September 15, 2005
Articles
Are You Ready For $3.50 Gasoline?
I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but as you read this the price of gasoline at the pump may have passed the $3.50-a-gallon level. Even before Hurricane...
Blackstone Forms Luxury Resort Unit
Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, the new lodging industry powerhouse, is consolidating its resort portfolio. The company's newly formed LXR Luxury Resorts...
HYATT BEEFS UP BREAKFAST
Citing a goal to become an industry leader at breakfast, Hyatt Hotels recently introduced a new menu for the morning meal that combines consistency across...
Hilton Short Hills Updates Rollaway
As an alternative to the typical hotel rollaway bed or fold-out couch, the Hilton Short Hills (NJ) now offers the Portable Serenity Bed. The new bed features...
BRANDING BRIEFS
ARAMARK Harrison Lodging ARAMARK Harrison Lodging recently resumed management of the Dodgertown Sports & Conference Center in Vero Beach, FL. The firm...
HYATT GETS WINDY
Two Hyatts in Dallas recently became the largest hospitality industry purchasers of renewable energy. The properties Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion and...
CHAINS CHASE MINORITY FRANCHISEES
Several lodging chains have stepped up their efforts to lure minority developers and franchisees through financial incentives, preferred services and...
SUN DEVELOPMENT BANKS ON THE NEW
With six hotels in the pipeline and a Sun Development and Management portfolio approaching 30 properties, Indianapolis-based lodging magnate Bharat Patel...
A Voice for Travel and Tourism
To the editor: On behalf of The Travel Business Roundtable, I wanted to thank you for your editorial in the July 15 issue of Lodging Hospitality (pg....
TRANSACTIONS
Century Plaza Hotel & Spa Sunstone Hotel Investors has a deal to buy the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa in Los Angeles from Pivotal Group for $293 million....
EXECUTIVE SENTIMENT DIPS SLIGHTLY
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) registers continued expansion in general business conditions to a mark of 82.4 from 85.9 last month and...
PARKING: THE FIRST IMPRESSION THAT PAYS
Like front desk check-in, valet and self-parking services can be an important part of guest interaction. When done properly, hotel parking operations...
La Quinta Helps Danny Patel Grow His Business
Danny Patel is a first generation Asian American hotel owner who's learned valuable lessons from observing his parents own and operate hotels and working...
Extended Stay Remains Strong
Any way you look at it demand, occupancy, rate or RevPAR extended-stay remains one of the most successful segments in the hotel business. The Highland...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
New president of Millennium Hotels and Resorts, North America, is Sudheer Raghavan. He joins the chain from Singapore Airlines, where he was vice president...
Timeshare Sales Rocket Upward
Last year was another fantastic one for the timeshare business, as sales in the U.S. climbed a whopping 21.4 percent to $7.87 billion. A study conducted...
Timeshare Briefs
In late August, Starwood Vacation Ownership opened another phase of Harborside Resort at Atlantis in the Bahamas. The property has 116 villas.Villa del...
Leading Hotels Join Club Biz
The Leading Hotels of the World jumped into the growing, but sometimes controversial non-equity residence club business with the formation of The Leading...
Timeshare People
Appointments in the RCI Global Business Group: Amy Lipka to vice president of the mid-America region; and Todd Menendez and Robert Stolt to market directors...
Set Clear Objectives for Every Sales Call
Have you ever noticed that a good number of sales people don't have any idea of where they are going in a sales call? This can be frustrating for both...
Condo Hotels: Lodging's New Segment Again
It has become virtually impossible to attend an industry conference, read an industry trade journal or peruse one of the online industry sources without...
Spinning The Blogosphere
Heed this warning: Beware of the blog. Quickly proving to be a reckoning force, the emergence of the blog represents the most seismic shift in hotel marketing...
Design & Dcor Handbook
Welcome to Lodging Hospitality's First Annual Design & Dcor Handbook. We hope you'll find the accompanying guide to lodging interior design products a...
Bathroom Showcase
Decolav Vanity The 2575 vanity console from Decolav combines polished chrome, tempered glass and espresso-toned wood creating a focal point for the bath....
Computers, Seamlessness Roundtable Issues
The computers his firm installs in the public areas of hotels and resorts are heavily used, said Victor Alikin, president and founder of GBC Blue, an...
REVVING UP REVENUE MANAGEMENT
Hotel patrons want hotels to provide the right room at the right time and, most importantly, at the right price. At the same time, hotel managers want...
Tech Bytes
The SiteCatalyst Suite from web analytics provider Omniture is being used by interactive marketing company TIG Global to give hospitality clients access...
INNOVATIONS IN HOTEL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Access Control Solutions DeskLinc from Saflok is a safety system with the ability to offer smart card capability as a standard feature. DeskLinc enables...
VENDOR NEWS
Hilton Hotels Corp. recently selected two new ad agencies: Young & Rubicam/Irvine for Hilton brand creative services; and OMD/L.A., Atlanta and New York...
