News Archive: October
Greg Mussi, Owner of Pennsylvania’s Oldest Motel, Gets Earful on TV’s ‘Hotel Impossible’
October 12, 2014
Oct. 12--When he swooped in to save Pennsylvania's oldest motel, Greg Mussi didn't expect he'd one day get screamed at and scolded on national TV. The Beaver Falls native gets to relive that humiliation Tuesday, hopeful it leads to a happy ending after the 9 p.m. airing of Travel Channel's "Hotel Impossible." "I'm not watching," Mussi said. "I'll be lying somewhere in the fetal position." He's joking, though it won't be easy for Mussi and his wife, Lynda, to witness this week's "Hotel Impossible" set at the Autoport Motel in State College, the state's first motel, which they bought seven years ago. For Mussi, a Penn State graduate and r...
Barrington Development to Build a 110-room Comfort Suites on Biloxi Beach in Mississippi
October 1, 2014
Oct. 01--BILOXI -- A 110-room Comfort Suites will be built on the Biloxi beach west of Veterans Avenue. "This is the only hotel on the sand, bridge to bridge," said Greg Stewart with Barrington Development, the company that also recently restored and reopened the White House Hotel in Biloxi. South Beach, a condo hotel in Biloxi, is the only other accommodation built since Hurricane Katrina on the south side of U.S. 90 from the Biloxi Bay Bridge to the Bay of St. Louis Bridge. Island View Casino is restoring the hotel tower on the south side of the highway in Gulfport. Plans for the new hotel project were presented to Biloxi's Developmen...
Flip.to Makes Guest Advocacy Incredibly Impactful, Personal and Scalable for NYLO
Flip.to | October 7, 2014
ORLANDO, FL - OCTOBER 2014 - "We are delighted with the success of Flip.to," says Michael Mueller, CEO for NYLO Hotels, a unique alternative for business and leisure travelers seeking loft-style living. "It was easily implemented across our chain of hotels, and in three months guests had shared about their stay with 175,000 of their friends." Flip.to is a powerful brand advocacy platform that easily scales across an entire hotel chain, regardless of the number of hotels in a portfolio. Its guest-driven marketing feels natural, personal and individually unique for each hotel, but with the same goal of reaching new audiences and earning n...
Owner of Jupiter Pointe Marina in Hobe Sound, Florida Plans to Add 54 to 84 Key All-Suite Hotel
October 21, 2014
Oct. 21--Martin County officials Tuesday paved the way for the owner of a Hobe Sound marina and boat club to add a four-story, all-suite hotel. Jupiter Pointe Marina owner Rob Miller of Palm Beach secured a zoning change that allows for his planned resort on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway, although the project itself also will have to be approved by the County Commission. The marina now offers dry boat storage, a club that gives members access to boats for a membership fee and the Blue Lobster outdoor seafood eatery. To accommodate a hotel, Miller plans to expand his complex onto a 2.7-acre lot he owns just north of the mari...
Terry Dunbar Appointed General Manager of Hyatt Regency Boston
Hyatt Regency Boston | October 23, 2014
October 24, 2014 - Hyatt Regency Boston announces the selection of Terry Dunbar as general manager. In this role, Dunbar will be responsible for all aspects of Hyatt Regency Boston's sales, marketing, financial, human resources and hotel operations. Dunbar joins Hyatt Regency Boston with extensive experience in the hospitality industry and 26 years with Hyatt, most recently from Hyatt Regency Jersey City, where he served as general manager for the past four years. "I am extremely excited and honored to be given the opportunity of general manager for Hyatt Regency Boston," said Dunbar. "After spending four great years at Hyatt Regency Je...
Holly Brubach Plans $38M 104-room Boutique Hotel for the Granite Building in Pittsburgh, PA
October 24, 2014
Oct. 24--Gov. Tom Corbett delivered a $2.5 million state redevelopment assistance capital grant this morning to jump start Downtown's latest hotel project -- 104 rooms, three bars, and a brasserie-style restaurant at Wood Street and Sixth Avenue. The $38 million independent boutique hotel will be housed in the Granite Building, a Romanesque-style structure built in 1889 and site of the former German National Bank. A building next door that once housed an Arby's restaurant also will be part of the development. The project is being developed by Holly Brubach, a former New York Times style editor who bought the Granite Building in 2006 wit...
South Forbes Silangan Hotel Corp. Opens Microtel by Wyndham South Forbes in the Philippines
Microtel Inns & Suites (Philippines) Inc. | October 29, 2014
Cathay Land, developer of South Forbes Golf City, and Microtel Development Corporation, recently opened Microtel by Wyndham South Forbes under their joint venture South Forbes Silangan Hotel Corp. The hotel was formally launched through a ceremony led by the key officers of the partner companies: Cathay Land's President Jeffrey Ng, Microtel Development Corp. CEO Jose Mari del Rosario and the President / CEO of PHINMA Inc., Ramon del Rosario Jr. Also gracing the event were key local government officials including Mayor Emilia Lourdes Poblete of Silang, Cavite, Mayor Marilyn Alonte of Biñan, Laguna, and Congressman Roy Loyola of the 5th ...
New Owners Invest in Upgrades for the 112-room Groton Inn & Suites in Connecticut
October 19, 2014
Oct. 19--GROTON -- Kathy Brown, Groton Inn and Suites' human resources coordinator, deliberated a bit before choosing a word to describe the 112-room hotel's state when the current owners took over in February 2013. Finally, she settled on "aged." The hotel's upkeep had not been a priority for years, Brown said, certainly not after a bank hired professional property managers to run it in the wake of a 2011 foreclosure. But under Sunil Suthar, an owner who doubles as the hotel's general manager, that's all changed. And after 17 years at the property, Brown couldn't be more upbeat about what lies ahead. "It's very exciting," she said. The...
