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Hotel Equities Selected to Manage the 96-key Courtyard by Marriott in Memphis, Tennessee
Hotel Equities (HE) | December 12, 2013
Atlanta, GA - December 12, 2013 - Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (www.hotelequities.com) has been selected to manage the 96-room Courtyard Memphis East in Memphis, Tennessee. Located off I-240 and Bill Morris Parkway (I-385) and just minutes from Poplar Avenue in Germantown, the hotel appeals to both business and leisure travelers. It is convenient to the city's finest dining, tourist attractions, shopping and Class A office space for corporate travelers. "Memphis is an exciting city for Hotel Equities' expansion and we are pleased to be selected as the management firm by an ownership group in this growing market," said Joe Reardon, Vice ...
PM Hospitality Strategies Opens 427-room Hilton Meadowlands Hotel in NJ Through Conversion
PMHS | December 12, 2013
Completes Phase One of Renovation, Phase Two to Begin WASHINGTON, D.C., December 12, 2013 - Following the first phase of a multi-million dollar renovation, the 427-room Hilton Meadowlands Hotel opened at Two Meadowlands Plaza in East Rutherford. PM Hospitality Strategies, Inc. (PMHS) will operate the former Sheraton branded hotel and oversee the second phase of the renovation. The hotel is situated across the street from the Meadowlands Complex, including the MetLife Stadium, home of the 2014 Super Bowl. The Hilton Meadowlands Hotel has special Super Bowl packages posted on its website. The property is just minutes away from Manhattan, ...
“Interarm-M” LLC and Hyatt Hotels Open the 95-room Hyatt Place Yerevan in Armenia
Hyatt Place | December 12, 2013
CHICAGO (December 12, 2013) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) and "Interarm-M" LLC announce the opening of Hyatt Place Yerevan, just steps away from the heart of Armenia's capital city, the Republic Square. The opening marks a significant milestone as the Hyatt Place brand continues to expand outside the United States. New Hyatt Place locations recently opened in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and India, and in Europe, Hyatt Place Amsterdam Schiphol is set to open its doors in early 2014. "Having built a strong foundation for the brand with more than 180 Hyatt Place hotels in the United States, we are delighted to now bring Hyatt Place to...
The 140-room Holiday Inn Mauritius Airport Opens with Jean-Eric Sirop as General Manager
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) | December 12, 2013
Port Louis, Mauritius, 12 December 2013: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces the opening of Holiday Inn Mauritius Airport on the island's picturesque south east coast. Just 700 metres from the new SSR International Airport, five minutes from the nearest beach and 45 kilometres from the capital, Port Louis, the hotel is ideally located for travellers looking to make the most of their time in Mauritius. The 140-room hotel is surrounded by gardens carefully landscaped to preserve the natural botanic diversity. The names of the hotel's food and beverage outlets pay tribute to the proximity to the country's airport and the hi...
Pinehurst Resort Drives 500% Outbound Sales Increase
Pinehurst | December 12, 2013
Legendary Golf Resort Builds Team of "High Performance" Reservation Agents; Leverages Call Center Data for Championship Conversion Scores December 12, 2013 - In 2014, Pinehurst has the honor of hosting back to back U.S. Men's Open and U.S. Women's Open Golf Championships. This marks the first time in history that both tournaments will be played on the same course in the same year. But top PGA golfers have nothing on the championship scores turned in by Pinehurst's reservation team in 2013. In the past 12 months, Pinehurst Resort's call center team increased reservations 18%, improved conversions nearly 10%, and generated a 500% increase...
Sofitel Opens Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa and Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort
Sofitel, World Class Hotels & French Elegance | December 12, 2013
December 12, 2013 (Paris, France) - Sofitel Luxury Hotels continues to expand its luxury network in every corner of the globe, with the newly opened Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa, a sophisticated Polynesian-themed resort, garnering regional attention and enthusiastic feedback from guests and visitors, and Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort, the hotel group's first Indonesian property, scheduled to open December 20, 2013. Both properties entice with luxurious facilities and quality service offerings that reflect thebrand's combination of French elegance and flair. Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa Nestled within the tranq...
