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Thailand's Banyan Tree Phuket Resort Rated Tops in U.K. Travel Magazine Poll / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Thailand's Banyan Tree Phuket Resort Rated Tops in U.K. Travel Magazine Poll - Best Spa Resort, Say Condé Nast Traveller Readers - LONDON, Sept. 21, 1998 - - The Banyan Tree Phuket has been named the world's top spa resort in the 1998 Readers Travel Awards of Condé Nast Traveller magazine. The hotel received the award here on Sept. 15 in ceremonies at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Opened just four years ago, The Banyan Tree Phuket has already won the "best resort hotel" award from the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) two years in a row, as well ...
Destination Hotels Resorts Assumes Management of the ANA Hotel, San Francisco; Renames Property the Argent Hotel / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Destination Hotels Resorts Assumes Management of the ANA Hotel, San Francisco; Renames Property the Argent Hotel, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO - Sept. 29, 1998--Destination Hotels Resorts announced today that it has assumed management of the ANA Hotel, San Francisco and renamed the hotel The Argent Hotel, San Francisco. With the addition of The Argent Hotel, Destination Hotels Resorts' portfolio now numbers 21 distinctive, independent, first-class hotels and resorts. Lowe Enterprises Investment Management, Inc., acting on behalf of a major pension fund c...
Planning a Dinner Party for Thousands? It's No Problem for ARAMARK at the Houston Astrodome / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Planning a Dinner Party for Thousands? It's No Problem for ARAMARK at the Houston Astrodome HOUSTON, Sept. 16, 1998 - Planning a dinner party for 4,000-5,000 of your closest friends? How about for thousands of world leaders, OPEC oil ministers, and 15 heads of state including Vice President Al Gore? It might be a problem for you in your dining room at home but it is standard operating procedure for ARAMARK which will be serving this prestigious group on the floor of the Houston Astrodome on September 17th when the World Energy Council comes to town. ARAMARK, th...
Adam's Mark Leading the Resurgence of Building Hotel Megaplexes / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Adam's Mark Leading the Resurgence of Building Hotel Megaplexes Spends $500 Million In 1998 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21, 1998 - Adam's Mark Hotels Resorts, an upscale, quality-tier hotel chain, has committed to more than $500 million in capital improvements through 1998. One of the largest independently owned and operated hotel organizations, Adam's Mark is leading the resurgence of building hotel megaplexes. Projects range from interior enhancements and upgrades to major conversions of existing and newly acquired properties, including construction of an 1,844-room...
Accor takes over management of Parramatta Travelodge / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Accor Boosts Presence in Western Sydney, Australia Accor takes over management of Parramatta Travelodge 21 September 1998: Accor Asia Pacific will significantly expand its presence in western Sydney with the addition of the former Parramatta Travelodge, which will be rebranded as the Mercure Hotel Parramatta following Accors management takeover. Accor is already the largest operator of hotels in Sydney and the addition of the Mercure Hotel Parramatta will boost the groups portfolio to 12 hotels in Sydney. Accors Australian network of hotels will then increa...
Accor makes Key Addition to Australian Hotel Network / Sept 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Accor makes Key Addition to Australian Hotel Network Novotel Canberra to be developed out of Jolimont Centre building 22 September 1998: Australias largest hotel company, Accor Asia Pacific, announced today a highly strategic addition to its Australian hotel network - a Novotel in the national capital of Canberra. In announcing the addition of the hotel, Sven Boinet, Accors management board member in charge of hotels, and Accor Asia Pacific Chairman, David Baffsky, said that Accor Asia Pacific had been appointed as long-term manager of the property. ...
Hotel Online Banner Advertising and Site Statistics / October 2005
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Advertising Information --- Banner Advertising and Press Release Distribution Available on Hotel Online "Inside Hotel Online today" Archive Popularity Data from Alexa Internet -Tips on emailing press releases to Hotel Online Advertising Rates October, 2005 Large Banner Ad Page: Hotel Online home page at http://www.hotel-online.com Location on page: At top of page immediately below the Hotel Online Logo Also: Includes 4 press release postings and distribution in "Inside Hotel Online today". Banner rotated throughout daily news articles at Hotel Online's discretion. Size: 324 ...
Former President of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Sentenced to 840 hours of Community Service, $10,000 in Restitution for Filing Bo
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Former President of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Sentenced to 840 hours of Community Service, $10,000 in Restitution for Filing Bogus Expense Reports By Brandon Bain, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4, 2005 - The Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau says its making some tough internal reforms to clean up its act after a scandal in which its former president pleaded guilty to misusing thousands of taxpayer dollars for romps at strip clubs and phony lunches with local politicia...
