Bass Hotels Resorts Reports U.S. Hotels Continue Trend of Significantly Outperforming Competition / Mar 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report   Bass Hotels  Resorts Reports U.S. Hotels Continue Trend of Significantly Outperforming Competition U.S. Hotels Performance - 1st Quarter ATLANTA, March 7, 2000 - Following an announcement last week regarding Bass PLC’s (NYSE: BAS) (LON: BAS) (ADRs) agreement to make an offer for Dallas-based Bristol Hotels Resorts, Bass Hotels Resorts reports positive growth in its Fiscal First Quarter (October - December 1999). “The company is off to a strong start this year with average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) results significantly exceeding competitor perfo...

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report     Aspire Launches New Revenue  Boot Camp™ Program;  Designed to Dramatically Improve Revenue Captured San Diego, CA – (March 8, 2000) – Aspire announced today that it has unveiled a new Revenue Boot Camp™ program called Beyond Revenue™ - New Game.  New Rules.  “This is a revolutionarily new way to approach revenue management,” said Renie Cavallari, President of Aspire. Aspire has been providing strategic marketing and training programs to the hospitality industry for 6 years and has worked with hundreds of hotels and resorts nationwide.  Strategic marketing services include im...

AmeriHost Inn® Hotel Brand Records Strong 2.4% Growth in Occupancy and a 4.7% Increase in ADR for 1999 / Mar 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  AmeriHost Inn® Hotel Brand Records Strong 2.4% Growth in Occupancy and a 4.7% Increase  in ADR for 1999 AmeriHost Inn® Hotel Brand Operating Statistics ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, March 8, 2000 – Amerihost Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: HOST) today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1999.   For the year, net income totaled $200,591, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of ($2.8) million, or ($0.45) per diluted share in 1998. The net loss in 1998 reflected an extraordinary item and the cumulative effect of a change in accou...

Management Changes for Accor in Asia Following Death of Tony Young, Managing Director Asia / Mar 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Management Changes for Accor in Asia Following  Death of Tony Young, Managing Director Asia 29 March 2000: Accor Asia Pacific has announced a revised management structure for its Asian operations. The arrangements follow the sudden and tragic death a month ago of Accor’s Managing Director Asia, Tony Young. The Chief Financial Officer of Accor Asia Pacific, Mr Jochen Dobel, will take up the position of Deputy Chairman and will be based in the Bangkok office co-ordinating the Asian management team. Reporting to Mr Dobel will be Mr Reggie Shiu, who has been appointed Senior Vice President A...

Highlights ARDA Convention & Expo; April 1-5, 2000 – Las Vegas / Mar 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Highlights ARDA Convention & Expo;  April 1-5, 2000 -  Las Vegas March 2000 - Las Vegas has one sure bet this year: the April 1-5 ARDA Convention & Expo. at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. These are a few of the many news highlights, with just a short time left before the action begins for those lucky enough to be there: Attendance record: Projected to reach a new high - so much demand that we need to use two hotels for the first time. Each attendee can learn, network and have fun.  Breakthroughs in every area: The theme, and the reality, of this show are attracting more people fr...

sentr@NET Offers inetHotel for Internet Access Service / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report sentr@NET Offers inetHotel for  Internet Access Service Minneapolis, MN/Pleasant Hills, CA  – December 29, 1999 –sentr@NET, a vertical application service provider focused on the hospitality market today announced that it now offers management companies and franchisers a complete Internet access service for hotel guests and meeting rooms utilizing Tut Systems’ (NASDAQ: TUTS) industry-leading, integrated communication solutions for the multi-tenant market –  which includes hotels, apartments, dormitories and multi-tenant commercial buildings. sentr@NET’s network, called ine...

PCRoomLink, an In-Room PC For Business Travelers, Earns Award at Consumer Electronics Show / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report PCRoomLink, an In-Room PC For Business Travelers,  Earns Award at Consumer Electronics Show MILLVILLE, NJ - January 12, 2000 - As the Internet becomes a more common tool in homes and offices and people are becoming more and more reliant on this limitless resource, a number of creative new products have recently been introduced to meet the emerging need for mobile access.  Ironically, for all of the hype surrounding futuristic handheld devices, wireless connections, etc., the product chosen as the best way to stay connected while traveling looks a lot like the PC currently on your d...

Winston Hotels Building Evanston, IL Hilton Garden Inn Under Joint Venture with Regent Partners, Inc. / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel OnlineSpecial Report Winston Hotels Building Evanston, IL Hilton Garden Inn Under Joint Venture with Regent Partners, Inc. RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 25, 2000 - Winston Hotels, Inc., (NYSE: WXH), today announced it expects to begin construction on a $20 million, 175-room Hilton Garden Inn during the spring of 2000 with a grand opening before the holiday season in 2001. This is Winston’s second Hilton Garden Inn development project under a joint venture agreement with Regent Partners, Inc., a leading real estate development, investment and services firm.   The full-service Hilton hotel, with more than 4,000 sq...

