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Le Cordon Bleu Chooses Anahuac University to Deliver Le Cordon Bleu Programmes in Mexico / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Le Cordon Bleu Chooses Anahuac University to Deliver Le Cordon Bleu Programmes in Mexico MEXICO CITY - Dec. 9, 1998--Le Cordon Bleu, the internationally renowned culinary school, arrives in Mexico on Dec. 8 with the announcement of a joint venture between Le Cordon Bleu and Anahuac University in Mexico City to deliver world standard courses for the next generation of international, restaurant business professionals. "Mexico has become a very important area of expansion for Le Cordon Bleu," explained Andre J. Cointreau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Le Cordon Bleu group. "We are s...
Holiday Inn-Amarillo I-40 Undergoes $2.5 Million Renovation / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Holiday Inn-Amarillo I-40 Undergoes $2.5 Million Renovation AMARILLO, Texas, Dec. 29, 1998 - The Holiday Inn-Amarillo I-40 is launching a comprehensive $2.5 million renovation this week that will upgrade virtually every area of the hotel. The hotel's 247 guest rooms will receive a floor-to-ceiling makeover, including new floor and wall coverings, lighting, bedspreads and drapery. In the lobby, new wall coverings and drapery will be installed, as well as new furniture. Banquet and meeting spaces will be updated with new wall and floor coverings and new lighting. The restaurant, currently du...
Accor and Kishu Railway Co Joint Venture to Build Formule 1 Hotels in Japan / Dec 1998
April 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Accor and Kishu Railway Co Joint Venture to Build Formule 1 Hotels in Japan 14 December 1998: The world's largest hotel operating company, Accor, is planning to introduce its pioneering budget hotel concept - Formule 1 (F1) - into Japan. This revolutionary concept celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and has grown to a network of some 500 F1 hotels around the world, including hotels in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. The proposed expansion to Japan was announced today by joint-venture parties, Accor, and Kishu Railway Co ...
Media Kit – Advertising information for Hotel Online – Where the Hospitality Industry Meets Online
March 30, 1998
Hotel-Online is a Global Leader in News and Distribution Services for the Hospitality Industry Contact: Michelle Renn Email: Michelle@hotel-online.com Phone: 678-802-5308 (Georgia)"Inside Hotel-Online today" ArchivePopularity Data from...
e.port Terminals Gaining Favor with Business Travelers / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- e.port Terminals Gaining Favor with Business Travelers ORLANDO, FL, -- September 18, 1998 -- e.port Public Information Network has installed public Internet terminals in the Renaissance Orlando Resort near Sea World, the Ramada Plaza Hotel Gateway and the Holiday Inn Lee Road. These installations continue the aggressive growth of the e.port Public Information Network in the Central Florida market. The e.port terminals allow travelers the ability to easily retrieve and send e.mail and provide high-speed access to the Internet and World Wide Web without the use ...
Starwood Hotels Resorts Opens the $368 Million Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel Towers / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Starwood Hotels Resorts Opens the $368 Million Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel Towers WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 25, 1998 - Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today the opening of the deluxe, 398-room Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel Towers. The hotel joins Starwood's two other Sheraton Hotels and four Westin hotels in Japan: the Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay in Chiba, the Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel Towers in Kobe, The Westin Kyoto Takaragaike Prince Hotel, The Westin Nagoya Castle, The Westin Osaka and The Westin Tokyo. With the opening of the Yokohama Bay Shera...
Yahoo! Inc. Will Distribute WorldRes Lodging Content on the Internet / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Yahoo! Inc. Will Distribute WorldRes Lodging Content on the Internet SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 16, 1998 -- WorldRes, Inc. (TM), the Internet-based hotel reservation network, is working with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) to distribute WorldRes lodging content in the United States on the world's most visited Internet site (http://www.yahoo.com). WorldRes is providing Yahoo! Lodging (http://lodging.yahoo.com) with hotel, bed and breakfast and resort descriptions from which users can access WorldRes listings. WorldRes listings feature content-rich hotel information tha...
By 1999, Wyndham's Florida Portfolio Will Include Eight Premium Hotels / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- By 1999, Wyndham's Florida Portfolio Will Include Eight Premium Hotels MIAMI - Sept. 15, 1998 -- Wyndham Hotels Resorts today formally celebrated the inclusion of the 420-room Wyndham Miami Beach Resort into the brand and announced its plans for continued expansion of the Wyndham brand throughout the state of Florida. Prior to being renamed the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort on Sept. 1, the property had operated as the Westin Resort Miami Beach. The historic property, located on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, was previously owned by Interstate Hotels Company, wh...
