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Naples (Fla.) Hotelier, Jerry Thirion, Elected Chairman of Florida Hotel & Motel Association / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Naples (Fla.) Hotelier, Jerry Thirion, Elected Chairman of Florida Hotel & Motel Association TALLAHASSEE--September 8, 1998 - Jerry Thirion, CHA, senior vice president and managing director of The Registry Resort, Naples, has been elected chairman of the Florida Hotel & Motel Association (FH&MA). He will assume the organization's top leadership post on Oct. 1 and serve a year's term of office. Also moving up FH&MA's ladder of succession are Chairman-Elect William W. (Bill) McCreary, CHA, complex general manager of the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin properti...
Florida Hoteliers Exploring Lodging Issues at FH&MA Conference / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Florida Hoteliers Exploring Lodging Issues at FH&MA Conference TALLAHASSEE-- September 2, 1998 - Florida's tourism history calls to mind such distinctive eras As Flagler's railroad/hotel expansion into the Keys; the "Mom and Pop" motor courts of the 1940s and 1950s; and, of course, Walt Disney World's impact in central Florida. As Florida approaches the millennium, what might the next era in Florida tourism bring? Florida hoteliers will be exploring this and other timely lodging issues at the 1998 Florida Hotel & Motel Association (FH&MA) Annual Conference and...
Holiday Inn Express Introduces a Prototype Building for Future Hotels / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Holiday Inn Express Introduces a Prototype Building for Future Hotels The brand takes another step in maximizing consistency NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 28, 1998 - Today Holiday Inn Express introduced a prototype building for future hotels in a move to continue to maximize consistency by providing guests with similar and familiar experiences at all Express properties. The ageless design is bright and clean, and features curbside appeal and efficient use of space. The prototype is based on two key design criteria -- it must look and feel clean, and it must appear time...
US Demand for Extended Stay Properties at Approximately 300,000 Rooms – Current Supply is Less than 100,000 / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- US Demand for Extended Stay Properties at Approximately 300,000 Rooms - Current Supply is Less than 100,000 -- Extended Stay America, Inc. Unveils PricewaterhouseCoopers Demand Analysis and Company's Development Plans FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla - Sept. 11, 1998--Extended Stay America, Inc. (NYSE:ESA) today unveils a new analysis of extended stay lodging demand performed for the Company by PricewaterhouseCoopers that estimates total U.S. demand for extended stay properties at approximately 300,000 rooms -- compared to supply of less than 100,000 such rooms. Based on t...
Equity Inns and RFS Hotel Investors Cancel Merger Plans / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Equity Inns and RFS Hotel Investors Cancel Merger Plans MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1998 - Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN) and RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: RFS) today announced that their respective boards of Directors have voted to terminate the merger agreement between the two companies. The two companies had signed a definitive agreement in April to merge in a stock transaction where each share of RFS would be exchanged for 1.5 shares of Equity Inns. The Company noted a number of factors that converged to change the parameters of the transaction, resulting in the ...
EI Updates Best-selling Front Office Textbook / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- EI Updates Best-selling Front Office Textbook EAST LANSING, Mich., September 1998Managing Front Office Operations, the long-time industry standard for front office textbooks, has been revised to reflect the latest hospitality industry technology and real-world, eye-opening case studies. The fifth edition of Managing Front Office Operations, written by Michael L. Kasavana, Ph.D., and Richard M. Brooks, CHA, has just been released by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association. The new edition includes industry-developed case studies tha...
New F&B Textbook Teaches Managers to Delight Guests, Create Service-Driven Organization / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- New F&B Textbook Teaches Managers to Delight Guests, Create Service-Driven Organization EAST LANSING, Mich., September 1998 How does a food and beverage operation manage to transcend expectations and actually delight an increasingly sophisticated and demanding dining population? The new second edition of Managing Service in Food and Beverage Operations, published by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association, has the answer. Authors Ronald F. Cichy, Ph.D., CHA, CHBE, and Paul E. Wise, CHA, show food and beverage professionals outline p...
Famous Chef, Nathalie Dupree, Enjoys Eating Once More After Overcoming Chronic Health Problem / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Famous Chef, Nathalie Dupree, Enjoys Eating Once More After Overcoming Chronic Health Problem Gastroesophagael Reflux Disease PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9, 1998 - For years, Nathalie Dupree, nationally known chef and author, often found it painful to enjoy the recipes and gastronomic delights that she so skillfully developed and lovingly shared with thousands of fans and cooks around the country. The same dishes that brought unlimited pleasure to others, brought a rising burning sensation in her chest that disrupted daily life. Nathalie was among the more than 21 million...
