Hotel.Online Hospitality News
December 3, 2008

• Hockey player and fisherman turn tables on hotel mugger: Armed robber knocked out by his victims (Anchorage Daily News, Alaska)
• Lodging Industry Takes Hit: Occupancy Down In Past 2 Months (Albuquerque Journal, N.M.)
• Food prices should rise in 2009, but don't expect to pay more at restaurants (The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas)
• Seneca Gaming lays off 210 employees at casinos, hotels, entertainment venues (The Buffalo News, N.Y.)
• North San Diego County hotels' slump continued in October (North County Times, Escondido, Calif.)
• Gardens gets greener: Hotel installs solar water heating (Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon)
• Plans for hotel near Broward County's convention center are behind schedule (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• Scott City tourism director already busy (The Garden City Telegram, Kan.)
• Realty firms exit hotel projects (Hindustan Times, New Delhi)
• No More Strolling into 5-Star Hotels (Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
• Developer chosen for hotel work in Lake Wales, Fla. (The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.)
• Hotels cut rates for Basel: Art Basel signed a three-year deal to stay in Miami Beach just as the popular arts fair gets it way with hotels that are lowering rates. (The Miami Herald)
• Hotels, eateries go green to make green: Upgrades translate into savings (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• Lebanon: Tourism starting to look up (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• Localities struggle to keep coffers full: Tax revenue in the region is expected to come up short for everything from hotel stays to meals to vehicles (Daily Press, Newport News, Va.)
• Hotel-tax collections fall for 5th month in row in Orange County (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• East West Partners getting into hotels (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
• Customers of casino hit jackpot due to error: Wyomissing based-Penn National Gaming Inc. mistakenly sends slotmachine credits good for $500 in play to 55,000 patrons. The promotion was to target only 1,000 top customers. ?2008 Reading Eagle Company (Reading Eagle, Pa.)
• Stranded tourists frustrated by slow government response (Bangkok Post, Thailand)
• BRIEF: Local hotels, restaurants earn AAA Four Diamond rating (The Beaufort Gazette, S.C.)
• BRIEF: Hotel chain plans to build in the Triad (News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.)
• Former AC exec gets Mount Airy job Local casino may need financial help (The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.)