Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 8, 2009

• Gem show exec to city: Get busy on hotel, TCC (The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson)
• Early hotel bookings suggest slow winter for Central Oregon (The Bulletin, Bend, Ore.)
• Motion filed for Expedia to list Columbus hotels on Web site (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
• Tourism expert: Midlands needs 'wow' factor (The State, Columbia, S.C.)
• Potential for major growth in tourism here, study says (The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.)
• TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT: House OKs tourism bill: Nevada's representatives back effort to advertise U.S. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Mayor wants to raze what's left of Moulin Rouge: Historic Las Vegas property ruined by fires, neglect (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• The Address Hotels + Resorts further strengthens UAE portfolio (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• Now open: Allegria Hotel in Long Beach, New York (Newsday, Melville, N.Y.)
• Wolf Creek developers tout plans (The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.)
• El Segundo backs off on plan to seek boost in hotel taxes (Daily Breeze, Torrance, Calif.)
• Tax hike proposed on meals, lodgings (The Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.)