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Amara Hotels & Resorts Selects Duetto as Revenue Strategy Partner
Amara Hotels & Resorts | April 5, 2018
Singapore-Based Developer Will Implement GameChanger and ScoreBoard Applications as It Expands Across Asia Singapore, 5 April, 2018 — Amara Hotels & Resorts has partnered with Duetto, hospitality's only Revenue Strategy Platform, to implement two of the company's cloud applications for greater collaboration and more data-driven pricing and distribution decisions across Amara's hotel group. The Singapore-based company will adopt Duetto's Open Pricing application, GameChanger, and its solution for intelligent reporting, ScoreBoard, exclusively across its four hotel and resort properties. "Having a centralized, fully integrated R...
Hotel Professionals to Grab Revenue by the Horns at HSMAI’s ROC Americas in Houston
HSMAI | April 5, 2018
(McLean, VA, April 5, 2018) The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) will help hotel revenue management executives "grab revenue by the horns" June 19–20, 2018, at its Revenue Optimization Conference (ROC) Americas in Houston, Texas. The event, the largest gathering of revenue optimization professionals in the industry, will be co-located with HITEC 2018. "This is the first year HSMAI's Revenue Optimization Conference will be held in Houston," said Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA, president and CEO of HSMAI. "While the cultural reference to the conference location certainly helped inspire this year...
Forget Unuseful Swag: ALICE Brings First Text Messaging-Powered Concierge Service to the Forbes Travel Guide Luxury Summit to Elevate Guest Experience
ALICE | April 4, 2018
ALICE, the hospitality industry's leading operations platform, partnered with Forbes Travel Guide during their annual Luxury Summit, to create the event's first text messaging-powered concierge service. By offering the Summit's hundreds of attendees concierge service at the push of a button, ALICE demonstrated just how convenient and compelling text messaging with hotel staff is as a way to deliver a superior guest experience. ALICE attended the Luxury Summit to celebrate its designation as the Forbes Travel Guide's Official Staff Operations Technology Provider for 2018. Thousands of hotels across the country and around the world use AL...
Owned by Mountain Shore Properties, the 124-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Tallahassee Opens
H-CPM | April 4, 2018
Tallahassee, FL, April 5, 2018 – H-CPM has announced the completion and opening of the Hampton Inn & Suites in Tallahassee, Florida. The announcement was made by Stephen Siegel, President of H-CPM. The hotel is owned by Mountain Shore Properties. The Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee offers a prime location, between historic All Saints District and the revitalized Gaines Street corridor and steps from Capitol Hill, Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Donald L. Tucker Civic Center and Cascades Park. Each of the hotel's 124 guest rooms include feature free Wi Fi, a mini-refrigerator and HDTV. The hotel also ...
Should You Start Putting Rooms On Airbnb?
Larry Mogelonsky | April 4, 2018
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) One of the hallmarks of the early 21st century that we are currently will be the gradual shift away from a traditional, corporate-based model of capitalism to a crowd-based one. We're seeing this with the rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and we're seeing this in the travel industry with global, billion-dollar entities like Airbnb. While legislation will help to level the playing field so hotels have a fighting chance, it will be impossible to reverse this overarching trend. And so, as the question in the title of this article implies, you cannot wait for policymakers in your te...
Wyndham Adds to its Soft-Brand Trademark Hotel Collection in the U.S. with Nine New Properties
The Trademark Hotel Collection | April 4, 2018
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 4, 2018--Raising the sought-after Trademark Hotel Collection flag at nine new U.S. destinations, hospitality giant Wyndham Hotel Group is ushering in more of its soft brand's unique hospitality flair coast to coast. The latest additions in New York City, California, Ohio, Utah, Louisiana, Nebraska and Vermont more than double the brand's U.S. portfolio to 15 hotels and more than 2,000 rooms. Launched last year, Trademark is a collection of upper-midscale-and-above hotels with fiercely independent spirit and individuality. It's the first soft brand geared to independent hoteliers with landmark three- a...
Hotel Supply in France: Nothing Begets Nothing
Georges Panayotis | April 4, 2018
By Georges Panayotis Without a doubt the machine is jammed. The French hotel supply has been stable for nearly 15 years. Meanwhile, all other major and competing destinations have largely developed their supplies in the face of globalization and the liberalization of trade and travel. This is true in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom... It is time to check out and service the engine driving France's supply before it breaks down for good. For the moment there is a fuel shortage, but care must be taken because the malfunction is getting worse. While depending on the method – including listed hotels or not, those closed for works, i...
