Hotel News and Updates

Station Casinos Agrees to Be Bought for $5.4 Billion (Correct) 
(Corrects typographical error in first paragraph.) Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — Station Casinos Inc., owner of 12 Las Vegas-area casinos, agreed to a sweetened $5.4 billion takeover offer from the company’s management, including its founder’s sons.

NBA, Vegas … future partners? 
LAS VEGAS — When David Stern emerged from a meeting with this city’s martini-swilling mayor the other day, the first question that came to mind was which man still had his wallet.

Family reunion breaks out at fight promotion stop 
LAS VEGAS | They held a tour stop, and a family reunion broke out. Floyd Mayweather Jr. stood with his arm around his father Tuesday, showing him off to Oscar De La Hoya and making it clear that the senior Mayweather would have a role in preparing him for their May 5 megafight.

Singapore Warns Genting on Casino License 
Singapore has warned Genting International that there is no guarantee it will qualify for a gaming license despite its winning bid to build a casino resort — the latest sign of concern over Genting’s ties with a Macau gaming tycoon.

One step closer to a pro team 
Las Vegas may be closer than ever to getting an NBA franchise. On Wednesday, Mayor Oscar Goodman had a closed-door meeting with NBA commissioner, David Stern. The outcome, according to both, was positive.

Little of $81,000 from strip club is Pacman’s, owner says 
LAS VEGAS Don’t be fooled by police reports or a bar tab featuring several $600 bottles of Patron tequila; Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones wasn’t such a high roller the night he and his entourage allegedly ignited a brawl in a Las Vegas strip club that ended in the shooting of three people, the club owner says.

Hotel Web sites scroll to the top in customer satisfaction | By Jonathan Barsky and Lenny Nash 
The Market Metrix Hospitality Index, which is based on 35,000 consumer interviews conducted each quarter, includes a variety of measures about the hotel-reservation experience, both online and offline. This data provides special insight into the growing popularity of Web site usage and the satisfaction with the online experience.

Okano set to assume Hongwanji leadership 
The Rev. Thomas R. Okano, a Buddhist minister in Hawaii for 40 years, will become the top executive and spiritual leader of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii on Thursday.

around town 2/21 
Midland County Public Library’s Brown Bag lunch is noon Feb.

10th Ayer citizens police academy set 
AYER — The 10th citizens police academy is scheduled to start April 7. Residents and business owners are eligible for the free course. The program runs 10 weeks and meets on Saturday mornings from 9 to noon.

Renaissance Charleston Hotel Removes Trans Fats from All Menus; First Charleston Hotel to Serve Health-Conscious … 
The Renaissance Charleston Hotel Historic District has made groundbreaking strides in the area, becoming the first official hotel in the city to remove all trans fats from hotel menus and other food outlets. (PRWeb Feb 22, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/VGhpci1UaGlyLVpldGEtSG9yci1NYWduLVplcm8=

Spitzer Approves Plan for Indian Casino in Catskills 
With Gov. Eliot Spitzers backing, plans to build a $600 million casino for the St. Regis Mohawk tribe took a major step forward.

Business Calendar 
Dec. 5: Introduction to Solution Selling; introductory session designed for anyone striving to improve effectiveness as a salesperson; 9 a.m. to noon; Western Technical College La Crosse Campus, Academic Resource Center, Room 200; $55; contact Pat Chilsen at (608) 789-6032 or chilsenp@westerntc. edu.

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Local tennis: Gullikson appearing at Mediterra Cup 
His close friends and associates sometimes refer to him simply as Gully. And Sunday is the day when Tom Gullikson, the former ATP touring pro and tennis coach, brings world-class tennis and his world-renowned personality to the 6th annual Mediterra Cup.

Parties pepper Oscar week
Variety - MPTF chief exec Ken Scherer believes the Night Before — set for Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel — has become the With a pricetag slightly over $1 million, it’s not cheap to stage this event, but with a 2006 after-expense net of almost $1

Gadgetry to Save the World? Not So Fast
TechNewsWorld - If your little hotel caters for a handful of guests every year, and you conduct your relationship with them on first-name Where there’s a need, there is always a viable, cheap solution. The small entrepreneurs discovered that they can do much

From The Archives
New Orleans Times-Picayune - But in September, Nagin said Meffert had told him he purchased the boat with cash from the sale of a plantation home in Convent, and had gotten it on the cheap because the previous owner had gone bankrupt. Meffert also declined to respond to voice

Jersey and You: Perfect Together!
Jewish Exponent - Flights are frequent and cheap to and from London Gatwick. Cabs are readily available at the airport, or you may want to rent The Club is a modern boutique hotel with the best spa in town. Located in the heart of St. Helier, the capital of Jersey

Gronk: Taking a look behind the curtain
Los Angeles Times - Propped against a potted plant on the fourth-floor rooftop patio is a tattered sign for the Hotel Senator, the nearby onetime When his ‘Urban Narrative’ show at Gallery 727 closed in 2005, the people there said, ‘What do we do with this “Cheap

