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Travel Marketers Take Note: Consumers Want More Travel and Less Stress / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Travel Marketers Take Note: Consumers Want More Travel and Less Stress INDIANAPOLIS - Dec. 21, 1998 -- In a recent national consumer survey, people across all generations expressed the need to reduce stress, the urge to spend more time with family and friends and a strong desire for more vacation time. According to the survey, having more fun is the number one thing consumers expect to do this year. Of 2,500 people surveyed by the Yankelovich MONITOR -- a 27-year syndicated study of changing social values -- eight in ten consumers feel the need to get more pleasure out of life and seven in ten ...
Internet Real Estate Research Tool Offered by Landauer / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Internet Real Estate Research Tool Offered by Landauer New York, NY, November 16, 1998 Virtually everyone involved in making real estate decisions can now benefit from R-E-Search, a new online product by Landauer Associates, Inc. that delivers reliable, quantitative data and market knowledge for office, retail, industrial, hotel and multifamily property types. A unique feature of this new web tool is Report Builder. The R-E-Searchtm Report Builder was designed with real estate professionals and corporate decisionmakers in mind, said Hugh F. Kelly, Landauers Chief Economist. ...
Las Vegas Visitor Volume Jumps 4.9 Percent in October – Highest Monthly Increase Since April 1997 / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Las Vegas Visitor Volume Jumps 4.9 Percent in October - Highest Monthly Increase Since April 1997 LAS VEGAS, Dec. 10, 1998 - Visitor volume to Las Vegas increased 4.9 percent in October 1998 compared with the same period a year ago, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). It was the highest monthly increase the destination has experienced since April 1997. Total room occupancy was also strong in October, increasing 2.3 points to 89.4 percent. At the same time, Las Vegas has experienced a 5.6 percent increase in room inventory. The destination now boasts more th...
Little Rock CVB Report: River Market Provides One-Stop Visitor Destination / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Little Rock CVB Report: River Market Provides One-Stop Visitor Destination LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 10, 1998 - Long considered a vacationer's getaway for its natural beauty and pleasant climate, Little Rock, Ark., has gained new recognition as a visitor destination over the past few years thanks in part to national attention generated by the Clinton Presidency. With the addition of new attractions, museums and hotels, Little Rock also has experienced impressive growth, elevating its status to a travel hot-spot that offers something for everyone. "Whether you're a history buff with interes...
Los Angeles CVB Report: Hotel Occupancy At Highest Level in Decade / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Los Angeles CVB Report: Hotel Occupancy At Highest Level in Decade LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 1998 - Thanks to a revived visitor product and an improved economy, the world is beating a path to Los Angeles. Hotel occupancy is at its highest levels in more than a decade, and the average room rate has steadily increased every year since 1992. Yet the best news is that when forecasters look to the future, they predict Los Angeles' upward travel swing to continue. Hotel developers are taking notes, and action. Throughout Los Angeles, millions of dollars are being invested into the creation...
Jim E. Peters Appointed as New President/CEO of Two Florida Timeshare Firms / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Jim E. Peters Appointed as New President/CEO of Two Florida Timeshare Firms Effective January 1, 1999 NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla - Dec. 28, 1998--Jim E. Peters, RRP, a 20-year timeshare industry veteran and current president/CEO of Silver Lake Resort Ltd. (SLR), one of the Orlando area's premier timeshare developer/operators, has been named president and CEO of New Smyrna Beach-based Kosmas Group International (KGI). The appointment is effective January 1, 1999, according to Steven Kosmas, KGI's current chief executive, who will step up to KGI chairman. Peters will continue to serve as...
Kathy King Named Sales Director at Hampton Inn, Manhattan, Kansas / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Kathy King Named Sales Director at Hampton Inn, Manhattan, Kansas HUTCHINSON, KS -Nov.30, 1998 - Leisure Hotels, L.L.C., the management division of Leisure Hotels Group of Companies, has named Kathy King Sales Director for the Hampton Inn in Manhattan. Kan. As sales director, King is responsible for marketing and promoting the hotel. Prior to joining the Hutchinson, Kan.- based Leisure Hotels, L.L.C. King worked for the State of Kansas in Topeka, and Kansas State University in Manhattan. Previously employed with another hotel in Manhattan King knows the Manhattan market well, and brings with he...
Video Training Series Designed Specifically for Mid-market, Economy, and Budget Hotels Released / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Video Training Series Designed Specifically for Mid-market, Economy, and Budget Hotels Released Lansing, Michigan, December 1998 - A new day has dawned in hospitality training. Innovision Media Concepts, Inc., introduces The Sunrise Basic Training Series, the lodging industrys first video training series designed specifically for mid-market, economy, and budget hotels. Developed in collaboration with corporate trainers, industry consultants, hotel managers, and front line employees, the Sunrise Basic Training Series covers more than 100 topics in short, training-friendly segments, begi...
