The removal of CBP officers from Newark Liberty and other international airports would cost $8B in visitor spending, threaten 50,000 jobs, and disrupt millions of travelers weeks before the FIFA World Cup.
The Newark Airport hotel market has faced significant adjustments since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes to the submarket’s hotel supply, coupled with the rebound in passenger levels through Newark Airport, have resulted in a slow but steady recovery of the hotel market. Recent and upcoming expansion projects at Newark Airport support a positive outlook.
Newark, New Jersey, has been undergoing gradual revitalization efforts during the last roughly 15 years. The city has been gaining recognition given the ease of access to Manhattan and within New Jersey, the newly renovated Newark Liberty International Airport, and waterfront areas along the Passaic River and Newark Bay.
A ceremony took place yesterday for the future 109-room hotel in the Ironbound District of Newark. Developed by the Seabra Group and managed by Pestana Hotel Group, the Pestana Ironbound Hotel is located on 114-126 Monroe, Newark, New Jersey and is expected to open July 2021.
Sweet dreams are made of this: MCR, the sixth-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States, has acquired the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Newark Downtown. The pitch-perfect property is just steps from the Prudential Center, one of New Jersey's premier venues for live music.
Paramount Hotel Group, a growing full-service third-party hotel management company, announced today that it has been awarded the management contract for the Hotel Indigo Newark Downtown. Ethan Kramer, President of Paramount, made the announcement.
TRYP by Wyndham, Wyndham Hotel Group"s urban lifestyle brand, today opened its newest hotel in the heart of downtown Newark, N.J., a city with historic roots -- the third oldest in the United States – newly revitalized by recent business development and a vibrant art and cultural scene.Celebrating the spirit of the urban traveler, TRYP by Wyndham hotels makes it possible for guests to uncover a destination"s individual culture. The 101-room TRYP by Wyndham Newark Downtown, developed by East Park Street Hospitality Urban Renewal, Inc., is perched along the Newark Bay, central to historic museums, transportation options, and the famous Branch Brook Park which blooms to life each spring with the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the country.
The Hilton Wilmington/Christiana in northern Delaware is amidst a $7 million reimagination and repositioning project that is transforming the 270-room hotel, located at 100 Continental Drive, into a contemporary destination featuring elegant accommodations and a sophisticated design. Owned and operated by Meyer Jabara Hotels (MJH), and designed by Virserius Studio, the first phase of the project is now complete, with all guestrooms, corridors and "Club on 4" executive lounge receiving new embellishments from floor to ceiling.
Professor Paul E. Wise is the Founding Director and a Professor of the University of Delaware's Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management program and serves as the program's Ambassador. He graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. degree in Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management and later received his M.B.A. from Michigan State University in Food Marketing. Professor Wise has operated restaurants and clubs in Pennsylvania, Panama and Alaska and has taught club management for Army and Air Force club managers at Fort Lee, Virginia. He served two tours in Vietnam; the first tour was with the First Logistical Command; the second tour was as a Vietnamese Advisor. Professor Wise is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and National Defense University. He is the recipient of two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars and four Army Commendation Medals, retiring as a full colonel in 1982. During the last ten years of his association with the military, he was responsible for the operation of 670 Army clubs and hotels that produced annual revenues of over $300 million. Professor Wise is active in numerous hotel and restaurant associations. Currently he served as Vice Chairman of the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau and as a past member of the Delaware Restaurant Association's Board of Directors. He is designated by the American Hotel and Lodging Association as a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and as a Certified Catering Executive (CCE) by the National Association of Catering Executives. In 1988 he was chosen as the Pennsylvania State University Hotel and Restaurant Society Alumnus of the Year. Shortly after that, he was inducted into the International Military Club Executive Association Hall of Fame. The Educational Institute's Lamp of Knowledge award, in the "Outstanding Educator--Four-Year School" category was given to him in 1992 for his efforts to help the Institute better serve the needs of educators. He has served on the Certification Commission and Education Committee of the Educational Institute, American Hotel and Lodging Association, and is a past member of the Institute's Board of Trustees. Professor Wise has also served as a consultant and speaker to numerous corporations and associations.
Fowlkes brings more than 20 years of extensive hospitality experience to this position. He is a thirteen-year Hilton Worldwide veteran and has held general manager and regional positions since 2003. Fowlkes was named one of the top 100 most influential African American hoteliers during his first general manager assignment at Hilton Tarrytown. He has been instrumental in the conversion of several properties to Hilton Worldwide products and also served as the food and beverage cluster lead for North and South Carolina with multi-property oversight in this discipline. Fowlkes earned the titles of Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and Certified Food & Beverage Executive (CFBE) from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. In addition, he holds general manager certifications with the Hilton, DoubleTree and Embassy Suites brands.
Dr. Ray Schmidgall, Hilton Hotels Professor of Hospitality Financial Management in The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University, has received the University of Delaware Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award. The award honors Dr. Olsen and recognizes his contributions to the body of hospitality knowledge and his mentoring of graduate students. Dr. Olsen earned both his bachelor’s degree (1967) and his MBA (1973) from MSU’s School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, and is professor emeritus at Virginia Tech. He was awarded with The School’s Alumni Association Lifetime Academic Achievement Award in 2009. Dr. Schmidgall’s award was presented on January 6 at the 17th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research in Hospitality and Tourism Conference’s Awards Dinner at Auburn University. Dr. Schmidgall has taught in The School for nearly 37 years, and is widely recognized as an expert on hospitality industry accounting practices and known for his work on behalf of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) and its FutureFund. As Hilton Hotels Professor, Dr. Schmidgall has hosted the Hilton Lecture Series at MSU for the past 22 years, bringing to campus industry and academic experts to discuss a different, timely topic each Fall. His book, “Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry,” is used by hospitality schools throughout the world. Many of Dr. Schmidgall’s former students have gone on to great success, including Rich Conti (MBA ’76), president of The Plasencia Group, and John Weeman (MBA ’79), president of Partners in Development. The Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award recognizes an individual “who has made a significant contribution through sustained and focused research leading to important contributions to the body of knowledge in hospitality and tourism. It considers the overall contribution to the academy, including serving on editorial review boards, international symposia and conferences, graduate education, and mentoring of graduate students.”
The 200-room all-suites select-service hotel is located immediately north of Newark Airport, New York City's second-largest airport with more than 33 million passengers annually, and near Port Newark, North America's third-largest seaport.