Hotel News and Updates

Fire Department Moves Into Hotel
News Channel 2000 - MELBOURNE, Fla. — Melbourne firefighters temporarily relocated their fire station to a hotel on Thursday. Suburban Extended Stay Hotel off NASA Boulevard is temporarily housing the firefighters while the county replaces their old Station No. 67

Downtown demolition
Columbia Daily Tribune - Owners of the Regency Hotel downtown want to raze the nearly 40-year-old structure and replace it with a larger hotel and parking garage. Parker Eshelman photo Mike Ebert and Keith Owens, owners of the Regency Hotel, plan to raze the downtown

Day of Reckoning Comes to the Hotel Chelsea
Village Voice - It hasn t taken long for the new management of the Hotel Chelsea to lay down the law with the landmark’s longtime residents. Days after ousting the hotel s longtime manager, part-owner and lifeblood, Stanley Bard, the new guard sent a short

Waterfront growth accelerates as city OKs South Boston complex
Boston Globe - Development on the long-stalled South Boston Waterfront got a kick-start yesterday, as Waterside Place, a 1.1-million-square-foot urban shopping plaza, hotel, and residential complex, won unanimous approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority

More readers write in support of town hotel
Rutland Stamford Mercury - This is a copy of a letter I have sent to South Kesteven District Council. I have been asked on behalf of The Stamford and District Sugar Art Association to write to you with reference to the Lady Anne’s Hotel, which has been the venue for our

Hotel faces closure
Spectrum - HURRICANE At the recommendation of the deputy state fire marshal, the Hurricane City Council decided Thursday night to look at shutting down a local hotel for numerous fire code violations. The Days Inn, located off state Route 9 at 2600 West in

SOUTH SHORE INSIDER: LIVING IN THE LAP OF LUXURY; Hotel expert aims to
Patriot Ledger - BOSTON - After spending nearly three decades managing luxury hotels on two continents, Fran ois-Laurent Nivaud knows how to please a guest. The 60-year-old principal of Boston s New England Management Services and project consultant for the $250

Hotel Guests Take More Than $100 Million In Hotel Goodies
WXYZ - Thieves recently lugged a 176-pound, 18-karat gold bathtub from an upscale Japanese inn without getting caught. That may be the height of brazenness, but hoteliers say there is practically nothing that can’t “walk” out of a guest room. Towels

More Stars, Poker Pros Plan to Play in Ante Up For Africa Charity
MSN MoneyCentral - The 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will begin June 1 at the Rio(R) All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More information on the tournament is available at www.worldseriesofpoker.com. The WSOP is operated by a

Get slothed in Vegas
Canoe - Sitting on a scooter, Michelle Bailey, 22, of Texas, talks on the phone while taking a break from selling raffle tickets at a pool tournament at the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Forking over about $40 a day and their pride, perfectly healthy

Tracinda drops plans to buy Las Vegas’ Bellagio and CityCenter
Los Angeles Business - Kirk Kerkorian has dropped plans to have his Tracinda Corp. take over the Bellagio hotel and casino and the CityCenter project from MGM Mirage Inc. Beverly Hills-based Tracinda, the majority shareholder of MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM), had proposed buying

5 lush Las Vegas suites
CNN Money - Think of this Four Seasons suite as an antidote to all things Vegas. Sequestered on the top five floors of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, the Four Seasons is far removed from the din of the slot machines. In fact, it’s the only resort on this list without

Posiflex(TM) USA Expands to New Facility in Hayward, California
Consumer Electronics Net - Posiflex will be exhibiting in booth #517 at the RSPA RetailNOW 2007 expo, July 15-18, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas , Nevada. Editors interested in learning more about the company’s latest KS Series Fan-free POS technology

Latest News
dBusinessNews.com - CHE) today announced that it will deliver a presentation at the Bank of America 2007 Health Care Conference on Friday, June 1, 2007, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed through the

Morgans Hotel Group and Boyd Gaming Announce Development and Design
PR Newswire - NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) (”MHG”) and Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) (”Boyd”) today announced their development and design plans for the new Mondrian and Delano hotels at

Ducky new hotel job has no downside
News-Democrat - Ducky new hotel job has no downside McClatchy Newspapers The celebrity birds at the Peabody Memphis have a new duckmaster Las Vegas and Albuquerque, two cities in the northern half of the state, have events this month. More than 40 artists will show

Mexico dentists offer discount care
MSNBC - Salvador loves cheap — she prepped for her nuptials by typing “cheap wedding” into Google not long ago — and her quest for A van picked her up at the El Paso airport, and she got a $50-a-night dental patient hotel rate. Salvador had already been in

