March 2 (Reuters) - RQB Resort LP, owner of the Sawgrass Marriott golf resort where Tiger Woods made his public apology, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hurt by weak corporate and group bookings, court documents show.
RQB Resort listed estimated assets and liabilities of up to $500 million, court documents show. It owes Goldman Sachs (GS.N) about $193 million in principal and accrued interest, the filings show.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
IRISH HOTEL INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
A worrying 88% of hoteliers are concerned about the viability of their business for 2010 according to an industry survey undertaken by the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) with over 90% of respondents having reduced staffing levels during the last 18 months. The research was undertaken in advance of the IHF’s 72nd Annual Conference in Galway and canvassed 160 hotel owners and general managers to get a greater understanding of how the economic downturn is affecting the day to day running of their businesses.
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HVS Reports 25 Percent Fall in European Hotel Values Over Two Years
HVS’s London office has today released the latest edition of its annual review of European hotel value trends, the Hotel Valuation Index (HVI). The European HVI has tracked trends in upscale hotel values in 36 key European markets since 1993.
This current survey shows that on average hotel values across Europe, measured in euro, showed a fall in value of 13%, the second year in succession the index has shown a decrease in value. On average over the past two years hotel values across Europe have fallen by close to 25%. However, London has bucked the trend and HVS reports a significant growth year on year of 14% in sterling terms (whilst in Euro terms hotels in London showed a growth of only 1%). This follows an 11% fall in value of London hotels in sterling terms last year.
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This current survey shows that on average hotel values across Europe, measured in euro, showed a fall in value of 13%, the second year in succession the index has shown a decrease in value. On average over the past two years hotel values across Europe have fallen by close to 25%. However, London has bucked the trend and HVS reports a significant growth year on year of 14% in sterling terms (whilst in Euro terms hotels in London showed a growth of only 1%). This follows an 11% fall in value of London hotels in sterling terms last year.
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Domino's Pizza Announces 2009 Financial Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 2, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, today announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2009, each ended January 3, 2010. During the fourth quarter, the Company's domestic same store sales grew 1.4% as a result of increased store traffic. International same store sales grew 3.9% in the fourth quarter, marking the 64th consecutive quarter of same store sales growth for this division. Fourth quarter diluted EPS as reported was 41 cents, and was $1.38 for fiscal 2009. On an as adjusted basis, diluted EPS was 30 cents for the fourth quarter, a 58% increase over the fourth quarter of 2008, and was 87 cents for fiscal 2009, a 16% increase over fiscal 2008. During fiscal 2009, the Company repurchased approximately $189 million in principal amount of its fixed rate notes, and has repurchased approximately $239 million in principal amount over the past 14 months. Late in the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company successfully introduced a new core pizza product, continuing to build momentum for 2010.
David A. Brandon, Domino's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: "The bold steps we have been taking to re-ignite our domestic system helped us gain significant traction last year. We succeeded in our primary goal of growing traffic all four quarters of 2009. Traffic growth was the most significant in the fourth quarter; and this positive momentum has continued thus far in 2010, as sales and traffic have increased significantly since the launch of our new core pizza."
Brandon added, "Our international business achieved yet another strong positive quarter. This division has now posted positive quarterly same store sales for 16 consecutive years. The international business is now nearly half of our global retail sales and will continue to be a powerful growth engine for our business going forward."
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David A. Brandon, Domino's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: "The bold steps we have been taking to re-ignite our domestic system helped us gain significant traction last year. We succeeded in our primary goal of growing traffic all four quarters of 2009. Traffic growth was the most significant in the fourth quarter; and this positive momentum has continued thus far in 2010, as sales and traffic have increased significantly since the launch of our new core pizza."
Brandon added, "Our international business achieved yet another strong positive quarter. This division has now posted positive quarterly same store sales for 16 consecutive years. The international business is now nearly half of our global retail sales and will continue to be a powerful growth engine for our business going forward."
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