Disney Movies
Mickey News - You can get great prices on Disneyland tickets and hotel accomadations around the resort. Mickey News Travel can also get you corridor boasting higher average annual incomes as more elite residential developments come on line where dirt is cheap and

Times old Roman
Gulf News - To avoid inconveniences, be careful while choosing a hotel. Compare different hotels while some are unnecessarily There is a wide range of good, cheap pizzas and the tables, both inside and outside, are usually full. Ecce Bombo at Via di

Going with the flow
News.com.au - It was linked to The Murray Hotel. It’s off the tourist map but shop owners can point you in its direction. One building that Producers of the show who recently gathered with the stars on board The Pevensey spoke of how cheap the series was to produce

Online Press Release
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Circus climate attracts throng to Combine
Orlando Sentinel - Something in the sports world on your mind? Send us a letter and we may print it in a future edition of the Orlando Sentinel . After dinner back at the players’ hotel, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., athletes go from room to room for exclusive team interviews

Royal Garden Hotel in London to Install IDeaS Revenue Optimization
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Benda contract will wait for review
MLive.com - Leaders last year also OKed a streetside makeover for the Ashman Court Hotel on Main, where work continues. America s Promise The Alliance for Youth identified Midland as on of its 100 Best Communities for Young People. Boosters applied for the

Allegiant Air adds summer flights
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Allegiant Air has again boosted service from Fort Wayne International Airport, this time adding Wednesday flights to Orlando Las Vegas-based Allegiant offers low-cost packages with hotel stays, rental car reservations and amusement park tickets.

MOVING REASONS VARY
USA Today - Louis Cardinals’ minor leaguers live in a hotel 10 miles from their camp in Jupiter, Fla. The street lights are covered with Howell flew to Orlando from his winter home in Michigan, and the Dodgers provided him transportation from the airport. So he

Fashion Q&A: Just because the shoe fits doesn’t mean you have to wear
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) Q: I do a lot of air travel for my company, mostly two- or three-day trips. I like to travel light meetings, shopping and sightseeing; flip-flops for trips to the pool or ice machine; sneakers for working out in the hotel

Police: Mentally Disabled Boy Dangled Off Balcony Over Scooter
Local 6 - ORLANDO, Fla. — A man in Orange County, Fla., is accused of dangling a 10-year-old mentally disabled boy upside down over a hotel balcony over the child’s scooter, according to police. Police said Frederick Harris apparently became annoyed with the

Frankel, ally dig for dirt on Mitchell
Palm Beach Interactive - Line to cash in on Smith’s death grows IRS taking closer look at golfer’s flights Model collapses in Hollywood hotel suite page report in which the most salacious revelation was that Mitchell “might have” left a League of Cities meeting in Orlando

Tribes making inroads in sports industry
USA Today - November, the 1,700-member tribe became the first non-NBA owner of a WNBA team with its $10 million purchase of the Orlando Grant hotel for $52 million. Ironically, Grant was the president who, by executive order, created many Indian reservations.

FC Westchester endures long, strange trip
journalnews.com - and had hotel and car reservations. After turning down an offer of standby tickets - Gonzalez was stunned at the suggestion of standby seats for such a large group including minors - the team was told there would be a charter flight to Orlando that

Panel backs hotel project 
Before the condominium market declined, a development company thought a 55-and-older community near the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Cortez Road would fit well nestled next to the Golden Corral restaurant. Now a Minnesota-based company is thinking a hotel and another restaurant will fit better - and possibly be more successful.

Firefighters Oust Blaze At Former Miami Beach Hotel 
Firefighters in Miami Beach ousted a raging fire Thursday afternoon at a former hotel in the Collins Park district.

Renaissance Charleston Hotel Removes Trans Fats from All Menus; First Charleston Hotel to Serve Health-Conscious … 
The Renaissance Charleston Hotel Historic District has made groundbreaking strides in the area, becoming the first official hotel in the city to remove all trans fats from hotel menus and other food outlets.

Stallone’s jet, hotel searched in Sydney 
Customs officials searched Sylvester Stallone’s hotel room and private jet three days after seizing banned substances from the muscle-bound actor’s entourage as he arrived for a promotional tour, a news report said.

Sheraton Hotel is being sold 
One of the city’s largest hotels is being sold and is headed for a major upgrade. Marcus Hotels and Resorts of Milwaukee said Tuesday that it will form a joint venture with Waterton Tactical Real Estate Fund I of Chicago to buy the 237-room Sheraton Madison Hotel at 706 John Nolen Drive.

Patience will pay off with intriguing ‘Hotel Dusk’ 
It’s not always easy, and at times it barely even resembles a video game. But “Hotel Dusk: Room 215″ is an unusual new title that’s perfectly suited to the quirky, touch-screen Nintendo DS handheld. More of a digital choose-your-own-adventure book than video game, “Hotel Dusk” (Rated T, $34.99) can be frustratingly slow and obtuse.