Don’t change rule about coming off bench
MSNBC - I stopped in the fan shop, picked up my Malkin Sweater for a not so cheap $277 dollars and headed back to the hotel. The next night was our Mavs Cavs game. I obviously was pumped to bring our Mavs back to my hometown. I had tons of friends there

Fishing in Damietta
Egypt Today - A day trip here is all about walking, dining and relaxing on the cheap. Enjoy the drive along the Agricultural Road, where In Tanta, the Arafa Hotel (tel: (040) 340-5040) is your best (and primary) bet, right across the street from the train station

Quiznos Sub now open
Pahrump Valley Times - Located on Highway 160 across the parking lot from the Saddle West Hotel-Casino, the shop has an excellent line-up of food It’s not cheap starting a Quiznos. In addition to the initial outlay for the franchise, you have to purchase equipment, find

Santa Maria Inn steeped in Central Coast history
Lompoc Record - Santa Maria Inn co-owners Hardy and Judy Hearn and Blanche Hollingsead, with manager John Reinacher in the lobby of the 90-year-old hotel. //Len Wood/Staff If only the walls could talk at the Historic Santa Maria Inn, what stories they could tell of

Chaos As Britney Stages Hotel Drive-by
TEENHOLLYWOOD.COM - Britney Spears caused chaos in Santa Monica, California yesterday in what appeared to be a desperate attempt to get a little paparazzi attention. Photographers camped outside celebrity hotspot the Casa Del Mar hotel, hoping for the chance to shoot

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Baltimore Sun - The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is the first new casino in Atlantic City in 13 years. (AP photo) Two Las Vegas heavy-hitters united to open the first new casino built in Atlantic City in 13 years, and it’s a beauty. A joint venture between Boyd

Coaching techniques, QB situations, hotel woes
Sports Illustrated - The offensive coordinator and line coach of the Budapest Wolves is my E-mailer of the Week. So modest is this gentleman, William Goldenberg , who was born in the Bronx and now lives in Budapest (wasn’t everybody?), that he says, “Honestly, I don’t

WITNESS: A day in court with Paris Hilton
Reuters - Reuters) - My day in court with Paris Hilton, like so many legal proceedings involving celebrities, began with a jostle with other reporters to get into a packed hearing room. It ended with a ringside seat on the hysterics of the 26-year-old hotel

Elvis Presley’s Pills, Gun Auctioned Off
Baltimore Sun - Hitchcock’s passport sold for $19,200 during the eight-hour auction at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Presley’s gun commanded $28,800, while a microphone used by the rock icon on the Louisiana Hayride in the 1950s sold for $15,000. A prescription pill

NYC cop kills self in Manhattan hotel
Newsday - A New York City police officer was discovered in a Manhattan hotel room Saturday morning after he took his own life, police said. The veteran officer, who had been on the force for 19 years, checked himself into the Hampton Inn at 116 W. 31st St

Showboat Casino Hotel
Baltimore Sun - Experience the dizzying glitz and nonstop excitement of Bourbon Street, minus the heat and Southern accents. The self-named “Mardi Gras Casino” houses shopping, restaurants, hotel suites, headline entertainment and of course gambling within its

Notebook: Bulldogs face rough road to reach championship series
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - An alarm sounded at the Embassy Suites Old Market, the team’s hotel, around 10:30 Saturday morning. The hotel was evacuated as fire trucks pulled up to the front door. It happened about the time that players and coaches - and a few reporters - were

PokerTek Launches Heads-Up Challenge(TM), Ground-Breaking
MSN MoneyCentral - The 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light, the world’s richest sporting event, began June 1st at the Rio(R) All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More information on the tournament is available at www.worldseriesofpoker

Coach at Agassi’s Prep School Was Madam
Caspar Star-Tribune - Las Vegas police said Friday that 36-year-old Esperanza Brooks was arrested Wednesday night in a Las Vegas restaurant after agreeing to deliver three prostitutes and drugs to undercover detectives at a hotel-casino. Brooks was a cheerleading coach

Stakes High for Las Vegas Water Czar
NPR News - Water is part of the allure of the Las Vegas Strip, including the fountains of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. Enlarge Ted Robbins, NPR In the early 1990s, new residential developments were sprouting up around Las Vegas with acres of manicured and

Clooney’s flimsy whimsy
New York Daily News - Click pic for photo gallery. Standing on the Strip in Las Vegas, staring across a man-made lake at the posh Bellagio Hotel, George Clooney and Brad Pitt bemoan the changes from the good old Vegas days of the Stardust and the Sands Hotel, back when

