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| 1 | Carriage House - Kohler, WI | Call | Wireless | EthoStream, LLC | | 2 | AmericInn - Oshkosh, WI | Free | Wireless | EthoStream, LLC | | 3 | Marriot - Burr Ridge, IL | free | wireless | Innflux | | 4 | Baymont - Gainesville, FL | Call | Wireless | EthoStream, LLC | | 5 | La Quinta - Bolingbrook, IL | free | wireless | Innflux | | 6 | Country Inn - Chippewa Falls, WI | free | wireless | Innflux | | 7 | Marriot - Elmhurst, IL | free | wireless | Innflux | | 8 | Country Inn & Suites - St Cloud, MN | free | both | Innflux | | 9 | Comfort Suites - South Bend, IN | free | wireless | Innflux | | 10 | Hilton Garden Inn - Middleton, WI | Call | | | |
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Olympic flame goes out on Beijing hotel market | Horwath HTL Reports
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:45:28
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| As Beijing residents get back to life after the Olympics, it appears most visitors have taken the first plane out. Beijing’s hoteliers said goodbye to the majority of their guests just a day after the Games. Hotels across Beijing were only one third full by Tuesday 26 August according to data from STR Global. During the Games, the average room occupancy across Beijing was 79 percent and remained relatively constant until closing ceremony night, where occupancy was still 75 percent. This dropped suddenly to 42 percent on the first day after the Games and declined further to 33 percent the following day.
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STR reports U.S. hotel performance for the week ending 23 August 2008
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:27
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| The U.S. hotel industry experienced occupancy and RevPAR declines during the week of 17 – 23 August 2008, according to data from STR. Average daily rate increased. In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy fell 3.8 percent to end the week at 65.5 percent. Average daily rate increased 3.1 percent to finish the week at $105.75. Revenue per available room for the week decreased 0.8 percent to finish at $69.27.
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French hotel group Accor braces for slowdown | reuters.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:34:06
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| Accor, the world's fourth-largest hotel group, announced a new round of cost savings on Thursday as it warned of tough times ahead and said the U.S. slowdown was accelerating "week after week". The French hotels and services group, which operates the Ibis and Sofitel hotel chains, gave a full-year profit target slightly below forecasts and also said hiving off its services unit was not currently on the cards.
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Travel slump has an upside: deals on hotels | wsj.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:32:23
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| Cash-strapped travelers may finally get a break on rising hotel prices this fall -- courtesy of airline cutbacks and high gasoline prices. Airlines' service cuts and rising fuel costs have damped travel demand to several popular resort destinations. That has spurred some hotels to offer plentiful deals and to temper rate increases to woo reluctant vacationers -- an about-face from recent years, when soaring demand for hotel rooms led to record room-rate increases.
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Barceló UK partners with Swisscom to provide Premium Internet guest services
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:46
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| Swisscom and Barceló UK today announced a partnership to provide guests staying at any Barceló UK property with Swisscom’s Premium Internet guest services. Barceló UK, previously known as Paramount Group of Hotels, comprises 21 luxury and high-end properties in England, Scotland and Wales, with a total of over 2’800 bedrooms and 160 conference rooms. Swisscom’s suite of Premium Internet guest services includes a range of tailored solutions for guest rooms, meeting rooms and the hotel lobby. Thanks to Swisscom’s web portal Guestroom 2.0®, for instance, hoteliers can propose a bouquet of added-value services to their guests including remote printing, real-time flight information and online access to hundreds of e-newspapers, among others, at no extra charge.
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Celebration of Excellence to Honor Distinguished CHA and MHS Designees
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:32
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| The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) will revive a long-standing tradition when it hosts the Celebration of Excellence breakfast for Certified Hotel Administrators and Master Hotel Suppliers on Monday, November 10, 2008, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center during the American Hotel & Lodging Association Fall Conference in New York.
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New Edition of Textbook Reflects Internet’s Role in Hospitality Sales and Marketing
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:34:42
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| The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has published the fifth edition of Hospitality Sales and Marketing, written by James R. Abbey, Ph.D., CHA. This textbook goes beyond theory to focus on a customer-oriented and practical approach for effectively marketing hotels and restaurants. The book explores the “four Ps” (price, product, promotion, and place) as they relate to specific market segments, providing students with a customer-focused perspective.
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Consumer Recourse - We Cannnot Hide The Warts Anymore | By Ragsdale Hendrie
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:32:40
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| Remember when: - Restaurants, B&B’s and small resorts said that they did not need to have a web site or even advertise, because their business was based upon families and friends who have visited for generations. - Guests and Visitors, who had a complaint, either had to phone or write in long hand to the Manager/Owner, the Mayor’s Office or the head of the Chamber or CVB and then hope for a response. - Written Comment Cards were our only means to gather information about Customer Satisfaction or their Experience at our Retail business. - Promotion of our lodgings or restaurants was deferred to AAA or Mobil or Michelin, as they were the only game in town.
