Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York
Stanley Turkel | January 25th, 2022
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News Archive: January
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Stanley Turkel | January 3, 2022
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: The Greenbrier (682 rooms) The original hotel, the Grand Central Hotel, was built on this site in 1858. It was known as "The White" and later "The Old White". Beginning in 1778, people came to follow the local Native American tradition to "take the waters" to restore their health. In the 19th century, visitors drank and bathed in the sulphur water to cure everything from rheumatism to an upset stomach In 1910, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway purchased the historic resort property and embarked upon a major expansion. By 1913, the railroad had added The Greenbrier Hotel (the central section of t...
Ascendant Capital Partners and Centerbridge Partners Acquire Monterey Tides Hotel
Ascendant Capital Partners | January 10, 2022
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 10, 2022 – Ascendant Capital Partners, a vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform, in partnership with Centerbridge Partners today announced that they have acquired Monterey Tides, a 196-room waterfront boutique hotel in Monterey, California, from Southwest Value Partners. Monterey Tides, located on Sand Dunes Drive, is Monterey’s only hotel with a privately owned beachfront, spanning almost 600 linear feet. The hotel features well-appointed guestrooms and a range of amenities including restaurants and bars, a heated outdoor pool and hot tub, 9,000 square feet of ocean-view meeting ...
Beemok Hospitality Group Reveals Investment Plans for The Charleston Place
Beemok Hospitality Group | January 12, 2022
Charleston, SC – January 12, 2022 – Beemok Hospitality Group, a Charleston, SC-based company with a growing portfolio of world-class hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues, today announces its investment plans for The Charleston Place, the company’s flagship asset. A landmark in Charleston’s historic district, The Charleston Place will officially transition from Charleston Place, a Belmond Hotel, to The Charleston Place, a locally owned and managed independent luxury hotel, on March 1, 2022. The Charleston Place has hired renowned architects and designers to lead the transformation, including Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR), a lege...
The Georgetown Company & First Hospitality Purchase Iconic Hutton Hotel in Nashville
The Georgetown Company | January 20, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — January 20, 2022 — The Georgetown Company, a leading developer and owner of commercial, retail and mixed-use properties nationwide, announces the acquisition of the iconic Hutton Hotel in Nashville. The all-cash purchase of the 250-key Nashville property is the first through the $1 billion hospitality investment platform launched last year by Georgetown in partnership with hotel management company First Hospitality. Georgetown is making a significant investment into the West End property, one of the premier boutique hotels in Nashville, and plans to invest additional capital to build upon the Hutton Hotel brand and furt...
The Hospitality Industry: Loss of Love -> Loss of Labor
Dr. Peter Ricci | January 11, 2022
By Dr. Peter Ricci The past 3 years of a roller coaster ride has taken the hospitality industry from its best year on record to a pandemic low that, at times, seems to be a permanent fixture. At the start of the pandemic, none of our industry leaders could have imagined the mass exodus of workers that we are now experiencing. From my vantage point as the director of a program that offered a free certificate during COVID to thousands, the voices of the workers (and former workers) are loud and they are clear. To confirm these voices, we later surveyed another 50,000 hospitality workers (had about a 10% response rate) and the sentiments w...
Palm Holdings Acquires Element Miami International Airport
Palm Holdings | January 17, 2022
MIAMI, FL – January 17, 2022 – Palm Holdings, an international hospitality development company, announced today that it has added a key hotel to its Florida portfolio with the takeover of the Element Miami International Airport. The property, located at 3525 NW 25th Street, is just minutes from one of the country’s busiest airports, as well as within just a few miles of some of the city’s largest office parks. Additionally, the property is steps away from the planned $1 billion Miami Freedom Park, which will be home to Miami’s professional soccer team. The Element Miami International Airport features 209 guest rooms, five sto...
Daxton Hotel Returns as an Independently Run Luxury Hotel With Appointment of New Managing Director, Raj Radke
Daxton Hotel | January 19, 2022
BIRMINGHAM, MI - January 19, 2022 - Birmingham’s newest luxury property, the 151-room Daxton Hotel, today announces its return as an independently owned and operated luxury property along with the appointment of its new Managing Director, Raj Radke. Since its opening in April 2021, Daxton Hotel has come to be praised and reckoned as a modern vision of Birmingham luxury brought to life by local entrepreneur and lifelong resident Mark Mitchell, who named the hotel after his son. Now fully owned and operated by Woodward Brown Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Mitchell Family Office, the hotel and its signature restaurant Madam and the stylish Geod...
5 Sales Strategies to Win More Business in 2022
Amadeus | January 20, 2022
Many questions are on the minds of hospitality leaders as they think about 2022 and strategize new, creative ways to generate revenue. While COVID-19 recovery has largely been driven by domestic, leisure travelers, groups and corporate bookings are starting to return. In the US alone, group meeting volume increased 30% in October 2021 over the previous month. Additionally, the average number of attendees and event space used surpassed pre-pandemic levels. This has sales and event professionals asking, “What’s driving the latest group business trends?” and, “Will this be the year corporate travel returns?” As events bounce back...
