Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 14, 2009

• EDITORIAL: Tourism under more pressure (Cayman Net News, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
• Despite debt, grand hotel plans: Potential developer of DeWitt Clinton into hotel to get $4M from state, vows to pay taxes (Albany Times Union, N.Y.)
• Champaign, Ill.-area tourism agency to hire executive director by week's end (The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.)
• Pitching Detroit for conventions: Backers use affordability as key lure (Detroit Free Press)
• Economic pressure falls on city's convention business: Competition heats up as other cities cut rates in tough economy (The Indianapolis Star)
• BRIEF: Bank forecloses on half of Fishers development site (The Indianapolis Star)
• Harrah's joins Slovakia venture (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• TRADITION AT RISK: Many locals casinos choosing familiar chain brands over traditional coffee shops (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Premier Resorts closes doors (The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
• Meet the Chef: Keith Riley (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.)
• Cops bag moose at Fargo hotel with tranquilizer gun (Star Tribune, Minneapolis)
• BRIEF: Marcus Corp. sees improvement in lodging industry (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Ingenus introduces Rippling Waters Casino to public: Casino proposal due to IRGC in early November (Ottumwa Courier, Iowa)
• Hotel, condos proposed in Mt. Washington (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Park City hoteliers expecting more of the same this winter: Few showing optimism for coming ski season (Park Record, Park City, Utah)