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NATHIC 2013 Moves to Chicago, Becoming Midwest’s Sole Investment Event
Questex Hospitality + Travel | September 4, 2013
NEW YORK (Sept. 4, 2013) ─ Questex Hospitality + Travel, the world's largest multinational media, event and e-commerce company serving the global hospitality and travel industry, today announced that its North America Hotel Investment Conference (NATHIC) will be held Nov. 20-22 at the newly renovated Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile, becoming the only event of its kind in the Midwest. Now in its fifth year, the two-day event, previously held in Washington, has been re-energized with a new venue and enhanced agenda including a hospitality real estate showcase with top brokers and a "hotel shark tank" competition based on the popular real...
The 281-room Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi Opens Following Renovation and Conversion
Hilton Hotels & Resorts | September 3, 2013
DUBAI, UAE and MCLEAN, Va. -September 03, 2013 - Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the most recognised hospitality brand in the Middle East, today announced the opening of Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi following a refurbishment and rebranding programme. The hotel joins the company's burgeoning UAE portfolio and will add an additional 281 rooms to Hilton Worldwide's growing 3000+ UAE room total. Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi is a visually stunning, curved glass property ideally located close to Abu Dhabi International Airport as well as the city's National Exhibition Centre and in the heart of Abu Dhabi's new Capital District. With an abund...
IHG and Omaxe to Develop the Holiday Inn New Chandigarh Sector 4B in India
Omaxe Ltd. | September 3, 2013
New Delhi, 02 September 2013: IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies and India's leading premier real estate developer Omaxe, have signed an agreement for the new-build Holiday Inn New Chandigarh Sector 4B. The hotel will add to IHG's strong pipeline of properties of the Holiday Inn brand family, which represent 85% of the hotel group's growth in India. Located within a 1,000 acre township known as Omaxe New Chandigarh, the 150-room hotel will be part of a mixed-use development which includes commercial, retail and residential establishments, answering to New Chandigarh's demand for both business...
$24 Million 179-room Holiday Inn Lima Airport to be Developed in Peru by the Pinasco Family
the Holiday Inn brand | August 27, 2013
MIAMI - August 27, 2013 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), continues to increase the Holiday Inn® brand's footprint in Latin America with the signing of the new-build Holiday Inn Lima Airport hotel. The $24 million hotel will be located adjacent to the city's Jorge Chavez International Airport, and is being developed by the Pinasco family, who will also manage the hotel under the Operaciones Turisticas Peruanas S.A.C. entity. The organization has been working with IHG for many years and also owns and manages the Crowne Plaza® Lima hotel. "We see great potential for our brands in Peru," said Joel Eisemann, chief development officer...
Hotel Equities Promotes Brad Rahinsky to Chief Operating Officer
Hotel Equities | August 27, 2013
ATLANTA (August 27, 2013) -Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (www.hotelequities.com) recently promoted Brad Rahinsky to the position of Chief Operating Officer. With a comprehensive 20-plus year background in hospitality operations, sales and marketing and business development, Brad sets the strategic path for Hotel Equities overseeing all aspects of the organizations day-to-day activities with the assistance of an industry-best support team. Prior to HE, Brad's experience includes several executive level positions with multiple brands and hotel management firms. He joined the firm in early 2012. "Since joining Hotel Equities, Brad has becom...
IHG and Makkah Real Estate Company to Build the 1,238-room Holiday Inn Makkah in Saudi Arabia
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) | August 26, 2013
Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 26 August 2013: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Makkah Real Estate Company have signed an agreement to build the world's largest Holiday Inn, the 1,238-room Holiday Inn Makkah, due to open in Saudi Arabia in 2016. This landmark agreement responds to the boom in religious tourism to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Over 3 million pilgrims participated in Hajj in 2012, up eight percent on the previous year, and more than half of all inbound tourists to Saudi Arabia travel to the religious cities of Makkah and Medinah throughout the year. The total number of tourists travelling to Saudi Arabia is expected to conti...