The Ilikai/Hotel Nikko Waikiki Develops Web Site to Provide Electronic Brochure and Reservations Options / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report The Ilikai/Hotel Nikko Waikiki Develops Web Site to Provide Electronic Brochure and Reservations Options Honolulu, HI Dec. 29, 1998 - Today The Ilikai/Hotel Nikko Waikiki unveiled its Web site http://www.ilikaihotel.com, developed to serve as a customer-oriented information and reservation center. The site includes information on the history of the Waikiki property, as well as rooms. activities, dining, meeting facilities and the latest value packages. Numerous color photos lead visitors on a virtual tour of the property. The site also provides comprehensive rate information, and detai...
IT Challenges – and Solutions – Top the Agenda at Eurhotec '99 / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report IT Challenges - and Solutions - Top the Agenda at Eurhotec '99 Paris, 4 December 1998 - Database marketing vs. data protection laws, contingency planning for Y2K and the explosion of e-commerce are just some of the hot hi-tech issues to be addressed at EURHOTEC '99, the annual European hospitality technology exhibition and conference which convenes at the Austria Center, Vienna from 24-26 February 1999. The fourth edition of the one-stop technology show, organised and managed by the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA), will provide a platform for prominent hospitality t...
Accor Asia Pacific Managing Director Australia/New Zealand, Mr Michael Issenberg Debuts Planned New Generation IBIS Hotels in Australia / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Mr. Michael Issenberg, Accor Asia Pacific Managing Director Australia/New Zealand, Debuts Planned New Generation IBIS Hotels in Australia Uniformly High Standards of Construction and Design and Shorter Construction times 21 December 1998: Accor is to build its first new-generation Ibis 2003 hotel project outside Europe at Mascot, next to Sydney Airport. A development application has been lodged for construction of the hotel on land on the corner of ORiordan and King Streets, Mascot, and it is anticipated that following approval, the advanced building process will see the hotel...
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates to Preview Hotels on the Internet Using HotelView / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates to Preview Hotels on the Internet Using HotelView POMPANO BEACH, FL, December 16, 1998 HotelView Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), today announced that Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates, the countrys No. 1 travel agency franchiser, is incorporating the HotelView system into its proprietary Mercavia intranet and Mercavia RS extranet Web systems, created for the use of its 7,000 leisure agents. Customers of participating Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates (franchisees) will soon be able to preview vacation ...
Host Marriott Completes REIT Conversion and $1.5 Billion Acquisition of 12 Luxury Hotels from Blackstone / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Host Marriott Completes REIT Conversion and $1.5 Billion Acquisition of 12 Luxury Hotels from Blackstone BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 31, 1998 - Host Marriott Corporation (NYSE: HMT) announced today that it has completed the final steps in its conversion to a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and positioned the company to elect REIT status effective January 1, 1999. Since its original announcement made on April 17th, 1998, the Company has completed the following significant actions: Positioned the company to elect REIT status effective January 1, 1999. Acquired the Blackstone luxury hotel ...
Martin Schneller, GM at the Just Opened Hilton Garden Inn Albuquerque North/Rio Rancho / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Martin Schneller, GM at the Just Opened Hilton Garden Inn Albuquerque North/Rio Rancho ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Dec. 14, 1998--Hilton Hotels Corp. has announced the opening of the 129-room Hilton Garden Inn(R) Albuquerque North/Rio Rancho in Rio Rancho, N.M., representing another addition to its growing roster of Hilton Garden Inn hotels. The newly constructed Hilton Garden Inn Albuquerque North/Rio Rancho is owned by Impac Hotels III LLC under a license agreement with Hilton Inns Inc., the franchise subsidiary of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Hilton Hotels Corp. "A midpriced, focused-service produ...
Newsmaker interview: Bob Hazard / H&MM / Robert A. Nozar / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report By Robert A. Nozar H&MM Editor-in-Chief November 1998 Could this really be Bob Hazard? It looks like him and acts like him, but he sounds different. Not the voice: It's the same as when Hazard was at the podium before thousands of Choice Hotels International franchisees-at Choice's annual convention-as companychairman. Rather, it is what Hazard says that is so different. Where he once personified the hotel franchising game, he has done an about-face and taken a starring role as put-upon franchisee. Who would have thought that Hazard, when he led the most dynamic franchising effort in the U...
First Hawthorn Suites Golf Resort Opens in Wadswoth Ill. / Nov 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Lenny Khayat, is the General Manager at First Hawthorn Suites Golf Resort in Wadswoth Ill. ATLANTA (Nov. 30, 1998) - The first Hawthorn Suites Golf Resort opened Saturday, November 28 in Wadsworth, Ill. a northern Chicago suburb. Overlooking the 27-hole Midlane Golf Resort, the property marks the debut of a new extended-stay upper-end all suites lodging concept, especially targeted to business travelers from out-of-town attending meetings and conferences, and who are looking to combine a golf and meeting retreat experience. Midlane Partners L.P. owns the new golf resort and gener...
