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Hotel Transactions Ready to Start Flowing
OPINION: Private Equity, Improved Operating Numbers Will Stimulate Deals
In a typical year, 400 to 500 hotels change hands in the U.S. This volume of transactions is significantly higher than any other region of the world. With the massive recession contributing to a huge erosion of operating profits, hotel owners are facing property value declines of ...
Carlson Readies For Upturn
As Hubert Joly, president and CEO of Carlson, said during the opening address of Carlson Hotels’ Global Business Conference on Wednesday, it’s easy putting up slides showing ambitious plans, but the proof will be in the company’s execution and results over the next five years. Aptly titled ‘Ambition 2015,’ ...
Carlson Gets Ambitious
Last fall, Hubert Joly said in early 2010 he would unveil a new strategic direction for Carlson Hotels. This afternoon at Carlson’s annual global business conference in Orlando, the engaging and passionate president & CEO delivered on that promise with the roll out of Ambition 2015, ...
Opportunities Abound in Africa
Q&A: McLachlan Leads Rezidor’s Development Growth There
When Andrew McLachlan was hired as Rezidor Hotel Group’s vice president of business development for Africa, the Brussels-based management company had eight hotels in five countries across the continent. Now, less than three years later, ...
Carlson Hotels Has Big Plans
NEWS: Five-Year Strategy Includes Radisson Revitalization
While the new management team at Carlson Hotels has big plans for the company’s brands, it’s not ready to reveal the strategies it will deploy to pump up the Radisson flag in North America and to continue the steady growth of the midpriced Country Inn & Suites brand. ...
Starwood Out, Radisson In at Bahamas Resort
NEWS: Carlson Brand Returns to Islands
The Radisson flag is flying again in The Bahamas. Carlson’s fullservice brand last week assumed management of the Radisson Our Lucaya Resort on Grand Bahama Island. ...
Carlson Serious About Sustainability
Green is more than just a color to Carlson Hotels Worldwide. That was clear at last week's International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York City. Carmen Baker, the company's vice president of responsible business, a newly created position she filled in January, was front and center on a panel titled “Eco-Friendly Meets Eco-Nomic,” as well as talking to the media about the company's latest announcements and initiatives....
Carlson Reshuffles Executive Deck
Carlson Hotels Worldwide restructured its executive leadership to focus on its two largest brands, Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Country Inns & Suites. ...
Enlightened Approach at Radisson Hotel Northbrook
The Radisson Hotel Northbrook has a bright future thanks to $14 million in upgrades over the past two years, including two huge chandeliers atop the port...