The 128-suite Residence Inn by Marriott Opens in Needham, Massachusetts
Residence Inn | August 26, 2013
Needham, Massachusetts - August 26, 2013 - The 128-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Needham, Massachusetts opened on Friday, August 23, 2013. Located at 80 B Street, the Residence Inn Boston Needham operates as a Marriott franchise, owned by SXC Needham Inn, LLC and managed by Colwen Management, Inc of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Located 25 minutes from downtown Boston and 20 miles from Logan International Airport, the Residence Inn Boston Needham offers its guests convenient access to Boston College, Babson College, Mount Ida College, Legacy Place and Chestnut Hill Mall. Rates vary depending on length of stay. "We are pleased to intro...
Hospitality Upgrade Video Release: Experts Share Their List of the Top Trends in Revenue Management
Hospitality Upgrade | August 23, 2013
Hospitality Upgrade interviews industry experts at HSMAI ROC 2013 to gain insight into the top trends in revenue management Atlanta, Ga. - In a video release from Hospitality Upgrade Magazine earlier this week, Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) President and CEO Bob Gilbert discussed the educational sessions of the 2013 HSMAI ROC (Revenue Optimization Conference), in which speakers identified several companies that are expected to be game changers in the future of revenue management. In addition to Gilbert, several industry experts weighed in on the conference as a whole, as well as the key...
Video release: Recap from the 2013 HSMAI ROC – Takeaways and Gamechangers to Watch
Hospitality Upgrade | August 21, 2013
Atlanta, Ga. - Hospitality Upgrade interviewed HSMAI's President Bob Gilbert and several other hospitality revenue management experts at the 2013 HSMAI ROC (Revenue Optimization Conference). This event is a mashup of corporate revenue managers from all the major hotel brands, management companies and ownership groups. Boasting the largest event in it's history, 110 hotel companies joined in Minneapolis, Minn. this past June for this annual event celebrating its 10th anniversary. Vice President, Revenue Management for Evolution Hospitality Scott Roby said, "It has been fun to watch the growth of this conference over the years. The topics co...
Marriott Signs Non-Binding Letter for Sale of Three EDITION Hotels for $800 Million
Marriott International, Inc. | August 16, 2013
The Hotels are Currently Under Construction in London, Miami Beach, and Manhattan BETHESDA, MD – August 16, 2013 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) has recently entered into a non-binding letter of intent for the sale of three EDITION hotels subject to long-term management agreements. The three hotels (located in London, Miami Beach, and Manhattan) are currently owned by Marriott and are under construction. The residential component of the Miami Beach EDITION would not be included in this transaction. The company would retain ownership of the Miami Beach EDITION residential units pending their sale to individual purchasers. Th...
Lodging Econometrics Releases its 2015 Forecast for New Hotel Openings Predicting 739 U.S. Projects
August 13, 2013
August 13, 2013 - Lodging Econometrics' (LE's) forecast predicts New Hotel Openings of 739 Projects/ 82,587 Rooms for 2015, representing a growth rate for new supply of 1.6%. This is a slow, moderate but steady uptrend improvement over 2011's cyclical bottom of 346 Projects/ 37,193 Rooms. Despite these increases, the industry is still far away from the peak for New Openings of 1,341 Projects/ 154,258 Rooms set in 2008, a feat that will not likely be repeated until late this decade, if at all. The 2015 forecast is contingent upon two factors; that the hotels already in the Pipeline continue to migrate forward at the quickened pace establ...
The 78-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Opens in Durango, Colorado
Homewood Suites by Hilton | August 12, 2013
Durango, CO - August 12, 2013 - Homewood Suites by Hilton, the international brand of upscale, all-suite, extended-stay hotels, announces today the opening of its newest property in Durango, Co. Creating 28 permanent jobs, the three-story, 78-suite hotel is owned F2DL, LLC and will be managed by HHC Hotels, LLC. General Manager Kurt Berridge has been in the hotel industry for 24 years, and will be supported by Director of Sales, Stefanie Goodloe. "As both a business and leisure destination in Colorado, Durango welcomes guests who are seeking a hotel that offers the space to spread out and added value at a cost conscious price point," sa...
