May 1, 2005
Articles
Our Hotel Pet Peeves
My wife and I travel a lot, both for business and pleasure. And like most frequent travelers, we like to gripe from time to time about the sometimes-maddening...
LA QUINTA ON THE PROWL
Move over, Marriott, Hilton and Starwood. La Quinta is poised to become one of the lodging industry's big dogs. Buoyed by last year's $400-million acquisition...
BRANDING BRIEFS
Best Western International The Best Western Sundowner Inn opened last month in Hot Springs, SD. The 51-room property was formerly a Comfort Inn. Other...
FOUR POINTS TOUTS NAPPING
The folks at Four Points by Sheraton think everyone should take a nap. To promote the therapeutic value of a mid-day siesta, and to introduce its new...
SPA AS BUSINESS BUILDER
If you own a resort and want to build your average rate and RevPAR, it's time to add a spa to your mix of facilities. Of course, it's not that easy, but...
Upcoming Industry Events
MAY 2-3 Hospitality Lighting Conference, GE Lighting Institute, Cleveland. Information: www.GELighting.com MAY 3-5 Travel Industry Association of America...
TRANSACTIONS
Best Western Dallas Telecom Ashford Hospitality Trust sold the 70-unit Best Western Telecom Area Suites in Dallas for $1.35 million. The hotel is one...
Bring the Hotel Home
Hotels To You reverses the notion of making the hotel more residential. It makes the home more hotel-like. Launched in January by former linens magnate...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Hilton Hotels named Gary Seibert area vice president and managing director for Hawaii. He succeeds Peter Schall, who is retiring in July. Seibert had...
Luxury Resort Market Matures
The Registry Collection's recent acquisition of The World's Finest Resorts solidifies parent company RCI's position in the rapidly expanding luxury segment...
Timeshare Briefs
The 7th annual Timeshare and Resort Investment Conference will be held Oct. 17-19 at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando. Marriott International Chairman Bill...
Tackling Obsolescence
The 1,750-room Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers on 7th Avenue in the heart of midtown Manhattan has a yellow, brick exterior that wasn't uncommon when...
A Hassle-Free Approach to Worker Retention
The best solution to the resort worker retention issue may also be the simplest: Adapt your corporate culture so you can treat your employees in the same...
At Your Service
It's in Naples, perhaps the hottest upscale resort market in Florida. But it's not on the city's famous beach, or on one of its scores of golf courses...
LODGING HOSPITALITY'S GUEST SERVICES HANDBOOK
Clearly, the race is on among hotel chains and individual properties to see who can do the most to pamper their guests. At one time, a hotel customer...
Guest-Centered Entertainment
Imagine a wall that moves, that tells a story, that extends to ceilings and floors. Imagine being able to project images and sounds onto, from and through...
Breakfast Power
Atkins Diet waning, local flavor surging Talk to executives in charge of breakfast at full-service hotels and you'll discover that the Atkins Diet craze...
How to Choose Construction Services
You've just signed your hotel franchise agreement and have the land under contract. Or, you're about to embark on extensive renovation or expansion. The...
GDS Technology: Workhorse or Road Kill?
A debate over the rapidly evolving Internet booking environment was key to ResExpo, the industry's largest travel distribution show. Industry leaders...
Tech Bytes
Aramark Harrison Lodging has signed an agreement to implement the OPERA Xpress Property Management System from Micros Systems. Aramark operates more than...
Breathing Freer at the Hyatt Regency Chicago
For the past five months, the Hyatt Regency Chicago has been using Oreck Professional Air Purifiers. The results have been positive, says Greg Saunders,...
Vendor News
Broadband technologies provider STSN has a new name: iBAHN. The company's ownership and staff remain the same. KoolConnect Technologies, a supplier of...
