Hotel.Online Hospitality News
September 26, 2009

• Emerald Coast tourism statistics better than most (Destin Log, Fla.)
• BOB STUPAK 1942-2009: Las Vegas icon Bob Stupak defied the odds: Colorful gaming entrepreneur's exploits made headlines over and over again (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Partners create new look for Golden oldie: Co-owners help Golden Gate renovate (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Bank sues Premier Resorts: Property owners fail to get payments (The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
• Royal Caribbean boosts Haiti tourism push: By far the biggest private investment in Haiti tourism in decades, a multimillion-dollar expansion by Royal Caribbean on the northern coast is igniting hopes of a tourism comeback. (The Miami Herald)
• Another new hotel planned (Odessa American, Texas)
• Liens on Escala Lodges give owners grief: Developers say resolution underway (Park Record, Park City, Utah)
• Tough winter: Vail Resorts' income fell 52 percent last year: Whole industry, including Utah resorts, was hit by forces plaguing Colorado giant. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Hotels serve as welcome to college life for some (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.)
• BRIEF: Downtown Hotel Renovation (Tulsa World, Okla.)
• Days Inn in city sold, will become a Comfort Inn & Suites (Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.)
• Hoteliers question Edgewater project (The Wisconsin State Journal)
• Hyatt blinks on firings: Arranges substitute jobs in Boston for 98 workers (Boston Herald)