Hotel.Online Hospitality News
November 6, 2009

• BRIEF: Three Hawaii hotels, two restaurants earn Five Diamond Awards (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• A peak inside the Hyatt: Officials welcome the $17 million, 124-room hotel to downtown Bethlehem. (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• Firings bring NLRB action: Latham hotel owner allegedly terminated three employees for trying to organize union (Albany Times Union, N.Y.)
• Contractor seeking damages after falling down Hotel Clovis elevator shaft (Clovis News Journal, N.M.)
• Suit takes aim at Soffer empire: Title companies facing $600 million in contractor claims on the bankrupt Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino want the parent of Fontainebleau Miami Beach to step into the Vegas fight. (The Miami Herald)
• Broadmoor wins 5 diamonds again for both hotel and restaurant (The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• A Focus On The Future: MGM shrugs off quarterly loss, says CityCenter will spur rebound (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Judge rules M Resort must reinstate two fired security guards (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• IGT reports $21.3 million fourth quarter loss (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Pacific Grove council OKs plan for hotel near Holman site: Hotel would have worker housing (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• Former foes joined to push for casinos: Collaboration kept under rug until after vote (The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio)
• Fox Cities and Green Bay Area convention and visitors bureaus honored for work on getting soccer tournament 2011 U.S. Midwest Regional Championship (The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.)
• Unions may enroll casino workers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Convention Center halfway to its big rebirth (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau recognizes region's tourism pioneers (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.)
• BRIEF: Springhill Suites debuts downtown (Savannah Morning News, Ga.)
• Hyatt Hotels shares rise in first day of trading (Chicago Tribune)
• Pinellas tourist bureau to advertise in New York subway stations (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)
• Library, Edgewater Hotel proposals face continued hurdles (The Wisconsin State Journal)