Grace Bay Resorts Promotes Scott Khile to Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Grace Bay Resorts | April 4, 2018
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS (April 4, 2018) - Grace Bay Resorts is pleased to announce the promotion of Scott Khile to Vice President of Sales & Marketing, effective immediately. With over 25 years of experience in the luxury hospitality industry, Scott joined the Grace Bay Resorts team eight years ago and has played a critical role in the continued growth and expansion of the Grace Bay Resorts brand, helping to achieve positive growth in sales year over year since 2010. As Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Scott is responsible for the overall Sales & Marketing initiatives of Grace Bay Resorts and its branded propert...
Give Your Employees the Tools to Create Their Own Solutions
Ann Monroe | April 4, 2018
By Ann Monroe More and more hospitality organizations are discovering the power of giving line-of-business employees the tools to create their own solutions. By moving away from expensive, pre-packaged applications to customized solutions, traditional silos between IT and line-of-business are being broken down to great success. There's long been a growing awareness that there is life beyond spreadsheets and desktop-bound databases and that IT staff are not the only people who can build technology solutions. Now, hospitality organizations of all sizes are realizing how to harness this sentiment and put it into action. Overcoming Hurdles ...
Radisson Hotel Group Signs Agreements for Two New Hotels; the Radisson Blu Anaheim and Radisson New York City in the U.S.
Radisson Hotel Group | April 4, 2018
Orlando (April 4, 2018) - Radisson Hotel Group™ today announced at its Americas Business Conference in Orlando, Fla., signings for two new-build hotels to its portfolio in the Americas, located in Anaheim, Calif. (Radisson Blu®) and New York City (Radisson®). As part of its strategic 5-year operating plan for the Americas, the company sees significant room for growth across all brands and has identified 21 key target markets where it plans to be aggressive with expanding its footprint, particularly in the U.S. with its Radisson Blu brand. "Less than a month ago we shared our new go-to-market name with the launch of Radisso...
Chartwell Hospitality’s Black Fox Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Joining Hilton’s Tapestry Collection
Chartwell | April 4, 2018
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – April 4, 2018 – This summer, Black Fox Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. will join Tapestry Collection by Hilton, a portfolio of vibrant, upscale hotels that offer travelers independent lodging experiences combined with value and reliability. The 178-room property will remain open to the public as minor renovations are completed and expects to officially open as a branded Tapestry property by August 2018. Anticipated as the tenth addition to the Tapestry Collection, the 3.5-acre Black Fox Lodge features 1,000 feet of riverfront property along the Little Pigeon River with a full-service bar and restaurant on the ...
Radisson Hotel Group to Rejuvenate the Radisson Brand in the Americas
Radisson Hotel Group | April 4, 2018
Orlando (April 4, 2018) - Radisson Hotel Group™, today announced at its Americas Business Conference in Orlando, FL the new visual identity, product design and guest experience pillars for the Radisson® brand in the Americas. As part of the conference, the company revealed its new model room designs for Radisson. The comprehensive overhaul includes a new design aesthetic, tagline, updated logo, service icon, color palette and overall brand experience that will affect the more than 160 Radisson hotels currently in operation and under development in the Americas. This initiative anticipates the removal of 10 to 15 percent of non...
Developed by Ensemble Real Estate Investments and AECOM Capital, the Hotel Nia, an Autograph Collection Hotel, Opens in Menlo Park
Hotel Nia | April 4, 2018
(MENLO PARK, CA; April, 2018)— Hotel Nia has announced its opening, joining Autograph Collection Hotels' diverse and dynamic portfolio of more than 135 independent hotels that celebrate the founder's passion, thoughtfulness of design, inherent craft and connection with the locale. The hotel offers a new approach to high-end hospitality with intuitive technological innovations, Mediterranean-inspired Californian cuisine, a coffee bar and café, a distinctive pool scene, and more. An 11-story building of gleaming glass, Hotel Nia captures a modernist style accented by organic and natural materials, all custom-designed furnitur...
North Point Hospitality Completes $7 Million Renovation of Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Historic District
North Point Hospitality | April 4, 2018
SAVANNAH, GA — April 4, 2018 — North Point Hospitality would like to announce the completion of an extensive $7 million hotel transformation for their Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Historic District. The 133-unit hotel underwent a complete renovation, taking design cues from the Central of Georgia Railroad roundhouse and repair shop, the oldest and most complete antebellum railroad and manufacturing repair facility in existence in the United States. This all-inclusive renovation includes brand new guest rooms, redesigned bathrooms featuring all new showers, meeting space, dining and bar area, lobby, pool and fitness center. The...
RLH Corporation Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire the Knights Inn Brand from Wyndham for $27 Million Cash
RLH Corporation | April 4, 2018
DENVER (April 4, 2018) — RLH Corporation (NYSE:RLH) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Knights Inn brand from Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) for an aggregate price of $27 million cash, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Knights Inn is a hotel brand focused on getting the essentials right – a restful stay in a convenient location at an affordable price with more than 350 economy segment hotels across North America and a pipeline of an additional approximately 47 hotels. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018, s...
