Shell Vacations LLC Partners with Ontario's Horseshoe Resort / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Shell Vacations LLC Partners with  Ontario's Horseshoe Resort Partnership plans extensive amenity upgrades Barrie, Ontario -- July 23, 1999 -- After a three-year partnership at  the Carriage Hills Resort at Horseshoe Valley, Horseshoe Resort Corporation and Shell Vacations LLC have recently announced that they will expand their  professional relationship with the joint operation of Horseshoe Resort and the addition of extensive upgrades to the resort.  According to David K. Nielsen, vice-president and general manager of  Horseshoe Resort, “Extensive improvements to the hotel and res...

New Security Solutions Meet Hotel Properties Differing Needs / Marty Whitford / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  New Security Solutions Meet Hotel Properties  Differing Needs  By Marty Whitford, H&MM Senior Editor , July 1999 One size can, in fact, fit all, according to several electronic door lock makers. When it comes to any new technology, particularly security solutions, future compatibility is key. Locks that embrace multiple technologies - from magnetic -stripe cards to memory cards to smartcards with microprocessors - help hoteliers hedge their bets and keep up with the Joneses. Open architecture Several suppliers said leaving the door open to several security solution - helps hotels keep...

Noel Schreiner Appointed GM of New Microtel Inn & Suites in Hutchinson, Kansas and Kathy King Named Sales Director for Hutchinson Leisure Hotels / Jul

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Noel Schreiner Appointed GM of New Microtel Inn & Suites  in Hutchinson, Kansas and Kathy King Named Sales Director for  Hutchinson Leisure Hotels ATLANTA (July 19, 1999) - Leisure Hotels L.L.C. has announced the appointment of Noel Schreiner as general manager of the new Microtel Inn & Suites in Hutchinson, Kansas, located at 1420 N. Lorraine. Microtel Inn & Suites is the fastest growing chain of all newly-constructed, interior corridor, budget/economy hotels in the U.S. Schreiner began his career in the hospitality industry in 1986 as a catering coordinator at the Holiday Inn Cit...

Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place Becomes First Sanswire Customer Using Elastic Networks' Solutions / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place Becomes First Sanswire Customer Using Elastic Networks' Solutions Atlanta, Ga. - July 12, 1999 - Elastic Networks, Inc. and Sanswire.Net, a developer of high-speed wireless technology, today announced a distribution agreement whereby Sanswire will expand its portfolio to include Elastic Networks’ EtherLoop technology-based products, which provide high-speed connectivity, and YesWare software, a laptop mobility, management and billing solution.  Sanswire will utilize the Elastic Networks solutions as an in-building complement to its wireless wide area network te...

Sheila Giovanazzi, GM of Crowne Plaza San Jose/Silicon Valley, Emphasizing Business Travelers after Renovation / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Sheila Giovanazzi, GM of Crowne Plaza San Jose / Silicon Valley,  Emphasizing Business Travelers after Renovation SAN JOSE, Calif - July 6, 1999--Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the Holiday Inn-San Jose  North has completed a $7.5 million renovation and rebranded as a Crowne Plaza hotel, one of the upscale brands of Bass Hotels Resorts. It will now be known as the Crowne Plaza San Jose/Silicon Valley.  Sheila Giovanazzi, general manager of Crowne Plaza San Jose/Silicon Valley said the hotel has placed a special emphasis on servicing the high-tech business traveler and meetin...

Big Goal: San Francisco CVB Commits to Produce 1.5 Million Definite and 4 Million Tentative Room Night Bookings for Future Years / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Big Goal: San Francisco CVB Commits to Produce 1.5 Million Definite and 4 Million Tentative Room Night Bookings for Future Years June 22, 1999 - Successes of the recent past and plans for the coming year were presented today at the 89th Annual Luncheon Meeting of the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau. Over 900 people gathered at the Hilton San Francisco & Towers to hear reports from Mayor Willie Brown and others on the status of the city's largest industry, applaud the conclusion of a successful fiscal year and celebrate the event's theme, "The Power of Partnerships." A Successful Y...

Whittier Hilton Hotel Now Managed by Richfield Hospitality Services / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Whittier Hilton Hotel Now Managed by  Richfield Hospitality Services  Whittier, CA - July 1999 - – Richfield Hospitality Services has been selected to manage the 202-room Whittier Hilton hotel, a full-service property serving southeast Los Angeles. “Our new relationship with the Whittier Hilton is especially rewarding because it’s a direct result of our performance with a Hilton property under the same ownership,” said Richfield president and CEO Thomas O’Leary.  “Also, it’s a good opportunity for us to demonstrate that whether the hotel is a national brand or independent, Richfie...

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report St. Louis’ Regal Riverfront Hotel Recorded  Greatest Revenue Improvement for  Richfield Hotels Premier Category in 1998 Englewood, CO – June 1999 - Richfield Hospitality Services president and CEO Thomas O’Leary announces President’s Performance Awards to Richfield managers generating the greatest revenue improvements in 1998 among the company’s portfolio of more than 50 hotel management contracts nationwide. “Hotel owners look to Richfield for a performance advantage that begins with the on-site management team,” said O’Leary.  “President’s Performance Awards spotlight team le...

