Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 22, 2009

• Tourism brings big bucks to Sumter County (Americus Times-Recorder, Ga.)
• Howard Community College holds day for high school culinary, hospitality students: Would-be chefs see what the work is like (The Baltimore Sun)
• Oklahoma tourism is third largest economic driver (The Duncan Banner, Okla.)
• Condo-hotel hybrid nears completion in Saratoga Springs (The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y.)
• Urban renewal officials beginning to ponder southwest downtown without a Hammons hotel (The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• City may privatize stadium, convention center operations (The Indianapolis Star)
• MC lodging tax hike advances (Madison County Eagle, Va.)
• Hampton Inn and Suites now open for business (Laurel Leader-Call, Miss.)
• CityCenter's retail complex receives LEED Gold certification (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal Jane Ann Morrison column: JANE ANN MORRISON: Physical remains of Moulin Rouge should go; its history will stay (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Penn National Gaming says it wants Fountainebleau if the price is right (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Deals put luxury of The Greenbrier within reach: State's premier resort offers accommodations for only $59 a night (Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.)
• Downtown Salinas plan presented: City's core to include hotel, new City Hall, library and mixed-use projects (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• Half-full hotels in September: Hoteliers better prepared this time as occupancy falls to levels last seen in 2001. (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Sour year so far for hotels (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Lawmakers tackle liquor licenses for resorts: Effort to streamline the permit process instead generates confusion. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Tourism funding: Mayor Richard Daley says proposed cuts will force overhaul in marketing efforts: 'Much better strategy' sought, Daley says (Chicago Tribune)
• Convention Center back on track (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.)
• Holiday Inn planned for Commerce Boulevard (The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.)
• Active meth lab discovered at hotel (The Cullman Times, Cullman, Ala.)