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CynterShow Partners With International Hotel Restaurant Association to Produce EURHOTEC 2000 in Lausanne / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report CynterShow Partners With International Hotel Restaurant Association to Produce EURHOTEC 2000 in Luasanne GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 1, 1999 - CynterShow today announced that it is partnering with the International Hotel Restaurant Association (IHRA) to produce EURHOTEC 2000, the European hospitality technology exhibition and conference. CynterShow will manage and produce the educational conference held in conjunction with EURHOTEC. Additionally, CynterPubs will publish the show daily which updates attendees on company and product news and events at the show. Cynter...
The Chairman of Sol Melia, Grabriel Escarrer Julio, Named Hotelier of the Year by Hotels Magazine / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report The Chairman of Sol Melia, Grabriel Escarrer Julio, Named "Hotelier of the Year" by "Hotels" Magazine He will receive the award today in an event to be held in New York, which is scheduled to be attended by the Ambassador of Spain to the United Nations, Inocencio Arias, and the Consul General of Spain in New York, Emilio Cassinello November,1999 - The founder and Chairman of Sol Meliá, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, has been named Corporate Hotelier of the Year by the prestigious US trade magazine Hotels. The award is in recognition for a brilliant career whic...
Emil Wagner, Majority Owner of the Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos and On the Brink of Losing Control of the Famous Resort, Commits Suicide / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Emil Wagner, Majority Owner of the Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos and On the Brink of Losing Control of the Famous Resort, Commits Suicide By Jack Brown and Ralph Vigoda, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5--The majority owner of the Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos, millions in debt and on the brink of losing control of the famous resort that had occupied nearly a half-century of his life, killed himself hours before a court hearing to determine the propertys immediate future. Emil Wagner, 77, was found in the bathroom of...
Buccini/Pollin Group Open the 150th Embassy Suite in Delaware / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Buccini/Pollin Group Open the 150th Embassy Suite in Delaware NEWARK, Del. - Nov. 19, 1999 - Embassy Suites, the national hotel chain of upscale, all-suite properties, today celebrates reaching its 150th property milestone with the grand opening of the 155-room Newark/Wilmington South Embassy Suites in Delaware. The addition brings the total brand room count to more than 35,000 systemwide in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. To commemorate the grand opening, the hotel will hold an evening gala event to include a silent auction and special $1,500 money-ribbon cutting...
Inndemand.com Launched for Budget and Economy Hotels in U.S. / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Inndemand.com Launched for Budget and Economy Hotels in the U.S ATLANTA - Nov. 8, 1999--ELTRAX Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELTX) today announced its entry into the Applications Service Provider (ASP) market. Inndemand.com is the Companys first ASP product, designed for the hospitality industry. The product was introduced on Saturday, November 6th, at the International Hotel/Motel Restaurant Show in New York where it was honored as a finalist for the Best New Product Award. Inndemand.com will be generally available in the first quarter of next year. The launch of Inn...
Initial Plans for Hong Kong Disneyland Include 1,400 Hotel Rooms / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Initial Plans for Hong Kong Disneyland Include 1,400 Hotel Rooms HONG KONG - Nov. 2, 1999 - In an agreement with the Hong Kong SAR Government, The Walt Disney Company today unveiled plans for a proposed Hong Kong Disneyland, a 126-hectare theme park development to be built as the anchor of a tourism center on Lantau Island. Chief Secretary for Administration, Anson Chan from the Hong Kong SAR Government led the presentation to the Hong Kong Legislative Council as part of a two-day briefing on the project. Walt Disney Attractions Chairman Judson Green and Walt Disney Ima...
R. David Moon Joins Arthur Andersen US Hospitality Industry Team as Partner in Charge of Hospitality Technology Practice / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report R. David Moon Joins Arthur Andersen US Hospitality Industry Team as Partner in Charge of Hospitality Technology Practice LOS ANGELES - Nov. 12, 1999 - Continuing to expand its capabilities as a virtual team with leading-edge solutions for the global hospitality industry, R. David Moon recently joined the Arthur Andersen US Hospitality Industry Team (HIT) as the partner in charge of its hospitality technology practice. With this latest addition, Arthur Andersens Hospitality and Leisure group continues to demonstrate its leadership position in hospitality industry technolog...
Brian Deeson Announces Several GM Appointments at Century International Hotels / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Brian Deeson Announces Several GM Appointments at Century International Hotels 20 November, 1999, Hong Kong ..... Century International Hotels President and CEO, Mr Brian Deeson is pleased to announce the following transfers of General Managers within the group. Eduard Hoogeweegen, General Manager of Century Saphir Bali and Century Mabisa Inn Bali will assume the same role at Bayview Park Hotel Manila while Robert Atlee, General Manager of Bayview Park Hotel will be transferred to Century Kuala Lumpur Hotel. Mr Tony van Gevelt has assumed the role of Genera...
