The deal: The Buffet of Buffets pass ($45.99 per person, plus tax) allows you unlimited meals for a 24-hour period from the time you start using it. Whether it’s sampling desserts at Caesars or crab legs and prime rib at Harrah’s, the card’s got you covered for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Buffet stops included with the pass are:
> Lago Buffet at Caesars Palace Las Vegas;
> Paradise Garden Buffet at Flamingo Las Vegas;
> Flavors at Harrah’s Las Vegas;
> Emperor’s Buffet at Imperial Palace Las Vegas;
> Le Village Buffet at Paris Las Vegas;
> Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Las Vegas; and
> Carnival World Buffet at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Hotwire Reveals Hotel Rate Report for September 2010
Hotwire Reveals Hotel Rate Report for September 2010
Canadian Cities Return to the List of Price Drops While New Orleans Tops List of Price Increases
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 - Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced the results of the September 2010 Hotwire® Hotel Rate Report. The report features the top five cities in North America where hotel rates have dropped the most and the top five cities where rates have experienced the biggest price increase. While one report guides customers to the destinations that will maximize their travel dollars, the other helps inform travelers where using Hotwire to save money will be even more essential.
Top Five Price Drops:
It’s been nearly a year since a Canadian city has appeared on the North American Hotel Rate Report, but this month Canada makes a strong return with two great cities. Calgary, still suffering from slow business traffic, tops the list with an eight percent drop while Vancouver comes in at number three with a three percent drop. As a major leisure destination, hoteliers in Vancouver are dropping rates to compensate for a slower than expected summer season.
Las Vegas holds onto the number five spot this month as new inventory comes online, adding more pricing competition in the city. This, coupled with their intensely hot summer season, continues to keep prices down.
When compared to the same time last year, the top five hotel price reductions for September 2010 include:
Price Example of a Current
Rank Hotel Market Drops Hotwire Deal, US$/Night
1 Calgary, AB - 8% 3-star $99
2 Madison, WI - 4% 3.5-star $69
3 Vancouver, BC - 3% 3.5-star $91
Salt Lake
4 City, UT - 2% 4-star $83
5 Las Vegas, NV - 2% 4-star $72
Top Five Price Increases:
New Orleans hotel prices have the largest price increases this month with rates in the “Big Easy” rising by 22 percent. The city is seeing a huge boost in occupancy over last year due to a number of factors. Conventions are returning to town and attendance is up versus last year. In addition, hotels in the area are also filled with many workers who are dealing with the oil spill cleanup, providing those properties with consistent business. As a result, casual travelers are faced with higher rates.
As we expected last month, San Francisco and Toronto continue to make the list. This month San Francisco climbs to the number two spot with a 20 percent increase due to strong convention business. Meanwhile, Toronto drops two spots from last month coming in at number five with a 15 percent increase. Rate increases in Canada’s largest city are primarily driven by corporate visitors, who are flocking back to this financial hub.
When compared to the same time last year, the top five hotel price increases for September 2010 include:
Example of a
Price Current Hotwire
Rank Hotel Market Increases Deal, US$/Night
New Orleans,
1 LA 22% 4-star $92
San
Francisco,
2 CA 20% 3-star $100
3 Miami, FL 19% 4-star $84
4 Portland, OR 17% 3.5-star $86
5 Toronto, ON 15% 3.5-star $90
“This month is a great time for travelers to visit some of the best leisure destinations in North America, especially those up North in Canada where prices are dropping to compensate for a slow summer,” said Clem Bason, President of the Hotwire Group. “As for destinations that are seeing price increases, consumers will have to be more vigilant to find good deals and should aim for weekend getaways when prices are generally lower due to the lack of business travelers.”
Over 1.8 million hotel rooms go unsold across North America every night. Hotwire is able to deliver great deals across all types of markets because it works with hotels, airlines, and car rental companies to fill unsold inventory.
About the Hotwire Hotel Rate Report
The Hotwire Hotel Rate Report will run results during the second week of each month. Results are calculated by looking at Hotwire stay dates for select regions in the current month, and comparing prices in the current month against Hotwire prices in the same month in the prior year. Prices are compared within the same star rating categories for consistency, and the percent change in price for each region is generated as an overall average of the changes in those categories. The prices in the charts above are examples for a particular star rating category within that market, and actual prices may be higher or lower than the example that is provided.
About Hotwire
Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognized Hotwire for ranking “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web Sites, Three Years in a Row.” Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. CST# 2053390-40. NST: 20003-0209. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/.
