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The Changing Marketplace / PATA / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases The Changing Marketplace Aviation Hotels & Resorts Markets and Destinations Travel Distribution Tourism Budgets Shrinking Government Funding for Tourism PATA San Francisco, July 1998 The current economic environment in Asia is having an impact not only on travel and tourism prospects, but also on ways in which the industry; operates. The liberalisation of aviation is one example - in line with changes that have already taken place in North America and Europe - and a number of other developments underway in other regions are almost...
Palace Station Hotel Tower Re-Opens; Suffers Extensive Damage from Lightning and Heavy Thunderstorms / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Palace Station Hotel Tower Re-Opens; Suffers Building Damage from Lightning and Heavy Thunderstorms --- LAS VEGAS, July 20, 1998 - Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE: STN) discussed the operational status of the Palace Station Hotel Casino, in light of the property damage early this morning caused by lightning and heavy thunderstorms in the Las Vegas Valley. Early this morning, a portion of the casino roof collapsed during a heavy thunderstorm that struck the Las Vegas Valley. The collapsed area impacted approximately 25 percent of the 85,000 square foot casino. In add...
Outrigger Opens Newest Pacific Property in Palau / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Outrigger Opens Newest Pacific Property in Palau --- KOROR, PALAU On July 15, hotel general manager Stephen Goodall officially opened the doors to the 165-room Outrigger Palasia Hotel Palau. The hotel is the largest in the Republic of Palau, an island destination in the Western Pacific known for some of the world's finest diving and fishing. During the opening ceremony, Tommy Remengesan, the vice president of Palau, spoke on behalf of the national government and complimented everyone on the successful opening of the property. Alan Seid, vice chairman of Palasia Resorts...
Outrigger Hotels & Resorts announces third resort project in French Polynesia / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Outrigger Hotels & Resorts announces third resort project in French Polynesia The Outrigger Moorea Lagoon Resort is expected to open in early 2000 --- HONOLULU, HI. - July 6, 1998 - Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement to provide technical assistance and management for a third resort under development in French Polynesia. Located on the island of Moorea, the 110-room Outrigger Moorea Lagoon Resort will be built on the site of the former Moorea Lagoon Hotel. Following a renovation and expansion of the property, the new Outrigger Moorea Lagoon Resort is...
Novotel Vientiane Gets a Face – Lift / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Novotel Vientiane Gets a Face - Lift --- Vientiane Laos - 17 July 1998 - Novotel Vientiane, the only international first class hotel in Laos, has unveiled a fresh new look. The façade has been completely re-worked to give the Novotel a more colonial style using colours typical of Indochina and locally crafted iron-work at the front entrance. As guests enter the lobby and restaurant they will feel they are stepping into another era, experiencing the subtle mix of European and Asian influences from the beginning of the century. The extensively refurbished Exec...
The 144 room St Moritz Novotel Suites Opens in Queenstown, New Zealand / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- The 144 room St Moritz Novotel Suites Opens in Queenstown, New Zealand --- Queenstown, New Zealand - 10 July 1998 - A new Novotel opens today in New Zealands premier alpine resort destination, Queenstown. The St Moritz Novotel Suites Queenstown will boast the towns most versatile range of accommodation styles, including studio rooms, self-contained one bedroom suites and two bedroom apartments. The Novotels General Manager is Lynne McVicar. The 144 room St Moritz Novotel Suites joins the Novotel Queenstown, which has recently undergone a major refurbishment. It i...
Novotel Opens Hotel in Melbourne, Australia Entertainment Complex / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Novotel Opens Hotel in Melbourne, Australia Entertainment Complex Targets eastern suburbs corporate & conference markets Tuesday, 28 July 1998: Melbournes largest integrated hotel and entertainment complex outside the central business district is set to open officially, 29 July 1998, at Glen Waverley in the citys eastern suburbs. Forming an integral part of the new Century City Walk entertainment complex, Novotel Glen Waverley is the first international hotel to open in the area and will provide accommodation, conference and dining facilities for th...
Prestigious James Beard House Dinner Invites Executive Chef Toni Neumeister as Guest Chef/ July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Prestigious James Beard House Dinner Invites Executive Chef Toni Neumeister as Guest Chef Guest Chef Invitation is First Ever Extended to a Cruise Industry Culinary Representative --- LOS ANGELES, July 1, 1998 - On August 4, 1998, Crystal Cruises' Corporate Executive Chef Toni Neumeister will add yet another impressive distinction to his resume of credentials: a guest chef performance at the renowned James Beard House in New York. This coveted culinary opportunity marks the first time a representative from the cruise industry has been invited to cook at the James Bea...