Hilton Worldwide and Lanzhou Friendship Hotel to Open 389-Room Hilton Lanzhou in China in Q1 2017
Hilton Hotels & Resorts | August 12, 2013
August 12, 2013 - LANZHOU, China - Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a management agreement with Lanzhou Friendship Hotel to build a hotel consisting of approximately 389 guest rooms in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province. Scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2017, the 389-room Hilton Lanzhou will reside in the city's central commercial district and provides Hilton Worldwide with greater access to China's rapidly developing northwest China. Francis Lee Wee-Hau, senior vice president of development, Greater China & Mongolia, Hilton Worldwide said, "The introduction of our flagship Hilton property to Gansu provin...
Reimagining Meetings Spaces: Inspired by People, for People, and the Way they Collaborate
Marriott Hotels | August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013 - London – Marriott Hotels, the signature brand of Marriott International (NYSE:MAR), is "re-imagining" traditional meeting spaces to meet a growing demand for more inspiring and creative work environments. Marriott Hotels is re-thinking everything from boardrooms, breakouts and pre-function spaces, taking a holistic approach to meetings and seamlessly integrating service, technology and contemporary design. The Munich Marriott Hotel and Amsterdam Marriott Hotel will be the first hotels in Europe to offer the "people-inspired" meeting spaces, opening in September 2013. Research conducted by Marriott and the publishers o...
First Two Hotel Openings for EVEN™ Hotels Brand to be in Rockville, Maryland & Norwalk, Connecticut
August 6, 2013
ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2013 -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] today announces the signing of two EVEN™ Hotels properties, confirming locations for the highly-anticipated first hotels and continuing development momentum for the holistic wellness brand. The hotels, located at 1775 Rockville Pike in Rockville, Md., and 426 Main Avenue in Norwalk, Conn., are strategically located in major feeder markets for Washington, D.C. and New York City, and are well-suited to meet the demands of the large population of wellness-minded people living in and traveling to those areas. "We are excited to add these two new prop...
Jean-Paul Nel Named GM of Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, St. Thomas (USVI)
Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort | August 5, 2013
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (August 5, 2013) - Jean-Paul Nel has been named General Manager of Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort. In this position, he will oversee the overall operations of the iconic 450-room property on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A 30-year Marriott veteran, Nel most recently served as Area Vice President for the UK North region, which is a part of Marriott Europe. Prior to this, he held the position of Vice President of Operations for UKIMEA (United Kingdom, Ireland, Middle East, and Africa), where he oversaw all operational aspects of the region and played a key role in the developme...
Puerto Rico’s 571-room Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza Rebranded as The Condado Plaza Hilton
The Condado Plaza Hilton | August 5, 2013
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico and MCLEAN, Va. - August 05, 2013 - Hilton Hotels & Resorts announced today that the 571-room hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, formerly known as Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza, has been renamed and rebranded as The Condado Plaza Hilton. Joining more than 550 Hilton hotels and resorts in 79 countries across six continents, The Condado Plaza Hilton now represents the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand's fourth hotel on the island. Designed by renowned architect Morris Lapidus, the Condado Plaza - the hotel's original name - was inaugurated in 1963. Since then, the San Juan hotel has shared a wealth of names, includi...
Hotel Equities and Hotel Development Partners to Develop a Hampton Inn & Suites in Dunwoody, Georgia
Hotel Equities (HE) | August 5, 2013
Atlanta, GA-August 05, 2013 - Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (www.hotelequities.com) and its joint venture partner, Hotel Development Partners (HDP), recently gained City of Dunwoody approval to develop a mixed-use project in the Dunwoody/Perimeter Center area of Atlanta. This project will include a seven-story, 132-room Hampton Inn & Suites at the corner of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center North, just outside I-285 across from the highly popular Perimeter Center Mall in Dunwoody, Georgia. The location is approximately 12 miles from downtown Atlanta and 22 miles north of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. It stands wi...
