Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 28, 2009

• Voice of the People: How can tourism recover? (Cayman Net News, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
• Hawaii visitor numbers improve, but arrivals still spending less: Industry leaders hopeful but point to drop in spending (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• Ruling a split one for greens: Environmentalists trying to block hotel lose challenge but maintain the right to sue (Albany Times Union, N.Y.)
• Statistics offer hope to hotel operators (Billings Gazette, Mont.)
• COPT buys 1st Mariner Tower, waterfront land in Canton: Marina, hotel, shops, offices planned for Canton Crossing development (The Baltimore Sun)
• Legoland hotel project wins council approval (North County Times, Escondido, Calif.)
• Shristi Infra ties up with Westin Hotels & Resorts (The Economic Times, India)
• Two more hotels join pilot water conservation program (Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon)
• The nights are lonely for hotel owners: The nights are lonely for hotel owners (North County Times, Escondido, Calif.)
• Arrows point down at casino companies: Big charge figures in $1.05 billion quarterly loss for Harrah's (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Court orders luxury hotel to pay over guest's murder (The Manila Times, Philippines)
• $215M Gila River hotel/casino opens Friday: Wild Horse Pass' 10-floor tower will be largest in state (The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.)
• The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Taking Names column: Orange County wants $50 million more for convention center. Seriously. (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Florida firm may join Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel ownership group (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Hotel to be first federal bond project in state (The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.)
• Pinellas tourism outlook appears more sunny (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)
• Dora seeks bond to build Holiday Inn Express and Suites: Corporation plans to erect new 83-room, $10 million hotel near I-70 and Indiana 46 (The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.)
• Changes to Edgewater Hotel redevelopment plan draw praise and criticism (The Wisconsin State Journal)