Regal Bostonian Hotel Completes $13.5 Million Addition; Adds 10 Woman Traveler' Rooms / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Regal Bostonian Hotel Completes $13.5 Million Addition; Adds 10 Woman Traveler' Rooms Boston, MA – June 21, 1999 - The Regal Bostonian Hotel has augmented its colonial charm and elegance with a $13.5 million addition of guest rooms, fitness suite, executive boardroom and new restaurant space, announced Richfield Hospitality Services president and CEO Thomas O’Leary. Set in the heart of Boston across from Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the Regal Bostonian Hotel now offers a complement of 189 guest rooms and 12 suites with completion of the expansion project.  The central addition is a new, eig...

Accor Joins with Casinos Austria to Revitalise Reef Casino Trust / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Accor Joins with Casinos Austria to Revitalise  Reef Casino Trust 8 July 1999: Accor is to make its debut in Australia's casino sector following a joint venture agreement with Casinos Austria Group (Casinos Austria).   The first transaction of the joint venture will be the recapitalisation of the Reef Casino Trust. Accor, the world's largest hotel and tourism services company, regards casinos as a strategic growth area offering real synergies with its tourism activities.  Accor currently manages nine casinos in France, with two further concessions in France recently awarded to the compa...

J. W. Marriott Miami on Brickell Will Offer Guests RS 5000 Refreshment Centers / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  J. W. Marriott Miami on Brickell Will Offer Guests  RS 5000 Refreshment Centers St. George, UT - July 26, 1999 - Miami will soon have a new, prestigious J. W. Marriott hotel that will serve as a Marriott Flagship in the Miami area beginning in the year 2000. Currently under construction, and located near the Miami Dadeland Marriott, it will offer guests many new innovations. One luxury it will offer in its 300 rooms is the fully automated RSi Refreshment Center.  Similar to the Refreshment Centers used by Miami Dadeland since 1992, this in-room amenity offers up to 22 selections and 55 var...

Prudential RB Allen Commercial Real Estate Services Creates Hospitality and Lodging Group / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Prudential RB Allen Commercial Real Estate Services Creates Hospitality and Lodging Group July 1999 - Prudential RB Allen Commercial Real Estate Services is pleased to announce the formation of their new Hospitality and Lodging Group.  The group will comprise three associates with solid backgrounds in the hospitality industry.  The Hospitality and Lodging Group was formed in direct response to the increased hotel sales activity nationally, with emphasis on the southwestern U.S. region.  Prudential’s national presence (the only ISO 9002 compliant commercial real estate firm in the nation) co...

The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited and U.S. Developers Proceeding on 336 Room Luxury Peninsula Hotel in Chicago / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited and  U.S. Developers Proceeding with 336 Room  Luxury Peninsula Hotel in Chicago CHICAGO, June 30, 1999 -It was announced today that negotiations have been concluded and contracts signed to develop The Peninsula Chicago. Construction of the luxury hotel is scheduled to commence in July, with completion expected in March 2001. The joint venture partners in the project are The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd (HSH), which owns and manages The Peninsula hotels, and a partnership of Thomas J. Klutznick Co. and Himmel and Co. Financing for the 18-...

San Diego Paradise Point Resort Raises $239,096 for The Make-A-Wish Foundation / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report San Diego Paradise Point Resort Raises $239,096 for The Make-A-Wish Foundation San Diego, CA – July 7, 1999 - The 12th Annual San Diego Paradise Point Resort Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament, held on June 28, 1999, raised a phenomenal $239,096, which will go directly to granting the wishes of local children with life-threatening illnesses.  Due to the incredible success of this year’s event, the tournament has now exceeded $1 million in total donations.  “The Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego will be granting its 1,000th wish this year,” noted Ilene Hubbs, Executive Director of the San Diego...

PKF Consulting in US Maintains Its Asia Hospitality Consulting Practice, Based in Singapore; Adds Bangkok Trends Report / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  PKF Consulting in U.S. Maintains Its Asia Hospitality Consulting Practice, Based in Singapore;  Adds Bangkok Trends Report San Francisco.  July 27, 1999.  PKF Consulting, the U.S.-based hospitality and real estate consulting firm, maintains its consulting practice in Asia, recently adding Bangkok as another Asian city covered in its monthly Trends in the Hotel Industry report, according to Gary Carr, Ph.D., Director of Communications for San Francisco-based PKF Consulting. A recent report in the press that PKF Consulting has sold its Asia practice to PricewaterhouseCoopers has caused so...

