HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Legislative panel OKs wireless gambling in Atlantic City casinos (The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.)
• BRIEF: Gaming operations halted at the Claridge Casino Hotel in Atlantic City (The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.)
• Former Hilton renames itself the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, rebrands itself as the locals' casino (The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.)
• Hotels filling up (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
• Tourism continues to reach out to Danes (The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas)
• Indy's successful Super Bowl could bring more conventions to town (WXIN-TV, Indianapolis)
• EDITORIAL: To improve tourism, Taiwan should focus on the little things (The China Post, Taipei, Taiwan / Asia News Network)
• Commercial space requested for new downtown Marriott hotel plan (Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.)
• FEATURE: Trouble in paradise - but no impact on the tourists (dpa, Berlin)
• French-Russian venture to invest billions in Caucasus tourism (dpa, Berlin)
• Hooters Las Vegas, creditor fight over $100 million 'deficiency' (Las Vegas Sun)
• Initiative filed to raise tax on casinos (Las Vegas Sun)
• Hilton Head council opposes bills regulating TIFs, online travel sites (The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
• Cruise line, theme parks propel Disney profit (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Senate bill could cut hourly wages of servers, bartenders (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• BRIEF: Raleigh seeks official bids for hotel near convention center (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
• Two new hotels coming to Lakewood (The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
• Unrest-hit hotel wages unpaid (Gulf Daily News, Manama, Bahrain)
• Tourism Trends (The Salem News, Beverly, Mass.)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• ASFONA 2012 Associate Board Members Meeting Addresses Outlook for North American Hotel Market; STR research and continued growth of Starwood Hotels & Resorts' brands indicate positive outlook in 2012
• NORTHWIND Maestro Expands Professional Services to Achieve Greater Profits and Productivity for Independent Operators; Maestro Professional Management Strategies and Online Marketing Services Designed for The Unique Needs of Independents Create More Efficient Operations and Optimize Revenues
• BrightEdge and VIZERGY® Partner to Offer the Hotel Industry's Leading SEO; VIZERGY One of the First Hospitality Digital Marketing Companies to Utilize BrightEdge
• Trump Organization Selected by General Services Administrationas as Preferred Developer for Renovation and Conversion of Washington D.C.'s Old Post Office Into a 250-room Luxury Hotel
• Wyndham Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $56 million Compared to $78 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 5%
• Noble Investment Group Acquires the Hotel Midtown in Atlanta and the Holiday Inn Memphis East to be Redeveloped as the Hyatt Atlanta Midtown and Memphis Marriott East
• Hilton Garden Inn Congratulates Top Hotels of 2011 and Names the Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City/Downtown in Utah as the 2011 Hotel of the Year and Connie Award Winner
• Caesars Entertainment Corporation's Initial Public Offering Lists 1.8 Million Shares Priced at $9.00; Gross Proceeds to be About $16 Million
• Hotel Association of New York City and the New York Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO Reach Early Agreement that will Impact as Many as 30,000 Unionized New York City Hotel Workers
• The Procaccianti Group Completes the Acquisition of the 365-room Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor in Maryland
• Hilton Worldwide Signs Development Agreements for Four New Hotels in Turkey Bringing its Pipeline in the Country to 13
• Marriott International Debuts in Gabon with Signing of Management Agreement with Prime Hospitality for Two Hotels in Libreville; The 250-room Marriott Hotel and the 40-unit Marriott Executive Apartments
• Raleigh, North Carolina to Issue Request-for-Proposals for Development of Hotel Near Convention Center
• The Saint Hotel in New Orleans and Two Miami, Florida Hotels, the Blue Moon and the Winter Haven, Join Marriott's Autograph Collection
• Amadeus Appoints Ex-Wyndham CIO Jeff Edwards to Lead Rapidly Expanding Hotel Division
• Resort Data Processing Customers Top Conde Nast?s List of Top Hotels
• SkyWire Media and WebmasterRadio.FM's 'Mobile Presence' Set to Reconnect with Listeners Starting Wednesday February 8th; Taking over the weekly hosting duties in this returning radio series will be two sales and marketing executives from the mobile solutions provider, Nicole Hurley and Joe Walczak.
• How Travel is Getting to Grips with New Mobile Technology and NFC in 2012 / Marco Saio
• Hotel SEO: Menace or Opportunity? / Pedro Colaco
• InterMountain Management to Develop Two New Hotels in Lakewood, Washington; Openings Planned for Late 2013 for the 109-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 101-room TownePlace Suites
• Video: German Hotelier of the Year 2012 Awarded to Dietmar Muller Elmau, Owner of Schloss Elmau
• Former Atlantic City, New Jersey Hilton Renamed as the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel; New Marketing Strategy Launched Targeting Local Customers
• Avia The Woodlands in Texas Reflags as the Hyatt Market Street, The Woodlands
• The Kessler Collection and Creator Richard C. Kessler Pioneering Boutique Luxury Hotels with an Eye on Design, Rare Art and Emerging Jewelry Lines
• The 213-room DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City Opens in Panama Operated by Blue Star Hospitality
• Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Open the 230-key Swissôtel Dresden Am Schloss in Dresden, Germany
• HSMAI Names 2012 Americas Executive Committee and Board of Directors; The Peabody Orlando's Barb Bowden Named as Board Chair
• Leigh Hitz Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Stout Street Hospitality
• Waterford Hotel Group Names Sean Riccard as General Manager and Sue Gallogly as Director of Sales for the 92-room Courtyard by Marriott in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Names Luis Pous as Corporate Chef Overseeing all Culinary Operations
• Carlos Bueno Appointed as the Director of Food and Beverage for The Boston Harbor Hotel in Massachusetts

