announces the appointment of four senior travel and technology experts to join the company's board of directors. The move sends a clear signal to the lucrative, highly competitive and fast-moving online travel market of the board's intention to position all-hotels.com as the world's leading web site for hotel and guest house bookings. Jane Karwoski, former Group Finance Director of Axis-Shield Plc, t...
Zoho Hospitality Marketplace Designed to Eliminate Inefficiency and Reduce Costs Across Entire Supply Chain / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Zoho Hospitality Marketplace Designed to Eliminate Inefficiency and Reduce Costs Across Entire Supply Chain FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Cornell University Hospitality Conference, March 20, 2000 - Zoho(SM) Corporation announced today the availability of the Zoho Hospitality Marketplace (www.zoho.com), the first in a new generation of Business-to-Business Internet marketplaces. Zoho transforms the economics of hospitality procurement by streamlining the complete supply chain, bringing together a complete marketplace buyers, suppliers, as well as transportation and finance companies. Additi...
Douglas Ziemer, former President of the Americas at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Joins ByeByeNOW.com as COO / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Douglas Ziemer, former President of the Americas at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Joins ByeByeNOW.com as COO POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - March 13, 2000-- ByeByeNOW.com today announced the appointment of Douglas Ziemer as its Chief Operating Officer. Ziemer, an expert in the travel industry, will be responsible for implementing ByeByeNOW.coms business-to-business web-based solution for travel agents and developing the online leisure travel companys brick and mortar franchise network. Doug will spearhead our business-to-business Internet platform for travel agencies. His industry expertis...
Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel Formed to Encourage the Travel and Tourism Industry to Develop/Promote Sustainable Practices / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel Formed to Encourage the Travel and Tourism Industry to Develop/Promote Sustainable Practices NEW YORK, March 22, 2000 - The Conference Board announced today that it has formed an association with the World Travel and Tourism Council to study and promote sustainable business practices in the travel and tourism industry. The new initiative is called the Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST). BEST was created with a three-year grant from The Ford Foundation. Its mission is to encourage the widespread incorporation of sus...
Choice Names William Jews to Board, Its First African-American Director / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Names William Jews to Board, Its First African-American Director SILVER SPRING, Md. (Feb. 23, 2000) -- Choice Hotels International, the worlds second-largest hotel franchisor, this month appointed William L. Jews to its board of directors. Jews becomes the first African-American to serve on the companys board. He will fill an unexpired term until Choices annual meeting of shareholders in 2002. Jews, 48, is president and chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which serves nearly 2.6 million members in Maryland, the District of Columbia, north...
