Caribe Island Resort (caribeisland.com), on the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize, is pleased to announce that a FREE wireless Internet access point has been installed. The system, which was implemented by NLG Consulting of Belize City, Belize, will cover the entire complex of the resort and will be accessible to all guests of Caribe [...]
Renowned Chicago-area Restaurateur and Chef Ted Cizma has been named Executive Chef of the award-winning, 900-acre Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, near Traverse City, Mich. In his new position, Executive Chef Cizma oversees all culinary staff and operations for the Resort’s food & beverage outlets including three restaurants, and all menu and food planning and [...]
With just five days to go until the Super Bowl, there’s no need to stress about finding a hotel room as there are plenty of options available.
Even Club Med Sandpiper in South Florida wants to get in on the Super Bowl action, despite being a two hour drive from Miami. From Feb. 2-8, the resort [...]
Last week’s recommendation that Kansas City should begin planning a 1,000-room headquarters hotel near Bartle Hall was deja vu all over again for developer Whitney Kerr Sr.
Kerr was intimately involved with Ross Perot Jr. in a tortuous effort during the early 1990s to build a 1,000-room hotel by the convention center. After several years of [...]
Kingdom Hotel Investments (”KHI”), the leading hotel and resort investment company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a prime beach site for the development of a luxury resort and residences for sale in Da Nang, Vietnam. The resort will be built for approximately US$ 65 million. This will be KHl’s first hotel in Vietnam [...]
A Colorado-based firm that specializes in buying furniture, fixtures and equipment for the hotel industry has opened a Honolulu office as part of an overseas expansion.
Benjamin West also opened an office in London as part of its expansion. The company also has offices in Boulder, Colo., and Dallas.
“Hotel brands, operators and owners [...]
ONE of East Lancashire’s most historic hotels has been sold as part of a £400million property deal.
The Dunkenhalgh, Clayton-le-Moors, has been sold by owners Macdonalds Hotel and Resorts as part of a deal covering 24 of its venues.
The 700-year-old-building has been bought by Moorfield Real Estate Fund, part of London-based property investment firm Moorfield Group.
Exact [...]
A downtown hotel has been rebranded with the Sheraton name.
The 361-room Marriott Austin Capitol at 701 E. 11th St. is now the Sheraton Austin Hotel. The property is Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.’s first in the Austin market.
Norwalk, Conn.-based HEI Hotels & Resorts purchased the hotel, making it the company’s 25th [...]
The developer of the eight-story Reserve project is negotiating to restart construction without any presales, according to Magellan Development Group.
Brian Gordon, Magellan’s vice president of development, told the North Loop Neighborhood Association Jan. 24 that they have finally found a bank that might be willing to provide financing for the project. The parties have drawn [...]
The city will not be making a separate taxation class for condominiums in Wetaskiwin.
A delegation of five condo corporations approached council asking them to consider a separate tax for condos.
According to the condo corporations, owners of condos are taxed like all residential units, but are required to provide additional funds for maintenance and repair of [...]
Mayor A.J. Holloway on Monday vetoed the Biloxi City Council’s decision to grant a height variance for a 29-story condominium building in west Biloxi.
“I think the public is telling us that this project seeks too much of a variance over the existing 175-foot ceiling,” Holloway said.
The City Council last week approved a waiver for the [...]
Developers George Anderson and Doug Cook want to redevelop 16 acres along the oceanfront here, creating 1,068 condo or condo-hotel units.
Anderson and Cook, operating under the corporate mantle ANC Ocean Front LLC, have submitted a planned unit development proposal to the city for the site, which stretches more than 600 feet along the ocean from [...]