Prime Hospitality Sells AmeriSuites Hotel in Dublin, California / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report Prime Hospitality Sells AmeriSuites Hotel  in Dublin, California San Francisco, CA – July 1, 1999 – PKF Investments, acting in a brokerage capacity on behalf of Prime Hospitality Corporation, announced the sale of the newly opened AmeriSuites Hotel to a private investor. The 128-unit Hotel was opened in May of this year and is part of a newly development mixed-use project located adjacent to Interstate 580 in Dublin, California.  Joel Hiser and Kiyoshi Sekine of the San Francisco office of PKF Investments represented the seller in the transaction. PKF Investments is a hotel real estate ...

Pennsylvania Convention Center Seeking Expansion to 650,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit Space / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Pennsylvania Convention Center Seeking Expansion to 650,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit Space PHILADELPHIA, July 12, 1999 -  The Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (Authority) took the first step toward expanding the 1.3 million-sq. ft. Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC) when the Authority’s board of directors unanimously passed a resolution to hire the architectural team of Thompson, Ventulet and Stainback, the Vitetta Group and Kelly-Maiello. The architects will identify the areas and functions to be included in the proposed expansion project and will also begin schematic drawings. The Autho...

Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa Now Managed by Its's Owner, Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa Now Managed  by It's Owner, Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 27, 1999 -  Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAW) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary has assumed all management responsibilities for the company’s Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa property in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Biltmore terminated its management contract with AZB Limited Partnership on June 9.  David Feder, who will oversee management of the Arizona Biltmore, has been appointed Senior Vice President Managing Director of the Resort. Feder h...

Coming Soon to an NTO Near You: Tourism Satellite Accounts / PATA / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report   Coming Soon to an NTO Near You: Tourism Satellite Accounts      Coming Soon to an NTO Near You: Tourism Satellite Accounts    July 1999 - A new acronym is set to enter the growing alphabet soup of nomenclature in the PATA region over the next few years. It could be the most important one yet. The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) will help PATA-member national tourism organisations put a firm finger on what travel and tourism actually means to national economies and GDP, job creation and government revenues. The complicated methodology of accompl...

Hudson Hotels Accomplishes Restructuring of Debt / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Hudson Hotels Accomplishes  Restructuring of  Debt ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 26, 1999 - Hudson Hotels Corporation, (Nasdaq: HUDS) (“Hudson” or the “Company”) today announced that it has completed an agreement with the Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (“Oppenheimer”), the holder of a $7.5 million debenture from the Company to reduce the face amount of the debenture to $3.0 million. This reduction will result in an immediate extraordinary gain for Hudson in the third quarter of 1999 in the amount of approximately $4.0 million. The revised debenture also modifies the maturity date, in...

Robert Dahl and Brondwyn Page Named Regional Sales Managers at Oakwood Corporate Housing / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Robert Dahl and Brondwyn Page Named Regional Sales Managers at Oakwood Corporate Housing  LOS ANGELES - July 14, 1999-- Oakwood Corporate Housing (www.oakwood.com) has announced the promotions of Robert Dahl and Brondwyn Page to the position of regional sales manager.  “These are two dynamic individuals who we have confidence can grow our sales in two of the country’s fastest-growing areas,” said Jonathan West, Oakwood’s senior vice president, sales and marketing.  Dahl will manage Oakwood’s sales efforts in the Northern California region, including Oakwood account executives who ar...

John Q. Hammons Upgrades Hotels with On Command's Multimedia OCX Platform/ July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  John Q. Hammons Upgrades Hotels with  On Command's Multimedia OCXTM Platform San Jose, CA - July 14, 1999 - On Command Corporation (NASDAQ: ONCO), the world's leading provider of in-room entertainment, information, and business services to the lodging industry, announced today that the Company has entered into a new exclusive master services agreement with John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (NYSE: JQH), which operates 48 hotel properties and 11,000 guestrooms worldwide.  As part of the agreement, On Command will upgrade the entire family of John Q. Hammons properties to the company's new, multim...

Nikko Hotels Offers The ABCs of Global Table Manners / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Nikko Hotels Offers The ABCs of  Global Table Manners NEW YORK - July 20, 1999--Did you know that an estimated 85% of all business deals are negotiated over a meal? As such, protocol and etiquette are required business tools. This is particularly true abroad, where customs differ from country to country. The following tips collected by Nikko Hotels International can teach you to handle dining rooms worldwide with grace and poise.  “What is appropriate in the U.S. may not be in Saudi Arabia or Asia,” counsels Rosanne Thomas, founder and president of Protocol Advisors, Inc., a company th...

Le Meridien Acquires Hotel Nikko At Beverly Hills / July 1999

March 30, 1999

Hotel Online Special Report  Le Meridien Acquires Hotel Nikko At Beverly Hills LOS ANGELES - July 26, 1999--Forte Hotels’ upscale international hotel brand, Le Meridien, announced today the acquisition of the Hotel Nikko at Beverly Hills, the first owned property in the United States for the UK’s largest hotel group. Beginning today, the 297-bedroom, four-star deluxe hotel will be called Le Meridien at Beverly Hills. “This new acquisition is part of our strategy to become the best and most profitable hotel operator,” said Antione Cau, Chief Executive, Forte Hotels. “We are committed to building an extensive network ...