Hotel.Online Hospitality News
May 6, 2008

• Argosy takes a short trip to free up driftwood: Flotsam could harm vessel, casino official says (The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.)
• Fort Lauderdale OKs hotel-office complex next to federal courthouse (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
• Tourism commission budgeted out of office (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• Protest follows raids at restaurant chain (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.)
• New partner injects cash into Greektown Casino (Detroit Free Press)
• Florence, Ore., increases hotel room tax (The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.)
• Waterford To Join In Sheraton Makeover: Firm Purchases 50% Of Airport Hotel (The Hartford Courant, Conn.)
• Homestead council OK's five-story hotel (The Miami Herald)
• Wineries boost economy, tourism in state (Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.)
• Dubai hotel visitors to cross ten million by 2010 (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• Development for Victorville worth $100 million: Plans include a hotel, two office towers, and a stripmall-type shopping center (Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.)
• Pittsburgh slots trump Vegas casino for Barden (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Family of murdered woman sues casino (The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
• Ministry of tourism looks to attract French tourists: A new three million shekel campaign from the Ministry of Tourism will be screened in movie theaters in France. (Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Hillsborough, Pinellas Link Up To Pursue South American Tourists (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)
• Proposed Beach hotel would block radar, FAA says (The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)
• Lottery allows developer 12-year buy-in for casino (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
• Hearing on hotel delayed (The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.)
• BRIEF: GT Resort to operate shuttered course (The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.)