Mixed Results for The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited / Feb 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Mixed Results for The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited --- Hongkong, February 19, 1998 - Set against a steep decline in regional tourism in the second half of 1997, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited today announced a drop of 7% in group operating profit of HK$1,049 million for the year to 31st December, 1997, compared to HK$1,132 million in 1996. Group profit after taxation and minority interests amounted to HK$114 million in 1997 compared to HK$861 million in 1996, the difference being due to a combination of factors principally driven by the financia...
Jim Mikula, UNLV '78, Appointed to Area Director for Four Seasons in India / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Jim Mikula, UNLV '78, Appointed to Area Director for Four Seasons in India - A Great Adventure - By Karin Weber, Hotel College Graduate Assistant July 1998 - The foundation for the "great adventure of living and working in India" was laid by Jim Mikula some years ago. Jim, now the area director of marketing for Four Season Hotels & Resorts in India, graduated from UNLV in 1978. Armed with a solid understanding of how the various areas of a hotel function, and appreciation of the importance of finance and accounting, and a sense of curiosity requisite of good m...
Microtel Inn Suites to be Developed Throughout Canada / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Microtel Inn Suites to be Developed Throughout Canada U.S. Franchise Systems and Vinings Franchise Systems Partner to Grow Microtel Brand in Canada --- ATLANTA, July 15, 1998 - Canadian-based Vinings Franchise Systems and Atlanta-based U.S. Franchise Systems (Nasdaq: USFS), franchisor of Microtel Inn Suites -- the fastest growing chain of all newly-constructed, interior corridor, budget/economy hotels in the U.S. -- have entered into a master franchise agreement to bring the Microtel concept to Canada. Planning rapid development first in the Toronto metropo...
Meeting Rooms Now Feature Hand-Painted Hawaiian Murals at Aston Wailea Resort / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Meeting Rooms Now Feature Hand-Painted Hawaiian Murals at Aston Wailea Resort --- Wailea, Maui, HI (July 6, 1998) A series of handpainted Hawaiian murals depicting the traditional activities of an Ahupua'a now grace the 9,376 square-foot Lokelani Ballroom at Maui's Aston Wailea Resort. An Ahupua'a refers to the alter set up at the border of each district where Lono, the god of the New Year Festival [Makahiki], received tributary offerings from each district as he traveled around the island. The wall-sized murals, handpainted by artist Ronny Lynn of the Lanai Arts Progr...
Meditrust and La Quinta Inns Complete Merger / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Meditrust and La Quinta Inns Complete Merger --- NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, Mass. and SAN ANTONIO, July 17, 1998 - The Meditrust Companies (NYSE:MT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of La Quinta Inns, Inc. (NYSE: LQI) and that La Quinta has been merged into Meditrust Corporation. Approximately 25% of the La Quinta shares which elected to receive cash in the merger will receive $26.00 in cash and the remaining shares (approximately 75%) will receive 0.738 Meditrust paired shares for each share of common stock of La Quinta. La Quinta shareholders who did not el...
Anthony Marshall Named President and CEO of Educational Institute of AH&MA / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Anthony Marshall Named President and CEO of Educational Institute of AH&MA --- Orlando, Fla., July 15, 1998 -- Anthony Marshall has been named president and CEO of the Educational Institute (EI) of the American Hotel & Motel Association (AH&MA). Marshall, dean of the School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University and publisher of the Florida International University Hospitality Review, assumes his duties on September 1. "I am delighted that Tony has been selected EI president and CEO," said Bill Fisher, AH&MA president and CEO. "I have known...
Marcus Hotels and Resorts Chosen to Develop Madison, WI Convention Center Headquarters Hotel / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Marcus Hotels and Resorts Chosen to Develop Madison, WI Convention Center Headquarters Hotel --- MILWAUKEE - July 17, 1998 - Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), has been chosen by the City of Madison, Wisconsin, to develop and operate Madison's Monona Terrace Convention Center headquarters hotel. The Frank Lloyd-Wright designed Monona Terrace Convention Center attracted nationwide attention when it opened in July 1997. The City of Madison decided to establish a headquarters hotel for the facility to make it more marketable to mee...
Marcus Hotels and Resorts Enters Into Development Agreement for Chicago Hotel / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Marcus Hotels and Resorts Enters Into Development Agreement for Chicago Hotel MILWAUKEE - July 28, 1998-Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), announced that it has entered into an agreement to develop and manage a luxury hotel property in Chicago, in the city's Magnificent Mile area. The hotel, with approximately 250 rooms, will occupy a portion of an existing building and a new three-story tower at 630 North Rush Street. Facilities will include a restaurant, lobby lounge, fitness center, rooftop garden and a ballroom which is...
