HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Ski resorts cash in on snowfall (Albany Times Union, N.Y.)
• Omni hotels in Fort Worth, Irving to host Super Bowl teams in 2011 (The Dallas Morning News)
• CVB, ski businesses team up to study winter tourists (The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff)
• Strong start to the season: Tourists open their wallets for a week of sunshine (Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon)
• BRIEF: Hotel will be sold at auction (The Brunswick News, Ga.)
• Tourism Agencies Hit by Stiff Penalties (Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
• High tech in low spirit (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Gaming regulator comes full circle (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Jordan: Samarah Dead Sea Resort makes progress (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• After foreclosure, Merrimack hotel again up for sale (The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.)
• County still a draw for tourists: The visitor center had a record 6,025 tourists last year, a 14% spike. (Daily Press, Newport News, Va.)
• It's matter of time for resort developer (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Another guilty plea in illegal betting ring at A.C. casino (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Smokers get more room in casinos (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Christmas week good for lodging industry: The best week of the year was down from 2007, but still very good (Park Record, Park City, Utah)
• Tshuva, Dankner push Las Vegas loan deferment: Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs lent the developers' companies $625 million to buy the site of their planned Plaza Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. (Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel)
• BRIEF: Omni Fort Worth races to finish hotel by next week's opening (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
• Wingate Hotel contractor gets OK for sewer in Black River, N.Y. (Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.)
• Cocopah Casino rehires former general manager (The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.)

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• Lonrho Hotels Selects Maestro PMS Multi-Property as Standard System Across all Properties to Optimize Revenue, Group Bookings and Web Reservations; NORTHWIND Maestro installation enables Grand Karavia to be more productive and more profitable with centralized controls
• Revenue Management Doesn't Take a Back Seat During a Downturn / Bruce Mainzer
• Hotel Spas in the U.S: The Potential to be Buoyant in 2009, However, Not Invincible
• Hotel Revenue Management Meets the Recession … Are You Prepared to Fight for Business in '09? / Neil Salerno
• Shuttered for Two Years, The Former 203-room Merrimack Hotel & Conference Center in Merrimack, New Hampshire Offered at $7 million
• The Hakimian Organization Expecting Mid-2009 Opening for the Hyatt Branded 253 room Andaz Wall Street in Manhattan's Financial District
• Trump SoHo New York, a  46-story, 400-room Glass Tower Located in Manhattan's SoHo District, Expected to Open in Fall 2009; Will Include Quattro's Restaurant, A Second Edition of Miami's South Beach Quattro Gastronomia Italiana
• 2009 International SPA Association Spa Trends
• Complimentary training with Bryan Williams
• Cherokee Casino Resort Selects Newmarket International's Sales and Catering Solutions; Benefits of implementation include tremendous time savings and cost savings
• Omni Hotels Names Lesli Reynolds Vice President, Global Distribution & Revenue Strategy
• Danni Williams Appointed General Manager at Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown
• The Former Holiday Inn Select Cleveland Lakeside Receives $15 million Transformation and New Doubletree Name
• Diane Mombourquette Named Vice President and CFO for Boutique Hotels & Resorts of British Columbia

• Benchmark Hospitality Selects Aptech's Execuvue Business Intelligence; Benchmark taps Execuvue to centralize data gathering, analysis for 30 independent hotels for greater operating efficiency and increased ownership profitability
• Casino Hotels Rely on Service and Experience from Revenue Management Providers; Service and Support are Essential to Maximize Potential of Revenue Management Systems
• Hotelier's 2009 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov & Jason Price
• 2009 The Game Changer for Innovation in Hotel Sales Processes / Carol Verret
• FX Real Estate and Entertainment that Once Envisioned Building an Elvis-themed Resort on 18 acres Across from CityCenter Defaults on a $475 million Loan, May be on Verge of Losing the Land
• Gaylord Reports Only a Modest Decline in Business Volumes for November and December 2008; All Claims with Perini over Construction of Gaylord National Resort Settled, Final Cost Approximately $1,050 million
• San Jose Convention Officials Expect Only Modest Losses from the Economic Slump, Have More Professional Associations Booked, Which are Less Vulnerable to Market Downturns then Corporate Groups
• Subsidiary of Drury Hotels Acquires the Original St. Vincent Hospital Property in Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico for $20 million, Will Seek City Approval for Redevelopment
• Charlotte's Once-fine Hotel, the William Rufus Barringer Hotel, Retains its Simple Elegance
• The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc.Acquries the 179 room Barcelona Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada for Approximately 60% of the Appraised Value of $21 million; Property will be Rebranded as a Siegel Slots & Suites
• Jim Wilson & Associates Selects Davidson Hotel Company to Manage The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama
• Peninsula Hotels Upgrade to OPERA v5.0 and Deploy MICROS OPERA Revenue Management System; World's First Truly Integrated Revenue Management System
• Irvine Company Resort Properties Names Richard R. Evanich the Managing Director of Island Hotel Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California
• Tropicana Las Vegas Names Ron Thacker President
• CARINO Hotels & Resorts Announces Appointment of Director, Sales & Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions; Luxury Hotel Group Welcomes Jan Jacobsen to CARINO Hotels & Resorts
• Peter Webster Appointed General Manager of the 304-room Hilton Short Hills in Short Hills, New Jersey
• Carly Hall Named Hotel Manager for the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort in Ucluelet, British Columbia

Top five viewed pages during December 2008

1. Former Manager of the Restaurant at the Hilton Minneapolis Files Discrimination Lawsuit;  Alleges She Was Fired After Complaining about Hotel Executives' Wild Party
2. A Husband and Wife Suing United Airlines for Negligently Overserving Wine During a Flight; Claims Drinks Caused Domestic Violence After Plane Landed 
3. PKF Forecasts 7.8% RevPAR Decline for U.S. Hotels in 2009;  Will be the Fifth Largest Annual Decline Since 1930, No Relief Until Second Quarter of 2010 
4. Update from Raymond Bickson, the Managing Director  of Taj Hotels, as of 1.00 pm IST, December 1, 2008 
5. Dealing With the Economic Downturn: 10 Ideas for Hotels and Resorts / David J. Sangree