HRN Takes the Consumer Guess Work Out of Booking Hotel Rooms on the Internet / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report HRN Takes the Consumer Guess Work Out of Booking Hotel Rooms on the Internet DALLAS, Dec. 22, 1998 - Hotel Reservations Network (HRN), the country's foremost free discount hotel booking service and one of the leading Web sources of discount hotel reservations and provider of accommodations during sold-out periods in major cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe, provides travelers with one of the easiest, quickest and most informative ways to book hotel accommodations. Long the leader in the industry, HRN has quickly become one of the leading Internet providers of hotel accommodations - - HRN boo...
Hospitality Properties Trust Agrees to Buy 17 Marriott Hotels for $201.7 Million / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality Properties Trust Agrees to Buy 17 Marriott Hotels for $201.7 Million NEWTON, Mass - Dec. 30, 1998--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) today announced it has agreed to purchase 17 hotels consisting of two Marriott full service hotels, three Marriott Residence Inns, three Marriott Courtyard hotels and nine Marriott TownePlace Suites hotels from Marriott International (NYSE:MAR) for $201,720,000. All of these hotels will continue to be operated by Marriott under a long-term lease through at least 2013. HPT acquired the first four of these properties yesterday. Four of the rem...
Hong Kong's November Visitor Arrivals Up 5.1% vs Last Year November / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hong Kong's November Visitor Arrivals Up 5.1% vs Last Year November HONG KONG - Dec. 22, 1998--Statistics released by the Hong Kong Tourist Association (HKTA) show that visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in November this year increased by an encouraging 5.1% over the same month last year; total arrivals for the month was 833,359. Shorthaul markets showing strong arrivals growth in November included Mainland China, from where the number rose by 16.6%. This can be partly attributed to relaxation of policies concerning travel from the Mainland to Hong Kong. Arrivals from Singapore also rose, by...
Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines Sold for $82.5 Million to Hilton Hotels Corp. / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines Sold for $82.5 Million to Hilton Hotels Corp. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif - Dec. 29, 1998--Hilton Hotels Corp. announced today that it has purchased the 394-room Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., from Torrey Pines Hotel Associates for $82.5 million. Renamed the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, the resort is located adjacent to two world-famous Torrey Pines Golf Courses (36 holes) along the Pacific Coast in La Jolla. It is within close driving distance to many of San Diego's world-famous tourist attractions including the San Diego Zoo, Sea World and public be...
Greater Buffalo CVB's Richard Geiger Appointed to New York State Tourism Advisory Council / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Greater Buffalo CVB's Richard Geiger Appointed to New York State Tourism Advisory Council December 29, 1998 - Richard Geiger, president and CEO of the Greater Buffalo Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been appointed to a two-year term on the New York State Tourism Advisory Council effective January 1999. Assemblyman Paul A. Tokasz, chairman of the Assembly Committee on Tourism, Arts & Sports Development, nominated Geiger as one of three appointments designated by the Honorable Sheldon Silver, speaker of the State Assembly Geiger, head of the states second largest CVB since July 1995, is the...
Four Seasons Hotels signs management agreement with Shanghai Industrial for a luxury hotel in Shanghai / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Hotels signs management agreement with Shanghai Industrial for a luxury hotel in Shanghai TORONTO, Dec 9, 1998 - Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSE/ME Symbol ``FSH''; NYSE Symbol ``FS'') and Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (``SIHL'') jointly announced the signing of a hotel management agreement between Four Seasons and Shanghai SIIC South Pacific Hotel Co., Ltd. for a new luxury hotel in Shanghai, China. Four Seasons also signed a letter of intent with SIHL and its parent company, Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (``SIIC'') for the hotel management group to acq...
Three European Banks Provide Funding for Forest City Ratner Companies Construction Starts of Doubletree and Embassy Suites in Manhattan / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Three European Banks Provide Funding for Forest City Ratner Companies Construction Starts of Doubletree and Embassy Suites in Manhattan CLEVELAND, Ohio - Dec. 1, 1998--Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCEA) today announced that its New York affiliate, Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) has begun construction on two hotel developments in Manhattan. FCRC simultaneously closed on the financing of the projects with three European banks in the amount of $182 million. The hotels, developed as a joint venture between FCRC and Promus Hotel Corporation [NYSE:PRH), are components of mixed-use ...
Former Cleveland Wrecking Head Donald Fenning Launches New Content Liquidation and Contracting Firm / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Former Cleveland Wrecking Head Donald Fenning Launches New Content Liquidation and Contracting Firm Los Angeles, CA - Dec 7, 1998 - Donald Fenning, former President and COO of Cleveland Wrecking, one of the worlds top specialty contracting organizations, has left the company to form The Fenning Group. The Fenning Group will draw on an extensive background in the salvage and recycling business to offer aggressive and experienced hotel content liquidation and asset recovery services. Unlike other content liquidators and hotel salvage companies, the firm will also provide a wide range of...
