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Newsmaker Interview: Bill Gudenau / H&MM / Robert A. Nozar / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Bill Gudenau on... By Robert A. Nozar H&MM Editor-in-chief It was opening day at the Holiday Inn in East Lansing, Mich., in 1987, but the person who developed-and was going to operate-the hotel, was not even on the premises. At a time when most other hotel operators might be in a panic mode, trying to see to it that everything was done before the first guests arrived, Bill Gudenau was out making friends for his new property. Were these friends that were being made the leaders of local companies and organizations who would soon be pouring huge amounts of money into the city's newest hote...
Eurhotec '99 to Take a Look at Technology Beyond the Year 2000 / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Eurhotec '99 to Take a Look at Technology Beyond the Year 2000 Paris, 5 October 1998 - EURHOTEC, the annual European hospitality technology exhibition and conference organised by the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA), will take a futuristic look at technology when it convenes at the Austria Center, Vienna from 24-26 February 1999. Now in its fourth year, EURHOTEC aims to highlight technology's potential as a competitive weapon that can boost revenue, reduce costs, enhance guest loyalty and add value for shareholders. Experts heading the EURHOTEC '99 conference wi...
Some 250 Enologist Interns Are Working at American Wineries During Harvest / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Some 250 Enologist Interns Are Working at American Wineries During Harvest California Wines Have Almost Endless Opportunities in Europe SANTA ROSA, Calif - Oct. 9, 1998--Marcia Torres had never seen a winery sparkle like this one. You could eat off the well-polished equipment at Kendall-Jackson by the time she and other visiting enologists had cleaned it more times than they could count, marking time while waiting for California grapes to ripen. They had come to work the California crush during one of the oddest years ever, when El Nino scrambled normal weather patterns and pushed harvest ...
Hoteliers Must Maintain Levels of Quality that Correspond To or Exceed Their Room Rates / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hoteliers Must Maintain Levels of Quality that Correspond To or Exceed Their Room Rates ROSWELL, GA. - October 18, 1998 - Environmental Consulting Group (ECG) has launched two new programs that analyzes and evaluates the physical qualities of hotels. From a guest perspective, ECG's basic and comprehensive Hotel Facilities Analysis programs evaluate both the real and perceived value of a property's physical facilities. Because hotel guests believe (or want to believe) that they receive value for a hotel stay that is greater than the amount actually spent, hoteliers must maintain ...
America's Athletes with Disabilities Files ADA Lawsuit Against Days Inn , Chicago. For Failure To Accommodate / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report America's Athletes with Disabilities Files ADA Lawsuit Against Chicago - Days Inn Downtown for Failure To Accommodate CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 1998 - Equip for Equality, Inc. has filed suit in federal court against the Chicago - Days Inn Downtown / Lake Shore Drive hotel for failing to accommodate members of America's Athletes with Disabilities ("AAD"), a national, not-for-profit association that sponsors athletic programs and sporting events for people with disabilities. In 1997, AAD contacted the Days Inn hotel, located at 644 North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, and requested a quote on ninet...
Dallas Hotels Rebranded: Radisson Park Central to Become Sheraton; Sheraton Park Central To Fly Westin Flag / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Dallas Hotels Rebranded: Radisson Park Central to Become Sheraton; Sheraton Park Central To Fly Westin Flag WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct.1, 1998 - In a move to align two Dallas hotels with the ideal customer bases, FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH) and Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) rebrands the current Sheraton Park Central Dallas as Westin and the current Radisson Park Central as Sheraton. Located adjacent to each other, both conversions occur simultaneously today. Starwood currently manages both hotels and expects to achieve efficiencies from the comp...
Las Vegas Culinary Union Expresses Opinion on Pioneer Finance Corp. and Santa Fe Gaming Corp./ Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Las Vegas Culinary Union Expresses Opinion on Pioneer Finance Corp. and Santa Fe Gaming Corp. LAS VEGAS - Oct. 28, 1998--The Las Vegas-based Culinary Union announced the establishment of its Web site, www.santafailure.com, to address the "exchange offer" and "consent solicitation" announced by Pioneer Finance Corp. and its parent company, Santa Fe Gaming Corp. (AMEX:SGM). Under a section for Pioneer Noteholders in the Web site, the Union urges Noteholders to reject the "exchange offer" and "consent solicitation" for reasons summarized here: Santa Fe Gaming has valuable assets that, while ...
A Critique of Santa Fe Gaming's Proposed Debt Offering and Casino Development / Research Department of the Las Vegas Culinary Union / September 1
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report A Critique of Santa Fe Gaming's Proposed Debt Offering and Casino Development Prepared by: Research Department / Las Vegas Culinary Union / September 1998 1. Introduction: Entrenched Management and a Litany of Failures 6. Lowden Family Management's Performance in Competitive Markets 2. Diagram of Santa Fe Gaming Corporate Structure 7. Accountability to Bondholders? 3. Santa Fe Gaming's Capital Structure 8. Will Henderson Follow in the Footsteps of Santa Fe Gaming's Other Investments? 4. Henderson Project's History 9. Labor Troubles 5. Family-Dominated Management 1...
