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Albuquerque NM Best Western Inn at Rio Rancho Sold / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Albuquerque NM Best Western Inn at Rio Rancho Sold --- Newport Beach, CA, June 29, 1998 -- Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners, Inc. has confirmed the sale of the 121-room Best Western Inn at Rio Rancho, located in Rio Rancho, NM, an upscale suburban community northwest of Albuquerque. The full-service Best Western was sold by a private partnership to an affiliate of Tucson-based NCH Corp. for $5.1 million. The hotel will be managed by Albuquerque-based American Property Management Corp. Michael Armstrong and Bert Stevens of Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners represented the seller ...
Hotels' RevPAR Growth Will Not Keep Pace With Inflation Beginning in 1999 / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Hotels' RevPAR Growth Will Not Keep Pace With Inflation Beginning in 1999 Only Luxury Segment RevPAR Will Outpace CPI Rise Lodging Research Network Reports --- NEW YORK - June 11, 1998 - Breaking with recent lodging industry history, only one of America's five hotels segment will experience growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) greater than the rate of inflation in 1999, according to the Lodging Research Network (www.lodgingresearch.com), the comprehensive Internet-based resource for lodging industry data and information from Coopers Lybrand L.L.P. Luxury hotels' Re...
Reservation Sales Training Program Available via the Internet / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Reservation Sales Training Program Available via the Internet --- Fort Worth, Tx - June 5, 1998 - HotelTraining.com has introduced the first reservation sales training program designed specifically for delivery via the Internet. The STAR (Sales Training for Agents in Reservations) workshop is more effective and less expensive than traditional seminar style training programs. The workshop teaches agents to sell a reservation using an easy and enjoyable interactive format that includes text, and audio. Instant feed back on performance is provided by way of multiple choice...
Now Is the Time for All Good People to Stop Casino Gambling in Detroit Before it Starts / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Now Is the Time for All Good People to Stop Casino Gambling in Detroit Before it Starts According to The Coalition to Repeal Proposal E --- DETROIT, Mich., June 6, 1998 - "We can't outspend gambling casino operators, but the good citizens of Michigan can outwork them with motivated volunteers, and we can outsmart them," said Pete Peters, 58, a retired manufacturers' rep from Sylvan Lake who, as a leader in the petition signature campaign being conducted by "The Coalition to Repeal Proposal E", participated in a Detroit news conference today. "Still undisclosed source...
Walton Street Capital and Four Seasons Hotels Announce Agreement to Purchase The Regent Sydney / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Walton Street Capital and Four Seasons Hotels Announce Agreement to Purchase The Regent Sydney Hotel to Undergo Major Refurbishment Prior to Olympic Games --- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - June 4, 1998--Walton Street Capital,Chicago, and Four Seasons Hotels Inc. announced today that a subsidiary of Walton Street has signed a binding agreement to purchase The Regent Sydney. The transaction is expected to close in July 1998. Financial terms were not disclosed. The purchase gives Walton Street its first hotel ownership position outside the United States and, by agreement between Walton ...
Red Roof Inns Implements High – Tech Revenue Management System/ June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Red Roof Inns Implements High - Tech Revenue Management System COLUMBUS, Ohio June 2, 1998 - Red Roof Inns, Inc. (NYSE:RRI) announced the chain-wide implementation of a state-of-the-art revenue management system called TEMPO. TEMPO is a fully integrated system created by Talus, formerly DFI-Aeronomics, which works with both the individual properties and the central reservations centers to increase revenues by using real time inventory controls. Similar to the revenue management systems used by the airlines, TEMPO analyzes current and historical occupancy levels of an Inn ...
Red Roof Inns To Add 18 New Franchise Properties / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Red Roof Inns To Add 18 New Franchise Properties --- COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 10, 1998 - Red Roof Inns, Inc. (NYSE: RRI) announced today that it has entered into a franchise relationship with Brea, Calif., based Campbell Motel Properties, Inc. for the conversion of 17 existing Traveler's Inns properties and the construction of a new hotel at Denver International Airport under the Red Roof Inns flag. In making the announcement, Red Roof's chairman, president and chief executive officer, Francis W. "Butch" Cash said, "This new alliance will be a win-win relationship for both compani...
EI-AH&MA / Ready-to-lead seminars from the Educational Institute/ June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Ready-to-lead seminars from the Educational Institute ORLANDO, Fla., June 1998The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association has made it easier for managers to offer in-house training programs on vital hospitality issues with its new line of Ready-to-Lead Seminars. Ten new seminar kits now contain everything even a first-time presenter needs to successfully conduct a seminar with confidence. Each ready-to-lead seminar kit contains instructions, a Leaders Guide with corresponding Participant Manual pages, a Successful Group Traini...