The Dow Hotel Company Plans Major Renovation of Recently Acquired Norfolk, VA Hotel / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- The Dow Hotel Company Plans Major Renovation of Recently Acquired Norfolk, VA Hotel September 24, 1998 - The Dow Hotel Company and its partners announced plans for a major renovation of The Ramada Madison Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The Dow Hotel company, based in Gig Harbor, Washington recent purchaser of the property, will also manage it. Originally The Southland Hotel, this traditionally elegant southern property will be remodeled under the direction of Sherrill-Lynne Design Associates of Maryland. Over one million dollars will be invested to bring the hote...
Dolce International Develops Exclusive Wine Program / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Dolce International Develops Exclusive Wine Program MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY (August 14, 1998). -- Leading conference center company, Dolce International, has introduced the exclusive, three-tiered Pine Hill wine program to all of its U.S. properties. Offering a Proprietor's Red and White, a merlot, a chardonnay, a chardonnay reserve and a cabernet sauvignon reserve, the Pine Hill labels, in contrast to other hotel wine programs, are blended exclusively for Dolce International and are not available in retail stores. Explains Mark DePiero, Vice President of Culinary Se...
Days Inn Internet Bookings 185+% Over Last Year / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Days Inn Internet Bookings 185+% Over Last Year PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 1, 1998 - Travelers this year have flocked to the Days Inn website in record numbers through July, increasing Days Inn room bookings for 1998 by more than 185% over 1997, Days Inns of America, Inc. President and CEO Joseph Kane said today. "This dramatic increase is in great part due to the variety of vacation information consumers have found on our website," Kane said. "We saw a steady increase in the numbers of hits on our page from March on -- the period when people typically begin to t...
James B. Dale Appointed to Chief Financial Officer for Amerihost Properities, Inc. / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- James B. Dale Appointed to Chief Financial Officer for Amerihost Properities, Inc. Russell J. Cerqua to Resign as CFO to Pursue Other Opportunities DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 3, 1998 - Amerihost Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOST) announced today that James B. Dale, the Company's Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, has been appointed to succeed Russell J. Cerqua as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cerqua will resign his positions as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer effective Sept. 17, 1998. Mr. Cerqua has resigned to p...
Cruise Market Potential Remains Very Strong, New Study Indicates / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Cruise Market Potential Remains Very Strong, New Study Indicates NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 1998 - In 1986, a paltry 3.6 percent of Americans had ever taken a cruise, and the cruise industry had its work cut out for it. In 1998, 11.3 percent have taken a cruise. And while the industry is pleased with the progress it's making in introducing the pleasures of cruising to all Americans, it still feels it has a lot of growing to do. According to the 1998 Market Profile Study sponsored by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), almost 75 million Americans have indica...
Report Concerning Aftermath of Hurricane Georges / El Conquistador, Puerto Rico Resort OK / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Report Concerning Aftermath of Hurricane Georges - El Conquistador, Puerto Rico Resort OK / Las Casitas Village OK DALLAS, Sept. 22, 1998 - With resort properties on Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Lucia (among other Caribbean islands), Wyndham has been impacted by Hurricane Georges. To the best of our knowledge, thankfully, no injuries or fatalities occurred at any Wyndham property as a result of Hurricane Georges. With regard to the El Conquistador Resort Country Club in Fajardo, Puerto Rico specifically, it has been confirmed with Richard Cortese, gener...
Limited-Service Hotel Concept Gains Popularity in Latin American Countries / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Limited-Service Hotel Concept Gains Popularity in Latin American Countries First Comfort Hotel & Suites Opens in Latin America FORT LAUDERDALE, September 14, 1998 Travelers to Sao Paulo, Brazil now have the choice of staying in the first Comfort Hotel & Suites in Latin America. The recently converted, 117-room hotel offers all of the amenities and services that international business travelers have come to expect from the popular Choice Hotels International brand. The hotel is operated by Choice Atlantica Hotels, master franchisor of Choice hotel products ...
Coastal Hotel Group Receives Major Investment From PaineWebber / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Coastal Hotel Group Receives Major Investment From PaineWebber -- Relationship to facilitate hotel management firm's aggressive expansion Deal includes PaineWebber purchase of five California hotels Chicago, Ill., (September 29, 1998) - Coastal Hotel Group, a full-service hotel management company specializing in the operation of upscale resorts, luxury inns and quality business hotels, today announced a strategic partnership with PaineWebber Real Estate Securities Inc. The partnership will provide Coastal with access to capital and other resources tha...