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BookingBooster wins business from MSA operator in the UK
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:55
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| Welcome Break Group UK, the second largest MSA operator in the UK with a portfolio of 21 hotels, has signed an agreement to roll out the new Web 3.0 Channel Management and Internet Distribution platform from BookingBooster to enhance its business processes. The new systems have been trialled at two of the hotels and the remaining hotels are scheduled to be rolled out ongoing over a period of 2 months.
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Brad Wilson is named COO at Denihan Hospitality Group
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:46:28
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| Brad Wilson has been named chief operating officer of the New York-based Denihan Hospitality Group (DHG), which operates Affinia Hotels, The Benjamin and The James hotel brands. As DHG's first-ever COO, Wilson is charged with developing new infrastructures at the corporate level, and orchestrating an integrated effort to ensure the continued growth of the brands.
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IHG to add close to 1,000 InterContinental and Holiday Inn hotel rooms and suites in South Korea
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:41:42
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| IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has signed an agreement with Gwangwondo Development Corporation (GDC) to manage two Resorts and Suites under the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Suites brands. This adds another close to 1,000 rooms to IHG's pipeline in Korea and doubles the number of IHG hotels in this market.
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IHG to open first Holiday Inn Hotel in Vietnam in 2012
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:39:26
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| IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has signed an agreement with MBLand (Military Bank Land) to manage the Group's first Holiday Inn Hotel in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi. Scheduled to open in 2012, the new hotel, with more than 300 rooms, will be known as Holiday Inn Hanoi Dong Da and will be part of a mixed-development complex with an upmarket retail and commercial centre.
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Marriott International Plans Three More Courtyard by Marriott Hotels for France
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:36:31
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| Marriott International (NYSE:MAR) plans to open three additional upper-moderately-priced Courtyard by Marriott hotels in France over the next 36 months. They are the: 150-room Courtyard by Marriott St. Denis Pleyel, in suburban Paris and scheduled to open in 2009 | 170-room Courtyard by Marriott Arcueil in suburban Paris and planned to open in 2010 | 210-room Courtyard by Marriott Marseille Euromed Center, slated for opening in 2011.
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Accor: High Quality First-Half 2008 Results | Significant Progress in Implementing the Strategic Plan | A Transformed, Less Cyclical Group
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:29:54
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| Solid first-half revenue performance: up 5.2% like-for-like(1), up 11.8% in Services and up 5.1% in Hotels | Improvement in operating margin: 0.8 points like-for-like, particularly a strong increase in Services (up 1.1 pt) | Operating profit before tax and non-recurring items: EUR393 million, up 16.0% like-for-like and 25.0% like-for-like and excluding the impact of the return to shareholders | Sharp improvement in profitability: ROCE(2) of 14.5%, vs. 12.8% at June-end 2007 | Full-year target for operating profit before tax and non-recurring items: between EUR910 million and EUR930 million, up 16.0% like-for-like and excluding the impact of the return to shareholders.
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What's In the Stars? (Russian 5-star hotels don’t compensate better than their 4-star counterparts) | By Tatiana Veller and Ekaterina Gil | HVS International
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:23:41
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| In our most recent article on management packages we noted that the Executive Committee members in 4- and 5-star hotels in Moscow and St.-Pete's were compensated, on average, significantly better in 2007 than in 2008. The average change in their base salaries was 18% across all positions. Most likely, this is directly tied to the overall better performance of the hotel properties under international management: better economic conditions in Russia and rising inflow of FDI increase the volume of business travel to the country, which in turn strengthens the "seller's market" situation in room supply and helps increase the rates.
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Hilton Hotels Corporation Makes $3 Million Commitment to Annual Scholarship Fund
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:01:09
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| Hilton Hotels Corporation (“Hilton”), presented to CollegeBound Foundation the first installment of a $3 million 15 year commitment towards the Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel Scholarship Fund at the Hilton Baltimore’s official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. The $200,000 check was presented to launch the program increasing educational opportunities for students in Baltimore to pursue a career in the hospitality industry.
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Beijing hotel rates, revenue spike during 2008 Olympic Games | STR Global reports
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:59:12
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| A study of daily hotel performance by STR Global shows significant rate and revenue spikes in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games as the city posted an occupancy rate of 88.47 percent during the event. Secondary host cities Hong Kong and Qingdao experienced RevPAR declines. “Beijing’s hoteliers benefited hugely from the Olympic Games, reporting a tripling in average room rates,” said James Chappell, Managing Director of STR Global. “However, with the increased supply in the city, it will be interesting to see how the legacy of the Games will impact the city in the future.”
