Hotel.Online Hospitality News
November 5, 2009

• Sands' casino revenues continue to climb (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• Hyatt developer won't move site: Solution is proposed for parking deck problem (The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.)
• Hilton Baltimore receives AAA four-diamond rating: Hotel among a dozen Maryland lodging and restaurants awarded top marks (The Baltimore Sun)
• Tourism touted as city's new industry (The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pa.)
• Vote paves way for LV-style casinos in Ohio (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Development proposal for Novato's Hanna Ranch well-received (The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif.)
• Tourism bureau seeks partner for hotel, convention center (The Indianapolis Star)
• Earnings stay flat for Ameristar (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Wynn withdraws from Aqueduct bidding (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• OK expected for Cranberry hotel project near Rochester Road (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Extended-stay hotel offers room, no frills (The News and Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
• County Council member says he was pressured by Vegas casino exec (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• San Mateo sales tax, SFO hotel taxes set to rise (San Mateo County Times, Calif.)
• Charanachitta family eyes hotel development (Bangkok Post, Thailand)
• Tourism shows slow growth in Tupelo (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss.)
• Lot eyed for casino's proposed hotel: First public hearing for Mohegan Sun's 300-room conference center/hotel set for Nov. 16. (The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
• Greenbrier gambling off to quiet start; resort grossed $122,000 in first month (The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.)