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Winter Construction Building a 6-story Courtyard by Marriott in Historic Downtown Chattanooga / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Winter Construction Building a 7-story Courtyard by Marriott in Historic Downtown Chattanooga Atlanta, March, 2000 The Winter Construction Company announced today that it will construct a seven-story, 128-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the historic district of Chattanooga. Construction on the 79,393-square-foot project is due to begin this month with the anticipated completion in mid-2001. The hotel will be located at Second and Chestnut Streets, adjacent to the IMAX Theater and the Tennessee Aquarium and only one block from the new Chattanooga Lookouts ballpark. The job...
Windsor Capital Group and United Properties, Inc. Open the $40-million 270-suite Embassy Suites-Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Arizona / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Windsor Capital Group and United Properties, Inc. Open the $40-million 270-suite Embassy Suites-Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Arizona LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2000 - Los Angeles-based Windsor Hospitality Group, a division of Windsor Capital Group, and United Properties, Inc.s Scottsdale, Ariz. office, announce the opening of the new 270-suite Embassy Suites-Paradise Valley adjacent to Stonecreek Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. The $40-million luxury hotel is owned by United Properties and managed by Windsor Hospitality Group. Strategically located at 4415 E. Paradise Village...
New Lodging Industry Tradeshow; Western Lodging Show(TM) to Be Co-Produced by California Hotel Motel Association and California Lodging Industry Asso
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report New Lodging Industry Tradeshow; Western Lodging Show(TM) to Be Co-Produced by California Hotel Motel Association and California Lodging Industry Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 7, 2000 - The California Hotel Motel Association (CHMA) and the California Lodging Industry Association (CLIA) announced today that the two organizations have agreed to co-produce a new lodging industry tradeshow. The Western Lodging Show(TM) supercedes the annual tradeshows previously produced by each organization. The Western Lodging Show(TM) makes its debut at the Santa Clara Convention Center ...
Le Pavillon Was First with Hydraulic Elevators in 1907; Now First in New Orleans with High-Speed Internet Connectivity / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Le Pavillon Was First with Hydraulic Elevators in 1907; Now First in New Orleans with High-Speed Internet Connectivity NEW ORLEANS, LA March 7, 2000 Le Pavillon, a world-class hotel with European elegance, has become the first hotel in New Orleans to offer guests fast, convenient Internet connectivity in all guest and meeting rooms. With Wayport technology, guests at the hotel can now browse the Internet, receive e-mail and access corporate networks at speeds 50-times faster than with typical modem connection. Altogether, 219 guestrooms, 7 luxury suites, 10 conference...
Visual One Provides Hotel Web Sites with a Turnkey Online Reservation System / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Visual One Provides Hotel Web Sites with Turnkey Online Reservation System ROCKVILLE, MD - March 2000 - Visual One Systems, a leading software developer for the hospitality industry, is making it easier for guests and hotel operators alike to book room reservations on-line. Visual One's Internet Connection (IC) software serves as an on-line host, helping to guide potential guests through the total reservation process. With Visual One's IC software loaded on a hotel's web page, a guest can inquire about availability and rates, make a reservation and receive a confirmation ... all with the cl...
Venetian Casino Resort Occupancy Was 97% with $185 ADR during February, 2000 / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Venetian Casino Resort Occupancy Was 97% with $185 ADR during February, 2000 LAS VEGAS/PHOENIX - March 15, 2000 - At financial presentations to Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrettes 2000 March Madness Hospitality Conference, at the Paris Hotel Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and Credit Suisse/First Bostons 2000 High Yield Gaming Conference, held today at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, William P. Weidner, president, and Bradley H. Stone, executive vice president, of Las Vegas Sands Inc., the parent company of The Venetian, spoke of additional improvements in revenues and earnings d...
Virginia Tech Division of Continuing Education Offering 2 1/2 Day Hospitality Sales Workshop / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Virginia Tech Division of Continuing Education Offering 2 1/2 Day Hospitality Sales Workshop March 2000 - Virginia Tech is proud to announce their next Hospitality Sales Workshop with columnist Howard Feiertag, CHA, CHME, CMP scheduled to be held May 22-24, 2000 at the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus. Howard Feiertag's 2 1/2 days of intensive, highly interactive Hospitality Sales Workshop covers: It's Still a Sellers' Market: Changes in the travel and hospitality industry and how they affect today's sales activities. The ...
USFS Update on Progress and Plans for 2000 and Beyond / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report USFS Update on Progress and Plans for 2000 and Beyond ATLANTA (March 6, 2000) More than 35 of the countrys leading hospitality industry consultants convened in Atlanta on February 28 and 29 for a corporate briefing regarding US Franchise Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USFS) and its Microtel Inn & Suites, Hawthorn and Best Inns & Suites hotel brands. Mike Leven, president & CEO of USFS, who opened the proceedings, commented, USFS has experienced rapid growth and is a different company than it was just a few years ago when we hosted our first Industry Consultants Conference. W...
