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May 28, 2009

Kevin Croke has been named Sales and Marketing Executive of The Year at HSMAI Greater New York Chapter

The Greater New York chapter of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has named Kevin Croke as the Sales and Marketing Executive of The Year for 2009. Croke is one of eight individuals being recognized for outstanding work and dedication to the sales and marketing profession. He will be honored at a black tie gala awards ceremony on June 11, 2009 at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in New York. As Director of Sales and Marketing for The Roosevelt Hotel NYC, Croke is responsible for the overall sales and marketing efforts for this 1,015-room midtown hotel that boasts more than 30,000 square feet of meeting space. With more than 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Croke, of West Orange, NJ, has been with The Roosevelt Hotel since 1999. He is responsible for developing new business and industry partners, as well as maintaining and increasing hotel revenues. Prior to joining The Roosevelt Hotel, he was director of sales and marketing at the 561-room 4 star Millennium Hilton Hotel in New York. During that time he orchestrated revenue strategies amounting to annual sales of over $50 million.

HSMAI Greater New York Chapter

New York, New York, United States

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May 18, 2009

Schrager Plans Midtown Hotel | nypost.com

HOTEL king Ian Schrager has just worked out an agreement with Norman Sturner to turn the current, Class B office building at 1414 Avenue of the Americas into not just a two- or three-star establishment, but a "six-star" luxury Ian Schrager Hotel. "We will empty the property and let him do his magic," said Sturner of Schrager. Sturner's own job, he said, is to be the "owner." Through expiring leases, the building will be "virtually empty" by 2010, when $100 million in development work could start.

New York, New York, United States

May 14, 2009

Edward A. Mady has been appointed as General Manager at The New York Palace

Mr Mady joins from Ritz-Carlton where he has been Vice President and Area General Manager responsible for their properties in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and Phoenix since January 2002. Prior to that he worked in various General Manager positions for Ritz-Carlton between 1988 – 2002 including 8 years as GM for the Ritz Carlton in New York. A graduate of Saint Clair College Hotel & Restaurant School Mady’s career spans 35 years in the hospitality industry working for luxury hotels and groups in Canada and the United States. Before joining Ritz-Carlton Mady worked as Hotel Manager at The Helmsley Palace (now The New York Palace) between 1984 – 1988. He started his career in 1974 with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts where he worked for 8 years in key management positions and spent 3 years with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in the early 1980s. Highly regarded within the industry, Mady was a key part of the senior team when The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award both in 1992 and in 1999.

New York, United States

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May 11, 2009

An Industry Update With a Statistical Spin at 2009 NYU Hospitality Industry Investment Conference

Stephen Rushmore, president and founder of HVS, and Mark V. Lomanno, president of Smith Travel Research, will provide their annual insights and analysis of the hospitality industry in a general session titled Industry Update: The Statistical Spin at the 31st Annual NYU Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. Hosted by the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management and sponsored by the leading hospitality organizations, the conference is the premier hospitality finance and development forum of its kind where global hotel CEOs, analysts, and other hospitality leaders gather to discuss current and future developments in the industry.

New York, New York, United States

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April 28, 2009

People With Service Jobs Feel Economic Pain Early | nytimes.com

Hotel jobs have long offered a first step on the economic ladder to immigrants and people without a college education or work experience. But the steep drop in travel that started last fall has hit hotels hard and, in turn, buffeted already vulnerable workers. Many housekeepers, bus boys, dishwashers, doormen, valets and customer service agents have either lost their jobs or are working significantly fewer hours. In some cases, hotels have laid off workers and hired them back as independent contractors, without health insurance and other benefits. The fortunate have picked up other odd jobs at their current hotels, while some have scrambled to cobble together equally low-paying second and third positions elsewhere.

New York, New York, United States

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April 27, 2009

Manhattan’s Luxury and First-Class Hotel Market: A Ten-Year Review

By Jonathan B. Sebbane, Vice President, Roland de Milleret, Senior Vice President and Nicolas S. Graf, Ph.D., University of Houston. For most U.S. hotel markets, 2008 represented the first year of the recession; however, the Manhattan lodging market was able to weather the economic recession during the first nine months of the year, closing 2008 with moderate growth and remaining the top-performing market in the U.S. Despite its volatile nature, the Manhattan hotel market experienced growth in demand stronger than the increase in supply during the ten years from year-end 1998 to year-end 2008, allowing the market to aggressively push average rate and occupancy to levels well above those of the other Top U.S urban hotel markets and offering less downside risk and more upside potential.