Stuart Mann Appointed Dean at UNLV's Wm. F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Stuart Mann Appointed Dean at UNLV's Wm. F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Las Vegas, July 1998 - Stuart H. Mann, the director of the School O Hotel, Restaurant, and Recreation Management at Penn State University, will join UNLV in August, 1998 as dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration. At Penn State since 1970, Mann has served as director of the hotel, restaurant, and recreation management school since 1990. He has held several other positions at Penn State, including assistant dean for research and graduate studies in the college of H...
MGM Grand to Proceed With Temporary Casino in Detroit / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- MGM Grand to Proceed With Temporary Casino in Detroit --- LAS VEGAS, July 22, 1998 - MGM Grand, Inc. (NYSE: MGG) has been informed that the Michigan Gaming Control Board has unanimously adopted a resolution stating that it will issue casino licenses to conduct gaming operations in temporary casino facilities. The issuance of a license is subject to suitability and compliance with the requirements of the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act. A company must also demonstrate that it will develop and complete its permanent hotel/casino complex as soon as reasonably ...
Cincinnati's Omni Netherland to Install LodgingTouch Property Management System / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Cincinnati's Omni Netherland to Install LodgingTouch Property Management System --- IRVINE, Calif-July 14, 1998--MAI Hospitality, a division of MAI Systems Corp. (ASE:NOW), Tuesday announced a formalized agreement with Omni Hotels to install its leading-edge, Windows NT(R), client-server, LodgingTouch(TM) Property Management System (PMS) at the Omni Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati. This event marks the first Omni Hotels franchise hotel to take part in Omni's multi-million dollar Property Management System, Central Reservations and Revenue Management System automatio...
Scott C. Petersen Named President and CEO of LodgeNet / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Scott C. Petersen Named President and CEO of LodgeNet --- SIOUX FALLS, S.D., July 22, 1998 - LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET) today announced that Scott C. Petersen has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Petersen had been the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of LodgeNet since 1991. "This appointment recognizes the outstanding contribution Scott has made to LodgeNet over the past eleven years as our Company has grown from 5,000 to over 555,000 Guest Pay rooms," said Tim C. Flynn, Chairman of th...
Amin Group Announces New Lafayette, CA Lodging Development / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Amin Group Announces New Lafayette, CA Lodging Development --- LAFAYETTE, Calif - July 20, 1998 - -In concert with the myriad of new commercial revitalization projects in downtown Lafayette, The Amin Group, a Lafayette-based hospitality development company, announces this week their intentions to develop the city's first new lodging establishment in over ten years on the site of the existing Hillside Inn Suites at 3748 Mt. Diablo Boulevard. The seventy-plus room development will feature business-conferencing facilities and mid-range, suite-style accommodations gear...
Las Vegas Convention, Visitors Authority Unveils New Visitor Research, Strategic Marketing Plan / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Las Vegas Convention, Visitors Authority Unveils New Visitor Research, Strategic Marketing Plan LAS VEGAS, July 28, 1998 - The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) today finished releasing the results of extensive visitor research it has been conducting in recent months, and also unveiled long-range strategic marketing plans based in part on the results of its findings. Among the findings: for the first time, more people (50 percent) cited entertainment over gaming (48 percent) as the primary reason for their trip to Las Vegas. Also, among ...
KOLLSTAR, Stonebridge Group Form Alliance to Develop, Build Golf Courses / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- KOLLSTAR, Stonebridge Group Form Alliance to Develop, Build Golf Courses Focus is on high-end, high-profile courses --- NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 6, 1998 - KOLLSTAR Golf Company, an owner, developer and manager of high-end golf courses, and The Stonebridge Group, a real estate company specializing in golf course development and construction, have established an alliance to build and acquire high-end, daily fee courses. KOLLSTAR and The Stonebridge Group together will construct new courses in high profile locations, according to Joe Woodard, CEO of Newport Beach...
Ritz-Carlton Ranks Above the Rest in J.D. Power and Associates Second Annual Meeting Planner Study for Hotel Industry / July 1998
March 30, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Ritz-Carlton Ranks Above the Rest in J.D. Power and Associates Second Annual Meeting Planner Study for Hotel Industry --- AGOURA HILLS, Calif., July 13, 1998 - The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company ranks above its peers according to the second annual J.D. Power and Associates Meeting Planner Satisfaction Study. Ritz-Carlton, which was the top-ranked hotel chain in last year's study, ranks highest in each of the four phases of a meeting planner's experience: Sales process, Pre-Event planning, Event and Post-Event follow-up. Of special significance is Ritz-Carlton's attention...