Capstone Realty Funding Arranges $2,660,000 First Mortgage for American Liberty Hospitality's Acquisition of Hawthorn Suites in Killeen, Texas /
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Capstone Realty Funding Arranges $2,660,000 First Mortgage for American Liberty Hospitality's Acquisition of Hawthorn Suites in Killeen, TX Boulder, Colorado - October 30, 1999 - Steve Wax, Principal of Capstone Realty Funding today announced that American Liberty Hospitality, Inc., Houston, Texas, completed its acquisition of a Hawthorn Suites located in Killeen, Texas. Capstone Realty Funding arranged the $2,660,000 first mortgage financing with Bank of America. The loan closed thirty-three (33) days from the date of application. "This acquisition was und...
Original Residence Inn Now a Cambridge Suites by Candlewood, Plan to Franchise as New Uscale Brand / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Original Residence Inn Now a Cambridge Suites by Candlewood; Plan to Franchise as New Uscale Brand WICHITA, Kan. - Nov. 22, 1999 - Candlewood Hotel Co. (Nasdaq:CNDL - news) today announced plans to franchise Cambridge Suites by Candlewood, a new upscale hotel concept based on the value-oriented philosophy of the Candlewood Suites brand. Cambridge Suites by Candlewood builds upon the features, comfort and amenities familiar to Candlewood Suites guests, including: free laundry facilities; free local phone calls, low-cost long distance and two phone lines; free vide...
Maturation of Locations, Good Yield-Management and Greater Brand Awareness Helps Candlewood to Record Results / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Good Yield-Management, Greater Brand Awareness, and Maturation of Locations Helps Candlewood to Record Results WICHITA, Kan., Nov.2, 1999 - Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNDL), a leading owner, manager, developer and franchisor of high quality, value-oriented, business-travel hotels, today announced record third quarter and nine month results. For the third quarter, income from hotel operations (hotel operating revenues less hotel and related corporate operating expenses and hotel opening costs) was $13.2 million, compared to $6.0 million for the same 19...
CAIS Internet Unveils Portal for its Hospitality Customers / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report CAIS Internet Unveils Portal for its Hospitality Customers NEW YORK - Nov. 8, 1999--Answering a long-time demand of Internet users on-the-go, CAIS Internet introduced today the hospitality industrys inaugural, customized, Content Portaland announced its plans to deliver the CAIS Portal to every traveler passing through the 1.1 million hotel rooms under master agreement to deliver high speed Internet access with the broadband company. The CAIS portal site, which draws more than 110 top Internet content providers, was today unveiled at the International Hotel/Motel Re...
Jule C. Zipperer Constructing 63 Room Holiday Inn Express in Brown Deer, Wisconsin / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Jule C. Zipperer Constructing 63 Room Holiday Inn Express in Brown Deer, Wisconsin Germantown, TN, Nov 1, 1999 - Pride Hospitality, LLC and Jule C. Zipperer, are pleased to announce the ground breaking of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in an area of north Milwaukee in the Village of Brown Deer, Wisconsin. Jule C. Zipperer the majority owner stated We are pleased to partner with Pride Hospitality to construct and operate this hotel. Pride also operates our other hotels as well. Mark Zipperer, President of Pride Hospitality, LLC stated This project is a g...
Best Hotel Chain Worldwide Awarded to Sheraton by Business Traveller Magazine / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Best Hotel Chain Worldwide Awarded to Sheraton by Business Traveller Magazine WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 23,1999 - For the seventh year in a row, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts has been named Best Hotel Chain Worldwide by Business Traveller magazine. In its annual reader poll, the U.K. based magazine ranked Sheraton among the best in nearly a dozen categories. With Sheratons extensive worldwide coverage, its not surprising that no one can knock it off the top spot, according to Business Traveller in its November issue. Travelers are looking for hotels ...
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report New Interior Design at Kauai Coast Resort at the Beachboy Reflects the Golden Age of Hawaii KAPAA, HAWAIINOVEMBER 17, 1999 -- One of Kauais landmark resort properties is currently enjoying bragging rights to much more than a new name. Soon, it will also have an entirely new look. The recently renamed Kauai Coast Resort at the Beachboy (formerly the Kauai Beachboy Hotel) is preparing to welcome guests to its newly remodeled resort units in early May as the first phase of a $10 million refurbishment nears completion. Newly designed features include a new swimmin...
Bay Mills Indian Community Interested in Building Major Casino at the Pontiac Silverdome Providing up to 3,500 Jobs / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Bay Mills Indian Community Interested in Building Major Casino at the Pontiac Silverdome Providing up to 3,500 Jobs PONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 16, 1999 - Bay Mills Indian Community Tribal Chairman Jeff Parker has said that the tribe would be interested in building a major casino at the Pontiac Silverdome that could provide 3,000 to 3,500 jobs and a minimum payment of $30 million annually to the economically distressed city. The Bay Mills Indian Community currently operates the Bay Mills Resort and Casinos in Brimley, Michigan, with two successful casinos, a 67 room resort...
