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58 Checking Out LODGING’S LIGHTER SIDE H&MM May 5, 2008 | HotelMotel.com www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition By the numbers The Rio All-Suite Hotel Casino in Las Vegas is home to Las Vegas’ only seafood buffet. The top items purchased every month for the buffet include (item volume in pounds): Crab legs 29,000 Lobster 25,000 Shrimp 18,604 Oysters 6,600 Prime rib 5,451 HILTON HOTELS CORP. Butter 4,968 Salmon 3,400 Beef ribs 2,220 Chicken 1,960 Mussels 1,310 Swimming toward an Olympic dream The Hilton Austin (Texas) and local swimmers in Austin continued with the multi-city Hilton Swim to Beijing Relay schedule of events. The relay was created in celebration of the U.S. Swim Team’s journey to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, with relays across the country hosted by Hilton properties. The relay’s goal is 6,250 laps—the number of miles from Los Angeles to Beijing. Hilton made a donation of $10,000 to local learn-to-swim programs afﬁliated with the USA Swimming Foundation in each of the ﬁve participating cities and an additional $50,000 to The USA Swimming Foundation. Above, Doug Gehret, g.m. of the Hilton Austin, posed with U.S. Olympic Team hopeful Eric Shanteau, The USA Swimming Foundation Director of Development Dominic Testa, and swimmers from Austin-area Nitro Swimming. Mascot brings brand spirit Lewis the Duck, the mascot of the Homewood Suites by Hilton brand, joined the festivities at the ﬁrst of the brand’s three nationwide annual conferences. The conference was held in Scottsdale, Ariz., in March. [From left]: Cori Gruber, g.m. of Homewood Suites—Omaha NE; Rebecca Wyatt, senior v.p. of brand management; Lewis the Duck; and Brad Poncher, g.m. of Homewood Suites— La Quinta, Calif., posed for a photo in Scottsdale. Lewis’ next stop on the conference circuit was Orlando. The Homewood Suites brand recently swept all eight criteria of the Business Travel News U.S. Hotel Chain Survey. DELAWARE NORTH COS. Creating hope by building a home Delaware North Cos. participated in a Habitat for Humanity wall-raising ceremony as part of the continuing effort to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The event unveiled the framework for one of two houses Delaware North has sponsored and will assist in building, and it also introduced volunteers to the family that will live in the house. The company established Delaware North KARE (Katrina Associate Relief Effort) to assist affected employees with their immediate needs. HOMEWOOD SUITES HILTON GARDEN INN Unveiling area’s newest hotel To celebrate its grand opening, the Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/Del Mar held a ribboncutting ceremony with the mayor, council president and other local dignitaries. Performing the honors were [from left] Council President Scott Peters; Joe Simone, partner, Homewood Suites and Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/ Del Mar; Robert A. Rauch, partner of Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/Del Mar; and City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. The hotel includes 80 guestrooms, a 3,200-square-foot grand ballroom, two restaurants and a spa. Editor’s note: If you have information about an event that would be considered the lighter side of lodging, please e-mail Jason Freed at jfreed@questex.com. Quotable Field trip to the Ritz-Carlton Students at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism learn from some of the best in the industry during the job shadowing series. Recently, students attended a job shadow event at The Ritz-Carlton New York in Central Park, where they were able to see the inner workings of the hotel industry. Najib Benthaer, assistant director of housekeeping, explained to students how the housekeeping department works and interacts with the rest of the hotel staff. “ I certainly take a business approach to what the investments are going to be in the property, but it’s difﬁcult to determine what the calculation is going to be I’ve opted to make decisions that incorporate the potential that the cost of not being green is going to be higher in the future than it is today.” PHIL SHERBURNE, president of Sherburne Development Group, on how to calculate going green AOHT http://HotelMotel.com http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition

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