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R. Terrell Bradshaw Named Director of Business Development at WizCom International / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report R. Terrell Bradshaw Named Director of Business Development at WizCom International Bradshaw Highlights WizComs Commitment to Customer Service PARSIPPANY, NJ, November 16, 1998 WizCom International Ltd., a supplier of travel industry reservation and information management systems, today announced the appointment of R. Terrell Terry Bradshaw as its new Director of Business Development. Bradshaw brings more than 22 years experience in the travel industry to his new position at WizCom. Before joining WizCom, he worked for Amadeus, the global distribution system (GDS), in Miami whe...
State of the Art Fitness Center Opens at the ANA Grand Hotel Wien – Vienna / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report State of the Art Fitness Center Opens at the ANA Grand Hotel Wien - Vienna Los Angeles, CA (October 29, 1998) ? If you enjoy a good daily workout, the 205 Room - ANA Grand Hotel Wien in Vienna, Austria has developed a state of the art fitness center equipped with the latest in training equipment. All registered guests can utilize this facility free of charge and avail themselves of the new Medical Line Arm Trainer, the Tectrix Climbmax, Bikemax, and other training equipment. The Tectrix Climbmax and Bikemax are very unique with both machines having an integrated wind machine and a choice of video programs...
Galileo International and VIN.net Announce Alliance for Web-based Travel and Entertainment Expense Reporting / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Galileo International and VIN.net Announce Alliance for Web-based Travel and Entertainment Expense Reporting ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 9, 1998 - Galileo International, Inc. (NYSE: GLC), one of the world's leading providers of electronic global distribution services for the travel industry, and Value Integrated Network (VIN.net), a supplier of integrated Internet and Web-based travel and entertainment (TE) expense reporting systems, announced an alliance to co-brand, produce and market TE reporting solutions. Under the alliance, VIN.net acquired Travelmaster(R), Galileo's TE expense reporting solution...
Wayport Receives Capital Infusion to Speed Deployment of its Internet Connectivity Solutions to Hotels / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Wayport Receives Capital Infusion to Speed Deployment of its Internet Connectivity Solutions to Hotels AUSTIN, TEXAS - November 2, 1998 - Wayport, Inc. today announced it has secured venture capital financing from Sevin Rosen Funds, a leading national venture capital firm, and Trellis Partners, L.P., a major investor in Southwestern high-tech companies. Wayport will use the capital infusion to speed deployment of its Internet connectivity solutions in frequently traveled business routes and places. Sevin Rosen Funds and Trellis Partners will be represented on Wayport's board of directors by...
Direction of the U.S. Gaming Industry is at Stake on Nov 3, 1998 / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Direction of the U.S. Gaming Industry is at Stake on November 3, 1998 NEW YORK - Nov. 2, 1998-- The direction of the U.S. gaming industry is at stake Tuesday as voters head to the polls to act on gaming ballot initiatives in four key states - and to elect governors in three other states where gaming is an issue high on the public agenda, according to a timely report from Bear, Stearns Co. Inc. "California, Missouri, New Jersey and Arizona voters will decide gaming ballot measures as Maryland, New Hampshire and Massachusetts residents choose governors who'll likely face key gaming issues in ...
Hilton and Unisys Provide Essential Guest Services Network (EGSN) to Hotel Rooms / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton and Unisys Provide Essential Guest Services Network (EGSN) to Hotel Rooms BEVERLY HILLS, CA and BLUE BELL, PA, November 11, 1998 -- Harnessing the power of the World Wide Web to add a new dimension in guest convenience, Hilton Hotels Corporation and Unisys Corporation today announced the Essential Guest Services Network (EGSN): an interactive online service, information, and entertainment system connected directly to individual hotel rooms. The first service of its kind in the hospitality industry, the solution now is being pilot tested in selected guest rooms at the Anaheim ...
U.S. Franchise Systems Achieves Profitability Sooner Than Expected / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report U.S. Franchise Systems Achieves Profitability Sooner Than Expected; Franchise Sales Hits Record Levels ATLANTA, Nov. 12, 1998 - U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USFS) has achieved profitability ahead of plan, reporting third quarter ended September 30, 1998 earnings of $109,000 or 1 cent per share compared to a net loss of $2,200,000 or 17 cents per share in the comparable period last year. Revenue for the third quarter increased 468 percent to $3,354,000 vs. $590,000 in last year's third quarter, as the number of royalty-paying hotels rose from 34 to 169. It was also U.S. Franchi...
Restaurants Respond to Consumer Demand for Turkey to Go / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Restaurants Respond to Consumer Demand for "Turkey to Go" One-Third of Americans Get All or Part of Thanksgiving 'To Go,' National Restaurant Association Research Shows WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 1998 - About one in three Americans who plan to eat their main Thanksgiving Day meal at home this year will purchase at least one prepared food item -- such as a freshly-baked pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, or a whole roast turkey -- from a restaurant or grocery store, according to a new National Restaurant Association study. The Association's telephone survey of 1,001 adults nationwide found t...
