Hotel.Online Hospitality News
November 4, 2009

• Hawaiiana may be closing: Guests of the Waik?k? hotel are being told this is final week of operation (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• Caribbean hotels saved by high court halt on demolition (The Tico Times, San Jose, Costa Rica)
• Lane County tourism declines: Local hoteliers say the slide may be ending, but improvement may not happen until 2011 (The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.)
• Marriott TownePlace set to open in January (The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.)
• Buffett cut BNSF deal at downtown Fort Worth's Ashton Hotel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
• CityCenter licensing gets own hearing (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Tourism breaks $100-million mark in Macon County (Herald and Review, Decatur, Ill.)
• Firm hired as consultant for proposed downtown hotel (The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
• Deutsche Bank affiliate files for casino license as full owner of Cosmopolitan (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Buyout to take casino parent private (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• BRIEF: Ameristar Casinos keep third quarter earnings flat (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• BRIEF: New 21c art hotel to open in Cincinnati (The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
• We'll win Columbus over, casino developers vow (The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio)
• Downtown Hilton getting new owners, renewed renovations (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Deal to develop Kennewick land falls through (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.)
• Florida group close to deal with Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Developers out of Dakota Mountain Lodge: Lender takes over DuVal's share of ownership (Park Record, Park City, Utah)
• National hospitality groups oppose Fort Lee hotel (Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.)
• San Mateo Measures L, M: Voters approve tax hikes (San Mateo County Times, Calif.)
• Vegas-style casinos come up a winner (The Blade, Toledo, Ohio)
• Developer of Portsmouth hotel given construction extension (The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)