GM Christian Coffin Leading the Doubletree Wilmington Hotel Through $10 Million Renovation / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report GM Christian Coffin Leading the Doubletree Wilmington Hotel Through $10 Million Renovation WILMINGTON, Del. -- January 5, 2000 - The Doubletree Wilmington Hotel announced today a major renovation in excess of $10 million, including the addition of 90 new guest rooms. When finished, the number of rooms will total 244. A new pool and fully equipped heath club will also be added to the property.  “We’ve made a major commitment to bringing this hotel up to the highest standards expected by today’s business travelers,” said General Manager Christian Coffin.  All rooms in the h...

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  The Related Companies, LP  Converting  New York’s Historic Guardian Life Building to a W Hotel NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2000 - W Hotels, the newest brand of Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, has unveiled plans for a fourth Manhattan property, W Hotel at Union Square, following an extensive conversion of New York’s landmark Guardian Life building.  The historic 20-story former office building is scheduled to reemerge in November 2000 as W Hotels’ stylish new luxury benchmark, a 270-room property, including 15 deluxe suites.  This announcement follows W Hotels’ November 1999 l...

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report U.S. Franchise Systems Forms “Independent Hotel Owners Affiliated” (ihoa) to Assist  Independent Hotels with Business Opportunities  Will Connect Members with Internet-Based Central Reservation System,  Nationwide Hotel Directory  ATLANTA (Jan. 4, 2000) – U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USFS) confirms plans to form an innovative organization known as “Independent Hotel Owners Affiliated” (ihoa) to help make independent hotels around the nation more accessible to the traveling public.    According to Mike Leven, president and CEO of USFS, ihoa will be targeted exclusi...

A Hidden Time Bomb – Corrosion of Piping Systems / The Causes of Corrosion in a Piping System, Traditional Repair Methods and the Modern System

January 30, 2000

Hotel OnlineSpecial Report  A Hidden Time Bomb - Corrosion of Piping Systems Causes of Corrosion in a Piping System, Traditional Repair Methods  and the Modern System of Pipe Restoration  January 2000 - Recently in British Columbia the issue of leaky condo’s has caught the attention of consumers, engineers, realtors, builders, government agencies. Initially and perhaps still, the issue created a valuation challenge for those involved in the appraisal profession.  Ready for a new challenge, what about the next big “Leak” issue. Only this time it is international in scope and involves the building’s piping system, ...

Jim Tierney Appointed Managing Director of Marketing and Sales for Hershey Resorts / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Jim Tierney Appointed Managing Director of Marketing and Sales for Hershey Resorts HERSHEY, PA –  Kim Schaller, Vice President Corporate Marketing and Sales of Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company, has announced that Jim Tierney, CHME, has been appointed Managing Director of Marketing and Sales for Hershey Resorts and Commercial Group.  Tierney will direct all marketing and sales efforts to achieve occupancy, food and beverage, and guest satisfaction goals for both The Hotel Hershey and The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.  The Hershey Resorts and Commercial Group is co...

Torgerson Properties Set to Open STAYBRIDGE SUITES® in Eagan, Minnesota / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Torgerson Properties Set to Open  Staybridge Suites® in Eagan, Minnesota ATLANTA (January 25, 2000) – Atlanta-based STAYBRIDGE SUITES® by Holiday Inn® will enter into the Eagan/Minneapolis extended-stay market with its twelfth hotel nationwide on Wednesday, January 26.  At 4675 Rahncliff Road in Eagan and eight miles south of Minneapolis, the hotel is convenient to the Mall of America, a colossal shopping and entertainment destination.  The new property welcomes guests visiting the area for four nights or more and provides them with more livable space than a traditional hotel...

Kimberly-Clark and Historic Restoration, Inc. in Partnership with Marriott to Build 1,081 Room Hotel in St. Louis / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Kimberly-Clark and Historic Restoration, Inc.  in Partnership with Marriott to Build  1,081 Room Hotel in St. Louis WASHINGTON – Jan. 14, 2000 - Marriott International, Inc. (MAR / NYSE) and a partnership between Kimberly-Clark and Historic Restoration, Inc. announced that construction will soon be underway on a new 1,081-room convention headquarters hotel complex in St. Louis. According to Tom Leonhard, senior vice president, development of Historic Restoration Inc., construction will begin February 1. The project, a 916-room Renaissance Hotel and a 165-suite Renaissance ...

Orlando Crowne Plaza Developer To Begin Sales of Timeshare Units / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Orlando Crowne Plaza Developer To Begin  Sales of Timeshare Units Orlando, FL—January 27, 2000 -- Sovereign Resorts, Inc. will begin timeshare sales in April of this year at the Crowne Plaza Resort Orlando.  Units will be sold under the name of Kingstown Reef at the Crowne Plaza Resort and are being offered under a Crowne Plaza Resort franchise agreement. Sovereign Resorts, Inc. President Robert A. Stanislaw and CEO David Yarvi will head the project. Stanislaw has 18 years of financial and land development experience while Yarvi is a real estate and timeshare industry veteran of...

