Hotel.Online Hospitality News
November 19, 2008

• 7.8 percent profit increase projected for lodge in 2009 (Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio)
• Former co-owner of Victoria Inn pleads not guilty to identity theft charges (The Anniston Star, Ala.)
• A few language lessons for restaurant servers (The Buffalo News, N.Y.)
• Done-deal city plan runs into opposition: Group urges more attention to tourism (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• Hotel plan sunk by weak economy (The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis.)
• Hilton Head's silver economic lining - a tourist destination accessible by car: Chamber speakers confident the area will weather tough economic times (The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
• Real estate, hotels, best placed to offer discounts (Hindustan Times, New Delhi)
• Casino seeks bankruptcy protection (The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• MGM Mirage taps new chief (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Gaming revenues tumble nationwide (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Sunny side down: LV boosters see dark clouds (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Taking it to the Max: The lunch crowd knows a good deal -- and a good location -- at restaurant Max in the Hotel Minneapolis. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis)
• Financial meltdown has an effect on tourism in Maine (Bangor Daily News, Maine)
• Pinnacle eyes President Casino's move to Chain of Rocks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• 1-cent hotel tax will pay for parks, sports (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Motel 6 joins green program (The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla.)
• Rhode Island hotels, meals tax collections take a dip (The Providence Journal, R.I.)
• Tourism Ministry unveils plans to host virtual visitors (The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon)
• Quality Inn arson trial rescheduled for late March (The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.)
• Sumner casino site back in play (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
• Tourism ads leave newspapers for AAA magazines: Marketing ? Utah officials say publications have longer shelf life and will attract more visitors. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Gaylord assures Mesa officials resort project in city is still a go: Developer backed out of similar plans near San Diego (The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.)
• Casino plans not deterred (The Hutchinson News, Kan.)
• Hotel owner sentenced for bulldozing beach (The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.)