Best Western International Expands in Chile and Columbia / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Best Western International Expands in Chile and Columbia PHOENIX, September 8, 1 998 - An abundance of new Best Western hotels are making their mark on the cities of Chile. In recent months five, four-star Best Westerns have opened throughout Chile. This brings the current count to 11, making Chile the second largest Latin American market for Best Western, behind Brazil. Some recent additions to Chile include the Best Western Hotel Marina Del Rey, Best Western Hotel Cabanas Del Lago, Best Western Hotel Don Luis, Best Western Hotel Naguilan and the Best Western H...
Cendant Appoints John J. Russell to President and CEO at Its RCI Unit / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Cendant Appoints John J. Russell to President and CEO at Its RCI Unit and Vice Chairman of Cendant's Travel Division L. Steven Miller Departs RCI to Join Sunterra Corporation as President and CEO Eric E. Pfeffer Named Chairman and CEO of Cendant's Lodging Division PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 9, 1998 - Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced the appointment of John J. Russell to president and CEO at the Company's RCI unit and vice chairman of Cendant's Travel Division. Russell, 51, will be responsible for overseeing RCI's global operations. He wil...
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation to Acquire 177-room former Olympia Holiday Inn Select, in Olympia, Washington / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation to Acquire 177-room former Olympia Holiday Inn Select, in Olympia, Washington SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 28, 1998 - Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: CVH) today announced an agreement to purchase the 177-room former Olympia Holiday Inn Select, in Olympia, Washington from Olympic, L.L.C. for an undisclosed amount. The sale is expected to close in December 1998, subject to customary closing conditions. The property will be flagged as a Cavanaughs Hotel and will increase the number of Cavanaughs Hotels to 19, including proper...
Ronald Anderson Appointed as Regional Manager for Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Ronald Anderson Appointed as Regional Manager for Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 9, 1998 - Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: CVH) has announced that Ronald Anderson will assume the position of Spokane Regional Manager, overseeing the operations of 1,309 hotel rooms in five hotels located in the region. He returns to the Northwest from Houston, Texas, where he was General Manager of the DoubleTree Hotel at Allen Center. He brings with him 18 years of hotel general management experience. Ronald Anderson graduated with a Bachelor of A...
Bob Fiore Appointed Vice President and General Manager at the Isle Of Capri Casino-Black Hawk, CO / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Bob Fiore Appointed Vice President and General Manager at the Isle Of Capri Casino-Black Hawk, CO BILOXI, Miss., Aug. 31, 1998 - Casino America, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSNO) announced today at the following senior management team has been selected for the Isle of Capri Casino - Black Hawk which is scheduled to open in early 1999. Robert S. (Bob) Fiore, Vice President and General Manager -- Bob comes to the Isle of Capri from the Argosy Corporation where he most recently served as General Manager of the Belle of Baton Rouge. He has also served as General Manager for casinos i...
BridgeStreet Expands Canadian Operations Into London and Kitchener, Ontario / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- BridgeStreet Expands Canadian Operations Into London and Kitchener, Ontario CLEVELAND - Sept. 9, 1998-- BridgeStreet Accommodations, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEDS) today announced the expansion of its Canadian operations into London and Kitchener, Ontario, complementing the company's dominant presence in the Toronto metropolitan area. In commenting on the Toronto market, John E. Danneberg, president and chief executive officer, stated: "Sales and profitability performance so far this year have been stellar. Our research has shown strong demand and significant revenue potent...
PricewaterhouseCoopers Ranks Growth of Hotel Brands / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- PricewaterhouseCoopers Ranks Growth of Hotel Brands NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 1998 - The PricewaterhouseCoopers Lodging Research Network (www.lodgingresearch.com) has independently ranked more than 40 U.S. hotel brands owned by publicly traded companies by growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the second quarter of 1998 versus the year-earlier period. Brands are ranked by PricewaterhouseCoopers according to five Smith Travel Research chain scale segments: Upper Upscale, Upscale, Midscale with Food and Beverage, Midscale without Food a...
Hollywood Park, Inc. Receives Indiana Gaming License for Casino/Hotel on Ohio River. Will build $150 Million Dollar Resort/Casino / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Hollywood Park, Inc. Receives Indiana Gaming License for Casino/Hotel on Ohio River. Will build $150 Million Dollar Resort/Casino INGLEWOOD, Calif., Sept. 14, 1998 - Hollywood Park, Inc. (NYSE: HPK) today announced that the Indiana Gaming Commission has awarded the company the State's last remaining riverboat gaming license for the Ohio River, which was applied for by Hollywood Park's Boomtown subsidiary in December 1995. The Indiana facility, estimated to cost approximately $150 million, is to be located on the Ohio River in Switzerland County approximately ...
