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Oregon’s $198M Convention Center Hotel Opponents to Take Case for a Referendum to a Higher Court
March 13, 2014
March 13--A group opposing public backing for a hotel at the Oregon Convention Center said they'll take their case for a referendum to a higher court after a Multnomah County judge blocked their efforts. The group of competing hoteliers, including Provenance Hotels and the Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, want voters to have a say on whether hotel lodging taxes can be directed to the project. They've sought a referendum on a Multnomah County board vote that cleared the way. The county rejected the referendum petition, saying the county board's decision was administrative, not legislative, and couldn't be referred. Multnomah Circuit
Tourism Industry for Tacoma and Pierce County, WA Salutes All Good News at Annual Meeting
March 13, 2014
March 13--Nowhere did a discouraging word rise to darken the mood as tourism officials conducted the annual meeting of the Tacoma Regional Convention + Visitor Bureau Thursday at Lakewood's McGavick Conference Center. The news was all good. --A year-old sales partnership between the bureau and the city-owned Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center has led to more efficient outreach, and bookings have increased. The 2013 revenue goal of $451,000 at the center came in higher by more than 300 percent at $1,358,712. --The bureau has adopted a new brand, "Fearless Exploration," focusing on glass art, collector vehicles and Mount Rainier
Palm Beach County, FL Hotel Occupancy Could Set Record for February, 2013 of Nearly 90 Percent
March 13, 2014
March 13--WEST PALM BEACH -- In the latest sign that Palm Beach County tourism continues to grow, hoteliers should set a new occupancy record for February stays. Tourism Development Council Executive Director Glenn Jergensen said Thursday that projections are on track for a new record of 89.9 percent occupancy in February, because the last three weeks of February were higher than 90 percent. The agency estimated the monthly figure based on weekly reports. That would top the record set in 2005 of 89.8 percent. "The performance numbers are all huge," Jergensen said. So he's expecting tourism taxes collected on all those hotel stays to be
Mandalay Bay Parent Company, MGM Resorts, Fined $500K After Drug & Prostitution Sting
March 13, 2014
March 13--MGM Resorts International, parent company of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino in Las Vegas, has agreed to a $500,000 fine after a sting found that an upscale lounge's employees provided drugs and prostitutes to undercover cops in 2012. Nevada state regulators on Wednesday released details of the 2012 undercover sting at the House of Blues Foundation Room, a lounge located on the 43rd floor of the Mandalay Bay. The lounge is operated by the House of Blues, a tenant in the hotel. Over a two-month period beginning in June 2012, Las Vegas police officers went undercover at the lounge. Employees, including hosts, bottle runners an
Leaders & Residents Agree San Juan Capistrano, California Hotel Needed; Work to Create the Best Plan
March 12, 2014
March 12--A proposal for a downtown hotel that San Juan Capistrano leaders say could be the most important project in the area since the mission in 1776 received a chilly reception from the community Tuesday night, but one thing is clear: City residents do want a hotel. They're just not sure the current plan is the right one. "It's the core of the town. It's going to change everything forever," Planning Commissioner Tim Neely said during a public workshop by the commission and the City Council. "If it goes wrong, it's going to go terribly wrong." The $43 million development would bring a 136-room hotel and 33 townhomes to land once owne
California’s Anaheim Convention Center to See its 7th Expansion; $180M Project to Open Fall 2016
March 12, 2014
March 12--ANAHEIM -- A towering 200,000-square-foot glass structure facing Katella Avenue will serve as the seventh expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center, set to open by fall 2016, under a plan approved 4-1 by the City Council on Tuesday night. Construction of the $180 million facility is expected to begin this summer, serving as a much-needed addition to the Convention Center so that Anaheim can retain growing events like the National Association of Music Merchants trade show and the Natural Products Expo West, while also possibly attracting larger functions. "The feedback from potential clients like the American Heart Association
With Mishaps in the Past, Cruise Shipping Miami Reveals Calmer Seas Outlook; CEOs Optimistic
March 11, 2014
March 11--With a couple of tumultuous years in the rearview mirror, the leaders of the world's largest cruise companies are focusing on introducing new audiences to their product both in the United States and around the world. Chief executives of Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises sized up the state of the global cruise industry Tuesday morning with a calmer-seas outlook at Cruise Shipping Miami. The industry's largest annual conference, which is expected to draw about 11,000 attendees,runs through Thursday at the Miami Beach Convention Center. For the first time in several years, conference o
Developer T.R. Reddy Set to Open the New-Build 118-room Holiday Inn Express in Augusta, Georgia
March 11, 2014
March 11--A new Broad Street hotel will open March 21. Developer T.R. Reddy got approval Tuesday to open the Holiday Inn Express at 444 Broad St. after the hotel's franchise company, IHG, toured the 70,000-square-foot building. It stands on the site of several previous hotels near Gordon Highway. Construction started in March 2013 and was completed about a month behind schedule. Reddy blamed winter weather that hit the area in January and February. The project came in slightly over budget at $8.5 million, Reddy said, but he's optimistic it will succeed. "I think it will change the area," the hotelier said. "We took a little bit of a ris