Hotel News and Updates

Parra skating to ease pain
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - 19 hours ago His wife lived in Salt Lake City briefly before moving back to Orlando with their daughter. He sat in his hotel and tried to remember how he felt when he was a

Auburn continues preps for Capital One Bowl
Andalusia Star-News, AL - 16 hours ago two hours Wednesday at Freedom High School in Orlando before heading to Tinker Field for a “Day for Kids”. After a quick stop at the team hotel, Auburn players

Marriott loses customer data
Buffalo News,  United States - Dec 28, 2005 Marriott International, the largest US hotel company, said Tuesday its timeshare is investigating how the tapes disappeared from its Orlando, Fla., corporate

We were charmed by penguins, haunted by wax figures
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - Dec 29, 2005 Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (last year’s Oscar winner) and Hotel Rwanda, the Director Ridley Scott’s overblown epic, with the charmless Orlando Bloom at its

Joe Hermitt: PSU beach party + more
Penn Live, PA - Dec 30, 2005 Much like they looked in Orlando three years ago when, as favorites, they went out and ever seen what he looks like, or how bad he looks, in a hotel lobby at 9

Employment, housing market dominate
Florida Today, FL - 15 hours ago Surf Shop to build an estimated $147 million theme-park-like hotel, store and announced a $160 million redevelopment to better compete with Orlando-area theme

IS BUSINESS REALLY BOOMING?
Bradenton Herald,  United States - Dec 30, 2005 “With red tide, a majority of families headed to Orlando and that’s A 5 percent to 10 percent increase in hotel room rates across the county could be part of

Price-wise strategies for a memorable 2006
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - Dec 30, 2005 cosmopolitan seaside city (with afternoon tea at the Mount Nelson hotel and hot Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, with a one-day pass to Animal Kingdom, Orlando.

Football: Bowl first for Bielema, then new job
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 8 hours ago By John Zenor. ORLANDO, Fla. Bret Bielema 1990. Holtz even showed up at the team hotel this week for an in-person tutorial. “It’s

Radio station first tuned this reporter in to news
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 16 hours ago beamed in via satellite, that sounds exactly like the station in Orlando, Jacksonville, Dothan . I didn’t know the Eden Roc Hotel from my left elbow, but WPLG

Employment, housing market dominate
Florida Today, FL - 15 hours ago Surf Shop to build an estimated $147 million theme-park-like hotel, store and announced a $160 million redevelopment to better compete with Orlando-area theme

A talented young baker hopes to make a career in pastry arts
Boston Globe, United States - Dec 27, 2005 Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle, NH and New York’s Plaza Hotel, and it has She’s looking into the Notter School of Pastry Arts in Orlando, Fla., the French

WENN MOVIE REVIEW 2005
Contactmusic.com, UK - Dec 29, 2005 The hotel heiress got in more bother when her mobile phone was hacked into and the numbers of all her Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth split early in February.

Car Care Bowl looks for local flavor
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - Dec 29, 2005 The bowl switched title sponsors twice before moving to Orlando, Fla., in 2001 And at a quiet time of year when Charlotte hotel occupancy rates are stuck around

Clemson’s Capote Survives Car Crash In Orlando
WLTX.com, SC - Dec 24, 2005 Orlando, FL) — Clemson According to CUTigers.com, Capote was trying to return to the team’s hotel before the 1:00 am curfew when he realized he was headed in

Hawaii hotels 74% full
Pacific Business News, HI - Dec 30, 2005 For the same period, US hotel occupancy was only 39.4 percent, and that was a 7.4 Occupancy was 52.4 percent in Los Angeles, 47.7 percent in Orlando, and 39.9

Online hotel booking under fire
Florida Today, FL - Dec 28, 2005 The hotel tax in Orange County — the Orlando area — took in $120.2 million this fiscal year, nearly all of which goes toward paying off debt on the

Tree Fire Rouses Disney Guests
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Dec 29, 2005 About 2,300 guests at a Disneyland Resort hotel were rousted from their rooms early Wednesday after a towering artificial Christmas tree on the ground floor

Your New Year’s Eve survival guide
Florida Today, FL - 14 hours ago to your designated driver on the way home, or you are crashing in a hotel somewhere who has been serving up drinks for more than 20 years in Orlando and Brevard

Seminoles respond to Nicholson suspension
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 10 hours ago difficult.”. Nicholson was accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman early Thursday morning at the team hotel in Hollywood.

