Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 9, 2009

• Hotel Occupancy Slips Again in Aug.: Report Extends Downward Trend (Albuquerque Journal, N.M.)
• City looks at future tourism options (Aiken Standard, S.C.)
• Columbus wants hotels back on online booking sites: Expedia Inc. has 30 days to respond to Thursday?s motion (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
• Visitors bureau uses $3 million reserve to dodge decline in marketing (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• Decision waits in Wynn tip case: Labor commissioner says it may be hard to rule before January (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Soffer drops out of Vegas decisions: Facing accusations of conflicts of interest, Fontainebleau Las Vegas developer Jeffrey Soffer removed himself from negotiations to sell the bankrupt project. The judge doubted Soffer's influence would disappear so easily. (The Miami Herald)
• Broward to beef up tourism marketing (The Miami Herald)
• Loews upgrading Miami Beach resort hotel: LOEWS IS SPENDING $50 MILLION TO RENOVATE ITS MIAMI BEACH RESORT (The Miami Herald)
• Big SLC hotels worry an even bigger hotel could hurt business: Although a 1,000-room facility could be profitable, but do so by stealing guess from other hoteliers. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• 2 aldermen float idea of a casino and entertainment complex at Chicago's planned Olympic Village: Alds. Richard Mell and George Cardenas have not raised the subject with Mayor Richard Daley (Chicago Tribune)
• Hotel part of plan for downtown Wilmington condo site (Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.)
• EDITORIAL: Leave hotel money in budget (The Wisconsin State Journal)