B.R. Guest Garners Green Certification by Green Restaurant Association
Forbes - Primehouse in New York City and Dos Caminos at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Recently, Hanson inked a deal with hospitality giant Barry Sternlicht which appoints B.R. Guest as the exclusive restaurateur in Sternlicht’s ‘1′ Hotels and Residences

Blue Lagoon offers discount on July Historical & Cultural Dateline
e-Travel Blackboard - Blue Lagoon Cruises is offering a 30 per cent discount to all passengers booking space on its 16 July Historical Bouma Eco Park and waterfall, and a tour of colonial Fiji (Savusavu) including morning tea at the famous Hot Springs Hotel

Ugly Betty Sis Ties Knot
E! Online - According to People , the 36-year-old newlywed swapped vows with her 37-year-old beau in an afternoon ceremony at the Horned Dorset Primavera Hotel in Rinc n, Puerto Rico, in front of 85 guests, among them Ugly Betty cohorts America Ferrera , who

UK leading index rises for fourth consecutive time
FXStreet.com - FXstreet.com (Barcelona) The leading index has risen 0.6% in April in for the fourth time in a row, according to the latest data by the UK Conference Board. The biggest contributor for this increase has been order book volume, followed by stock

This week in A&E
Missoulian - Discount Quartet with Barrett Meigs and Steve Kalling, 6:30 p.m., 515, 515 S. Higgins Ave. Info: 327-1515. Found Artist Project Fishnet Groove, Latin rock, blues and dance, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hot Springs Hotel. Potpourri Chief Victor Days - Farmers Market

Celebrity Cruises Taps ‘Rising Star’ Van Staden as VP, Food & Beverage
MSN MoneyCentral - He followed that invaluable experience serving as chef de cuisine at Alize, rated one of the top five restaurants in Las Vegas; executive chef at Vegas’ Aladdin Hotel’s high-end London Club; and executive chef at the California-French restaurant

A lucky ‘Thirteen’ for Ocean and the gang
San Francisco Gate - He plays an unscrupulous entrepreneur opening a hotel in Las Vegas, which means he gets to wear loud suits and treat everybody like garbage, exactly the kind of behavior we want and expect from Pacino. The first victim of his callous thieving is poor

Hilton Heir Behind Plan for Food Distribution for Las Vegas Poor
KOLO TV Reno - An heir to the Hilton hotel fortune has announced an effort to raise $40 million to build a food distribution facility and network to feed the hungry in southern Nevada. Eric Hilton, the wealthy 73-year-old son of the late Conrad N. Hilton, said

Rose Wines Get Bigger, Some Get Better, a Few Deserve Respect
Bloomberg - Roses are becoming something of a passion among sommeliers,'’ William Rhodes, wine director for New York’s Carlyle Hotel, told me in a phone interview. “And that gets passed on to the guests, who say they only remember roses like white zinfandel

Sasdiyat beach in Abu Bhabi will be home to new 5-Star hotel
e-Travel Blackboard - The worldwide construction firm Hill International announced that it has received the contract to manage the design and construction of a new hotel 5-Star hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The building of the waterfront hotel and beach resort

Rally backs proposed CCSF Chinatown campus
San Francisco Gate - 03) 17:55 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Several hundred people gathered for a rally at Portsmouth Square at 1 p.m. this afternoon to show support for a proposed City College campus whose leading opponents include the owners of the nearby 27-story Hilton Hotel

Poker Players World-Wide Begin Annual Pilgrimage To Las Vegas For
MSN MoneyCentral - The 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will begin June 1 at the Rio(R) All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More information on the tournament is available at www.worldseriesofpoker.com. The WSOP is operated by a

100 Black Men of America’s 21st Annual Conference Will Promote
Forbes - CEOs, Thought Leaders and Entertainment Legends Will Converge on Las Vegas Paris Hotel to Discuss ‘Taking Control of Our Future’ and Several Fortune 500 Corporations Will Be Making Major Announcements Throughout the Conference WHAT: 100 Black Men of

Still Working On ‘Making It’
Hartford Courant - It’s hard to stay focused when the sun is shining, the Mediterranean is sparkling and the grandeur of the surrounding Hotel Ocean’s 13″ returns to Las Vegas, the site of “Ocean’s Eleven.” The boys set out to avenge Reuben’s (Elliott Gould) being

Jackson Drops Bid to Block Vegas Auction
ABC News - Lawyers for Michael Jackson drooped an effort Friday to block an auction later this month of the pop star’s belongings with other Jackson family items. The auction begins at the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas, May 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C