Fujita Kanko Set to Open the Newly-Built 223-room Sendai Washington Hotel in Japan
Fujita Kanko Inc. | December 12, 2013
TOKYO - December 12, 2013 - On December 17th, leading Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko Inc. opens a new Washington Hotel in Sendai, Japan, an excellent addition to the reasonably-priced modern hotels offered by the company's Washington Hotels group. Ideally located across from the JR station in Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region (the northern part of Japan), the Sendai Washington Hotel will deliver convenience, comfort and efficiency to business and leisure travelers. The newly-built hotel will offer a restaurant featuring local products and Sendai specialties, and 223 guest rooms, all with free ...
Hilton Worldwide Prices IPO of 117,640,624 Shares of Common Stock at $20.00 Per Share
Hilton Worldwide | December 12, 2013
MCLEAN, Va. - December 12, 2013 - Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. ("Hilton Worldwide") announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 117,640,624 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $20.00 per share. Hilton Worldwide is offering 64,102,564 of such shares and a selling stockholder is offering 53,538,060 of such shares. The selling stockholder has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 17,646,093 shares at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount. The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, 2013 under the ticker sym...
Noble Acquires the 123-room Q Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri; To Undergo Renovation and Conversion
Noble Investment Group | December 12, 2013
ATLANTA, Dec. 12, 2013 -- Noble Investment Group ("Noble") today announced the acquisition of the Q Hotel located in the Historic Westport District of Kansas City, Missouri. The 123-room hotel will undergo a comprehensive renovation and conversion to become one of the first AC Hotels by Marriott properties located in the United States. AC Hotels by Marriott is a highly acclaimed urban lifestyle hotel brand that currently has 79 properties in Spain, Italy, Portugal and France and will soon be unveiled in the United States. The brand boasts a stylish, urban, cosmopolitan design while creating a tailor-made guest experience. The renowned H...
Getabed Connects with eRevMax Channel Ecosystem for Upgraded Connectivity
Getabed.co.uk | December 12, 2013
UK Based B2B Bed Bank Completes XML Integration for Greater Access to Hotel Inventory London, December 12, 2013 - UK based Getabed.co.uk, an award winning independent B2B bed bank, has integrated with eRevMax, the leading provider of hotel online distribution solutions, to further expand connectivity options available to its fast growing portfolio of hotel partners. Accommodation providers will now be able to make immediate ARI (Availability, Rates and Inventory) updates on the channel through eRevMax's RateTiger solution. According to Matt Stuart, Managing Director, Getabed Dubai, "We continue to embrace new technologies to enable our ...
The Chattanoogan Receives Prestigious Award for Renovation of Meeting Space
ConventionSouth | December 12, 2013
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, December 12, 2013 ... The Chattanoogan, a Benchmark Hotel that is Chattanooga's only AAA Four Diamond-rated, full-service hotel, and the only IACC*-certified hotel in the state of Tennessee, has been honored with ConventionSouth magazine's 2014 "Top New or Renovated Meeting Site" award. The Chattanoogan joins an elite list of 50 meeting facilities located across the South to receive this award. As part of the recognition, The Chattanoogan is featured as an award recipient in the December Awards Issue of the meetings magazine. "After a lengthy review of what The Chattanoogan hotel offers meeting planners a...
Gay Wedding Institute Certification Courses Announces January Dates for Hotel Staff
14 Stories | December 12, 2013
December 12, 2013 - Over 300 wedding and hospitality professionals from top hotels around the world are graduates of the world's first gay wedding certification course, presented by the 14 Stories Gay Wedding Institute (GWI). To help businesses prepare for the recent spike in marriage equality across the USA, the course will be offered again via webinar on January 8, 15 and 22. Live courses and private consulting is also available upon request. Registration for the webinar is now open and the early bird rate expires on December 15. This groundbreaking GWI certification course is open to everyone in the industry - and attendees can parti...
