MeriStar named manager of Dallas Hilton Washington, D.C.-based MeriStar Hotel & Resorts will manage the 224-room Dallas/Park Cities Hilton Hotel, which is slated for completion in August 2000. The hotel will be located in Preston Center, a mixed-use development with more than 3.5 million sq. ft. of office space in the Park Cities district of Dallas.
Developed by Dallas-based RM Crowe Co., the 11-story hotel will have 8,000 sq. ft. of ballroom and meeting space, a full-service restaurant and lounge, a swimming pool and health club, a spa and a business center. The hotel site is mid-way between downtown and the Galleria area in north Dallas, and will be MeriStar's eighth hotel in the greater Dallas Metroplex.
Pueblo of Santa Ana tribe to own Hyatt resort hotel A joint venture between Albuquerque, N.M.-based Gerald Martin Ltd. and Phoenix-based McCarthy has begun construction on the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort. The $41 million resort hotel is slated for completion in November 2000 and will be owned by the Pueblo of Santa Ana, a Native American tribe.
Located on tribal land adjacent to the Rio Grande between Albuquerque and Sante Fe, N.M., the hotel will feature a tribal museum depicting the history of the Pueblo of Santa Ana tribe.
The 380,000 sq. ft. resort will feature 350 guest rooms, including 19 suites. Additional amenities will include an 18-hole golf course, golf clubhouse, two restaurants, a spa and health club.
Work continues on Homewood Suites in Chesterfield Construction is continuing on a $13 million Homewood Suites hotel in Chesterfield, Mo., and is slated for completion in early-2000. The three-story, 145-room facility is being developed by St. Louis-based Sachs Properties.
The 98,000 sq. ft. hotel will be located at Chesterfield Village and is designed to blend in with its adjoining residential neighborhood. Features of the facility will include a 1,200 sq. ft. meeting room, a 500 sq. ft. board room, an outdoor pool and a fully-equipped exercise room.
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels arranges sale of Hotel Nikko In one of the highest prices ever commanded for a Los Angeles hotel, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has arranged the sale of The Hotel Nikko at Beverly Hills to Le Meridien Hotels for $82.3 million.
Built in 1991, The Hotel Nikko at Beverly Hills is a 297-room, luxury hotel located at 465 South La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles.
Bass Hotels & Resorts signs agreement with AOL Making reservations to more than 2,700 Bass Hotels & Resorts can now be done online through America Online's Business Travel Center, part of Dulles, Va.-based AOL's Travel Channel. The agreement provides AOL users with up-to-date information on the entire Atlanta-based Bass Hotels & Resorts line of hotels.
The Travel Center, located at the AOL keyword: "business travel," provides consumers with information on schedules, prices, special promotions and online booking.