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report The Courtyard by Marriott-Tupelo Awarded Franchise Courtyard Hotel of the Year at Marriotts Annual General Managers Conference MEMPHIS, TN, February 21, 2000 The Courtyard by Marriott-Tupelo was awarded Franchise Courtyard Hotel of the Year at Marriotts Annual General Managers Conference held in Atlanta, GA. This prestigious award honors hotels for their superior hotel performance based on financial performance, guest satisfaction, associate satisfaction and community involvement. The hotel also received Marriotts Presidents Award honoring those hotels which ...
Travel University International Provides Two Year Degree Programs in Hospitality Management and International Trade / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Travel University International Provides Two Year Degree Programs in Hospitality Management and International Trade SAN DIEGO - March 13, 2000--By 2007 more than 2 million jobs in the travel and tourism sector will be created in the United States, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council. Travel University International of San Diego is meeting that ever-growing job demand for more trained professionals by offering two new and different degree programs. Now students enrolling at the San Diego campus can earn a two year Associate of Applied Science Degree in either Hospital...
Travelhero.com and California Lodging Indusry Association Establish Partnership for Online Reservations / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report TravelHero.com and California Lodging Indusry Association Establish Partnership for Online Reservations SCOTTSDALE, AZ- March 16, 2000 - TravelHero.com, a leading provider of Internet travel services with a website located at www.travelhero.com, announced today a signed agreement with the California Lodging Industry Association (CLIA). The partnership provides over 5000 California lodging properties with an online reservations and booking system. Using TravelHero.coms large rich database, the CLIA reservations and booking system is expected to be operational by March 31. Visitors to the...
Trendwest Resorts Breaks Ground on new Resorts in Oceanside, Calif. and Maui, Hawaii / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Trendwest Resorts Breaks Ground on new Resorts in Oceanside, Calif. and Maui, Hawaii REDMOND, Wash - March 17, 2000--Trendwest Resorts, Inc. (Nasdaq:TWRI), one of the nations leading timeshare companies, today announced the groundbreaking on its resorts under construction in Oceanside, Calif. and Maui, Hawaii. The new resort under construction at Oceanside is the largest single building construction the company has ever undertaken. The project will be 140 units on four floors overlooking the harbor at Oceanside. The new sales office located on the harbor and overlooking the project ha...
Sunterra Corp. Extremely Disappointed with 4th Qtr Results, Postpones Further Work on Orlando Headquarters / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sunterra Corp. Extremely Disappointed with 4th Qtr Results, Postpones Further Work on Orlando Headquarters Losses Per Share of $1.63 for the 1999 Fourth Quarter ORLANDO, Fla., March 15, 2000 - Sunterra Corporation (NYSE: OWN) today announced that for the fourth quarter ended December 31,1999, the company recorded a net loss of $58.4 million, and diluted loss per share of $1.63, compared with net income of $11.5 million, and diluted earnings per share of 31 cents, in the 1998 quarter. Sales of vacation ownership interests in the quarter of $97.2 million were down 1% from the prior yea...
Sanjay and Johanna Varma to Head Up Hospitality Management Company Specializing in Luxury Spas / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sanjay and Johanna Varma to Head Up Hospitality Management Company Specializing in Luxury Spas SONOMA, Calif., March 22, 2000 - Sonoma Spa Resorts, L.P., announced today that it has collaborated with Crescent Real Estate Equities Company (NYSE: CEI) (Crescent) to form a premier hospitality management company and investment partnership to be led by Sanjay and Johanna Varma. Crescent will hold a 30% interest in the management company and a 93% interest in the investment partnership, while the Varmas will hold the remainder. The objective of the new companies, which ...
Sol Meliá Credits 19% Revenue Growth over the Prior Year to Significant Increase in ADR in European Hotels and the Opening of 27 Hotels / Mar
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Sol Meliá Credits 19% Revenue Growth over the Prior Year to Significant Increase in ADR in European Hotels and the Opening of 27 Hotels February, 2000 - The hotel company Sol Meliá has ended 1999 achieving the objectives that had been set for the year with operating profits before interest, amortisation and taxes (EBITDA) of 33,348 million pesetas 200 million euros -, an increase of 37% over 1998. Consolidated revenues for the company grew to 109,572 million pesetas - 659 million euros -, a 19% increase over the previous year. Net consolidated profits for Sol Meliá in 1999 stood a...
Environmentally-friendly Amenities of ADA Guest Supplies International to be Distributed in Sol Melia's 260 Hotels / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Environmentally-friendly Amenities of ADA Guest Supplies International to be Distributed in Sol Melia's 260 Hotels March, 2000 - Sol Meliá has signed an international agreement with ADA Guest Supplies International, a leading European company in the field of hotel amenities, by which ADA will become the official supplier of amenities to Sol Meliás more than 260 hotels in 27 countries. The main objective of the agreement is the development of an exclusive line of environmentally-friendly bathroom amenities christened the Arte collection for Sol Meliá, reflec...
