KEYPR®, the technology company whose enterprise cloud platform is the leader in guest experience and hospitality management, announced today that its system has been fully deployed at the iconic Washington Court Hotel located in the heart of Washington, D.C.
As a partner of The Madera Group and Chief Financial Officer of Tocaya Organica, Tanha will lead the company’s finance and administrative departments in determining overall financial strategy and direction of Tocaya Organica. His integral role will guide the functions of capitalization strategy, treasury, controller, accounting, tax and internal audit to pursue the company’s aggressive growth strategy.
KEYPR®, the leading hospitality technology company whose cloud-based platform integrates an end-to-end experience for guests and staff through embedded and mobile devices, announced today that the former CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House, has joined the company's Advisory Board.
Downtown Los Angeles is undergoing something of a renaissance. Once a haven of entertainment and retail, the area went into decline, but is now on the up again thanks to a swathe of new hotel development. We take a look inside the growing hotel scene in downtown LA.
Viceroy Hotel Group is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Kahi Arnaud to the position of Director of Sales and Marketing at Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. Arnaud brings more than 17 years of hospitality experience in international luxury sales, customer retention strategies and daily sales operations with resort destinations and city properties. In his new role, Kahi will lead all sales, marketing and revenue generation efforts for the property.
KEYPR®, the leading hospitality technology company whose cloud-based platform integrates an end-to-end hospitality experience for guests and staff through embedded and mobile devices, announced today that CGI Strategies' newest luxury residential property, The KODO, has deployed its expansive hospitality platform.
KEYPR®, the leading cloud-based, technology platform for the hospitality industry providing an integrated end-to-end experience for guests and staff through embedded and mobile devices, announced today that The Ivey's Hotel will be implementing its expansive hospitality platform, marking KEYPR's first property in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is pleased to announce that Vanessa Williams, the hotel's director of sales and marketing, has been honored in the March issue of Los Angeles Confidential Magazine as one of nine key "Women of Influence" in Southern California.
The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), honored the executives and companies responsible for the most influential hotel industry deals in 2017 with the prestigious ALIS awards. The winners were announced on Wednesday, January 24th, during the ALIS conference, which ran from January 22-24, 2018 at the JW Marriott and Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE. Nominees for the awards are evaluated based on outstanding business performance in various industry sectors.
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), the Central Business District of the city of Los Angeles, covers the area bounded by Interstate 110, Interstate 10, and the Los Angeles River. In the last two decades, attractions like the Staples Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the $3-billion L.A. LIVE entertainment complex have helped reestablish DTLA as a popular destination. In recent years, several multi-unit residential and commercial developments have changed the landscape significantly. The mixed-use Metropolis project (now under construction), the redevelopment of the BLOC retail center, and the addition of the Broad Museum are just a few projects that have advanced DTLA's renaissance in recent years.
“Karen Clancy is iconic in the concierge community and luxury hotel space. From the start of her career with Ritz-Carlton through the development of Concierge Assistant and most recently GoConcierge, her reputation as a friend and supporter to the concierge community is unparalleled,” says Wendy Zapach, ALICE's Head of Sales. “We plan on leveraging her relationships for our entire sales team and are eager to learn from her knowledge. Karen will specifically tackle the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii, and we believe that with her background in California and experience living in Hawaii, she is the ideal fit."
BLLA is pleased to announce the fifth installment of the Executive Women's Conference, focusing on elevating the voice of women in an industry that benefits so much from their impassioned efforts. The event is taking place on March 8th which is International Women's Day. After the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles and the 'Times Up' message and action, this conference is perfectly positioned to bring together professional women who work in travel and hospitality.
The LAX/El Segundo area has experienced robust growth in hotel demand in recent years, buoyed by increased passenger volume at LAX, the addition of new upper-upscale hotels, and sustained corporate demand from El Segundo and the surrounding markets. LAX is the second-busiest airport in the nation, behind Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, and the gateway to Southern California. The airport reached a new peak in passenger volume in 2016, which grew 7.0% over the prior year, and this trend continued through the September 2017 year-to-date period. The addition of Delta's direct flights from China on Boeing's Dreamliner and recent renovations at LAX have contributed to this growth.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of its newest hotel, the dual-branded Homewood Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport and H Hotel Los Angeles, Curio Collection by Hilton. Located less than a mile from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the new hotel brings 290 rooms to the City of Angels, and provides a great new lodging option for the more than 40 million* leisure and business travelers that come through what is considered one of the country's busiest airports**. The property is the first hotel in Los Angeles for both brands, Homewood Suites' fourth in Los Angeles County. The opening also adds to the growing number of multi-brand hotels Hilton currently has open or in the pipeline throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Middle East to better serve both travelers and developers.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of its newest hotel, the dual-branded Homewood Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport and H Hotel Los Angeles, Curio Collection by Hilton. Located less than a mile from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the new hotel brings 290 rooms to the City of Angels, and provides a great new lodging option for the more than 40 million* leisure and business travelers that come through what is considered one of the country's busiest airports**. The property is the first hotel in Los Angeles for both brands, Homewood Suites' fourth in Los Angeles County. The opening also adds to the growing number of multi-brand hotels Hilton currently has open or in the pipeline throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Middle East to better serve both travelers and developers.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world"s leading hotel companies, proudly announces the opening of the InterContinental® Los Angeles Downtown hotel. As the tallest building west of Chicago, the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel forever elevates the Los Angeles skyline at 1,100 feet and 73 stories.
sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning international hospitality brands, announced today the appointment of Daniel del Olmo as CEO of Disruptive Restaurant Group and Umami Burger. Daniel’s arrival marks the company’s eleventh executive placement of 2017, adding to an already strong roster of top industry leaders, and underscores the group’s revitalized focus on accelerating the growth of its preeminent restaurant and nightlife concepts beyond the sbe platform.
Twenty Four Seven Hotels (www.247hotels.com), West Coast leaders in hotel management, investment and development, has announced the addition of DoubleTree by Hilton LAX – El Segundo to its management portfolio. The LAX hotel is the first of four new management contracts in the LA area in 2017.Twenty Four Seven Hotels played a pivotal role in the highly complex transaction providing guidance to the buyer on the transactional side with sourcing, underwriting and acquiring the hotel, and on the capitalization side by assisting in the structuring of new mezzanine financing in conjunction with assumption of a senior CMBS loan. The real estate transaction and loan were both successfully brokered by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF), on behalf of the new owner Umbrella Hotel Group, an emerging owner and developer of hotels in the Western U.S.DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel LAX is a 216-room property and the only full-service hotel within El Segundo, just minutes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Recognized as the aerospace capital of the world, the community of El Segundo is home to many of the world's most influential Fortune 500 companies. Twenty Four Seven Hotels is based in Newport Beach and has also assumed management of the hotel. Twenty Four Seven Hotels consistently plays a critical advisory role in financial transactions and asset management strategies in addition to its management services, leveraging the company's extensive network of brokers a nd investment institutions that align with their vision. This unique contract marks their first DoubleTree hotel operation, and fuels the brand's current momentum as they continue to build their portfolio, which includes 19 managed hotels through the Western U.S. with six more currently under construction, including a second DoubleTree set to open in Los Angeles County in the 4th quarter."Joining forces with both Umbrella Hotel Group and the HFF capital markets team generated the synergy required to pull off such a complex transaction. We would not have been able to navigate the various milestones without a tremendous amount of deal savvy from all stakeholders involved," said Drew Hardy, President of Twenty Four Seven Hotels."With their expertise and strong relationships, we were fortunate to align with Twenty Four Seven Hotels on this significant investment opportunity, and we know their management platform will take the property to the next level in meeting our investment objectives," said Charu Goyal, founder and president of Umbrella Hotel Group, a family-owned, California-based hospitality company with a diverse inventory of retail and hotel properties.Catering to both business and leisure travelers, the seven-story DoubleTree by Hilton LAX is ideally situated in El Segundo, a hotbed for industry and innovation with the famed Silicon Beach next door. The hotel underwent renovations in 2016 that consisted of a complete reconfiguration and enhancement of first-floor public areas and guestroom upgrades. The design refresh of the remaining six floors of guestrooms and a brand-new pool deck will complete the transformation in early 2018, along with tech upgrades including Whistle, a guest-oriented text messaging system. The hotel features a junior Olympic-sized, heated, outdoor pool; 3,238 square feet of indoor meeting space and 625 square feet of poolside outdoor space; new fitness center; 24-hour business center; snack shop; airport shuttle; printing service and East Grand Bar & Grille restaurant. Situated on 2.33 acres at 1985 East Grand Avenue, the hotel, which is in the South Bay office submarket, is surrounded by more than 33 million square feet of office space.About Umbrella Hotel Group
This October, BLLA is disrupting the boutique space with the launch of the Stay Boutique™ Leadership Conference, replacing the association's annual Leadership Symposium. Designed to congregate the leaders and influencers in the community, the new conference will take the boutique and lifestyle sector to new heights, dissect the "new boutique mindset" and forecast ahead to what boutique means for 2018. Hotel pioneers, lifestyle authorities and hospitality innovators will gather at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center for this three-day event to educate the boutique community and network with the industry's most influential players.
Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel, the premier luxury property scheduled to open fall 2017 on East Valley Boulevard, has announced that Sunny Saha has been appointed Assistant General Manager.