New York, New York, United States

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April 24, 2009

W Hotels Unveils Waterfront Wow with the Grand Opening of W Hoboken

W® Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today unveils its latest insider escape with the grand opening of the highly anticipated W Hoboken hotel and The Residences at W Hoboken. This sleek riverfront property has been designed by New York-based Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, providing a contemporary cool environment for both international jetsetters and local loyalists. Expanding W Hotels’ portfolio to six hotels in the New York area and 29 hotels and retreats globally, W Hoboken provides a modern, fully integrated lifestyle experience from its 225 stylish guest rooms, including 23 suites, and 40 W branded residences to The Chandelier Room, a stylish lounge bar offering breathtaking city views; Zylo, a vibrant Tuscan steakhouse; Bliss® spa; and W Hotels The Store. Owned by Hoboken Hotel, LLC, an affiliate of Ironstate Holdings, LLC, W Hoboken is the ultimate insider escape.

New York, New York, United States

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April 23, 2009

Stephane Becht has been appointed as Executive Chef at The Pierre (a TAJ Hotel)

Celebrated for his ability to create innovative culinary programs in diverse luxury settings, Chef Becht's 29-year career features a veritable who's who of award-winning destination dining in Europe, the U.S. and the Caribbean at noted restaurants, luxury hotels and a fleet of cruise ships, including the Michelin-starred Taillevent, Lucas-Carton, Auberge de L'ill and La Couronne in France; La Grenouille in New York; L'Orangerie in Los Angeles; The Ocean Club at the One and Only Resort, Bahamas, and the Delano in Miami.

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New York, New York, United States

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April 20, 2009

Hyatt aims to open two new Manhattan hotels | crainsnewyork.com

After 29 years of getting by with just one Manhattan hotel—the 1,311 room Grand Hyatt next to Grand Central Terminal—Hyatt Hotel & Resorts will open two properties here in the next year. The Chicago-based company is opening a property on 41nd St. and Fifth Ave. across from Bryant Park early next year; and it is close to completing a second hotel at the corner of Wall St. and Water St. downtown. That one is slated to open in September. Both will bear the new Hyatt brand, Andaz, which the company bills as a boutique lifestyle property.

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New York, New York, United States

Press Release Finance

April 17, 2009

The Economists' Update at 2009 NYU Hospitality Industry Investment Conference

Bjorn Hanson, Ph.D., a clinical associate professor at the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, will moderate the annual Economists’ Update, featuring well-known economists Bernard Baumohl and David Wyss, at the 31st Annual NYU Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. Hosted by the NYU Tisch Center and sponsored by the leading hospitality organizations, the conference is the premier hospitality finance and development forum of its kind where global hotel CEOs, analysts, and other hospitality leaders gather to discuss current and future developments in the industry.

New York, New York, United States

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April 17, 2009

NY Hotel Rates Plunged 30% Vs. Last Year | usatoday.com

Nightly hotel rates in the Big Apple between January and March plunged nearly 30%, to an average of $284 vs. $404 during the same period in 2008, a new study shows. Ovation Travel Group, the USA's 6th biggest corporate travel firm, conducted the study. It surveyed room rates in 30 key global cities, including 12 U.S. cities.

New York, New York, United States

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April 7, 2009

Brian Williams to Go 'Beyond the Boardroom' with Jonathan Tisch at 2009 NYU Hospitality Conference

In a reversal of roles, Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, will be interviewed by Jonathan M. Tisch, chairman and chief executive officer of Loews Hotels, at the 31st Annual NYU Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. Hosted by the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management and sponsored by leading hospitality organizations, the conference is the premier hospitality finance and development forum of its kind where global hotel CEOs, analysts, and other hospitality leaders gather to discuss current and future developments in the industry. The full NYU conference program agenda is now available online.

New York, New York, United States

April 3, 2009

Market Report: New York City

As the saying goes, the bigger they come, the harder they fall. And the New York City hotel market, which had started to achieve new peaks of performance, has tumbled badly since October 2008. Almost to the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed, the NYC hotel market has been weakening. But the weakness in the financial markets only tells part of the story. This article will examine the recent trends in New York hotel market conditions and provide some insight into what the future might hold.