Canadian Cities Return to the List of Price Drops While New Orleans Tops List of Price Increases
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 - Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced the results of the September 2010 Hotwire® Hotel Rate Report. The report features the top five cities in North America where hotel rates have dropped the most and the top five cities where rates have experienced the biggest price increase. While one report guides customers to the destinations that will maximize their travel dollars, the other helps inform travelers where using Hotwire to save money will be even more essential.
Top Five Price Drops:
It’s been nearly a year since a Canadian city has appeared on the North American Hotel Rate Report, but this month Canada makes a strong return with two great cities. Calgary, still suffering from slow business traffic, tops the list with an eight percent drop while Vancouver comes in at number three with a three percent drop. As a major leisure destination, hoteliers in Vancouver are dropping rates to compensate for a slower than expected summer season.
Las Vegas holds onto the number five spot this month as new inventory comes online, adding more pricing competition in the city. This, coupled with their intensely hot summer season, continues to keep prices down.
When compared to the same time last year, the top five hotel price reductions for September 2010 include:
Price Example of a Current
Rank Hotel Market Drops Hotwire Deal, US$/Night
1 Calgary, AB - 8% 3-star $99
2 Madison, WI - 4% 3.5-star $69
3 Vancouver, BC - 3% 3.5-star $91
Salt Lake
4 City, UT - 2% 4-star $83
5 Las Vegas, NV - 2% 4-star $72
Top Five Price Increases:
New Orleans hotel prices have the largest price increases this month with rates in the “Big Easy” rising by 22 percent. The city is seeing a huge boost in occupancy over last year due to a number of factors. Conventions are returning to town and attendance is up versus last year. In addition, hotels in the area are also filled with many workers who are dealing with the oil spill cleanup, providing those properties with consistent business. As a result, casual travelers are faced with higher rates.
As we expected last month, San Francisco and Toronto continue to make the list. This month San Francisco climbs to the number two spot with a 20 percent increase due to strong convention business. Meanwhile, Toronto drops two spots from last month coming in at number five with a 15 percent increase. Rate increases in Canada’s largest city are primarily driven by corporate visitors, who are flocking back to this financial hub.
When compared to the same time last year, the top five hotel price increases for September 2010 include:
Example of a
Price Current Hotwire
Rank Hotel Market Increases Deal, US$/Night
New Orleans,
1 LA 22% 4-star $92
San
Francisco,
2 CA 20% 3-star $100
3 Miami, FL 19% 4-star $84
4 Portland, OR 17% 3.5-star $86
5 Toronto, ON 15% 3.5-star $90
“This month is a great time for travelers to visit some of the best leisure destinations in North America, especially those up North in Canada where prices are dropping to compensate for a slow summer,” said Clem Bason, President of the Hotwire Group. “As for destinations that are seeing price increases, consumers will have to be more vigilant to find good deals and should aim for weekend getaways when prices are generally lower due to the lack of business travelers.”
Over 1.8 million hotel rooms go unsold across North America every night. Hotwire is able to deliver great deals across all types of markets because it works with hotels, airlines, and car rental companies to fill unsold inventory.
About the Hotwire Hotel Rate Report
The Hotwire Hotel Rate Report will run results during the second week of each month. Results are calculated by looking at Hotwire stay dates for select regions in the current month, and comparing prices in the current month against Hotwire prices in the same month in the prior year. Prices are compared within the same star rating categories for consistency, and the percent change in price for each region is generated as an overall average of the changes in those categories. The prices in the charts above are examples for a particular star rating category within that market, and actual prices may be higher or lower than the example that is provided.
About Hotwire
Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognized Hotwire for ranking “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web Sites, Three Years in a Row.” Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. CST# 2053390-40. NST: 20003-0209. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/.
Court Approves Oaktree, Avenue As Lead Bidders For Sea Island
A bankruptcy judge said Oaktree Capital Management and Avenue Capital Group can serve as the lead bidders at the auction for Sea Island Co. but denied their request for a $2.5 million "overbid" premium, according to a lawyer involved in the Georgia resort's Chapter 11 case.
Judge John S. Dalis of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Brunswick, Ga., signed off on the auction procedures approving Oaktree and Avenue's stalking horse, or lead, bid at a hearing Thursday, said the creditors committee's lawyer, Jordi Guso.
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Judge John S. Dalis of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Brunswick, Ga., signed off on the auction procedures approving Oaktree and Avenue's stalking horse, or lead, bid at a hearing Thursday, said the creditors committee's lawyer, Jordi Guso.