Troy Bennett Appointed as GM at Sheraton Mesa, AZ Hotel / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Troy Bennett Appointed as GM at Sheraton Mesa, AZ Hotel Mesa AZ - November, 1998 Troy Bennett becomes the new General Manager of the Sheraton Mesa Hotel. This 273 room, full service hotel is currently undergoing a 1.8 million dollar renovation. The 12 story suburban resort hotel was purchased by Meristar hotels and Resorts back in January of this year. Mr. Bennett comes to the Sheraton from the 400 room DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center located in Louisville Kentucky. Prior to that, Mr. Bennett was with Crown Sterling Suites Hotels in Deerfield Beach, FL; Silicon Valley and ...
Participating in Hotel Online's Ideas and Trends / Procedures / October 2004
April 30, 1998
October 2004 Working with hospitality consultants, vendors and hotel school educators Hotel Online has created a unique internet source for hospitality industry ideas and trends. If your firm has content that you wish to share with the Hospitality Industry...what do you do? We likely have a spot for you in our Ideas and Trends. We want to provide you and your company with an "introduction to your firm" that our viewers will be able to interact with - meaning hyperlinks to your web site and direct email to you. Hotel.Online will create an index of your articles and reports you wish to share with the industry. If you transmit your d...
New Study Illustrates Timeshare Industry Changes in Past Twenty Years / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report New Study Illustrates Timeshare Industry Changes in Past Twenty Years Chart: Timeshare: Then and Now INDIANAPOLIS - Nov. 17, 1998 -- The year was 1978. The Dow-Jones hit a high of 893. "Dallas" made its network premiere. And Richard Ragatz, Ph.D., then a professor and department head at the University of Oregon, released his first Timeshare Purchasers: Who They Are, Why They Buy study of the fledgling timeshare industry. Fast forward to 1998. The Dow-Jones is over 8000. "Dallas" appears globally in syndication. And Ragatz, now executive vice president of RCI Consulting, has released the...
John Moors, GM, Holiday Inn-Tampa – Reports Hotel to Reopen 2/1/99 After $12-million Renovation / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report John Moors, GM, Holiday Inn-Tampa - Reports Hotel to Reopen 2/1/99 After $12-million Renovation TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 5, 1998 - A $12-million renovation project underway at the Holiday Inn-Tampa (Near Busch Gardens), 2701 E. Fowler Ave., will transform the hotel into a resort offering superior accommodations to business and pleasure travelers. Work already is underway at the hotel, which closed Sept. 15 and reopens on February 1st, 1999, as a completely "new" Holiday Inn. The TGI Friday's restaurant at the hotel will continue operations throughout most of the renovation. All of the hot...
Sunvest Resorts, Inc. Purchases 110-Acre, 500-Unit Florida Adult Community / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Sunvest Resorts, Inc. Purchases 110-Acre, 500-Unit Florida Adult Community LAKESHORE, Fla., Nov. 12 , 1998 - Sunvest Resorts, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNE) announced the completion of the purchase of its first "Active Adult Community" ("AAC"). Sunvest Resorts, Central Florida's largest condominium conversion organization, has entered the burgeoning, active adult community (AAC) development field by acquiring Lakeshore Club Villas, a 500-unit 110-acre complex located just east of Lake Wales, 50 minutes South of Disney World and Orlando. The acquisition heralds a major diversification by ...
Gavin Stephenson Appointed Executive Chef at Four Seasons Olympic / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Gavin Stephenson Appointed Executive Chef at Four Seasons Olympic SEATTLE, Nov. 12, 1998 - The Four Seasons Olympic Hotel is proud to announce the appointment of Gavin Stephenson as the Executive Chef -- overseeing The Georgian, The Garden Court and Shuckers. Stephenson returns to Seattle after several years of experience and travel within the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts family. Most recently, Stephenson held the position of Executive Sous Chef at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel) where he helped oversee all food and beverage venues including The Dining Room which las...
Bellagio Appoints Sceptre Hospitality Resources for GDS Services / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Bellagio Appoints Sceptre Hospitality Resources for GDS Services DENVER November 5, 1998 Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a leading provider of Global Distribution Services and electronic marketing services, has contracted with the prestigious new Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas to connect the hotel to more than 380,000 travel agents worldwide through GDS services. Sceptre uses RESERVE, the industrys most sophisticated reservations system which allows travel agents to access hotel information such as detailed property information, room availability and rates. Agents can then book r...
New Westin Hotel to be Built in Downtown San Jose, CA / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report New $60 Million Westin Hotel to be Built in Downtown San Jose, CA SEATTLE, Nov. 5, 1998 - Westin Hotels Resorts and Cristina Hall Properties announce the development of The Westin San Jose, a 350-room hotel located in downtown San Jose, Calif. across the street from the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. The $60 million project represents a joint venture between Cristina Hall LLC and Vine Street Properties, the majority owners, and Westin's parent company, Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), which will hold a small equity position in the project. Westin will manage the p...