New York, New York, United States

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April 3, 2009

Desires Hotels Announces Winning Name to "You Name It, We Claim It" Campaign

Last night, all the votes were tallied and now New York City's newest boutique hotel has its new name — The MAve. Desires Hotels asked everyone for their opinion, from the neighborhood dog walker cruising through Madison Square Park, to the sun-bather in South Beach, to the number-cruncher leaving the Met Life Building to grab a bite at the Shake Shack; and the answer was loud and clear, The MAve hotel will now become a part of New York City's Flatiron District landscape.

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New York, New York, United States

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March 30, 2009

Hotel Review: The Standard in New York City | nytimes.com

It’s hard to think of a hotel that has generated as much buzz as the Standard. The owner, André Balazs (who runs sister hotels in Los Angeles and Miami Beach), hired Polshek Partnership Architects to create a concrete and glass slab on stilts, an architectural tour de force that has fascinated motorists along the West Side of Manhattan. But what of the interiors? The public spaces — including a restaurant and beer garden at ground level and bars and a lounge on the top two floors of the hotel — won’t open until summer. And so the crowd, which will most likely be young and chic, has yet to descend. No matter. The rooms, it turns out, have a lot to recommend them. And during the soft opening (with about two-thirds of the 337 rooms in service), $195 covers not just accommodations but breakfast for two, with a view.

New York, New York, United States

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March 30, 2009

High Concepts At Low Prices | newsweek.com

Design hotels have figured out how to deliver stylish innovation for the cost of a night at the Holiday Inn. When the Morgans Hotel opened in New York City in 1984, the first property in Ian Schrager's soon-to-be empire pioneered a luxury hospitality trend, putting esthetics and conspicuous cool over traditional pampered service. Now, after more than two decades, design hotels are evolving in a more democratic direction, emphasizing affordable rates without sacrificing innovation. The shift is timely; with luxury tourism hurting, these hot properties are attracting guests—for cheap.

New York, New York, United States

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March 27, 2009

New York panel reaffirms prolonged downturn | hotelnewsnow.com

Yesterday, Proskauer Rose LLP and Ernst & Young held a seminar attended by many of the top New York-based people in the industry. Here are the summary results of the panels, which mirrors what I’ve been saying in this column for the past several weeks: 1. Nobody is willing to predict the next year, but the consensus was RevPAR will be down 15 percent to 20 percent, or maybe more than 20 percent, in 2009. 2. 2009 already is a lost year and a wipeout. 3. There’s hope but no conviction 2010 will be better, but nobody is willing to predict.

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March 27, 2009

Fun Time: Applied Development site readies for opening in Hoboken | nydailynews.com

After an anticipation-filled wait, the W Hoboken is to open in style today, followed by a large party at the end of April. Developed by Applied Development Co., a family-owned New Jersey firm that got its start building affordable homes, the W Hoboken is a 25-story building designed by architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates on the Hudson River across from the West Village. It has 225 hotel rooms, a double-height lounge bar and 40 upscale condominiums, all of which sold out at record prices for New Jersey condominiums.

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New York, New York, United States

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March 27, 2009

Thompson Opens Smyth Hotel in TriBeCa

Thompson Hotels, in collaboration with Tribeca Partners announces the opening of Smyth, its fifth Urban Resort in Manhattan. Custom-tailored to its TriBeCa location, Smyth draws its inspiration from the vibrant neighborhood; offering an intimate hideaway of 100 guestrooms in a newly-constructed building on West Broadway and Chambers Street.

New York, New York, United States

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March 26, 2009

New York Palace Hotel's Manager Fired For Religious Remarks | nydailynews.com

The manager of one of the city's most luxurious hotels was given the boot after ordering a Catholic employee to clean up his forehead on Ash Wednesday. "Wipe that f-----g s--t off your face," managing director Niklaus Leuenberger told a bell captain at the New York Palace Hotel on Feb. 25, sources said. The unholy ultimatum ended up costing Leuenberger his job at the Palace, a swanky 55-story tower on Madison Ave. across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral. "As of Monday, March 23, Leuenberger is no longer employed by the New York Palace," hotel spokeswoman Teresa Delaney told the Daily News Tuesday.

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New York, New York, United States