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New Ad blames McDonalds for Heart Disease
McDonald's Corp. is the target of a new television commercial set to air in Washington, D.C., Thursday that blames the burger giant for heart disease.
In the commercial, produced by the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a woman weeps over a dead man lying in a morgue. In his hand is a hamburger. At the end, the golden arches appear over his feet, followed by the words, "I was lovin' it," a play on McDonald's longtime ad slogan, "I'm lovin' it." A voiceover says, "High cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks. Tonight, make it vegetarian."
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In the commercial, produced by the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a woman weeps over a dead man lying in a morgue. In his hand is a hamburger. At the end, the golden arches appear over his feet, followed by the words, "I was lovin' it," a play on McDonald's longtime ad slogan, "I'm lovin' it." A voiceover says, "High cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks. Tonight, make it vegetarian."
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Jail for woman who treated staff like slaves at restaurant
A HUMAN trafficker who treated staff like slaves at a well-known Yorkshire restaurant was jailed for three years yesterday.
Parveen Khan was 55 years old when she was convicted earlier this year of people trafficking in one of the first cases of its type.
Two of her sons, Raja, 33, and Shahnawaz Khan, 30, were also found guilty by a jury in March of conspiracy to traffic foreign workers to their family-owned Rajput restaurant in Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate. They were jailed for three years.
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Parveen Khan was 55 years old when she was convicted earlier this year of people trafficking in one of the first cases of its type.
Two of her sons, Raja, 33, and Shahnawaz Khan, 30, were also found guilty by a jury in March of conspiracy to traffic foreign workers to their family-owned Rajput restaurant in Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate. They were jailed for three years.
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Sacramento area Restaurants targeted by hackers
Roseville police are warning people eating out in Roseville to avoid using their debit cards and to pay with cash or use credit cards.
The warning is in response to a recent rash of credit card thefts connected to a multitude of Roseville eateries.
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The warning is in response to a recent rash of credit card thefts connected to a multitude of Roseville eateries.
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San Francisco Board votes today on Alchohol tax
Today at their 2 p.m. meeting at City Hall they will vote whether or not to impose a “fee” that will increase the cost of any alcohol sold in the city. The reason for the fee, according to the bill’s sponsor, John Avalos, is to defray the cost of treating alcohol-related disease. The city spends an estimated $17 million a year for health costs related to alcohol abuse; this fee will raise about $16 million.
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Ramsay's Flagship Restaurant Toppled in Zagat's London Guide
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is toppled as London’s finest for food today in the 2011 Zagat guide, after two years at the top. The winner, the Ledbury, in Westbourne Park, only managed 13th place last year.
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Cracker Barrel Reports 15% Increase in Fourth Quarter EPS
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2010
-- Fully diluted income per share from continuing operations of $1.14 ,an increase of 15.2%
-- Operating income margin was 7.4% of total revenue compared with 7.0% in the prior-year quarter
-- Comparable store restaurant and retail sales increased 2.0% and 2.6%, respectively
-- Comparable store restaurant traffic outpaced the Knapp-Track(TM) Traffic Index for the sixteenth consecutive quarter
-- Revenue increased 2.8% to $612.5 million
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-- Fully diluted income per share from continuing operations of $1.14 ,an increase of 15.2%
-- Operating income margin was 7.4% of total revenue compared with 7.0% in the prior-year quarter
-- Comparable store restaurant and retail sales increased 2.0% and 2.6%, respectively
-- Comparable store restaurant traffic outpaced the Knapp-Track(TM) Traffic Index for the sixteenth consecutive quarter
-- Revenue increased 2.8% to $612.5 million
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Delta Brunswick hotel workers back to work
The employees, member of United Steelworkers Local 1-306, returned to work on Sunday after overwhelmingly ratifying a new three-year collective agreement with complex owner Fortis Properties on Saturday.
The tentative deal had been struck during a bargaining session held Friday.
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The tentative deal had been struck during a bargaining session held Friday.
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Hotel investor Azure Properties is planning a £1bn hotel fund.
It is in talks with private equity groups to form a joint venture to set up the fund.
Azure, based in Luxembourg with offices in the UK and Germany, is committing around £100m in equity and is in talks to partner with three other private equity/real estate fund investors to raise a further £300m, which will then be leveraged to take the available funds to invest to £1bn.
Over the past few months Azure has been identifying and negotiating the acquisition of hotels, in the UK and across Europe, to be held in the fund.
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Azure, based in Luxembourg with offices in the UK and Germany, is committing around £100m in equity and is in talks to partner with three other private equity/real estate fund investors to raise a further £300m, which will then be leveraged to take the available funds to invest to £1bn.
