Five Mirage Resorts, Inc. Properties Go Live With Baan Company's CODA-Financials / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Five Mirage Resorts, Inc. Properties Go Live With Baan Company's CODA-Financials           450 Users Up and Running with Enterprise Financial System In Eight Months LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16, 1998 -  Baan Company N.V. (Nasdaq: BAANF), a leading provider of global business software, today announced that Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, a national parent company for luxury entertainment resorts, has gone live at each of its five hotel/casino properties in Nevada with Baan CODA-Financials as its enterprise-wide financial accounting application. Mirage Resorts was able to implement the accounting a...

Business Travel is Expensive, But The Right Travel Agency Can Help Companies Control Costs / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Business Travel is Expensive, But The Right Travel Agency Can Help Companies Control Costs ATLANTA, Nov. 4, 1998 -  Companies of all types and sizes usually have one thing in common: they spend a lot of money on travel. In fact, it's common for travel and travel-related expenses to rank among the most costly incurred by a company. What most executives don't realize, according to travel management executive Patricia Stack, is that business travel can also be one of a company's most controllable expenses. "Historically, corporations have treated TE (travel and entertainment) as a fixed and const...

Attracting Foreign Tourists to India – The Road Less Travelled / Raju Bist / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Attracting Foreign Tourists to India -  The Road Less Travelled By Raju Bist When Tatiano Oliveira first saw the womenfolk in the Garhwal Himalayas carrying large bundles on their backs, he was not impressed. “Only leaves,” the 17-year-old collegian from Brazil had thought to himself. “They must not be very heavy.” Till he stopped one of them, exchanged  greetings in his broken Hindi and volunteered to pick up one of the bundles. No go. The young man could hardly lift it half way above the ground. “It was then that I realized the daily hardships faced by these brave women. Even fetchin...

Accor Expands Sofitel Network to India / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Accor Expands Sofitel Network to India 10 November 1998: Accor, the world's largest hotel group, is expanding its deluxe Sofitel hotel brand into India, with a network initially to comprise five hotels, including an existing hotel in Ahmedabad, in the state of Rajasthan. Under the arrangement, Ahmedabad's first five-star hotel, The Trident, will be rebranded the Hotel Sofitel Ummed, Ahmedabad. This premier hotel will lead the way for the Sofitel brand in India. The Trident made its debut in 1995 and since opening, the 85 room hotel has become the city’s leading hotel for business traveller...

The AAA Five Diamond Award for 1999 Earned By a Record 105 Outstanding Lodgings and Restaurants / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report The AAA Five Diamond Award for 1999 Earned By a Record 105 Outstanding Lodgings and Restaurants 1999 FIVE DIAMOND LODGINGS 1999 FIVE DIAMOND RESTAURANTS   ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 9, 1998 -  The AAA Five Diamond Award for 1999 was earned by a record 105 outstanding lodgings and restaurants, including nine first-time recipients and the first property to receive triple honors. The AAA Five Diamond Award is the most coveted symbol of excellence for lodgings and restaurants and is presented only to those establishments that consistently offer world-class facilities, services and amenities. ...

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April 30, 1998

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April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report     Harrah’s Entertainment Reports Year 2000 Loss  Caused by JCC Holding and National Airlines  Bankruptcies  LAS VEGAS, Feb. 7, 2001 - Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.  (NYSE: HET), the leading consumer marketing company in the gaming industry, today reported a loss per share of (10) cents for the year-ended December 31, 2000, compared with earnings of $1.62 per diluted share in the year-ago period. As previously reported, the company’s 2000 results included the following restructuring and other special charges, which were recorded in the fourth quarter: Reserves of $220 million...

Hospitality Worldwide Services Divests Its Renovation Subsidiary, Hospitality Restoration & Builders / Dec 1999

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online  Special Report Hospitality Worldwide Services Divests Its Renovation Subsidiary, Hospitality Restoration & Builders  Coral Gables, Florida, December 1, 1999 -- Hospitality Worldwide Services (AMEX:HWS) announced it has completed a transaction, transferring its interest in all existing third party contracts previously held by its renovation subsidiary, Hospitality Restoration & Builders to a company owned by the former President of its renovation subsidiary.  As previously reported, the Company elected to divest itself of its renovation business in September 1999 and reflected the operatin...

Oxford Brookes University Offers an MBA (Hospitality) Which is Studied Entirely Online / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Oxford Brookes University Offers  an MBA (Hospitality)  Which is Studied Entirely Online Working professionals who wish to improve their qualifications have always had to suffer disruption to their lives. However, this is no longer the case. Choosing to study for a degree online is increasingly being seen as the way forward for further education.  The competitive nature of modern business means that professionals in the hospitality industry must keep up with new developments in the field to avoid falling behind their competitors. Oxford Brookes University, the top new UK University for ...