Thai Nakorn Patana Co. Ltd Developing a Sofitel Hotel at Angkor Wat / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Thai Nakorn Patana Co. Ltd Developing a  Sofitel Hotel at Angkor Wat 26 January 2000: Accor, the leading international hotel operator in the Asia Pacific region, is to expand its deluxe Sofitel hotel brand to one of the most significant cultural and tourist destinations in Asia - Siem Reap, the site of the legendary Angkor Wat Temple complex, in Cambodia. The hotel is scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2000. The Sofitel Royal Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia is currently being developed by prominent Thai company, Thai Nakorn Patana Co. Ltd., a leader in the pharmaceutical industry in Tha...

Siegel Sez- UPDATE THIS / January 21, 2000

January 30, 2000

Siegel Sez -  UPDATE  THIS !  January 21, 2000 - Issue #11 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 Well, we did it.  We all survived Y2K. This will definitely go down in history as the most anticipated disaster that never took place.  Eerily, my New Year’s Eve was very similar. It was the most anticipated “excitement” that I had been planning on forever, but never happened  ...

Siegel Sez- UPDATE THIS / December 23, 1999

January 30, 2000

Siegel Sez -  UPDATE  THIS !  December 23, 1999 - Issue #10 T E C H N O L O G Y  NEWSTAND   by Jon Inge  NEWS YOU CAN USE   by Mark Haley           T E C H N O L O G Y  NEWSTAND   by Jon Inge  NEWS YOU CAN USE   by Mark Haley       Okay, enough already. Here is the “update,” but the names have been changed to protect the “not-so-innocent.”  The 8th Avenue gal did identify herself, did contact me, was recently in Atlanta for business and we got together and had dinner. How did it go? All I can say is, “ooo-la- la.”  I hope I will be able to write abou...

Two Hiltons Rebranding as Sheraton; The Hilton Arlington Park and the Hilton Charleston North / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report  Two Hiltons Rebranding as Sheraton;  The Hilton Arlington Park and  The Hilton Charleston North WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2000 - The first quarter of the new millennium will bring the Sheraton Arlington Park and the Sheraton North Charleston to the ever-growing Starwood family. The Hilton Arlington Park outside of Chicago will convert to the Sheraton Arlington Park on February 1, and the Hilton Charleston North in South Carolina will become the Sheraton North Charleston on January 31, 2000.  “We welcome these hotels into the Sheraton family, and it is only the beginn...

The New Millennium: Dawn of a Service Revolution / Tom Shanahan / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel OnlineSpecial Report The New Millennium:  Dawn of a Service Revolution  by Tom Shanahan, January 2000 In the ever-accelerating race for competitive advantage, many hotel operators are focusing on guest service as a way to differentiate their properties from the competition. Hilton’s Customer Information System, Sol Melia’s service customization and Marriott’s “Wired Rooms” are all examples of this trend. A further indication of the industry’s renewed focus on service comes from Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Hotels. “The world is changing rapidly. While we own superb physical assets around t...

John Morford Designing the Interiors for Seoul, Korea's Park Hyatt / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report John Morford Designing the Interiors for  Seoul, Korea's Park Hyatt Spacious bathrooms will feature Hyatt’s new “Oriental Bath” concept Hong Kong, January 2000... Bernd Chorengel, President of Hyatt International and Mong Kyu Chung, Chairman of Hyundai Development Company, have signed an agreement to manage the first “Park Hyatt” hotel in Seoul, Korea. The 265-room Park Hyatt Seoul is scheduled to open in 2002. Located in Yeoksam-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, the new the business and financial area, Park Hyatt Seoul will occupy the top 16 floors of the impressive 45-storey I Tower, and will fea...

Bass Hotels Resorts Acquires from the Pritzker Family Its Interests in 59 Hotels In the Asia Pacific Region / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Bass Hotels Resorts Acquires from the Pritzker Family Its Interests in 59 Hotels In the Asia Pacific Region ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2000 - Bass Hotels Resorts today announced that one of its affiliate companies, Bass Overseas Holdings, Limited has entered into an agreement with business interests of the Pritzker family to purchase the share capital of Hale International Limited (Hale) which owns, leases, manages or franchises 59 hotels throughout the Asia pacific region through its subsidiary the Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation (SPHC).    The agreement includes 24 hotels in Australia (incl...

Starwood Selects SAP Human Resources and Payroll Solutions to Manage and Integrate Human Resource Functions for 52,000 US Employees / Jan 2000

January 30, 2000

Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Selects SAP Human Resources and Payroll Solutions  to Manage and Integrate Human Resource Functions  for 52,000 US Employees DALLAS - Jan. 26, 2000 - Delphi Consultants, LLC., a SAP America, Inc., National Implementation Partner and a leading provider of SAP™ software solutions for the human resources community, announced that Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc., one of the largest hotel chains in the world, has chosen Delphi Consultants, LLC to implement the SAP Human Resources™ (SAP HR™) solution for all its hotels. The scope of the project involves combining an...