Hotel Brand Impact: Can Hotel Franchisors Compete With Their Own Franchisees? / Jeff Coy / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Brand Impact: Can Hotel Franchisors Compete With Their Own Franchisees? Hotel Owners & Law Firms Look to Impact Consultants for Scientific Approach to Determining Damages By Jeff Coy, ISHC - Special Report - October 1998 As a hotel owner or lawyer with a hotel owner client, you get a notice that your franchisor plans to award another franchise in your competitive market area. You get a sinking feeling that the new hotel will negatively impact your hotel or your clients hotel. Thats called territorial encroachment. If the new encroaching hotel is a different franchise br...
Conde Nast Reader's Choice Poll Ranks New Orleans's Windsor Court #1 in the U.S./ Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Conde Nast Reader's Choice Poll Ranks New Orleans's Windsor Court #1 in the U.S. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20, 1998 - The 12th annual Conde Nast Reader's Choice poll, is in from the most traveled people in the world. In its Best of the Best 1998 poll, #1 is the Silversea Cruise Line. #2 is Windsor Court Hotel, which ranks the Hotel #1 in the world. The poll appears in the November issue of Conde Nast Traveler. The world rank also makes Windsor Court #1 in the U.S. thanks to 37,293 readers, who gave it the highest overall rating among Hotels in the world. Hotels are judged in the categories of rooms...
Coakley & Williams Takes On Three More Hotels in Pennsylvania / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Coakley & Williams Takes On Three More Hotels in Pennsylvania Adding a Wingate Inn, a Comfort Suites, and a Sleep Inn to their Portfolio of Managed Hotels About Coakley & Williams In addition to several new properties in various stages of development, Coakley & Williams Hotel Management Company, a Washington, D.C. based firm, is pleased to announce three new additions to their portfolio of managed hotels. 1. In September, Coakley & Williams assumed management of the Comfort Inn, located in Wysox, Pennsylvania. Plans are to expand the hotel and develop a conference center adjacent...
Choice Atlantica Hotels Adds First Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Atlantica Hotels Adds First Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina -- 103-Room Buenos Aires Hotel Targets the Mid-market Business Traveler FORT LAUDERDALE, October 16, 1998 Choice Atlantica Hotels, master franchiser of Choice hotel products in eight South American countries, announced the addition of a Comfort Inn & Suites in Buenos Aires, Argentina to its fast-growing portfolio of hotels. The hotel is the first Comfort brand property in Argentina and the second in all of South America. Last month, Choice Atlantica Hotels added the Comfort Hotel & Suites - Trianon Park in Sao ...
599-Room Portfolio Sold by Channel Islands Properties to Rim Hotel Group / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report 599-Room Portfolio Sold by Channel Islands Properties to Rim Hotel Group Newport Beach, CA, October 1, 1998 -- Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners, Inc. has confirmed the sale of a portfolio of five upscale, limited-service independent hotels located in Central and Southern California. The 599-room portfolio was sold by Channel Islands Properties, a wholly-owned affiliate of Westbrook Partners, to Rim Hotel Group, a holding company for The Rim Corporation's hotel assets, for an undisclosed amount. The portfolio includes Country Inns in the following California markets: Calabasas, Camarillo, Port H...
Cendant Launches Precedent-Setting Hotel Franchise Relations Policy / Sept 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Cendant Launches Precedent-Setting Hotel Franchise Relations Policy Long-term Discussions with Franchisees Yields New Flexible Policy PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 17, 1998 - Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced the launching of a new franchise policy initiative by its Hotel Division. The policy, drafted following discussions with Cendant hotel franchisees, breaks new ground in the setting of standards in several areas including terminations by franchisees, potential adverse impact from newly franchised units, mediation and required property renovations at transfer. "This is a pre...
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation Reports Third Quarter Decline in Occupancy % but ADR Grows 10.8% / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation Reports Third Quarter Decline in Occupancy % but ADR Grows 10.8% Hotel Statistics chart SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 26, 1998 - Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: CVH) today reported record results for the third quarter and nine months ending September 30, 1998. The third quarter results were the largest revenues and net income in the history of the Company. "All divisions of the Company were very profitable," said Donald K. Barbieri, President and CEO. "Our new acquisitions are helping us capture new markets and our Entertainment and Real Estate Services ...
Candlewood Hotel Company Opens 50th Candlewood Suites in Somerset, NJ / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Candlewood Hotel Company Opens 50th Candlewood Suites in Somerset, NJ WICHITA, Kan - Oct. 27, 1998-- Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:CNDL) celebrates this month the opening of its 50th property, underscoring its position as the nation's premier owner, developer, manager and franchisor of value-oriented, business-travel hotels. The Wichita, Kansas-based company now has a system-wide total of 75 hotels open or under construction in 29 states. The event will be observed company-wide on Oct. 27. Jack DeBoer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Candlewood, sees the 50th opening, ...
