HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Hotel renovations revive local luxury (The Stamford Advocate, Conn.)
• Three views of Spa future: Developers offer plans today for public safety facilities and much more (Albany Times Union, N.Y.)
• Metro Atlanta hotels drop rates to attract more business (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Darien loses orange tinge: HoJo inn comes down (The Stamford Advocate, Conn.)
• Locals react to hotel presentations (The Meridian Star, Miss.)
• Restaurant afflicted by E. coli can reopen: Rules for reopening (Tulsa World, Okla.)
• 10 great restaurants that reflect Houston's diverse dining scene (The Dallas Morning News)
• Milwaukee tourism agency loses money under Glendale plan: Community wants to fund own promotion efforts (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Dallas panel backs Omni for convention center hotel (The Dallas Morning News)
• Visitors bureau honors former Microtel manager for tourism efforts (The Decatur Daily, Ala.)
• New hotel coming to Mankato (The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.)
• Visitors bureau endorses master plan for downtown (Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.)
• Board studies proposed Hershey hotel (Lebanon Daily News, Pa.)
• Knoxville, Tenn., developers sued over unpaid debt allegation (The Knoxville News Sentinel, Tenn.)
• Scotch Valley resort is sold (The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.)
• Philadelphia Daily News Casinotes column: CasiNotes: 'Sounds of the Season' resound at the Trop (Philadelphia Daily News)
• EDITORIAL: Budgetary gambling: In these times, counting on casino revenue not a wise bet (The Hutchinson News, Kan.)
• LodgeWorks to open upscale hotels (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
• Navajo casino opens doors amid mixed emotions (The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.)
• Despite poor economy winter visitors still flocking to Yuma (The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• Speed Bumps in the Road to Bankruptcy for Hotels and Resorts / Robert B. Kaplan
• The Upside of a Downturn; The need to cut costs creates push to consider alternatives
• Great Addresses Chooses Advantage Reserve to Provide Toll-Free Call Center Support; TravelCLICK's iHotelier CRS Utilized to Access 'Live' Room Inventory
• Joseph Moffa, President of Omni Hospitality, Sentenced to One Year Probation and 30 Days Community Service for Allowing a Bulldozer to Groom Waterfront at the Cherry Tree Inn in Traverse City Michigan
• New Data! Mining A Hotel's Operating Statement / Robert Mandelbaum
• Hoteliers Must Remember the Lessons of Reasonable Care! / Dr. John Hogan
• Dallas City Council Endorses Omni Hotels over Marriott to Operate $500 million Convention Hotel Project
• LodgeWorks Plans to Open Four Avia Hotels in 2009; Funding Secured Prior to Tightening of Credit Markets 
• Slumping Economy Forcing Atlanta Hoteliers to Lower Room Rates, Add More Packages
• Shamin Hotels Opens its 4th and 5th Hotels at the Richmond International Airport - 130 room Hilton Garden Inn and a 143 room Holiday Inn
• Highgate Holdings Begins Second Phase of $30 million Transformation at Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Signs Agreement to Operate a 198-room Hotel Within a Planned a 53-story Hotel and Residential Complex in Atlanta
• Benchmark Hospitality Chefs to be Featured at Acclaimed James Beard House, New York; Forth Consecutive Year Chefs Invited to Cook the "Benchmark Holiday Dinner"
• Gaming Revenues Fell 4.6% in the 3rd Qtr 2008 in the 12 States with Commercial Casinos; Any Time Smoking is Banned, Gaming Revenues Fall 
• Davidson Hotel Company Completes $20 million Renovation at the Holiday Inn Stamford Downtown
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Appoints Brian MayerSenior Vice President of Operations

• The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Names the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing for 2008
• SynXis Chooses HBSi Demand Gateway Connectivity Platform Increasing Distribution Exposure for More Than 8,500  Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
• Milesone Launches Graviti™; Hotel Industry's First Integrated Social Media Optimization Plan
• Gaylord Entertainment Nixes Plans to Develop a Resort in Chula Vista, California, as it Reaffirms Plans for Similar Resort in Mesa, Arizona
• Harrahs Drops Plans for $535 million Resort Near Wichita, Kansas; Cites Economic Conditions and Disruption of Financial Markets
• Dolce Hotels and Resorts Names Steven A. Rudnitsky President and Chief Executive Officer
• 31 New Hotels and Restaurants Accepted into Relais & Chateaux
• PKF Capital Hotel Realty Marketing the Marriott Norwalk For Sale
• Pacifica Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Purchase Financing for Oregon Hotel
• Educational Institute, FreemanGroup Partnership Focuses on Training and Measurement Solutions
• Seattles's Historic Lorraine Hotel Sold for $3.1 million; Likely to be Renovated into a Hostel or Hotel
• Intelity's ICE, the Edge a Timeshare Needs to Score Sales Conversions
• Medical Tourism: Are Major Changes in Health Care Afoot?
• Bharat Hotels' Selects Trust International as Enterprise CRS for  Worldwide Distribution Channels for The Grand Group/Lalit Hotels
• Millennium and Copthorne Appoints Clement Teo General Manager of M Hotel Singapore
• Brian Jago Named Director of Marketing and Sales and Dan Sierka as Director of Sales at Sheraton Universal, Universal City, California
• Janis C. Parry and Steven T. Patton Appointed National Sales Managers at Wyndham Rio Mar in Puerto Rico
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Lillian Murphy Controller At Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, New York

Top five viewed pages during October 2008

1. 1. What Does the Current Financial Crisis Mean to Us in the Hospitality Industry? /  Jim Butler
2. 2. What's Hot in Future Travel Trends and Destinations - 2009 TripAdvisor-Survey
3. 3. Conde Nast Traveler Names Top Hotels and Resorts Around the World that Manage to Exceed our Expectations 
4. 4. The Cost of a Filled Room / Bill Geoghegan  
5. 5. The MICHELIN Guide New York City 2009 Gives 3 Stars to Four Restaurants, 7 Restaurants Receive 2 Stars