July 1, 2008
Articles
There's No Reason to Fear Technology
I 've been attending HITEC, the industry's mega-technology trade show, for more than 30 years and, as you can imagine, I've seen a lot of changes. The...
Settle Inn, Guesthouse Grow
Settle Inn and its sister brand, GuestHouse International, are quietly on the move. Both chains (South Dakota-based Settle Inns purchased GuestHouse and...
Branding Briefs
Accor Accor North America added two new corporate-owned Motel 6 properties, in Willoughby, OH and Williamsville, NY, in its ongoing quest to reach 1,200...
Kimpton's Boutique Strategy
Michael Depatie, president and CEO of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, is at the center of the boutique hotel trend. In April, Kimpton announced it had closed...
Hotels Target Gay Market
As society generally becomes more tolerant of gay and lesbian lifestyles, hotels are coming out of the closet to attract this large and lucrative market....
Cocktail Time at Omni
Summer Sizzles is a new seasonal cocktail offering from Omni Hotels. The 45 properties in the Texas-based chain offer four new cocktails during different...
Transactions
Apple REIT 8 Apple REIT 8 paid R.D. Olson Development of Irvine, CA $80 million for Marriott Residence Inns in Burbank and Oceanside, CA. Olson last year...
Extended Stay Stays HOT
Despite the crummy state of the economy and an uptick in supply in the segment, extended stay continues to outperform the rest of the hotel industry,...
Texas Leads in New Construction
The LE Pipeline consists of ground-up new hotel construction, condo hotels and real estate conversion projects that, when opened, will add to the future...
Hospitality People In The News
Rajeev Panjwani was appointed director of international development for Southeast Asia for Wyndham Hotel Group. The former director of development for...
Lynn Is First With Timeshare Studies
As the vacation ownership industry continues to grow, hospitality schools are starting to take notice. Lynn University might not be the obvious choice...
Fontainebleau Readies For Reopening
The Fontainebleau, the quintessential Miami Beach resort, will reopen this fall following a $1-billion re-creation. While the resort's original circa-1954...
Timeshare/Resort Briefs
Later this year, Wyndham will open Green Village at Cap Cana, A Wyndham Grand Bay Resort on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic. The property will...
Redefining Relationships with Social Networking
In many ways, the hotel industry has changed little since 1829 when the Tremont House in Boston became the first U.S. hotel to offer amenities like private...
Not Your Father's Courtyard
Because the media pods are taken, I have to sit at a table in the lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott Fairfax Fair Oaks, the prototype for a thorough update...
Development Community Gathers in Chicago
The hotel development, financial and branding community will gather this month in Chicago for the inaugural Midwest Lodging Investors Summit. The Summit,...
Somewhere in the Middle
The Midwest makes up the center of the country, but it's far from the focal point of the hotel world. Los Angeles and New York City grab all the headlines,...
Clearing the Path
Many hotel facilities have signs and arrows pointing guests and visitors to different areas of the property. The signs aren't really necessary. Guests...
Red Roof Taps Softbrands For New Technology Infrastructure
Economy hotel brand Red Roof Inns recently completed a major renovation of its nearly 330 U.S. hotels and needed technology to match. It looked for integrated...
Tech Bytes
The automated business center from Vertical Systems has been installed at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA and the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables...
The Future of Sales & Catering
Next-generation event management on the horizon will take the industry beyond the Banquet Event Order. The benefits of increased collaboration have not...
TV Choices, Mandates: Proceed With Caution
Next Feb. 17 marks the transition to digital television, or DTV. How does this affect the hotelier? Televisions that are analog-only (no digital tuner)...
Getting Smart About Intelligence
Hersha Hospitality Management and Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants were looking for a simpler way to streamline data and become more profitable and efficient....
Vendor News
TIG Global received three Summit Creative Awards for its work with the El San Juan Hotel and Casino, the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa and the LXR Luxury...