Online hotel bookings burn county, Orange says
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Dec 28, 2005 draw more tourists. Now various sports and arts groups want to use hotel-tax revenues to help pay for civic projects. Crotty said

C. Fla. among top destinations for New Year’s, family vacations
Orlando Business Journal, FL - Dec 28, 2005 followed by New York City and then Orlando in third place. The measure of consumer travel intentions is based on more than 21,000 hotel reservation requests

Marriott unit loses personal data of 206,000 customers
Political Gateway, FL - Dec 28, 2005 MIAMI, Dec 28 (PG) - A subsidiary of the Marriott hotel group lost tapes company’s clients, was on backup computer tapes in the Orlando, Florida headquarters

Joint venture buys Riande-owned hotel in Orlando
Orlando Business Journal, FL - Dec 28, 2005 the Riande Continental in South Beach and the Riande Continental Plaza in Orlando on International “Ian Schrager, an icon within the hotel industry, helped

Pilatus Odyssey
AOPA Pilot - Dec 30, 2005 PC-12 simulator; simulators for previous versions are at SimCom’s Orlando, Florida, facility. The day ended with a stay in the Hotel Loftleidir, which offers a

Blue Chip project right on schedule 
LaPorte County Herald-Argus - Dec 31 7:06 AM
MICHIGAN CITY The slot machines and card tables inside the expanded Blue Chip Casino boat are expected to be ready for gamblers sometime during the first quarter of 2006.Save to My Web

Chicago Tribune | ALMANAC 
Chicago Tribune - Dec 31 4:00 AM
On Dec. 31, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union. In 1869 Henri Matisse, one of the foremost painters of 20th Century French art, was born in Le Cateau, France.Save to My Web

New South Coast hotel-casino banks on market-tested formula 
Las Vegas Business Press - Dec 27 8:25 AM
Although Coast Resorts has spent an unprecedented $600 million on its new South Coast hotel-casino that opened last Thursday, it’s otherwise eschewing risk on the project.Save to My Web

Not Much Room at the Inn 
Rolling Good Times - Dec 28 11:16 AM
Whether it’s VIP parties, citywide fireworks or the chance to binge drink on the Strip, Las Vegas’ worldwide appeal typically soars around New Year’s Eve.Save to My Web

Las Vegas Expects 300,000 to Ring in 2006
KLAS-TV, NV - Dec 28, 2005 Las Vegas Strip expect a full house. Mike Mecca, President and CEO for Aladdin/Planet Hollywood said, “We are anticipating 100-percent occupied in the hotel.

Don’t Want to Leave the Hotel? Buy the Room
New York Times, United States - 14 minutes ago hotel projects are planned or under construction nationwide, and will eventually produce 29,042 hotel rooms for sale in vacation spots like Las Vegas and Miami

Impressions from Casino Wynn Las Vegas
I-Newswire.com (press release) - 23 hours ago premiere Las Vegas Strip location provides easy access to the Las Vegas Convention Center by Tom Fazio and Steve Wynn, can be enjoyed exclusively by hotel guests

Terre Haute House comes to an end
Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - 21 hours ago Construction on the hotel is scheduled to start in March 2006. 16 Kevin L. Hampton linked to sexual assault cases in San Diego and Las Vegas.

2006 welcomed with hope
Manila Bulletin, Philippines - 4 hours ago Wynn Las Vegas, the Strip s newest luxury hotel, will celebrate the opening of Tryst, a nightclub with its own 27-meter waterfall and secluded lagoon.

3G Live flies KUDO at MGM Grand
InfoComm (press release), VA - Dec 28, 2005 The MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is no stranger to L-ACOUSTICS. Six years ago, the facility installed an ARCS/dV-DOSC system

All-star invitations are piling up at Grambling
Monroe News Star, LA - 13 hours ago Before moving to Las Vegas and changing the name, the game Houston Texans, represented the school in Vegas last year 8-11 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas

Foreign performers to light the fire this weekend
Pune Newsline, India - Dec 29, 2005 Event manager Sameer Qureshi from Xperiences Unlimited who has organised a Las Vegas night at Hotel Pride on December 31, explains the growing popularity of

Builders sweeten deal as housing market cools
MSNBC - 9 hours ago The e-mail offered a 3 percent commission for any sale, a Gucci gift certificate for two sales, a trip to the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas for four

UK Hilton says hotel deal talks progressing well 
Reuters - Dec 29 5:18 AM
UK Hilton said in October it had received an offer from the U.S. Hilton which sources close to the deal said valued the UK group’s hotels at 3.6 billion pounds ($6.3 billion), but since then it has sold nearly 400 million pounds of hotel assets. Save to My Web

Europe edges lower after weak Street finish 
Market Watch - Dec 30 1:31 AM
LONDON (MarketWatch) — European markets edged lower in light Friday trading on the last work day of 2005, following a weak close overnight on Wall Street.Save to My Web

The 40 Best Albums of 2005 
Spin - Dec 30 9:54 PM
The 40 Best Albums of 2005 Confetti. As Rip Taylor once snorted, “Why freakin’ not?” Save to My Web

Hilton Hotels to buy Hilton Group assets 
BusinessWeek - Dec 29 7:32 PM
DEC. 29 6:41 P.M. ET Hilton Hotels Corp. said Thursday it will buy the hotel assets of Britain’s Hilton Group PLC for 3.3 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) cash, creating the world’s biggest hotel company by revenue.Save to My Web

