Hotel.Online Hospitality News
September 23, 2009

• 'Silver Week' golden to Hawaii at holiday's end: Japan confluence of holidays brings surge of tourism (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• Marriott International to write off $760M on its timeshare business (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• EDITORIAL: CVB funding needed: Collins delivers with an investment that should pay tourism dividends (The Buffalo News, N.Y.)
• Casinos see 12th decline in a row (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• Most of Colony resort to close: All but restaurants, catering at Longboat Key fixture closing Sunday (The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
• Windmill land destined for hotels, restaurants? (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne)
• Tourism officials target amateur sports (Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.)
• Annual hospitality forum to showcase diverse talents, products (Jordan Times, Amman)
• A CALLING CARD: The House Specialty (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Dracut man sues Chelmsford hotel on handicap accessibility (The Sun, Lowell, Mass.)
• Hotel proposed near Hampton Power Plant (Daily Press, Newport News, Va.)
• Lodge operations questioned at meeting (Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio)
• Resort may seek casino license (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Foreclosure filed on Premier Resorts in South Carolina: Premier Resorts owes $6.75 million, cancelled as property managers at Barefoot Resort (Park Record, Park City, Utah)
• BRIEF: Rochester proceeds with food, lodging taxes (Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.)
• BD70m resort work to begin (Gulf Daily News, Manama, Bahrain)
• Hotel Owners, Union Organizers Clash (Grunion Gazette, Long Beach, Calif.)
• City leaders present for WinStar hotel grand opening (Gainesville Daily Register, Texas)