Avendra Releases Findings from Lodging Industry F&B Study
Avendra | April 4, 2018
Research provides food-and-beverage demand outlook through 2020, and reveals performance and occupancy trends, investment plans and new food formats ROCKVILLE, MD, April 4, 2018 – Avendra today releases findings from a new F&B trends report titled "Lodging Food & Beverage Outlook" that gauges demand for hotel F&B over the next two to three years. The findings reveal current F&B and occupancy performance, identify hoteliers' investment plans, and detail new food formats for the future. "Today's restaurants face multiple pressures based on shifting consumer behaviors," said Chip McIntyre, senior vice president of str...
Hospitality Management Corporation Adds Best Western® Casa Villa Suites in Harlingen, TX to Portfolio
Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC) | April 4, 2018
Dallas, TX – Leo Spriggs, President and CEO of Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), is pleased to announce the addition of this 66-room Best Western® Casa Villa Suites in Harlingen, TX, to their portfolio of managed hotels. The company continues its ongoing business expansion which is made up of full service, conference center, select service and limited service hotels. HMC is one of the country's largest third-party privately held hotel management companies, ranked in the top 40 of all third party and owner operated hotel management corporations. The Best Western® Casa Villa Suites is conveniently located off Express...
Clairvoyix Named Top Hospitality Email Marketing, CRM Company
Clairvoyix | April 4, 2018
Hotel Tech Report based award on data from thousands of hoteliers in 40 countries LAS VEGAS – Hotel Tech Report has named Clairvoyix 2018's top-rated Email Marketing and CRM (customer relationship management) company based on data from thousands of hoteliers in over 40 countries around the world. For the last 3 months more than 100 of the most innovative technology companies have competed for a chance to win this prestigious title. The HotelTechAwards platform (by HotelTechReport.com) leverages real customer data to determine best of breed products that help hoteliers grow their bottom lines. "Email marketing is quickly becoming t...
Crescent Hotels & Resorts Completes $12 Million Renovation to the Detroit Marriott Southfield Hotel
Crescent Hotels & Resorts | April 4, 2018
Detroit, MI (April 4, 2018) – The extensive transformation of the Detroit Marriott Southfield Hotel is now complete after over $12 million has been spent on a top-to-bottom redesign of this property in Southfield, which is known as "The Center of it All" with a cosmopolitan, culturally diverse population, a thriving international business community and easy access to the Detroit area. The renovation included all public spaces such as the lobby, all guest rooms, pool, fitness center, the restaurant, a new concierge lounge and a new business center. The redesign and transformation were overseen by Crescent Hotels & Resorts, whic...
OVER REGISTERED EXHIBITORS PROVE THE POWER OF THIS DISRUPTIVE NEW MOVEMENT
Beyond Luxury Media | April 4, 2018
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FURTHER EAST GAINS MOMENTUM AND HUGE SUPPORT FROM KEY INDUSTRY STAKE HOLDERS ON ASIA TOUR
Beyond Luxury Media | April 4, 2018
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BEYOND LUXURY MEDIA CONTINUES TO ALTER TRAVEL TRADE SHOW PERCEPTIONS WITH THE LAUNCH OF ANOTHER UNIQUE EVENT EXPERIENCE IN SEMINYAK, BALI
Beyond Luxury Media | April 4, 2018
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Four Points by Sheraton Opens in Novi, Michigan
The Sage Agency | April 4, 2018
POINT 1: Marriott International, Inc.® today announced the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Detroit Novi. Catering to the needs of today's everyday traveler, the hotel offers approachable design, stylish comfort and all the brand's popular extras including a 24-hour fitness center, heated pool, fast and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, and the Best Brews & BBQ™ program, detailed below. POINT 2: Asset managed by F&C Investments, Four Points by Sheraton Detroit Novi, previously under the name Crowne Plaza Novi, offers 220 spacious guest rooms, over 9,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, a 24-hour fitness center, business cent...
Owned and Managed by PeachState Hospitality, the Dual-Branded Courtyard and Fairfield Inn & Suites to Open in Lithia Springs, Georgia
Courtyard by Marriott | April 3, 2018
Lithia Springs, GA – April 4, 2018 – Marriott International, Inc. today announced that a dual-branded 90-room Courtyard and 72-room Fairfield Inn & Suites property will open on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in Lithia Springs, Georgia. Located at 895 Bob Arnold Boulevard, the hotel is owned and managed by PeachState Hospitality of Warner Robins, Georgia. The property will share an outdoor heated lap pool, a modern fitness center, and 1,200 square feet of meeting space to accommodate functions of up to 99 people. Whether traveling for business or pleasure, the dual-branded property offers convenient access to downtown Atlanta, H...