U.S. Spared As Terror Hits Abroad 
CBS News - Dec 29 8:03 AM
In 2005 the terror of exploding bombs and broken bodies gripped central London and teeming New Delhi, Egypt’s holiday beaches and Jordan’s hilltop hotels. But the U.S. homeland again was spared a major attack.Save to My Web

Pilatus Odyssey
AOPA Pilot - Dec 30, 2005 PC-12 simulator; simulators for previous versions are at SimCom’s Orlando, Florida, facility. The day ended with a stay in the Hotel Loftleidir, which offers a

A few surprises among 2006 travel hot spots
Seattle Times, United States - Dec 30, 2005 NEW YORK While travel to perennial favorites like Los Angeles, Orlando, New York and of New Orleans Online, a tourism Web site, says 20,000 hotel rooms are

Summer tryout sends this Wildcat to bowl game
Fremont Tribune, NE - Dec 28, 2005 Her parents and older sister, Kristen, will fly to Orlando, too, this week, to The cheerleaders stay together in one hotel, have curfews and are banned from

Marriott unit loses personal data of 206,000 customers
Political Gateway, FL - Dec 28, 2005 MIAMI, Dec 28 (PG) - A subsidiary of the Marriott hotel group lost tapes company’s clients, was on backup computer tapes in the Orlando, Florida headquarters

October tourism taxes up over 2004
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Dec 30, 2005 That shortfall from expectations was caused in part by the lower hotel and motel occupancy rate — almost 7 percentage points lower than the same month a year

Auburn continues preps for Capital One Bowl
Andalusia Star-News, AL - 14 hours ago two hours Wednesday at Freedom High School in Orlando before heading to Tinker Field for a “Day for Kids”. After a quick stop at the team hotel, Auburn players

Your New Year’s Eve survival guide
Florida Today, FL - 13 hours ago to your designated driver on the way home, or you are crashing in a hotel somewhere who has been serving up drinks for more than 20 years in Orlando and Brevard

The Top 10 Stories of 2005, Part 5: “ice” on Guam, U.S.S. San
Kuam News 8 - This is the fifth in a weeklong, five-part series highlighting the most memorable moments that made 2005 an unforgettable year on Guam. All week we’ve relived the most memorable stories we’ve covered over the last twelve months. And now, we’ve

Crazy Christmas Fun on the Connecticut’s Casino Scene
OCN - Silent nights? Hardly. Thousands of people on the East coast have been making their way to Connecticut over the weekend for Christmas. The reason? Hot casino action at the two largest casinos on the planet, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. With casino-goers

Sharing a painful bond
USA Today - Location Select a region Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo California North California South Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Kansas City

Homes fit for a king, or a CEO
Pioneer Press - When 3M Co.’s new CEO George Buckley goes house hunting in the Twin Cities, he shouldn’t have any trouble finding something to his liking in the multimillion-dollar price range. The 13-county Twin Cities metro area boasts 483 homes for sale over $1

Odds still blossoming
Covers.com - Southern Cal s superior size, speed and talent will see the Trojans beat Texas in the Jan. 4 Rose Bowl . What we don t know is what the line will closes at. It s currently Southern Cal -7, -7 or -8 depending on the book. Oddsmakers both

For Utes, it’s fun, but it’s no Fiesta
Salt Lake Tribune - SAN FRANCISCO - It might seem like kind of a bummer for the Utah Utes to be playing in the relatively obscure Emerald Bowl today. A year ago, they were enjoying the fawning attention of the entire college football world while shooting for a historic

What to do for New Year’s Eve
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SPECIAL: Florida’s Super Singer Registration
Local 6 - 2. Registration for Florida s Super Singer open auditions will be held on 1/10/06, 1/11/06, 1/12/06 and 1/13/06 at KB Home Design Studio 1233 Sand Lake Road, Orlando from 6pm until 9pm. Registration closes promptly at 9pm on the aforementioned

‘Stalker’ to Sci Fi
Riverside Press Enterprise - Q: Please tell me we haven’t seen the last of “Night Stalker.” I know ABC canceled it, but aren’t we going to get to watch the rest of the episodes? Please tell me it’s coming back soon. — F.C., Dallas A: The new adventures of “Night Stalker” Carl

Casino Plans Okayed in Poconos
WNEP-TV 16 - Plans for a proposed

Welcome, podnah, to the Westernized West
TidePool - Dec 29, 2005 But the name still has me puzzled: What exactly about the reality of upscale downtown hotel fits with the image of “cowboy “Kin I make you a reservation at the

Dawson and Sanderson extends hotel offer with placestostay
Travel Daily News International, Greece - Dec 19, 2005 PlacesToStay is the rebranded former CNG Travel Group online hotel reservation programme bought by FEXCO in October. It provides