Smith Travel Research Releases 1998 YTD Results for the U.S. Lodging Industry / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Smith Travel Research Releases 1998 YTD Results for the U.S. Lodging Industry Hendersonville, TN - November 4, 1998 - Smith Travel Research (STR) announced third quarter and September 1998 year-to-date results for the U.S. Lodging industry today. Occupancy for the month of September was 66.4 percent, up .5 percent from last year's 66.1 percent. ADR (average daily rate) and RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) posted modest increases of 3.2 percent and 3.8 percent respectively. While ADR and RevPAR growth was positive, both slowed from the growth rates of 6.7 percent and 5.3 percent reporte...
San Francisco CVB Study Tracks Visitors' Point of Origin / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report San Francisco CVB Study Tracks Visitors' Point of Origin San Francisco's Top 10 Domestic Visitor Markets San Francisco, CA - November, 1998 - More than half of all domestic visitors come form 10 key feeder markets, according to first-half results of Bureau research. Los Angeles area tops the list. There's a better than one in ten chance that the next visitor who walks through your door will be from the Los Angeles area and almost a four-in-ten chance that they'll be from somewhere in California. According to results from the first six months of a new San Francisco CVB study, more than...
San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center Will Receive 300,000 Sq Ft Expansion / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center Will Receive 300,000 Sq Ft Expansion Moscone Convention Center Expansion Fact Sheet Development History San Francisco - Nov. 5, 1998 - In March of 1996, San Francisco voters approved $157 million in lease revenue bonds to expand the Moscone Convention Center. Subsequently, San Francisco's hotel tax was increased from 12 to 14% to provide a revenue stream to repay the bonds. Passage of California Proposition 218, a tax containment measure, in November of 1996 necessitated yet another ballot measure this past Tuesday in San Francisco to sustain...
San Francisco Produces Record-Breaking Meeting Attendance / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report San Francisco Produces Record-Breaking Meeting Attendance San Francisco, CA - November 1998 - One of the reasons San Francisco is among the top conven-tion and meeting destinations in the world is its reputation for drawing attendees in record numbers. Here is a list of the major groups San Francisco has hosted in the last two months that have broken their all-time attendance records: Group Date Record Attendance American Academy of Family Physicians 9/98 20,646 American Academy of Ophthalmology 10/97 26,000 American Academy of Otolaryngology 9/97 6,600 American ...
Olympus Real Estate Corporation Acquires Washington State's Rosario Resort / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Olympus Real Estate Corporation Acquires Washington State's Rosario Resort Firm Also Acquires Nearby Land for Resort Expansion and Residential Development DALLAS - October 30, 1998-- Olympus Real Estate Corporation, a leading real estate investment firm, today announced that it has acquired the Rosario Resort, a 127- room luxury hotel and 65-boat marina on Orcas Island, Washington, between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In addition to the resort, Olympus has acquired approximately sixteen acres of adjacent land upon which i...
The Research Report for Food Service
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Location/Operation Information Activity/Open Phone Owner/Contact HOLIDAY INN 2701 E Fowler Ave Tampa Florida 33612 Type: Hotel, Multi-Unit Status: On Site Expansion/Upgrade Alcohol: Full Bar Meals: B/L/D Plus Notes: Hotel is currently closed for complete renovations. Will = have 408 rooms, 2 restaurants & 1 lounge. Feb 1 '99 Sq Ft: N/A (813)-971-4710 GM: John Moors Bristol Hotel Resorts. VP of Operations is Dale Turner. Mr Turner can = be reached at 972-391-3910. FAX: 972-391-3496. Hotel FAX is = 813-977-0155. Bristol operates nearly 100 Crowne Pl...
The Research Report for Food Service / 11/12/98 /
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report The Research Report for Food Service This report was produced on 11/12/98 7:52:49 AM Location/Operation Information Activity/Open Phone Owner/Contact WESTIN HOTEL 2001 6th Ave Seattle Washington 19153 **CORP CONTACT ADDRESS** Type: Hotel, Multi-Unit Status: Pre-Construction Alcohol: Full Bar Meals: B/L/D/Plus Notes: Currently in planning & zoning phase for new 350 room, 1 = restaurant location in downtown San Jose, CA. Spring 2001 Sq Ft: N/A (206)-443-5000 Phone Interview: bb89 Purchasing: Ed O'Rourke Corporate FAX is 206-443-5096...
The Port of San Francisco is issuing a Request for Developer Qualifications and Proposals for the development and operation of a first-class full-serv
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report The Port of San Francisco is issuing a Request for Developer Qualifications and Proposals for the development and operation of a first-class full-service hotel at a unique waterfront location PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111 November 18, 1998 Notice of Availability of Request for Developer Qualifications and Proposals (RFQ/P) For Hotel Development Opportunity in San Francisco The Port of San Francisco is issuing a Request for Developer Qualifications and Proposals (RFQ/P) for the development and operation of a first-class...