New Hyatt System Solves Age-Old Rate Consistency Problem / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- New Hyatt System Solves Age-Old Rate Consistency Problem --- CHICAGO, IL - June 29, 1998 - For many consumers, finding the cheapest hotel rate traditionally has been a lot like spinning a giant roulette wheel. But thanks to Hyatt Hotels Corporation's new $2.5 million single image inventory system, that's about to change. Common wisdom among savvy travelers has been that consumers need to call their destination hotel directly in order to get the cheapest room rate, better than what could be obtained through other channels. But with the advent of single image inventory, tr...
Quinta Do Lago Resort Hotel on Portugal's Algarve Coast Acquired by Sea Containers' Orient-Express Hotels / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases --- Quinta Do Lago Resort Hotel on Portugal's Algarve Coast Acquired by Sea Containers' Orient-Express Hotels --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 23, 1998 - Sea Containers Ltd. (NYSE: SCRA), marine container lessor, passenger transport and hotels operator, announced today that its wholly owned Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. subsidiary had acquired the Hotel Quinta do Lago, near Faro, on Portugal's Algarve Coast. The hotel was opened in 1988, having been built under Orient-Express's supervision and Orient-Express has managed it since then. It has 141 rooms set within an exclusive 2,0...
Promus Receives Star Hotel Rating by NAACP / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Promus Receives Star Hotel Rating by NAACP --- MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 29, 1998 - Promus Hotel Corporation (NYSE: PRH) today was officially recognized by the NAACP as a preferred hotel chain, receiving an exemplary Star rating in the organization's Second Annual NAACP Consumer Choice Guide: 1998 Report on the Lodging Industry. The Consumer Choice Guide was prepared by the NAACP, resulting from a year-long survey that reviewed the economic relationship between major hotel chains and the African American community. Promus and 13 other top hotel chains were graded and ranked on...
Pinehurst Resort Country Club to begin trials of EtherLoop, a high-speed Internet access solution / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases --- Pinehurst Resort Country Club to begin trials of EtherLoop, a high-speed Internet access solution Legendary Resort to Trial Breakthrough Solution --- LOS ANGELES, June 23, 1998 - Sprint and Elastic Networks, an independent unit of Nortel (Northern Telecom), today announced an agreement to begin trials of EtherLoop, a next-generation high-speed Internet access solution, at the historic Pinehurst Resort Country Club, site of the 1999 U.S. Open Championship. Together, the global communications companies have been named exclusive suppliers of all data communications and net...
Record Number of First Time Travelers to Europe Means Petty Crime Heats Up / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Record Number of First Time Travelers to Europe Means Petty Crime Heats Up --- PARAMUS, N.J., June 12, 1998 - Whether enjoying the panoramic view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower or exploring the Coliseum ruins in Rome, American tourists need to remember they're not in Kansas anymore. According to the U.S. State Department, crimes against tourists are increasing at an alarming rate. Pickpocketing, purse-snatching, and other petty thefts are the most common crimes against tourists. As the world has become more sophisticated, so too have the criminals. A record 10.4 million A...
Las Vegas Reservation Systems to Join Pegasus Systems' TravelWeb / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Las Vegas Reservation Systems to Join Pegasus Systems' TravelWeb Major Casino Hotels to Offer Discount Rates Online --- DALLAS and LAS VEGAS, June 29, 1998 - To offer Las Vegas' most famous casino hotels Internet booking capability, Las Vegas Reservation Systems (LVRS) has signed on with Dallas-based Pegasus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS). Las Vegas-based LVRS is a leading independent travel wholesaler, offering special rates for Las Vegas hotels, air and car inventory. As a result of the agreement, consumers connected to the Internet can soon book hotel rooms at h...
Alan C. Villaverde, VP/GM of The Peabody Orlando Removes Swordfish from Menus / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases --- Alan C. Villaverde, VP/GM of The Peabody Orlando Removes Swordfish from Menus Peabody Hotel Group First U.S. Hotel Chain to "Give Swordfish a Break" --- ORLANDO, Fla - June 22, 1998 -- In response to the campaign launched Jan. 20, 1998, by SeaWeb and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Peabody Hotel Group, led by its multi-award-winning property, The Peabody Orlando, is the first U.S. hotel chain to formally announce its policy to "Give Swordfish a Break." Joining more than 200 restaurant chefs on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast, the Peabody Hotel Group has rem...
Bar Patrons in California Support Smoke-Free Bars / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Special Report --- Bar Patrons in California Support Smoke-Free Bars --- SACRAMENTO, Calif - June 24, 1998--The vast majority of California's bar patrons say it is important to have a smoke-free environment in bars, according to a survey released Wednesday by the California Department of Health Services. The survey was conducted by Field Research Corp., a leading independent opinion research firm. Of bar patrons surveyed, two-thirds (66 percent) say it is "very important" or "somewhat important" to have smoke-free bars. And 67 percent say that they are concerned about the effects of second...