A Hotel Can be the Next Best Thing to Home 
(ARA) - While visiting family is always nice, staying with family can be stressful. Perhaps the house isn’t big enough to hold another entire family, or maybe you just want to be able to retreat to your own space.

La Vista Gives Go-Ahead To Hotel, Conference Development 
La Vista says yes to a project to create hotel rooms and conference space.

Released tape reveals little about Anna Nicole Smith’s death 
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in Hollywood, Florida, have released a police recording related to the death of Anna Nicole Smith. In the 31-second tape, an Indian tribe’s police department asks for help from paramedics at a hotel-casino on the reservation.

No place like dome 
Theresa Holst answers a lot of questions from visitors to the Capitol, but the most common is: “Can we come up to the dome?”

Aladdin’s rebranding as Planet Hollywood to finish by October 
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The formerly bankrupt Aladdin casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip will complete its long-awaited rebranding as the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino by October, the property owner said.

Residences at CityCenter’s Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Nearly Sold Out After Two Weeks on Market 
More than 90 percent of the luxury residential offerings at CityCenter’s Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas have sold in a mere 14 days and generated more than $600 million, signifying a robust market for Las Vegas’ next generation development.

Smokin’ Joe Frazier Throwin Punches for Pioneer Telephone in Las Vegas 
Smokin’ Joe Frazier, former boxing heavyweight champion of the world, to be at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday, March 5, 2007. (PRWeb Feb 18, 2007)

Fire in housekeeper’s cart doused at Las Vegas Strip hotel 
LAS VEGAS Sixth-floor guests are back in their rooms at Harrah’s hotel-casino this morning after being forced to evacuate due to a fire in a housekeeper’s cart.

First Edition Cycling News
Cycling News - Blue Ridge mountains to the north of Greenville, South Carolina, the community will include home sites, a hotel Please visit http://www.velodrome.org/CGI-BIN/2007rsvp.html and make your reservation by February 28th. . Previous News

On the go
Egypt Today - Hertz customers also receive one Air Mile for every UAE dirham spent on pre-paid international reservation vouchers. Hertz has Both groups are also eligible for a $100 hotel credit or a dinner safari. Offers end August 31. Starting July 4, Emirates

You Tell Us: What’s Your Theory about What Killed Anna Nicole?
extra tv - Then she dies only 5 months later at an indian reservation which also has its own jurisdiction. Every account is that Daniel examiner finally comes up with something was wrong with her heart .yeah look at the drugs in the fridge at the hotel

Star Cruises to review structure in Macau deal
Business Times Malaysia - Star Cruises announced plans last month to buy a Macau property, which it said would be developed into a casino hotel to I won’t discount the possibility. He may end up with a smaller stake than planned,” she said, referring to Ho’s planned

Novotel Montreal Airport: Thousands of Details Needed to Open a
CCNMatthews - 2007) - The new Novotel Montreal Airport, the seventh in the chain to be opened in Canada and the first of a prototype hotel Founded in 1974 and with offices in Toronto and London, Realstar Hospitality Corp. focuses on strategic investing in various

AFX TOP STORIES UK 0805 GMT
Forbes - Land Securities acquires Accor hotel portfolio for 439 mln stg LONDON (AFX) - Land Securities Group PLC said its property partnership business, Land Securities Trillium, has agreed to acquire a 30-hotel portfolio from Accor S.A., the fourth largest

InterContinental Hotels to return 800 mln stg to investors - report
Forbes - LONDON (AFX) - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), in which the Barclay brothers have built a 5 pct stake, will next week also expected to signal plans to sell some of the remaining 25 hotels it owns, including the InterContinental Buckhead Hotel

Ivanka Trump Hits Out At Paris Hilton
Entertainmentwise - his Apprentice LA TV show, says she hates being compared to Miss Hilton, who is granddaughter hotel billionaire Conrad Hilton. “I work 13-hour days for my money,” the 25-year-old former model, who now works for dad Donald’s business, told the London

Lily Allen Enjoys Watching Porn On The Road
All Headline News - London, English (BANG) - Lily Allen’s likes to keep herself sexually satisfied while on tour. The British singer recently said her favorite way to unwind on tour is to watch pornography. The 21-year-old says when she is stuck in hotel rooms across

WRU defend players’ drinks night
IC Wales - The WRU has emphasised that there was no bad behaviour from the players and that they all arrived back at the team hotel. The Edinburgh drinking session will have horrible parallels for some of the way the players went out on the town in London after

Will Data Centres in London Run out of Space or Power?
Forbes - These issues will form the basis of a new forum taking place at the forthcoming Data Centres Europe event (www.datacentres.com) taking place March 21-23 at the Millennium London Mayfair Hotel. The European panel comprising of representatives from

WIN a weekend in Paris!
This is Wiltshire - You will stay in The Hotel London- a comfortable, welcoming establishment, located in the lively, elegant district of the Opera for 3 nights. The hotel is close to many luxury boutiques, chic restaurants and the main department stores; it is also not