New Damage Assessment Issued by Wyndham International for Puerto Rico Resorts / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- New Hurricane Damage Assessment Issued by Wyndham International for Puerto Rico Resorts DALLAS, Sept. 24, 1998 - Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. and Wyndham International, Inc.(NYSE: PAH), whose shares are paired and trade as a single unit, today issued an update and clarification regarding damages suffered on Tuesday by the Puerto Rico hotel and resort properties owned and/or managed by the Companies as the result of Hurricane Georges. According to the Companies: "The information disseminated via press release on Tuesday by the Wyndham Hotel Group was based on v...
The 1,014 Room Buena Vista Palace Resort Spa to be Renamed the Wyndham Palace Resort Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- The 1,014 Room Buena Vista Palace Resort Spa to be Renamed the Wyndham Palace Resort Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort Multi-million dollar capital improvement campaign underway DALLAS, Sept. 15, 1998 - Wyndham Hotels Resorts is pleased to add the award-winning, strategically located 1,014-room Buena Vista Palace Resort Spa in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort to its resorts portfolio. The resort, which will become the Wyndham Palace Resort Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort on November 17, 1998, is owned by Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. (NYSE: ...
Miramar Sheraton GM Resigns from Santa Monica CVB Due to HERE's Negative Campaign / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Miramar Sheraton GM Resigns from Santa Monica CVB Due to HERE's Negative Campaign SANTA MONICA, Calif - Sept. 16, 1998--Bill Worcester, General Manager of the Miramar Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, today announced his resignation from the Board of Directors of the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau after 12 years of service. Worcester explained in a letter to the Bureau that his voluntary resignation is intended to prevent the Convention and Visitors Bureau from becoming a political football in a negative campaign being waged by a local labor union, th...
WizCom Refocus Includes Alignment with Cendant's Proven Model of Matrix Management / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- WizCom Refocus Includes Alignment with Cendant's Proven Model of Matrix Management PARSIPPANY, NJ, September 10, 1998 - WizCom International, Ltd.'s President and General Manager Flo Lugli today announced that WizCom, a supplier of travel industry reservation and information management systems, will refocus its internal organization in order to better serve customer needs. WizCom's refocus is based on extensive, in-depth discussions with customers and is designed to help them better manage and grow their businesses. It will also further align WizCom with its...
Outrigger Enterprises to PurchaseThe Royal Waikoloan Hotel / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Outrigger Enterprises to PurchaseThe Royal Waikoloan Hotel HONOLULU, HAWAII - September 10, 1998 - Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., announced today it will purchase the 545-room Royal Waikoloan Hotel from TAAS Associates. Following the completion of the acquisition in late September, Outrigger will begin a multi-million dollar renovation program to reposition the property. The hotel will be renamed the Outrigger Waikoloa Resort. "We are very pleased to acquire this well-located property. We are committed to making the Outrigger Waikoloa Resort one of the Big Island's ...
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo is ranked first among all exclusively-architecture firms worldwide / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Ranked First Among All Exclusively-Architecture Firms Worldwide HONOLULU9 September 1998 - With $23 million in international billings in 1997, the architecture firm of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo is ranked first among all exclusively-architecture firms worldwide, in Engineering News-Records (ENR) annual survey of The Top 200 International Design Firms. (July 20, 1998) International work represented 49% of WAT&Gs total billings in 1997. The firms 250 employees are currently working on 160 active projects on five continen...
Vinings Franchise Systems and VR Business Brokers to Develop Microtel Inn & Suites Throughout Ontario / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Vinings Franchise Systems and VR Business Brokers to Develop Microtel Inn & Suites Throughout Ontario -- Alliance Has Goal to Build 30 New Budget Hotels Over Next Three Years TORONTO, ONTARIO (Sept. 14, 1998) Toronto-based Vinings Franchise Systems (VFS) and VR Business Brokers have entered into an alliance to develop Microtel Inn & Suites in the greater Toronto area and across Ontario. Microtel is the fastest growing chain of all newly constructed, inside corridor, budget hotels in North America. According to Klaus J. Henck, president and chief opera...
Venetian Resort Tops Out at 35th Floor – Recreation of Venice, Italy Takes Shape in Las Vegas / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Venetian Resort Tops Out at 35th Floor - Recreation of Venice, Italy Takes Shape in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (August 18, 1998) - The highly anticipated Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino topped-out its 35 floor hotel tower today. To commemorate this construction milestone, the renaissance-Venice themed mega-resort released 100 white doves from a gondola amid the cheers of 2,500 construction workers and project executives. Spending over a billion dollars on recreating a city as famous as Venice, a city rich with architectural history, was a tremendous and ambiti...