Las Vegas, Florida and Philadelphia Sign with nSight Travel Intelligence
LVCVA | December 12, 2013
Leading destination marketers make faster, better decisions with visibility into the human aspects that define consumer travel preferences and shopping behavior NASHVILLE, TN - December 12, 2013 - World-class destination marketing organizations Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), VISIT FLORIDA and Visit Philadelphia™ have signed with nSight travel intelligence, the largest aggregator of global travel search and booking data, to receive an unprecedented view of online travel consumer behavior from around the world. Aggregating 25 billion global travel searches and bookings from 5,000 online travel websites, nSight's d...
Hyatt Place Debuts in Mexico, Opens the 157-key Hyatt Place San Jose del Cabo in Baja California Sur
Hyatt Place | December 11, 2013
CHICAGO (December 11, 2013) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) and Grupo Hermosillo today announced the opening of Hyatt Place San Jose del Cabo in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The hotel introduces the Hyatt Place brand to Mexico and follows Hyatt Place San Jose/Pinares in Costa Rica and Hyatt Place Bayamon in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as the third Hyatt Place hotel to open in Latin America and the Caribbean. Myles McGourty, Senior Vice President of Operations for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean, said, "I believe this opening of the first Hyatt Place in Mexico shows we are building a solid track rec...
Sofitel to Manage Hotel Concorde Berlin in Germany; To Rebrand as the Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm
Sofitel | December 11, 2013
December 11 2013 - Sofitel has signed a management contract for the Hotel Concorde Berlin which, as of February 1st 2014, will be operated under its new name, the Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm. In signing this contract, Sofitel has reinforced not just its position in the German capital, where Sofitel has been operating since 14 years with Sofitel Berlin Gendarmenmarkt but also its presence in Germany and in Europe. Together with the Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall and the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, the brand already manages four properties in Germany - due to be joined by a further top hotel, the Sofitel Frankfurt am Alte Oper, as of 2015. S...
Best and Worst Travel Taxes Across Top 50 U.S. Destinations Reported by Global Business Travel Assoc
The GBTA Foundation | December 11, 2013
GBTA Also Warns Against Potential TSA Tax Increase ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 11, 2013 -- Taxes levied specifically on travel-related services increased the total tax bill for a traveler by 58% in 2013, according to a new report released today by the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). The annual study examines hotel lodging, car rentals and restaurant meal taxes in the top 50 U.S. destination cities, which are regularly used to fund local projects unrelated to tourism and business travel. GBTA executive director and COO Michael W. McCormick said, "Unfortunately, it's not just sta...
25 Can’t-Miss Places to Visit in the New Year Revealed in The Fodor’s Travel 2014 Go List
Fodor's Travel | December 11, 2013
NEW YORK, NY (December 11, 2013) - Need inspiration for your travels in 2014? The Fodor's Travel 2014 Go List-announced today-highlights 25 can't-miss places that should be on everyone's travel radar for the coming year. Curated by a team of Fodor's Travel experts, the list incorporates everything from emerging destinations and new hot spots to noteworthy events and great values around the world. For 77 years, Fodor's has provided highly curated advice on how to travel smarter, including the best arts and culture offerings, where to eat and stay at every price point, and tips and strategies for an authentic and immersive experience in m...