Partnership Led by Rolf E. Ruhfus and B. Anthony Isaac Acquire Sierra Suites Hotel Brand and Properties from Wyndham / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Partnership Led by Rolf E. Ruhfus and B. Anthony Isaac Acquire Sierra Suites® Hotel Brand and Properties from Wyndham DALLAS - March 20, 2000 - Fulfilling a commitment to focus on its core luxury and upscale brands, Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE:WYN) announced today that it has sold its Sierra Suites® Hotel brand, properties and related assets to Sierra Suites Hotel Company, L.P., a partnership led by Rolf E. Ruhfus and B. Anthony Isaac. The transaction also includes the sale of one owned and three leased properties as well as the management contracts on 13 properties currentl...
Siegel Sez- UPDATE THIS / March 3, 2000
January 30, 2000
Siegel Sez - UPDATE THIS ! March 3, 2000 - Issue #14 T E C H N O L O G Y NEWSTAND by Jon Inge Squire.com by Michael Squires Hospitalitys Location for Automation T E C H N O L O G Y NEWSTAND by Jon Inge Squire.com by Michael Squires Hospitalitys Location for Automation I take great freedom in what I share in the opening of the bi-weekly Siegel Sez. I often talk about things that are silly, dumb and probably not for the mass readership of Hotel-Online. (Speaking of which, do you realize we are approaching the magic number of 18,000 people who have requested...
Elegant Group's Executive Chef Martin Carter Opens Sasso Restauant at Tamarind Cove in Barbados / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Elegant Group's Executive Chef Martin Carter Opens Sasso Restauant at Tamarind Cove in Barbados ORLANDO, FL (March 20, 2000) - Taking its gastronomic offerings to new heights, Tamarind Cove Hotel in Barbados, a member of the Elegant Hotels Group in Barbados officially opened the contemporarily-styled Sasso restaurant in early March. The restaurant launch was complemented by a chic champagne reception at Tamarind attended by tour operators, suppliers, the media, members of the Barbados Tourism Authority and the Barbados Chamber of Commerce as well as a group of esteemed business...
Pablo Sanchez and Lisa Alkire Named to Management Team for Silicon Valley/San Jose Candlewood Suites / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Pablo Sanchez and Lisa Alkire Named to Management Team for Silicon Valley/San Jose Candlewood Suites SAN JOSE, Calif.- -March 28, 2000-- Candlewood Hotel Co. (Nasdaq: CNDL) has named Pablo Sanchez as general manager and Lisa Alkire-Cuenca as director of sales for the Silicon Valley/San Jose Candlewood Suites, set to open next month. Sanchez has a strong background in both hotel management and sales. A valued Candlewood team member, he previously served as general manager for a Candlewood Suites in Denver. Sanchezs innovative methods include guest focus groups and sales strategies t...
Station Solidifies Growth of Las Vegas Franchise With Strategic Land Purchases / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Station Solidifies Growth of Las Vegas Franchise With Strategic Land Purchases LAS VEGAS, March 13, 2000 - Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE: STN - news) today announced that it has secured three additional gaming sites in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. These strategic transactions solidify and enhance our Companys growth potential and the long-term value of our Las Vegas franchise, said Frank Fertitta III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Between master-planned expansions of our existing assets, and a portfolio of new development opportunities we can pursue at any time, we ar...
Starwood Hotels Enhances Financial and Operational Reporting with Intelligent Data Warehousing and an IBM RS/6000 S70 Server / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Hotels Enhances Financial and Operational Reporting with Intelligent Data Warehousing and an IBM RS/6000 S70 Server CARY, N.C.- -March 29, 2000 - SAS Institute, the market leader in integrated data warehousing, decision support and information delivery and IBM today announced that White Plains, NY based Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide has turned to intelligent data warehousing and an IBM RS/6000 S70 server to dramatically improve the performance of its ad hoc financial query and reporting systems. Faced with the difficult task of accessing and reporting on data in its SAP AG ...
Ex-Firefighter Gives $260,000 to Northern Arizona University Hospitality Management Program / Mar 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report Ex-Firefighter Gives $260,000 to Northern Arizona University Hospitality Management Program I want to help break that glass ceiling, says benefactor Flagstaff, AZ - March 13, 2000 - Richard Barrett Burns, an ex-firefighter, burns with a passiona passion to help the female leaders of tomorrow break through the glass ceiling that has traditionally barred their advancement to the top. That passion has led Burns to donate more than a quarter of a million dollars to the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University. Interest from the Burns endowment will f...
New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association Contracts with Reserve America for Internet Reservations / March 2000
January 30, 2000
Hotel Online Special Report New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association Contracts with Reserve America for Internet Reservations BALLSTON SPA, NY, March 13, 2000 - ReserveAmerica, the nations leading provider of reservation services for state and federal recreation facilities, announced today it has won the contract to provide reservation services for the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association (NYSHTA). The agreement provides for both Internet and telephone reservations for the 140,000 reservable rooms available through NYSHTA, a 1,300-member-strong organization comprised of hotel, motel, ...