WizCom International, LTD. Completes Interface with REZsolutions, Inc. RezView Central Reservation System / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report WizCom International, LTD. Completes Interface with REZsolutions, Inc. RezView Central Reservation System -- WizCom Connection Gives RezView Hotel Customers Switching Options PARSIPPANY, NJ, December 8, 1998 – WizCom International, Ltd. (“WizCom”) announced today the completion of interfaces between WizCom’s Wizdom Global Distribution System gateway and the REZsolutions, Inc. (“REZsolutions”) RezView Central Reservation System (CRS).  The WizCom interface will enable REZsolutions to offer their hotel customers a choice in switch providers.  It will also provide hotel marketers easier...

Glenn Fernandez Appointed Director of Business Development at Wizcom International, LTD / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Glenn Fernandez Appointed Director of Business Development at Wizcom International, LTD.  PARSIPPANY, NJ, December 8, 1998 – WizCom International, Ltd. (“WizCom”), a supplier of travel industry reservation and information management systems, today announced the appointment of Glenn Fernandez as Director of Business Development.  Fernandez brings more than 25 years experience in the travel industry to his new position at WizCom.  Before joining WizCom, Fernandez spent 14 years at The Hertz Corporation as director of global automation marketing where he managed product line marketing and sale...

Winegardner Hammons Receives Marriott's Coveted Partnership Circle Award / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Winegardner Hammons Receives  Marriott's Coveted Partnership Circle Award CINCINNATI, Dec. 16, 1998 -  Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites at its annual Franchise Conference held last month in San Francisco, recognized Winegardner Hammons, Inc., with three top awards: Partnership Circle Award, Best New Opening (for the Columbus Marriott Northwest hotel), and a Guest Focus Award. This was the second consecutive year that Winegardner Hammons has received Marriott's coveted Partnership Circle Award for "living the vision for customer and associate satisfaction." The Cincinnati-based hotel man...

Westin and Tishman Announce Plans for an 860-Room Hotel in Times Square / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Westin and Tishman Announce Plans for an 860-Room Hotel in Times Square SEATTLE, Dec. 10, 1998 -  The development of The Westin New York at Times Square, an 860-room luxury hotel, was announced today at Starwood Hotels Resorts' first-ever Global Conference in Orlando by Juergen Bartels, chief executive officer of Starwood Hotel Group. Scheduled to open in spring 2002, the $300-million hotel will be located adjacent to E Walk(R), a 200,000-square foot entertainment, retail and restaurant complex also being developed, and owned, by affiliates of Tishman Realty Construction Co., Inc, one of the wor...

Wesley Hotels Opens Hawthorn Suites LTD in Chattanooga, TN / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Wesley Hotels Opens Hawthorn Suites LTD  in Chattanooga, TN ATLANTA (Dec. 30, 1998) - Wesley Hotels LLC. welcomes the New Year with the opening of Tennessee's second Hawthorn Suites LTD. at 6710 Ringgold Rd. in Chattanooga.  There is currently a Hawthorn Suites in Memphis.  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 travel.  Hawthorn Suites LTD., ideal for shorter trips and extended stay, offers complimentary daily ...

Luxury Hyatt Planned for WCI's Pelican Landing Community in Bonita Springs, FL / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Luxury Hyatt Planned for WCI's Pelican Landing Community in Bonita Springs, FL BONITA SPRINGS, Fla - Dec. 17, 1998--WCI Communities of Bonita Springs announced that it has closed on a deal with Hyatt Equities, LLC, for the purchase of a 26-acre parcel, immediately adjacent to the upscale Colony development located within the developer's 1,836-acre Pelican Landing master-planned community in Bonita Springs. Hyatt's plans call for a 17-story luxury resort hotel along the Estero waterfront with 450 guest rooms, two restaurants, a 10,200-sq.-ft. spa, and nearly 30,000 square feet of conference spac...

Ten Hotels Designed by WAT&G Earn AAA Five Diamond Award for 1999 / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Ten Hotels Designed by WAT&G Earn  AAA Five Diamond Award for 1999 HONOLULU—10 December 1998 - Ten hotels designed by Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Architects, Planners and Consultants (WAT&G) are among the total of 60 properties in North America earning the Five Diamond Award for 1999.  The AAA Five Diamond Award — the most coveted symbol of excellence in the lodging industry—is presented only to those establishments that consistently offer world-class facilities, services and amenities.  On Maui, WAT&G designed two of the three Five Diamond Award winners:  Four Seasons Resort, Maui ...

