HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Airport hotel project to break ground in Bradenton, Fla. (The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
• BRIEF: Financial help may be on the horizon for Macomb County convention center (Detroit Free Press)
• GOING GLOBAL: ResortQuest announces partnership with Switzerland-based Interhome (Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach)
• Agents sever ties with Hukill: She's trying to purchase Executive Inn (Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan at Work column (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Gambling stocks tumble on economic woes (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Gaming column (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Sports book operation bets it can thrive in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• BRIEF: Alleged intoxicated man drives car into hotel pool (The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
• CARICOM leaders consider single tourism brand (The Miami Herald)
• Restaurant owner Fhima files Chapter 11 after string of failures: The entrepreneur filed a bankruptcy petition to reorganize more than $2 million in debts. Two of his eateries remain open. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis)
• The Oklahoman Sharon Dowell column: Chef's experience lends fine dining influence to pub (The Oklahoman)
• Resort-tax collections keep rising in Orlando area (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• 21 sickened at Palo Alto hotel: County investigating cause of outbreak; facility declared safe (Palo Alto Daily News, Calif.)
• BRIEF: Arena construction set to begin, hotel planned (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Maine group purchases Sandy Bay Motor Inn (Gloucester Daily Times, Mass.)
• To tourists, state looks as golden as ever despite fires, economy: FOREIGN VISITORS SPENDING FREELY (San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
• Church meeting is city's largest convention of the year (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Volleyball event attracts 35,000: Cash registers ring at hotels, malls and eateries as families find an excuse to vacation (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• City moving on TIF district for Baker Hotel: Latest action on historic hotel an attempt to have TIF in place well ahead of December deadline (Mineral Wells Index, Texas)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• Construction Beginning on the Great Orlando Wheel; Iconic Observation Wheel, Similar to the London Eye, Going Up Adjacent to the Orlando - Orange County Convention Center
• Lodging Econometrics' Europe Construction Pipeline at a Cyclical High of 1,031 Projects/172,815 Guestrooms; Emerging Countries Are a Major Development Focus
• Profile: Steve Shalit - Vice President and Managing Director, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas
• 21 Sickened at Crowne Plaza-Cabana in Palo Alto, California; County Health Investigating Cause, Hotel Dclared Safe
• Steve Wynn Names Tim Poster and Tom Breitling Senior Vice Presidents of Strategy and Development
• Benchmark Hospitality Promotes Greg Parsons to Vice President, Overseeing Properties in the Midwest, South and Eastern United States
• Enna Goodsby Appointed General Manager, Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, Killeen, Texas

• Emergence of Adventure Sports Resorts; 10 Trends Point the Way to Future Resort Development / Jeff Coy
• Balance of Power in Hospitality Capital Planning / Tina McCrossan
• Owners of Northern Bay Golf Resort & Marina Located Near Wisconsin Dells, Wisonsin File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Condos Not Selling
• Downtown Chicago Hotel Occupancy Dipped to 65.2% During the First Five Months of 2008, from 67.4% in the Year-earlier Period
• The University of North Carolina Selects Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Carolina Inn and Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• The Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York  for Sale: Asking Price is $7,785,000 for the 39 room Hotel Built in 1877
• Viking Hospitality Fund Developing its Second Hotel, a 124 room New Hampton Inn & Suites in Rochester, Minnesota
• The Top 10 Castle Hotels in Europe / TripAdvisor
• John Q. Hammons Opens the 257-suite Embassy Suites® Omaha/La Vista - Hotel & Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska; The Opening Marks Hammons' 203rd Hotel in 50 Years
• PAR Springer-Miller Announces PABP Validation
• Trust International Marks Successful First Half of 2008 With 7 New Clients and Increased Hotel Booking Volume
• Prestigious Properties Ltd. Selects Wyndham Hotels to Manage a  251-unit Resort at Pirate's Bay on the West Coast of Grand Turk Island
• Pestana Hotels and Resorts Selects MICROS OPERA Reservations System to Create a Single Image Inventory Solution
• Pegasus Solutions Names Ric Leutwyler President of Representation Services
• The Former Ramada Inn at Amoskeag Falls in Manchester, New Hampshire Receives $3 Million Renovation and Conversion to the Clarion Brand
• Spiridon Sarantopoulos Appointed General Manager of the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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