April 1, 2005
Articles
The Amenity Sprint
Forget amenity creep that time years ago when hotel chains would agonize for months on whether to require their owners and franchisees to add a five-cent...
MARRIOTT'S NEW MISSION
Fairly or not, Marriott and design leadership have rarely been used in the same sentence. Apparently that's about to change as the 2,600-property lodging...
Hilton Provides a Charge
It's a simple problem, and Hilton Garden Inn has created a simple solution. Responding to feedback from its guests, all North American properties in the...
BRANDING BRIEFS
Best Western International The membership organization recently added the following properties: the 85-room Best Western Regency Inn in Franklin, OH;...
CLUB MED TARGETS TEENS
Teens aged 14 to 17 may be the hardest market to please, but Club Med thinks it's found the way. Last month, Club Med Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic...
Spas Get Down to Business
Cornell University and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts are joining forces to create a spa management trainee program that will benefit the university's hotel...
SpringHill Suites Stays in Season
Like the seasons, the complimentary breakfast offerings at SpringHill Suites properties change frequently. The Marriott brand recently recast its Suite...
REIMAGING DAYTONA BEACH
You have to take a stand to change a culture, so Oceans Resorts shut the 600 North nightclub and began marketing the Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach...
TRANSACTIONS
Amerihost Inn, Stockbridge, GA Atlanta-based Thompson Calhoun Fair advised Arlington Hospitality on its sale of an AmeriHost Inn in Stockbridge, GA to...
LODGING EXPANSION CONTINUES
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) continues to climb and was slowed just a little this period to 81.3 from 81.6 reflecting almost no change...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Former Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble executive Javier Benito joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts as executive vice president and chief marketing officer....
CORRECTING ADVERTISING MISCONCEPTIONS
There are a lot of misconceptions about what advertising can and can't do for you. Advertising doesn't work. Many people honestly believe this and never...
Ellsworth Milton Statler: Hotel Man of the Half Century
In 1950, the hotel industry named Ellsworth Milton Statler Hotel Man of the Half Century, even though he had been dead for 22 years. Statler's impact...
OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY SPARK AT HOT 5
Some of the best minds in lodging converged and engaged in Dallas March 9-11 when Lodging Hospitality and BearingPoint presented the fifth Strategic Conference...
Containing Energy costs
To John Lembo, rising energy costs, is redundant. The director of energy for Starwood Hotels & Resorts says energy costs always rise and will continue...
How to reduce Housekeeping Injuries
Cleaning hotel guestrooms can be dangerous to one's health. This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by the Canadian Center for National Occupational...
INNOVATIONS IN HOTEL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Hair Dryer The Andis Ionic 1875 dryer combines ionic technology, which dries hair faster by breaking up water molecules, with even heat ceramic technology,...
Vendor News
The Grand Heritage Hotel Group has chosen the epitome for Windows property management system from Hotel Information Systems for its Vanderbilt Hall Hotel...