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Oregons Central Coast Lodging Properties Band Together for Off-Season Promotion Lincoln County, Oregon: Oct 26, 1998 - Enticing overnight visitors during the slower, crowd avoidance months, the Central Oregon Coast Association (COCA) today unveiled its first seasonal Savings PlayBook. Seventeen lodging properties from Otis to Yachats in Lincoln County (Oregon) are providing special pricing and other incentive packages as part of the Oregons Central Coast Fall-Winter-Spring promotion. Special offers are provided by participating resorts, vacation rental properties, motels, cam...
Top 100 Hotel Companies: Is Bigger Better? / M.A. Baumann H&MM / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Top 100 Hotel Companies: Is Bigger Better? Chart: Top 100 Hotel Companies By M.A. Baumann H&MM Contributing Editor Is bigger better? Do bulging portfolios, brand segmentation, globalization and unprecedented growth give some companies a distinct advantage over others? Critics claim that size affects quality and consistency. They believe midtier firms actually can outperform the megacompanies by using a more-focused approach. Super-players say it isn't so, arguing that combined resources, brand identity and sheer magnitude give them stronger hands in shaping the industry'...
Benchmark Adds Singapore's Beaufort Sentosa Hotel to its Family of Conference Hotels / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Adds Singapore's Beaufort Sentosa Hotel to its Family of Conference Hotels and Resorts Sentosa, Singapore, October 1998 -- Benchmark Hospitality International, a subsidiary of Benchmark Hospitality Inc., continues its growth in Southeast Asia through a recent alliance with The Beaufort Sentosa Hotel and Conference Center. This represents the second property that Benchmark partnered with, the first being The U-Thong Inn in Ayutthaya (Bangkok), Thailand. The initial focus of the alliance is to develop the hotel's conference and meetings business segment. Benchmark was selected b...
Holmes Sells Comfort Inn Portfolio/ Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Holmes Sells Comfort Inn Portfolio OKLAHOMA CITY - October 14, 1998 - Bruce Holmes & Associates announced today the recent closing of four hotels in two separate transactions. The properties sold include: The 118 room Comfort Inn, located at the Little Rock, Arkansas Airport; the 122 room Comfort Inn - Coulter Drive in Amarillo, Texas; and the 114 room Comfort Inn - Historic Route 66 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma were sold as a package by Precor Hospitality to an undisclosed group of Houston investors. All three properties will undergo extensive renovation with the Amarillo, and Ok...
Astor Group / Hotel Management / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Advertisement Astor Hospitality Management LLC Now Available to Help Other Hotel Owners Increase their Occupancy, Rate, and Bottom Line Josef & Lenore Citron, are the creators and developers of the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in Coronado, California, a 450 room luxury destination resort hotel with marina, on its own 'island' on San Diego Bay. This property, which opened October 1, 1991, looked down the long slide into the dark pit of recession into which the hotel industry tobogganed at that time. Running counter to the industry and the market, this couple found ways and means to make their ...
Alaska's First Hawthorn Suite Ltd. Breaks Ground in Anchorage / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Alaska's First Hawthorn Suite Ltd. Breaks Ground in Anchorage ATLANTA (Oct. 13, 1998) - Anchorage-based Parkstrip Rose Garden Hotel, L.L.C. has broken ground on Alaska's first Hawthorn Suites LTD. Located at 900 L. Street in Anchorage, Hawthorn Suites LTD. is an all suites hotel which features business and extended-stay accommodations. A mid-1999 opening is planned. Hawthorn Suites LTD. is a brand extension of Hawthorn Suites, the lodging concept especially targeted to business travelers and families relocating to a new city, attending training classes or on other extended-stay tr...
Bellagio's Opening Marks New Direction for Las Vegas / Bear Stearns Cites Concerns on Room Supply, Asia and Cannibalization / Oct 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Bellagio's Opening Marks New Direction for Las Vegas Bear Stearns Cites Concerns on Room Supply, Asia and Cannibalization NEW YORK, NEW YORK - October 15, 1998-- The opening of the Bellagio property of Mirage Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MIR) in Las Vegas this evening may be the most anticipated event in the history of gaming in the United States, according to a new analysis from Bear, Stearns Co. Inc. But despite the excitement associated with the debut of the lavish, 3,005-room hotel and casino dotted with some of the world's best art and most exclusive shops, restaurants and attractions, the Bel...
WorldRes Partners with AOL UK and LineOne – Increases European Traffic for Participating Hotels / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report WorldRes Partners with AOL UK and LineOne - Increases European Traffic for Participating Hotels SAN MATEO, CA, Nov. 11 - WorldRes, Inc., the Internet-based hotel reservation network, has recently launched new partnerships with America Online (AOL) UK and LineOne, the two largest Internet service and online content providers in the United Kingdom. Through these partnerships, hotels using the WorldRes system are now capable of receiving direct, real-time reservations from the over 600,000 combined subscribers of the AOL UK and LineOne services. WorldRes' Places To Stay service will be the fe...