Waterford Hotel Group Names Lori Woll Director of Sales at Connecticut’s Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa | August 2, 2013
Groton, CT (August 2, 2013) - Waterford Hotel Group has announced the appointment of Lori Woll to the Director of Sales position for the renowned 285-room Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa, located in Groton, CT. Woll previously served as Director of Catering for the Mystic Marriott from 2006 to 2009. The Mystic Marriott is managed by Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm. "We are delighted to welcome Lori back to the Mystic Marriott," said Brien Fox, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Waterford Hotel Group. "Lori's prior experience with the award-winning Mystic Marriott, coupled with her ext...
The 115-room DoubleTree by Hilton Pune – Chinchwad Opens in India
DoubleTree By Hilton | August 1, 2013
PUNE, India - August 1, 2013 - Hilton Worldwide today announced the launch of DoubleTree by Hilton Pune - Chinchwad, the first international hotel brand to open in Chinchwad - Pimpri. Located in the heart of the Pune district's information technology and industrial belt, the 115-room property boasts upscale accommodations and amenities, including four food and beverage venues, an executive lounge, 24-hour business centre, versatile meeting and events spaces, pool, fitness centre and spa. DoubleTree by Hilton Pune - Chinchwad is conveniently located near more than 8,000 of the area's key businesses and manufacturers, including Hyundai, F...
Marriott Reports Q2 2013 Net Income of $179 M, Systemwide RevPAR Up 4.7%
Marriott International, Inc. | August 1, 2013
BETHESDA, Md., July 31, 2013 - View the full press release with supporting tables. SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Second quarter diluted EPS totaled $0.57, a 36 percent increase over prior year results. Operating income increased $36 million in the second quarter to $279 million, including an estimated $20 million increase relating to the change in the fiscal calendar; North American comparable company-operated REVPAR rose 5.3 percent in the second quarter with average daily rate up 4.3 percent; On a constant dollar basis, worldwide comparable systemwide REVPAR rose 4.7 percent in the second quarter, including a 3.2 percent increase in ...
New Castle Opens Dual-Branded Marriotts in Downtown Syracuse, New York
The Courtyard by Marriott | July 31, 2013
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - July 31, 2013 - Officials of New Castle Hotels and Resorts, a leading hotel owner, operator and developer, and RHS Holdings, LLC, a prominent, Syracuse-based real estate development firm, today unveiled the first new-build hotels in downtown Syracuse in more than five decades with the official ribbon cutting of the new Courtyard by Marriott/ Residence Inn Syracuse Downtown at Armory Square. The combination hotel, a 78- room Residence Inn and 102-room Courtyard by Marriott constructed under one roof, is located in the heart of the city's historic Armory Square district and anchors the Connective Corridor that links downt...
R. D. Olson Development and Marriott Open the 149-suite Residence Inn Hotel in Tustin, California
Residence Inn | July 29, 2013
Tustin, California - July 29, 2013 - The 149-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Tustin, California is scheduled to open this Thursday, August 1, 2013 and will feature the brand's innovative, new design. Located at 15181 Newport Avenue, the Residence Inn Tustin Orange County is owned by R. D. Olson Development and managed by Marriott International, Inc. Located four miles from John Wayne Airport-Orange County and 10 minutes from Disneyland, the Residence Inn Tustin Orange County offers guests convenient access to The District, Angel Stadium of Anaheim and South Coast Plaza. Rates vary depending on length of stay. "We are pleased to intro...
Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. Awarded Hampton Developer of the Year by Hilton
Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. | July 26, 2013
Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. announced that it was named the 2012 Developer of the Year for the Hampton Brand by Hilton Worldwide. President & CEO Mitch Patel of the Chattanooga-based company said, "We couldn't be happier about this accomplishment and our longstanding partnership with Hilton. We have the greatest confidence in the Hampton Brand and the team at Hilton." Vision is currently on pace to open five Hampton-branded properties this year. ...
