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Expotel Hospitality continues controlled growth as the Management Company of the 220 room Four Points by Sheraton New Orleans Airport Hotel effective January 2010. See article in Press Room.
Expotel grows management portfolio with Addition of Crowne Plaza Chattanooga Downtown. See article in Press Room.
Expotel Hospitality Secures Management Contract for Maison St. Charles Hotel. See article in Press Room.
Embassy Suites Phoenix Sales Manager awarded BTS Sales Manager of the Year for Hilton Brand Arizona Hotels. Congratulations Geri Adelson of Embassy Suites Phoenix for an outstanding achievement on behalf of Expotel Hospitality
Expotel cumulative RevPar Index ending 2008 @ 123.2% increases 2.7%. All hotels reflect positive gains in RPI performance for 2008. Expotel Hospitality continues to dominate in all respective market locations.
Lodging Hospitality Magazine (Oct 2008) recognizes Expotel Vice Presidents Iavarone & Kucera in Expotel's "Seven Steps to Better Employee Communications" see article in Press Room
Hilton Melbourne Quality Audit Index score soars to 97.87% (3Q 2008) ranking the hotel #4 out of all Hilton Hotels in the U.S. and #1 in Florida
Hilton Melbourne Ranks #6 of All Hilton Hotels Worldwide achieving a 98.14% Quality Audit Inspection Score ranking the hotel in the Top 1% of all Hilton Hotels.
2007 Culinary Excellence Award – Received by the Doubletree Denver North from the SGMP Rocky Mountain Chapter
Best Entrée – Awarded to the Doubletree Denver North at the 7th Annual Taste of the Chamber
#1 – Embassy Suites Phoenix post’s #1 gain RevPar for 3rd consecutive year in 2007
Surpassing Benchmarks of Brand - All 2007 Expotel ‘Hilton’ portfolio hotels surpass Brand Average RevPar Index’s for year 2007
Doubletree Denver – Announces Ms. Vanessa Raigossa recipient of the Spirit Of Pride Award from Doubletree Hotels for 2007.
Chairman’s Award – The Best Western St. Christopher awarded “Top 5%” of 3,000+ Best Western Hotels
Hilton Melbourne – Ranked #13 out of 275 Hiltons for Quality Audit Index ranking (99.3%)
Lodging Hospitality - Recognizes Expotel Vice Presidents. See Press Room for Lodging Hospitality Interview of Jeff Iavarone and Mark Kucera (May 2006)
Doubletree Denver North – Recieves two more Spirit of Pride awards from Doubletree Hotels to ‘Team Engineering Department’ and Jerry Hernandez in 2006
Surpassing Benchmarks of Brand – All 2006 Expotel ‘Hilton’ portfolio hotels surpass Brand Average RevPar Index’s for year 2006
Best Décor – Denver Doubletree North receives 2006 award for Best Décor at the 6th Annual Taste of The Chamber
4th Time – Hilton Melbourne awarded “Best Place To Work” sponsored by the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce for 2006
Doubletree Denver – Announces Ms. Anne Frye (Director of Sales) recipient of the Spirit Of Pride awarded by Doubletree Hotels 2006
Expotel - Named a 'Preferred Management' Company by Starwood Hotels
Lafitte's - Debuts on Phoenix and Nashville morning television. See Press Room for feature
Expotel – Secures Management Contract for the famous boutique St. Charles Inn
Expotel – 2005 Expotel ‘Hilton’ portfolio surpasses Hilton Brand RevPar Index’s for end of year performance
(2) Embassy Suites Phoenix - Two Managers from Embassy Suites Phoenix awarded the Spirit of Pride Honors as presented by Hilton Hotels Corporation 2005.
#1 - Best Western St. Christopher, recipient of the "Directors Award Winner for Quality Assurance" for 2005.
#1 - Best Western St. Christopher is awarded "Best of the Best Design Award" as voted by Best Western International for 2004.
3rd Time - Hilton Melbourne is awarded "Best Place To Work" sponsored by the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce for 2005
177.5% - RevPar Index 12 months 2004 for Embassy Suites Schaumburg
134.5% - RevPar Index 12 months 2004 for Hampton Inn Metairie
142.5% - RevPar Index 12 months 2004 for Embassy Suites Phoenix
History Begins - Expotel highlights future Vision and Creation of Six Core Values - Shared Values / Shared Vision at the Annual GM Conference.
Expotel – Secures Management Contract to manage the New Orleans newest hotel, Best Western St. Christopher Hotel.
1st ever - Outstanding QA for Holiday Inn Brentwood since Expotel takeover
1st Time - Hilton Melbourne is awarded "Best Place To Work" sponsored by the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce for 2003.
5 - Consecutive Outstanding QA's at Embassy Suites Phoenix North.
3 - Consecutive Outstanding QA's at Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place
1st Place - in Holiday Inn Central Reservation system for Holiday Inn, Brentwood, awarded based upon Customer Satisfaction.
1st Place - 2002 Holiday Inn Renovation of the Year Award for the Holiday Inn Brentwood.
1st Place Winner - In two key achievement categories for Embassy Phoenix at 2003 Annual Embassy Suites Brand Sales Conference.
300 - Hotels, the size Expotel Hospitality will never allow itself to become. Bigger is NOT Better
15 years - Doubletree New Orleans rated most profitable in the Brand.
0 - layers between General Managers and our Vice President(s)
19 - number of types of bread tested and rejected before finding Lafitte's presentation.
6 minutes - freezer to table, to serve fresh, hot Lafitte's bread.
0 - The number of microwaves allowed in preparing Lafitte's menu.
27-29% - food costs to operate Lafitte's across 6 cities.
28,000 - Mardi Gras throw beads distributed in Lafitte's Restaurants each year.
5000 - Gallons of gumbo produced and distributed to Lafitte's Restaurant.
$15,000 - Savings in replacing Chef with Kitchen Manager, per property, implementing Lafitte's concept - $120,000 across all hotels