Hotel.Online Hospitality News
October 26, 2009

• State says visitor satisfaction high despite tourism decline: Most rate trip to Hawaii as excellent, report finds (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• BRIEF: New, moving or expanding: GrandStay opens deaf-friendly hotel (St. Cloud Times, Minn.)
• Thai tourism hit by instability (Al Jazeera, Doha, Qatar)
• Bidder for Daufuskie Island resort asks for more time (The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
• Hotels joining forces (Statesville Record and Landmark, N.C.)
• Financial progress made at Stonewall Resort: Developer says facility is working on increasing revenue (Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.)
• BRIEF: Appeal planned in convention center lawsuit (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Extended-stay hotel planned in Richland (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.)
• Hotels, union hit snag over health insurance: Unite Here, negotiating with chains individually, says many workers could lose benefits (Chicago Tribune)