Wall Street Funding Has Created More Volatility in the Lodging Industry / HVS / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Wall Street Funding Has Created More Volatility in the Lodging Industry / HVS Boulder, Colorado…December 22, 1998 – While Wall Street saved the lodging industry after the market collapse of the early 1990s, it did not create a “perfect market,” according to Dan King, vice president of HVS International in Boulder, Colo. In fact, rather than making the industry less susceptible to the excesses and market plunges characterized by the 1980s to early 1990s, the public markets have made the peaks higher, the valleys lower and the cycles shorter. “Now that the era of rapid REIT expansion and ‘e...

Voice Recognition Based Point-of-Sale Now Ready for Hospitality Industry Applications / Nov 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Voice Recognition Based Point-of-Sale Now Ready for Hospitality Industry Applications November 30, 1998 - HSI, the Boca Raton, Florida based Point-of-Sale system provider unveiled it’s new voice recognition based Point-of-Sale application, code named “Voice-Link”, to resounding industry accolades at the third annual Foodservice Technology Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia last week.   Attendees and exhibitors witnessed the real-time generation of a Point-of-Sale transaction, created entirely by voice commands interpreted through HSI’s Profit Series software.  The HSI application utilizes IB...

Vail Resorts, Inc., Expands Yield Management Solution to Include Breckenridge Resort / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Vail Resorts, Inc., Expands Yield Management Solution to Include Breckenridge Resort BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., Dec. 3, 1998 -  Vail Resorts, Inc., the largest ski resort operator in North America, announced it will implement a new yield management solution from IDeaS, Inc., at its Great Divide Lodge at Breckenridge Resort. Vail Resorts chose IDeaS in a move to realize the best possible revenue from room bookings while managing the risk associated with the unpredictable nature of room demand. Vail Resorts is extending its yield management solution to include The Great Divide Lodge. An IDeaL system...

Former Trendwest Employee Alleges Sexual Harassment by the Company's Director of Human Resources / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Former Trendwest Employee Alleges Sexual Harassment by the Company's Director of Human Resources SANTA CLARA, Calif - Dec. 14, 1998--Bohn Bohn LLP today announced that a former director of Owner Referrals of Trendwest Resorts (one of the largest time share companies in the world) has alleged in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., that he was sexually harassed by the female director of Human Resources, herself, then he was retaliated against for rejecting her advances. The former director, James Markman, of Sunnyvale, Calif., claims that the director of Human Resources, a wo...

Report: Over 80% of Timeshare Owners Satisfied with their Resort Purchase / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Report: Over 80% of Timeshare Owners Satisfied with their Resort Purchase INDIANAPOLIS - Dec. 14, 1998--Condominium resorts hold broad appeal among leisure travelers, according to a recent national consumer study showing that over 80 percent of timeshare owners are satisfied with their resort purchasers. More than half (54 percent) of the people surveyed for the 1998 YPB National Leisure Travel MONITOR expressed interest in staying in a condominium resort during the next two years. Timeshare owners, who regularly vacation at resort condominiums, may hold the key to understanding why. In a s...

Holiday Inn-Texarkana Undergoes $1.7 Million Renovation / Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Holiday Inn-Texarkana Undergoes  $1.7 Million Renovation TEXARKANA, Ark., Dec. 4, 1998 -  The Holiday Inn-Texarkana is launching a comprehensive $1.7 million renovation this week that will upgrade virtually every area of the hotel. The hotel's exterior will receive a makeover resulting in a completely new look. Inside the property, the lobby area will be refurbished with new furniture, flooring and wall coverings. The Holiday Inn's 210 guest rooms will be redecorated with new drapes, upholstery and bedspreads, as well as new floor and wall coverings. Construction is scheduled for completion...

Melvin Tennant, President and CEO of the Charlotte CVB Selected As One of the Most Influential African- Americans in the Meetings / Tourism Industry /

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report Melvin Tennant, President and CEO of the Charlotte CVB Selected As One of the Most Influential African- Americans  in the Meetings / Tourism Industry CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 21, 1998 - -- Melvin Tennant, president and CEO of the Charlotte Convention Visitors Bureau, has again been selected by Black Meetings Tourism Magazine as one of the most influential African- Americans in the meetings/tourism industry. Tennant joins a list that includes such individuals as Richard D. Nanula, president and CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts and William S. Norman, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Asso...

The First New Hotel in Temecula, CA Since 1991/ Dec 1998

April 30, 1998

Hotel Online Special Report The First New Hotel in Temecula, CA Since 1991 TEMECULA, CA -December 16, 1998 - We are proud to announce the opening of our "Temecula Valley Inn" said Glen E. Spangler Director of Sales of Hotel Managers Group Management Company of San Diego. We are centrally located off 1-15 at Winchester exit, at 27660 Jefferson Avenue, on restaurant row and convenient to all local businesses, "HISTORIC OLD TOWN", Wineries, Golf & Shopping. 'The Temecula Valley Inn, greets you warmly from the moment you drive in the broad entrance gracefully landscaped and palm lined. The tile roof and stucco finished exter...