Hotel Online Where the Hospitality Industry Meets
March 30, 1998
Banner Advertising and Press Release Distribution Available on Hotel Online Contact: Sharon Butler Email: Sharon@hotel-online.com Phone: 678-802-5304 (Alpharetta) Popularity Data from Alexa Internet Tips on emailing press releases to Hotel Online "Inside Hotel Online today" Archive - Advertising Rates -September, 2005 ...
Hotel Technology – Next Generation group (HTNG) Paying Dividends for Hoteliers; Eliminates Many of the Barriers that Prevent Vendor Products fro
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement .. .. Hotel Technology - Next Generation Group (HTNG) Paying Dividends for Hoteliers; . Eliminates Many of the Barriers that Prevent Vendor Products from Talking to Each Other . DALLAS, TX June 4, 2004--- The Hotel Technology - Next Generation group (HTNG) announces that coincident with the HITEC conference starting June 21st, vendors working under its auspices are demonstrating and releasing new interoperating solutions featuring the seamless movement and use of guest-related and operational data. The solutions being announced communica...
e.port Public Information Network Addresses Demands of Business Travelers / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- e.port Public Information Network Addresses Demands of Business Travelers ORLANDO, FL -- July 27, 1998 -- The Orlando - based e.port Public Information Network now offers a long-awaited solution to the hospitality industry in addressing the ever-present demands of the business traveler. By providing around the clock access to things like e.mail, the World Wide Web, Intranet, stock quotes, on-line newspapers, magazines and more, e.port's public Internet access terminals give hoteliers a way to offer guests a top-notch value-added service. "The onset of the ...
YEAR 2000: The Day the Earth Stood Still or Business As Usual / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- YEAR 2000: The Day the Earth Stood Still or Business As Usual Special Report By: Jon Inge (Special from Update Plus) July 1998 - O.K., yes, this IS yet another article about the Year 2000. But this is serious stuff. Its shaping up to be the most significant business challenge that companies in all industries have faced, not to mention a financial bonanza for the legal profession. Given the continuing lack of real data about how many systems and chips will react, it gives everyone their biggest opportunity yet to practice realistic risk-as...
Construction is Underway on Wyndham Flagship Hotel in Chicago's Magnificent Mile Corridor / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Construction is Underway on Wyndham Flagship Hotel in Chicago's Magnificent Mile Corridor CHICAGO, July 29, 1998 - Wyndham Hotels Resorts has begun construction on the $60 million full-service Wyndham Hotel in Chicago's "Magnificent Mile" corridor. The development is believed to be the first project of its kind to transform first generation Class A office space into an upscale hotel. The 417-room Wyndham Chicago Hotel, expected to open in the second quarter of 1999, will become the eighth Wyndham property in the Chicago area and the company's second in the...
San Francisco International Wine Competition Announces its 1998 Winners / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- San Francisco International Wine Competition Announces its 1998 Winners --- SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 15, 1998 Among the Notable Highlights Best of Show red wine -- Joseph Phelps Vineyard 1995 Insignia Best of Show white wine -- Zaca Mesa 1996 Roussanne Winery of the Year -- Gallo of Sonoma Winery Number of wines judged -- 2,596 from 22 states in the U.S. and 14 other countries representing 576 wineries The San Francisco International Wine Competition, now one of the most prestigious wine judgings in the world, evaluated 2596 wines from 22 states and...
Windsor Hospitality Group Acquires Washington Suites Hotel – Converts to Hawthorn Suites / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Windsor Hospitality Group Acquires Washington Suites Hotel - Converts to Hawthorn Suites Windsor's Fifth Hawthorn Suites Opens Next to Disneyland --- ORANGE, Calif., July 22, 1998 - Los Angeles-based Windsor Hospitality Group today announced it has acquired the Washington Suites Hotel in Orange, Calif., located just five minutes from Disneyland, and converted the property to a three-story Hawthorn Suites. Located at 720 The City Drive South and Interstate 22, the hotel is open for business. Having undergone a multimillion-dollar face lift, the hotel is positioned ne...
Starwood Hotels Appoints Melinda Speck, DOS in San Francisco and Jolene DiSalvo DOS in Seattle for Under Construction W Hotels / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Starwood Hotels Appoints Melinda Speck, DOS in San Francisco and Jolene DiSalvo DOS in Seattle for Under Construction W Hotels (White Plains, NY July 9, 1998) -- W Hotels, a new brand of business hotelsbeing launched nationwide by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., will open two newly constructed properties in San Francisco and Seattle in Spring 1999. With the first property opening in Fall 1998 in New York, W hotels will offer a new breed of business hotels, combining the personality and chic style of a boutique hotel with the reliability an...