“Blurring” of Private & Professional Lives a Growing Trend for Travelers Says Pullman Travel Survey
Pullman Hotels & Resorts | December 11, 2013
December 11, 2013 - Pullman, Accor's upscale hotel brand, and research institute IPSOS have unveiled the results of a survey of over 2,200 seasoned international travelers* and the results are clear: "Blurring" is on the rise. A global trend acknowledged in countries where the survey was conducted, "blurring" is the intermingling of private and professional lives due in part to the increased use of mobile professional devices, such as PCs, smartphones, tablets, etc. The new behavior transforms the organization of private and work lives as high-income frequent travelers are connected and can be reached at all times. Consider it the adven...
nSight Names Matt Neff as Regional Director of Sales
nSight | December 11, 2013
NASHVILLE, TN - December 11, 2013 -nSight travel intelligence, the largest aggregator of global travel search and booking data, has tapped the expertise of business intelligence (BI) veteran Matt Neff as Regional Director of Sales to lead the hotel industry launch of its travel intelligence solution. The hotel version of nSight™, giving hotel operators an unprecedented view of online travel consumer behavior from around the world, releases in January 2014. With 15 years of experience, Neff is a hotel industry expert specializing in the application of business intelligence to enhance hotel performance and improve ROI. Before coming to ...
Historic Hotels of America Status Awarded to The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in California
The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa | December 11, 2013
SONOMA, December 11, 2013 - The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa has been awarded membership into the prestigious Historic Hotels of America® organization. Historic Hotels identifies quality hotels that have faithfully maintained their historic integrity, architecture and ambiance. The association's mission is to preserve the authenticity of America's best leisure and business travel destinations. Historic Hotels of America was founded in 1989 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation with 32 charter members. To be nominated and selected for membership, a hotel must be at least 50 years old and listed in or eligible for the ...
CSM Lodging Names Craig Troxell Director of Sales, Courtyard by Marriott Seattle North, Washington
CSM Lodging | December 11, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 11, 2013 - CSM Lodging, a division of CSM Corporation, has appointed Craig J. Troxell director of sales for the Courtyard by Marriott Seattle North/Lynnwood Everett, located in Lynnwood, Washington, just north of Seattle. Kate Burda, vice president of sales and marketing, made the announcement. "It is a pleasure to welcome Craig to CSM Lodging and to our property, the Courtyard by Marriott Seattle North/Lynnwood," said Ms. Burda. "He comes to us armed with important sales contacts and impressive sales leadership experience, which we expect will add great value to our company and this property." Craig Tro...
Spire Hospitality Selected by AWH Partners to Manage Eight Embassy Suites Hotels
Spire Hospitality | December 11, 2013
NEW YORK, NY. (December 11, 2013) - AWH Partners, LLC - a privately held, New York-based, real estate investment, development and management firm - announces that as a part of the company's hotel ownership portfolio expansion plan, it has selected Spire Hospitality to manage its soon-to-close, eight Embassy Suites Hotels. Upon taking over the Embassy Suites Hotels, Spire Hospitality, one of the nation's leading and most respected hotel management companies, will immediately begin to reposition the assets including supporting AWH Development in implementing more than $50 million in capital improvements. The new collection of Embassy Suit...
Aimbridge Hospitality Assumes Management of 146-room Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia/Fort Washington
Aimbridge Hospitality | December 11, 2013
DALLAS (December 11, 2013) - Aimbridge Hospitality is pleased to announce that it has assumed management of the Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia/Fort Washington in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The 146-room North Philadelphia hotel features a 24-hour business center, complimentary wireless internet throughout the hotel, a fitness center and pool, more than 6,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and is home to The Garden Grille and Bar, The Great American Grill and The Pavilion Lounge. The Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia/Fort Washington represents the third Hilton Garden Inn property and the thirty third Hilton Hotels and Resorts pr...
Indra’s PMS is a Smart Start to All-In-One Platform Migration
INDRA Company | December 11, 2013
Moving to a unified above-property platform solution for all core technologies is an astute business move for global hotel chains, but replacing dissimilar best-of-breed systems can be unnerving at best; Indra's Travel Management Suite is future-proofing hotel enterprises one module at a time, and the property-management system is a practical place to begin [MIAMI - DEC. 11, 2013] - Are you stuck for corporate gift ideas this holiday season? Here's a suggestion that will keep on giving to guests, employees and franchise owners alike year after year: Give the gift of single-platform technology migration from Indra. Hotel chains and manag...
