Hotel.Online Hospitality News
September 24, 2009

• Sands sees table games by April: Casino president envisions 80 to 100 tables and 250 more slot machines in Bethlehem. (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• BRIEF: Owner asking $5.75 million for historic Lenox Hotel (The Buffalo News, N.Y.)
• Lawsuit with Expedia.com costs Columbus hotels, owners lament: Hotelier presents council with study assessing losses (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
• Mountain Iron hotel to add conference center (Duluth News Tribune, Minn.)
• Tourism-focused Durango projects 10 percent revenue losses (The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.)
• Developer to renovate notorious Arlington motel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
• Lodging managers change in Park City, Salt Lake City: Units join Deer Valley, Best Western groups. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Health Alliance confirms bedbugs at Concord hotel (Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.)
• Boyd Gaming told it won't be part of MGM hearings (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• As corporate travel dries up, South Florida hotels target vacationers: With fewer executives traveling, South Florida's corporate hotels have tried to bridge the gap by wooing the flip-flop set. (The Miami Herald)
• Hospitality workers union plans protest in Chicago (The Times, Munster, Ind.)
• Groundbreaking of new Park Hyatt Saadiyat Island Hotel and Resort in Dubai (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• City tourism leaders vexed by casino plan: Developer dangles big bucks, hopes for endorsement (The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio)
• Sea World could have suitor (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Developer puts hotel on market for $850k (Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.)