Newsmaker Interview: MeriStar's Paul Whetsell / Robert Nozar / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report ---- Newsmaker interview: MeriStar's Paul Whetsell Paul Whetsell on... By Robert A. Nozar H&MM Editor-In-Chief Visit the offices of MeriStar Hotels & Resorts in the nation's capital, and one will encounter an efficient, enthusiastic and energetic group of people that supply the base of support for the operations at one of the U.S. hotel industry's most growth-oriented and successful companies. Nestled in Georgetown inside a building that was designed to accommodate the hilly terrain, MeriStar (formerly known as CapStar Hotel Co.) is now established as the...
Weston Hotels Properties, Inc. Receives Preliminary Funding Approval for $150-million Resort Hotel in Baja California, Mexico / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Weston Hotels Properties, Inc. Receives Preliminary Funding Approval for $150-million Resort Hotel in Baja California, Mexico SALT LAKE CITY, July 29, 1998 - Weston Hotels Properties, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WHNP) today announced that it has received preliminary funding approval for building a $150-million Weston Grand Resort Hotel and Conference center in Baja California, Mexico. This new resort area will include 450 rooms, an 18 hole championship golf course, retail and office complexes and vacation villas. Performance Funding Group in Salt Lake City has sec...
The Westin Seattle Provides a High Speed Internet Connection in Meeting Space / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- The Westin Seattle Provides a High Speed Internet Connection in Meeting Space --- SEATTLE, July 13, 1998 - A high speed, specialized connection directly links the Internet backbone of Seattle to The Westin Seattle at speeds of up to 45 megabits per second providing clean access for up to 1,000 computers. Fiber optic cabling connects the Internet and its many capabilities at a minimum speed of 10 megabits of data per second (10mbs). This connection provides a reliable and quick way to accommodate at least 250 computer hook ups. At a moments' notice, the service can ...
British Hotel Company Files $62 Million Claim Against the Egyptian Government / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- British Hotel Company Files $62 Million Claim Against the Egyptian Government LONDON - July 10, 1998 - Wena Hotels, a British company, today announced that it has filed a request for arbitration against the Egyptian government at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D.C. According to Nael Farargy, managing director of Wena Hotels, Wena is seeking over $62 million in damages from Egypt, which failed to protect Wena's investments in Egypt as required by Egyptian law and the Investment Promotion and Protection Ag...
Arizona Lodging Insights / Charts / 1st Qtr 1998 / Warnick & Co. / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Charts Arizona Lodging Insights First Quarter 1998 back to commentary Warnick & Company Metropolitan Phoenix Extended - Stay Hotel Devlopment: 1988-1998 Metropolitan Phoenix New Hotel Development (No. of Rooms) 1994-1999 State of Arizona Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Tucson Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Phoenix Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Phoenix Extended-Stay Hotel Development: 1988-1998 Year/Property Location No. of Rooms Tota...
Arizona Lodging Insights / 1st Qtr 1998 / Warnick & Co. / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Arizona Lodging Insights First Quarter 1998 Warnick & Company Exended-Stay Hotels Proliferate New Supply Continues to Plague the Metro Phoenix Area "New Supply Status Report" Charts: State of Arizona Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Tucson Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Phoenix Lodging Market Performance First Quarter 1998 Metropolitan Phoenix Extended - Stay Hotel Development: 1988-1998 Metropolitan Phoenix New Hotel Development (No. of Rooms) 1994-1999 Exen...
Arizona Lodging Insights / 1st Qtr 1998 / Warnick & Co. / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report Arizona Lodging Insights First Quarter 1998 Warnick & Company Metropolitan Phoenix Extended - Stay Hotel Devlopment: 1988-1998 Metropolitan Phoenix New Hotel Development (No. of Rooms) 1994-1999 "Excess profits breed ruinous competition." Whoever coined this old saying could well have been talking about the extended-stay lodging market where more than 25 brands now seek to cash in on the incredible success of Residence Inns. With supply growth of over 60% from the end of 1996 through the end of 1997, extended-stay hotels are curren...
Vail Resorts to Invest $59 Million in Resort Improvements This Year / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Vail Resorts to Invest $59 Million in Resort Improvements This Year --- VAIL, Colo., July 6, 1998 - Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced plans to invest approximately $59 million for the upcoming winter season in resort improvements for its Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Beaver Creek mountain resorts. The capital improvements are part of the Company's growth strategy to enhance its core ski operations and related amenities. "A core strategy of Vail Resorts is to ensure that we offer the highest standard of quality to our guests," commented Adam Aron, Chairma...