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, The World's Largest All-Suite Hotel, Going Up at 6 Floors a Day in Las Vegas / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, The World's Largest All-Suite Hotel, Going Up at 6 Floors a Day in Las Vegas The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Creates Destination Resort of the 21st Century Las Vegas, Nevada (May 25, 1998) - The most exciting news to hit Las Vegas is rising from the ground at the rate of one floor every six days - just across from The Mirage - and it goes far beyond slot machines, dancing girls, and ever-erupting volcanoes. Titled The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, it will redefine the culture of Las Vegas away from gaming tables and buff...
Guaranteed Maximum Price Provided By Construction Manager Ensures The Venice-Themed Mega-Resort Will Open on Time / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Guaranteed Maximum Price Provided By Construction Manager Ensures The Venice-Themed Mega-Resort Will Open on Time, on Budget Venetian Finalizes Guaranteed Maximum Price for Construction LAS VEGAS, Sept. 9, 1998 - Increasing anticipation for its grand opening, The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino announced today that it has finalized the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for construction of its mega-resort, and hopes to complete construction ahead of schedule. The Venetian has entered into a final GMP with Lehrer McGovern Bovis (Bovis), the project's construction manage...
Trump Set to Open the 300 Room Hotel in Gary, Indiana / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Trump Set to Open the 300 Room Hotel in Gary, Indiana GARY, Ind., Sept. 9, 1998 - Officials of Trump Casino are hoping for a "full house" every day with the opening of the new Trump Hotel. Scheduled to open its doors on Monday, September 28, with 96 of its luxurious 300 rooms ready for occupancy, the hotel is located at 21 Buffington Harbor Drive in the Buffington Harbor area of Gary, Ind. It is the only hotel in Indiana overlooking the scenic shores of Lake Michigan. The new hotel is adjacent to the Trump Casino. Guests will enter an exquisite atrium lobby...
John Q. Hammons Hotels' Topeka Capitol Plaza Hotel Opens / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- John Q. Hammons Hotels' Topeka Capitol Plaza Hotel Opens TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 8, 1998 - John Q. Hammons, founder, chairman and CEO of John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (NYSE: JQH) today was joined by Shawnee County (Kan.) Commission Chairperson Winnie Kingman, Hotel Task Force Chairman A. Kurt Young, Topeka Mayor Joan Wagnon and a host of local dignitaries to officially open the Topeka Capitol Plaza Hotel, designating the property as "The Place to Be." The new 224-room, $22 million hotel, connected to the adjacent Kansas Expocentre, completes one of the region's largest...
Top 100 Hotel Companies / Hotel & Motel Management
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel & Motel Management's Top 100 Hotel Companies Top 100: What's new 1998 Rank 1997 Rank Company Guest Rooms Properties 1 1 Cendant Corp. 516,262 5,821 2 2 Bass Hotels & Resorts 443,891 2,603 3 4 Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites 313,600 1,588 4 3 Best Western International 301,820 3,784 5 5 Choice Hotels International 287,444 3,397 6 7 Promus Hotel Corp. 186,920 1,278 7 18 Starw...
Prime Hospitality Corp. Winner of 1998 Telman MasterTech Award / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Prime Hospitality Corp. Winner of 1998 Telman MasterTech Award for Guest Services Houston, TX - September 11, 1998 - Prime Hospitality Corp. has been awarded The Telman MasterTech Award for Guest Services for 1998. The Telman MasterTech Award is given to the hotel management companies, hotel companies or employees of such that are producing unprecedented results through bringing people and technology together. Prime Hospitality owns, manages and franchises 166 hotels, including three proprietary brands of AmeriSuites, Homegate Studios and Suites and Wellesley ...
Candlewood Hotel Company Receives The Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Telman MasterTech Award Winners Announced Candlewood Hotel Company Receives The Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits Houston, TX - September 9, 1998 - Telman is pleased to announce this years recipients of the Telman MasterTech Award, given to the hotel management companies, hotel companies or employees of such that are producing unprecedented results through bringing people and technology together. This years winners are Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., Prime Hospitality Corp. and Carol Beggs, Director of Information Systems for Sonesta Intern...
Candlewood Hotel Company Winner of 1998 Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Candlewood Hotel Company Winner of 1998 Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits Houston, TX - September 11, 1998 - Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., has been awarded The Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits for 1998. The Telman MasterTech Award is given to the hotel management companies, hotel companies or employees of such that are producing unprecedented results through bringing people and technology together. Candlewood owns, manages and franchises its own brand with 35 corporate hotels open, 30 under construction, as well as 6 franchis...