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European Chain Hotels Market Review | July 2008 | TRI Hospitality Reports
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:49:22
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| July was a mixed month for European chain hotels, with year-on-year profit growth in half of the cities surveyed by TRI Hospitality Consulting’s latest HotStats report. Income before fixed charges (IBFC) – also known as gross operating profit – increased in Budapest, Hamburg, London, Munich and Paris. The German cities of Munich and Hamburg stood out as the only markets to report a year-on-year increase in demand. In Munich, the sample of four and five-star international chain hotels reported average occupancy up by 1.3 percentage points to 82.1 per cent, the second highest in the survey.
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IDS Softwares Forays Into Nigeria With Valueplus Softwares
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:50
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| IDS Softwares Pvt. Ltd. (IDS), global leader in providing integrated IT solutions for the hospitality industry, has reinforced its presence in Africa by entering the Nigerian Market. The company has partnered with Value Plus Softwares, a leading IT enterprise, based in Abuja, Nigeria, engaged in banking software solutions, e-banking, ID card solutions, Payroll, POS, Inventory control systems and more. This is the fourth African nation where IDS hopes to repeat the success that it has enjoyed in Ghana, Egypt and Seychelles.
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VFM Interactive to Power DerbySoft’s media distribution
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:34:14
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| DerbySoft, a technology company at the forefront of hospitality distribution in China, and VFM Interactive, the world’s leading provider of online media production and distribution solutions for the hotel and travel industry, announced an exclusive partnership to empower the thousands of hotels in DerbySoft’s system to increase online bookings across a full spectrum of channels through the power of visual imagery.
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TeleAdapt Brings Byrne Power
November 9th, 2006
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Sparks, NV, November 07, 2006 – TeleAdapt Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of the Byrne Electrical Specialists, Inc. line of Power and Data Centers to their PowerHub™ line of guestroom power solutions.
With the increasing amount of portable electronics that accompany today’s guest, the average guestroom is unable to supply an adequate number of conveniently located power outlets.
TeleAdapt’s new PowerHub™ line is a property-wide solution to power outlet limitations, available outlets located just out of reach or blocked by a large piece of furniture or equipment. The PowerHub™ line includes the Byrne MHO™, Assemble™, Communications Sphere™, Retractable Power Center™ Mini-Port™, Edge Mount Power Data Center™ and the MiniTap™ Side Mount power outlet. All models are UL Listed and are available in various configurations, finishes and colors. |
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Interstate Hotels earnings rise
November 9th, 2006
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Interstate Hotels & Resorts reported sharply higher earnings, from higher room rates and fuller hotels and from collecting contract-termination fees.
The Arlington-based hotel operator had third-quarter net income of $15.2 million, or 48 cents per share, compared with $5.4 million, or 17 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue was $80.9 million, up from $55.2 million.
Interstate collected fees from The Blackstone Group and Sunstone Hospitality in connection with the termination of several management contracts. |
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iBAHN Introduces Airline PC
November 9th, 2006
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - (Nov. 7, 2006) – Based upon feedback and demand from its hotel customers, iBAHN™ is launching the iBAHN Airline PC™, a limited purpose version of its industry leading Lobby PC™, which is currently installed in more than 1,000 hotels worldwide.
iBAHN Airline PC is a dedicated computer designed to easily print boarding passes in the hotel lobby before heading to the airport. The unit provides free access to all major airline websites, enabling travelers to quickly stop and print out their boarding passes.
“Hotels have clearly indicated they want to provide free boarding pass printing services to their guests, and we are delighted to be able to deliver a solution to their needs,” said Wendy S. Kelley, iBAHN’s vice president of marketing. “iBAHN Airline PC is a single purpose unit designed to help hotels deliver a high-value service with the least amount of difficulty.”
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Lowe Hospitality Bolsters Acquisitions Team
November 9th, 2006
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ENGLEWOOD, CO— Lowe Hospitality Group, the parent of Destination Hotels & Resorts, has named Rick Rush vp, hospitality investments.
Lowe's acquisitions team is responsible for generating acquisitions on behalf of the company clients including Lowe Hospitality Investment Partners, a $266 million discretionary fund that invests solely in hotel and resort properties.
Rush joins Lowe from Sage Hospitality, where he was senior vp, acquisitions.
Destination Hotels & Resorts manages 30 independent hotels, resorts, and golf clubs, accounting for 7,000 guestrooms. |
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