Hotel.Online Hospitality News
May 7, 2008

• Council panel says Dallas should own convention center hotel (The Dallas Morning News)
• Profit declines at MGM: Cost of new Detroit casino, economy cited for poor quarter (Detroit Free Press)
• Midi owner serves white asparagus in a special European-style salute (Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.)
• Hotel rebuild to start on Truman Avenue: El Rancho's style going Conch-like (Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon)
• Arlington finds new tourism chief in Dallas (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
• Hotel bookings hit all-time high after only 7 months (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
• 'For sale' sign could be headed for Fitzgeralds (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• MGM Mirage profits slide (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Ex-Harrah's chief tapped for Sierra Pacific position (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Burger Bliss: Massive burgers fuel a tiny eatery's big business (The Monitor, McAllen, Texas)
• Blocks falling off Clarke Hotel: Despite setback, project still expected to finish by August (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Long Island's all-star chefs: Behind these restaurant greats are ... their mothers (Newsday, Melville, N.Y.)
• Airport hotel is treated to a makeover (The Day, New London, Conn.)
• BRIEF: Shot fired at downtown Omaha hotel (Omaha World-Herald, Neb.)
• Archdiocese downtown project takes shape: New plans scrap hotel, incorporate pedestrian corridor (The Santa Fe New Mexican)
• Burma tourist traffic likely to give way to aid workers (Bangkok Post, Thailand)
• Council OKs Hotel Signs (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)
• Detroit-area investors buy into Greektown: State to review plan to purchase 40% of struggling casino for $100 million (Detroit Free Press)
• Greenbrier CVB to host Tourism Summit May 14 (The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.)