Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston Opens in Texas
Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston | June 26th, 2020
Marriott International Announces Retirement of Tim Sheldon
Marriott International | June 24th, 2020
News Archive: June
The Brenton Hotel in Newport, RI, to Open July 2020
The Brenton Hotel | June 24, 2020
NEWPORT, RI (June 24, 2020) – Located on the harbor in the heart of downtown Newport, RI, the newly built and locally owned Brenton Hotel is slated to open in July. The six-story hotel sits directly on Newport’s bustling waterfront, and features 57 rooms and suites, two food and beverage venues and on-site parking. Floor-to-ceiling windows throughout The Brenton’spublic spaces and guestrooms offer panoramic views of the world-renowned harbor and majestic historic cityscape. “Passion and style are at the heart of The Brenton,” said Andy Ross, managing director of the Brenton Hotel. “Newport is about tradition and fun, it’s...
Reiimagine, Inc. Announces the Global Launch of Comprehensive Sales Support Services to Luxury Independent Boutique Hotels and Resorts in the New Norm...
Reiimagine | June 24, 2020
Reiimagine provides a valuable extension of the hotel's in-house sales team and acts as a connector to key clients that may be hard to reach. SAN DIEGO, CA, June 24, 2020—Reiimagine, Inc. – today announced the launch of a new range of sales and marketing support services designed specifically for luxury independent boutique hotels and resorts around the world. This is a first of its kind, affordable one-stop-shop solution to assist boutique hotels that are looking for additional client’s outreach in the US and international markets. Reiimagine provides a valuable extension of the hotel’s in-house sales team and acts as a connect...
Planning the Aftermath of Post-Covid Hotel Luxury
Larry Mogelonsky | June 10, 2020
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) The challenges facing hotels in the post-Covid environment are massive. Old planning guidelines are irrelevant. For hotels in the luxury segment, where close contact with guests was almost literally mandated, it will be particularly pressing to find new ways to meet these time-honored standards. To help navigate the immediate challenges of reopening a luxury property amidst so much fear, uncertainty and new policy requirements, I’ve recruited four veteran GMs to demonstrate how leaders from across North American are tackling the problem: Franck X. Arnold, General Manager of t...
Hotel Industry Facing Massive Foreclosures of Thousands of Hotel Properties
AHLA | June 30, 2020
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND CEO CHIP ROGERS: - “With a sharp decline in travel demand, nine times worse than September 11 and with lower room occupancy than during the Great Depression, our small business owners are struggling to survive. The human toll on our industry has been equally as devastating. Right now, many hotels are struggling to service their debt and keep their lights on, especially those with Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) loans as they have been unable to obtain urgently-needed debt relief. Without action to shore up commercial debt, especially CMBS loans, the hotel in...
Nick Solomon Appointed General Manager at Amara Resort and Spa in Sedona, Arizona
June 15, 2020
Amara Resort and Spa in Sedona, Ariz. has hired Nick Solomon as the new general manager. As general manager of Amara Resort and Spa in Sedona, Ariz., Nick Solomon is a veteran of the hospitality industry with nearly two decades of experience, successfully launching and managing multimillion-dollar, luxury hotels within one of the world’s leading hotel brand’s portfolio. With a passion for team member experience and guest engagement, Solomon started his career with The Ritz-Carlton where he worked his way up the ranks within the five-star hotel. Catching the eye of the Marriott corporate team early on, Solomon led nine differe...
SmartHands 8-Hour Defense Hand Sanitizer in 2oz Bottles Immediately Available for Hotels. Great for Guests!
Minibar Systems | June 5, 2020
SmartHands™ With microSURE™ 8-Hour Defense Hand Sanitizer And microSURE™ All Purpose Disinfectant Now Available Rockville, MD - Minibar Systems is proud to present the microSURE™ family of persistent sanitizers and disinfectants that use unique mechanical-kill spikes that act as a barrier to provide better protection against germs and viruses beyond hand washing and chemical-kill alcohol based products. 8-HOUR Defense™ hand sanitizer has proven up to 8 hours of defense against germs when properly used and will not crack, dry or burn skin. microSURE™ All Purpose Cleaner and Disinfectant provides nanotechnology micro-crystall...
Eike Clausen Appointed New General Manager of Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz Gozo, Malta
Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz | June 4, 2020
Malta, 4 June 2020 – From Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea: Eike Clausen has been appointed as the new General Manager of the leading luxury hotel in Malta, Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz and moves from Aqaba, Jordan to the island of Gozo, just one hour away from the Maltese Capital Valletta. Starting off his Kempinski journey in 2007 as Sales Management Trainee at Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, Eike Clausen steadily progressed in his career in the Sales & Marketing department. In 2011, he moved to China as Sales Manager of the iconic Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa and got promoted to Director of Sales at this very first Kempinski hotel...
JN+A and HVS Design Release 2020 Hotel Cost Estimating Guide
JN+A | June 1, 2020
Rockville, Md. (June 1, 2020) Jonathan Nehmer + Associates, Inc. (JN+A) and HVS Design, leading Architecture, Interior Design, and Project Management firms specializing in the hospitality industry, are proud to announce the release of the 2020 Hotel Cost Estimating Guide. The Guide is a comprehensive listing of capital expenditure construction and FF&E costs for hotel renovations. Now in its twelfth year, the 2020 Hotel Cost Estimating Guide evaluates costs in a variety of hotel tiers including Economy, Extended Stay, Midscale, Upscale, Upper Upscale, and Luxury. Within each tier, costs are separated into the categories of Guestroo...