• Investors Suing Over Losses at the Stalled $2.9 Billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas Project Discover Internal Documents Detailing Alleged Cost Overrun Cover-Up of Up to $450 Million
• Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 Early Registration Discounts to Expire February 15th
• Gaylord Entertainment Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $5.1 million Compared to Loss of $32.5 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR Increased 10.4% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• American Gaming Association Report Shows Commercial Casinos Remain a Driving Force in U.S. Economy; Economic Impacts of Casino Industry Equivalent to 1 Percent of U.S. GDP
• Hilton Worldwide Re-Brands the Elysian in Illinois as the Waldorf Astoria Chicago
• Miami-Dade Florida's Hotel Rebound Hits a Plateau in December 2011 Though the Month Remains the Best December on Record for Hotel Tax Collections
• Tampa, Florida Area Hotel and Motel Industry Revenue Grew by Nearly 11% in 2011 over 2010; 2012 Prospects Look Promising As Well
• The Ascott Limited to Assess OpenWays Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass at Citadines Apart'hotels in Lyon and Cannes, France
• Lodging Interactive, CoMMingle Adds Google+ Service to Enhance Hotels' Social Media Strategies
• UniFocus Partner, The Heathman Hotel, Honored With Spot on TripAdvisor's 2012 Top 25 List
• Evision Worldwide CEO Vikram Singh to Moderate Two Panels at Travel Distribution World Asia 2012 in Singapore
• Percipia Networks Adds Seasoned Veteran to Its Sales Force and Opens Additional Chicago Location
• Santa Monica's Eco-Friendly Shore Hotel Opens with INNCOM in Every Guestroom
• HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Is EI's Newest Global Academic Program (GAP) Partner School
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn - Southfield, Michigan
• Employee Engagement - The Doctor is IN... / Tommy Taylor
• Souris Valley Suites Hotel in Minot, North Dakota Undergoing Expansion to Add 46 Suites to Current 89; Owned by Bakken Hospitality and Managed by Dora Hospitality
• The 130-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Downtown Opens in Georgia Following $7 Million Upgrade and Conversion from the Centennial Inn Atlanta Hotel; Property is Owned by Jay and Nat Patel and Managed by Luckie J. Management
• Viceroy Hotel Group Adds the 165-room Cassa Hotel in New York City to its Urban Retreat Collection
• Acquired by an Entity of Starwood Capital at Sherriff's Sale, Historic Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pennsylvania Now Managed by Hersha Hospitality
• Highpointe Hotel Corporation Chosen to Manage the Recently Renovated 91-room Hampton Inn & Suites in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Macdonald Hotels Adds the 48-room Haycock Hotel in Wansford, England to its Portfolio
• Stout Street Hospitality Names Jim Finnegan as General Manager and Jasper Verlaan as Director of Sales for the 246-room Magnolia Hotel Denver in Colorado
• Stuart Weintraub Named as General Manager for the 100-room Richmond Hotel in Miami, Florida
• Grace Bay Resorts Names John Vasatka as General Manager for The 168-room Veranda Resort in Turks and Caicos

Top five viewed pages during January 2012

• Business Traveler Sues Starwood Hotel Chain for Negligence after Man Claiming to be her Husband is Given the Key to her Room and Joins her in Bed
• HSMAI Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing for 2011; Winners to be Honored at Reception and Adrian Awards Gala February 27, 2012
• Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show / Terence Ronson
• What Is The Difference Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity? / Doug Kennedy
• Where Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The Eco-Chic Element of Course