Condé Nast Traveler Survey Ranks Four Seasons Resorts Bali at Jimbaran Bay the Highest Rated Property in the World / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Condé Nast Traveler Survey Ranks Four Seasons Resorts Bali at Jimbaran Bay the Highest Rated Property in the World JIMBARAN BAY, BALI, INDONESIA November 15, 1999 In the largest private travel survey, published as the Readers Choice Awards in the November 1999 Condé Nast Traveler, Four Seasons Resorts Bali at Jimbaran Bay has earned its most prestigious honor No. 1 on the Top 100 list. Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, its sister resort which only opened in 1998, won the No. 12 place on the list. Over 300,000 of the magazines savvy readers wer...
Ann Walker Appointed Executive Director of Sales at The Greenbrier / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Ann Walker Appointed Executive Director of Sales at The Greenbrier OCTOBER 29, 1999 - WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV -- Ted J. Kleisner, President and Managing Director of The Greenbrier, announced the appointment of Ann Walker as Executive Director of Sales for the historic, Mobil Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond resort located here, effective immediately. "I am pleased that Ann Walker will be assuming this new position to lead our outstanding sales team well into the new century," Mr. Kleisner said. "It is doubly gratifying because it marks Ann's return to America's Resor...
AmeriHost Inn® hotels Now Aboard GDS / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report AmeriHost Inn® hotels Now Aboard GDS DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 8, 1999 Amerihost Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: HOST) today announced that AmeriHost Inn® hotels are now accepting reservations through GDS, or Global Distribution Systems, the airline reservation system through which most travel agents make hotel bookings. We are very excited to be a part of a truly global distribution network, said Michael P. Holtz, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Amerihost Properties, Inc. We have achieved a critical mass in the number of AmeriHost Inn...
The Best Western Ambica Empire Opens in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report The Best Western Ambica Empire Opens in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India New Delhi / Chennai, - Best Western Hotels is proud to announce the opening of its brand new hotel in Chennai Best Western Ambica Empire The hotel with a Heart. Announcing the affiliation, Mr. Anand S. Gupta, President and CEO, Best Western Hotels in India said This affiliation will now place Chennai as well as the state of Tamil Nadu on the World map as a Best Western Destination. Chennai: capital of Tamil Nadu, a region full of temples, is still a traditional town. As Madras,...
OAG Survey Claims 20% of Business Travelers Using Internet to Plan Flights and Book Hotels / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report OAG Survey Claims 20% of Business Travelers Using Internet to Plan Flights and Book Hotels OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 17, 1999 - Aggravation, disruption and air rage are now major factors in air travel, and business travelers are seeing them first-hand. Nearly 40% of the worlds business travelers have witnessed verbal or physical abuse in the past year. Even more surprising, a full 2% have had flights diverted as a direct result of air rage incidents according to the 1999 OAG Business Travel Lifestyle Survey. Published by the worlds leading independent provide...
Indonesia on Recovery Path for Accor Hotels / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Indonesia on Recovery Path for Accor Hotels November, 1999: Indonesia's largest international hotel operator, Accor, has indicated its positive forecast for Indonesian tourism by opening a new hotel in Jakarta and announcing a second on the island of Sumatra. Marc Steinmeyer, Accor's Regional Vice President for Operations - Asia, said that both projects had been originally planned prior to the economic crisis and initial planning and preparation had already taken place. It was the improved conditions during 1999, and the prospects for the future, that had persuaded the de...
Reshuffle in Melbourne for Accor Senior Executives / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report Reshuffle in Melbourne for Accor Senior Executives 9 November 1999 - A number of moves have been implemented at Accors Melbourne hotels with the recent announcement of changes to General Management. Henk Stoop, previously General Manager of the Hotel Ibis Melbourne has been appointed General Manager of the new 128 room Sofitel Reef Casino Cairns, Accors newest hotel addition and the second five star Sofitel in Australia. Replacing him in a new executive role for the company is Mr Erik Steube who has been appointed General Manager of Accors Economy Hotels f...
AHMA Treasurer John Russell Leading the Association's Commitment to America's Promise – The Alliance for Youth / Nov 1999
April 30, 1999
Hotel Online Special Report AHMA Treasurer John Russell Leading the Association's Commitment to America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth NEW YORK - Nov. 10, 1999--The American Hotel Motel Association (AHMA) has made a formal three-year commitment to Americas Promise - The Alliance for Youth. The organization, led by General Colin Powell, is dedicated to mobilizing individuals, groups, and organizations from every part of American life to build and strengthen the character and competence of our nations youth. The AHMA promise pledges for 2000 to commit 1,500 hotels, 15 AHMA member s...