Patriot American Hospitality Unveils a New Hotel Division: Grand Bay Hotels and Resorts / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Patriot American Hospitality Unveils a New Hotel Division: Grand Bay Hotels and Resorts New Collection Merges Two of the Industry's Premier Names, Carefree Resorts and Grand Bay Hotels, With the World's Preeminent Spa: The Golden Door --- NEW YORK, June 4, 1998 - At a magical event held at Laura Belle, a Manhattan restaurant, executives from Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. and Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE: PAH) announced today the formation of a distinctive new hotel collection for the 21st century: Grand Bay Hotels and Resorts. The new brand combines 11 exi...
Slower Growth for Duty Free Sales / PATA / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Slower Growth for Duty Free Sales Also: Travel Agents Beware the Internet PATA --- Charts: Top 10 Duty - Free Shopping Outlets Worldwide, 1996 Traffic to / from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and Selected Points in Asia*, (1997) Hotel Bookings Online, 1996 - 2000 --- San Francisco, June 1998 Total sales of duty-free goods worldwide in 1996 - through all distribution channels - were around US$25 billion, according to the latest annual survey, The Best n' Most in DFS, compiled by Generation Sweden publications. This compared w...
Tourism Development Council Endorses Orlando Orange County Convention Center Expansion / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Tourism Development Council Endorses Orlando Orange County Convention Center Expansion Masterplan Calls for Center to Total Three Million Sq. Ft. -- Meeting on June 16th Could Seal Deal for Growth --- ORLANDO, Fla - June 10, 1998 - The Tourism Development Council (TDC) met today to review the masterplan detailing the expansion of Orlando's Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). The group voted to endorse the masterplan to expand the center to three million square feet by the year 2025. The next step is for a final approval by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), which is...
Olympus Real Estate's Park Plaza International Completes Acquisition of Major Stake in Kemayan Hotels of Australia / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Olympus Real Estate's Park Plaza International Completes Acquisition of Major Stake in Kemayan Hotels Leisure of Australia Company's Name Changed to Park Plaza Kemayan Limited --- DALLAS / SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. / SYDNEY, Australia - June 10, 1998 - Olympus Real Estate Corporation and Park Plaza International Hotels, Inns and Resorts today announced that a unit of Park Plaza has completed its previously announced acquisition of a major stake in Kemayan Hotels Leisure Limited (KHL), of Sydney, Australia. In addition, the Company's name has been changed to Park Plaza Kemayan ...
Ocean Hammock is Destined to be the Last Great Oceanfront Resort in Florida / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Ocean Hammock is Destined to be the Last Great Oceanfront Resort in Florida --- PALM COAST, Fla - June 10, 1998 - One of the last large, unspoiled tracts on Florida's Northeast coast is destined to be one of the East Coast's most remarkable resort communities. "Ocean Hammock will provide a totally integrated residential, golf, dining and leisure experience for the entire community unique to any oceanfront resort environment in existence today," said John Gantt, Ocean Hammock's senior vice president for sales and marketing. "This could be the last great oceanfront resort ...
Noble Investment Announces four New Properites Totaling $30 Million / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Noble Investment Announces four New Properites Totaling $30 Million --- Atlanta, GA - June 15, 1998 - Atlanta-based Noble Investment Group has begun development of four new hotels in Florida and Georgia which represent an investment totaling $30 million. This will bring the number of properties owned and managed by the company to 19, with more than 1,500 rooms. Construction on all the new properties is scheduled to begin by August, with openings expected during the second quarter of 1999. They are: 102 room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at the World Golf Village in ...
Nikko Hotels International Aligns With HotelView For Advanced Multimedia Internet Advertising / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases Nikko Hotels International Aligns With HotelView For Advanced Multimedia Internet Advertising --- POMPANO BEACH, Fla., June 11, 1998 - Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, HotelView Corporation, has formed a strategic alliance with Nikko Hotels International (NHI) to utilize HotelView(R) to advertise and promote NHI hotels and resorts via full-motion video over the Internet. The HotelView(R) product employs the latest media technology and multi-faceted distribution networks to help hotels and resorts promote their properties ...
National Labor Relations Board in Washington Supports New Otani, Los Angeles in Key Decision / June 1998
February 28, 1998
Hotel Online Press Releases --- National Labor Relations Board in Washington Supports New Otani, Los Angeles in Key Decision Rejects Local 11 Appeal of Administrative Judge's Ruling --- LOS ANGELES, June 25, 1998 - The following is being issued by The New Otani Hotel Garden: The National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C, has upheld an August, 1997 decision by a California-based Administrative Law Judge that The New Otani Hotel Garden in Los Angeles acted fairly and properly when it terminated three employees in February, 1995. The NLRB board stated it could "find no basis for reversing the find...