Over the past few months Azure has been identifying and negotiating the acquisition of hotels, in the UK and across Europe, to be held in the fund.
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Reliable Internet connection is almost as important as a comfy hotel bed
Reliable broadband provision is a must-have in today’s hotel room and since the upgrade, the number of complaints has fallen dramatically and internet issues rarely come up. In fact, some guests are even commending the internet service offered by the hotel, which is having a knock-on effect on customer loyalty and repeat business.
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Landmark Plymouth hotel put up for sale for £2.25million
THE historic Boringdon Hall Hotel has been put on sale for £2.25million.
Agents marketing the Grade I-listed Elizabethan Manor House said owner Paul Chapman was selling the business because he was retiring.
Former Plymouth Argyle footballer Mr Chapman bought the hotel in 2004 with then business partner Joseph Louei.
But the pair underwent an acrimonious "business divorce" in 2007 and in May Mr Chapman was ordered to pay more than £100,000 to his former business partner after Mr Louei sued him.
Now Mr Chapman's Mountbatten-based firm Tudor Properties LLP has put the 41-bedroom Plympton hotel on the market.
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Former Plymouth Argyle footballer Mr Chapman bought the hotel in 2004 with then business partner Joseph Louei.
But the pair underwent an acrimonious "business divorce" in 2007 and in May Mr Chapman was ordered to pay more than £100,000 to his former business partner after Mr Louei sued him.
Now Mr Chapman's Mountbatten-based firm Tudor Properties LLP has put the 41-bedroom Plympton hotel on the market.
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Woman receives 3 Months in Jail for stealing towels from Hitlon
An Abuja Magistrate Court yesterday convicted one Bilikisu Dowodu and ordered her to pay N3,000 or spend three months in jail for stealing two towels and a laundry iron from Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
Bilikisu was nabbed by a security guard attached to the hotel with the stolen items as she tried to leave the hotel's gate.
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Bilikisu was nabbed by a security guard attached to the hotel with the stolen items as she tried to leave the hotel's gate.
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Hotel exec gets 40 months for embezzling $1.4M
For more than six years, Angela I. Borrelli used her position as an assistant corporate controller of a Philadelphia-based hotel-management company to steal almost $1.4 million from her employer.
Borrelli admitted yesterday in federal court that she stole money 182 times from June 7, 2001, to November 2007.
U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis sentenced Borrelli to 40 months in a federal lockup and ordered her to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on Nov. 15.
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Borrelli admitted yesterday in federal court that she stole money 182 times from June 7, 2001, to November 2007.
U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis sentenced Borrelli to 40 months in a federal lockup and ordered her to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on Nov. 15.
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Dubai hotels post 9% rise in guests
Dubai hospitality and tourism industries maintained its strong growth despite financial crisis as the number of hotel guests increased by nine per cent during the first half of this year.
Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing said in on Monday that hotel revenues increased six per cent during the first half totalling Dh6.9 billion.
The statement said that the emirate saw a 16 per cent increase in rooms and seven per cent rise in the number of hotels, taking the total to 566.
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Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing said in on Monday that hotel revenues increased six per cent during the first half totalling Dh6.9 billion.
The statement said that the emirate saw a 16 per cent increase in rooms and seven per cent rise in the number of hotels, taking the total to 566.
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Workers United loses case against Holiday Inn Express
COLONIE -- The regional office of the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a host of charges brought against the Holiday Inn Express in Latham by a union trying to organize workers there.
Workers United Local 471 can appeal the decision to the acting general counsel of the NLRB in Washington, D.C., which it is expected to do by Sept. 24 unless it is granted an extension.
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Workers United Local 471 can appeal the decision to the acting general counsel of the NLRB in Washington, D.C., which it is expected to do by Sept. 24 unless it is granted an extension.
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New Hotel for Haiti
An Argentine energy and agribusiness entrepreneur on Monday announced plans with a Haiti-based business group to build a $33-million (U.S.), 240-room business hotel in the earthquake-ravaged Haitian capital.
The project for Haiti’s first airport hotel – scheduled to break ground in Port-au-Prince by the end of the year and be completed in 18 months – will be the first big new investment in the hospitality sector since the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people in the poor Caribbean nation.
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The project for Haiti’s first airport hotel – scheduled to break ground in Port-au-Prince by the end of the year and be completed in 18 months – will be the first big new investment in the hospitality sector since the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people in the poor Caribbean nation.
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