HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Hockey player and fisherman turn tables on hotel mugger: Armed robber knocked out by his victims (Anchorage Daily News, Alaska)
• Job market slow in South Florida, but some resorts have been hiring: It's slow in South Florida, but some resorts have hired (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• Scott City tourism director already busy (The Garden City Telegram, Kan.)
• Great Wolf Lodge planning March opening: Company shows off $120 million resort and indoor water park, announces job fair (Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.)
• Developer chosen for hotel work in Lake Wales, Fla. (The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.)
• Condos? Rentals? Tight credit scrambles plans (Star Tribune, Minneapolis)
• Lebanon: Tourism starting to look up (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• Coast to lose AirTran service: Casinos' backing falls through (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• 80Dodge condo project is called off (Omaha World-Herald, Neb.)
• Orlando tourism leaders signal they want more ad dollars to counter slump (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• BRIEF: Developer to own and manage hotels (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
• Gambler's blues: Casinos cut jobs, hours: Recession ? As Utahns tighten spending, Mesquite, Wendover feel the pain. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Illinois' gambling problem: State's casinos see revenue fall, but they blame the smoking ban, not the economy (Chicago Tribune)
• Tinley Park Convention Center to double in size, officials say: Tinley Park, firm investing millions in convention facility (Chicago Tribune)
• BRIEF: Local hotels, restaurants earn AAA Four Diamond rating (The Beaufort Gazette, S.C.)
• JACK DEBOER WICHITAN IS A PIONEER IN CREATING HOTEL CHAINS (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
• Montage hotel project advances (The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.)
• Tourism industry guards against budget cuts (The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• 5-star Hotels Becoming Out of Bounds for Casual Visitors
• Uniguest Introduces First Internet Kiosk Installation of the New HP Touchsmart All-In-One PC
• The Common Sense Approach to Understanding a Condo Hotel Industry Formula for Success
• Legacy Property Group Appoints Gemstone to Operate the 110-room Glenn Hotel in Downtown Atlanta
• Fort Hays State University Creates Hospitality Management Program to Support State of Kansas' $5.6 billion Tourism Industry
• Tourism Training Schools In Thailand Have Flourished, but for New Graduates, the Job Outlook is Dim
• Online Purchasing Company Started by ex-PurchasePro Execs Now Bankrupt
• ReservHOTEL International Joins Forces with Rate Tiger; Hoteliers Maximizing Online Revenue
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Five Prominent Interactive Media Awards including Best in Class; Luxe Worldwide Hotels' New Brand Website Honored as "Best in Class" in Travel and Tourism 2008
• Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Lectures at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management
• HSMAI's DFW Chapter Appoints 2009 Board of Directors; Windy Barnard Elected 2009 Chapter President
• Marco Novella Appointed Managing Director Baglioni Hotel London and Head Openings for Baglioni Hotels
• Timothy Sofield Appointed Sales Manager at Benchmark's The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• Fontainebleau Resort Miami Beach Selects IDeaS Revenue Management System
• Hotel Industry Veteran Rick Henrikson Joins the Atlantis Hospitality Group
• Are Restaurants and Hotels Ready for Prime Time?
• The Reluctant Tourists: Mayo Clinic Makes Rochester, Minnesota a Magnet for Millions
• Why the 105 Year-old Taj Mahal Hotel Survived
• Park City, Utah is on the Verge of Becoming Opulent - a St. Regis and Waldorf-Astoria Set to Open in Early 2009
• Best Western International Elects New Board Officers; Bonnie McPeake, Owner of Best Western Pinehurst Inn in Southern Pines, N.C., Named Chairwoman
• Prior CNL Executives Form Legacy Hotel Advisors; Strategic Focus on Hotel Repositioning and Complex Transactions To Drive Value during Turbulent Economy
• Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Marathon - Updates of The 3 Most Popular Web Casts in 2008 Scheduled for Dec. 9, 2008
• The Maine Innkeepers Association Recognizes Accomplishments of Members; Laura Honey of Fisherman's Wharf Inn, in Boothbay Harbor Named Innkeeper of the Year
• In Kansas City The President, Which Reopened in January 2006 After a $45.5 million Renovation, Hitting Stride with 3rd Qtr 2008 Occupancy of 76.1%
• Fashion Designer, Giorgio Armani and Developer Emaar Properties Begin Construction on the Armani Hotel Milano
• Global Software Applications, the Foremost Provider of Business Center Solutions to the Hotel World, Celebrate the Recent Acquisition of Flight Time TV
• InnLink Central Reservation Service and Innsoft Inc. Announce New CRS/PMS Interface
• Mounir Sami and Jonathan Pace Appointed to GM Positions at Corinthia Hotels in Malta
• Brent C. Jackson Promoted to General Manger of the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Front Royal, Virginia

Top five viewed pages during November 2008

1. Marriott’s New Sales Force Strategy / Nina Vetter
2. The Perfect Storm is Coming -- The Employee Free Choice Act; Unionization by "Card Check" / Marta Fernandez
3. The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Names the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing for 2008
4. Six Hotels Achieve 2009 AAA Five Diamond Status For the First Time; Complete List of 103 Hotels and 59 Restaurants
5. Speed Bumps in the Road to Bankruptcy for Hotels and Resorts / Robert B. Kaplan