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Digital Advertising Alliance and the IAB Developing Standard Consumer Opt-Out Tracking Technology
October 5, 2013
Oct. 05--The Digital Advertising Alliance and the Interactive Advertising Bureau are working to develop standard technology that allows consumers to opt out of online tracking when methods other than traditional cookies are deployed. While the move appearsto protect user choice, privacy researchers worry it's also an effort to legitimize alternative techniques for identifying consumers, inviting controversial practices like "browser fingerprinting" to become more common. Cookies are small files that download from websites onto a computer, allowing marketers to target ads based on online activity, among other things. Stuart Ingis, counse
Developers from HotelD2 and Grant Forbes Plan Two Hotels for Connellsville, PA
October 4, 2013
Oct. 04--Groundbreaking for a hotel could begin in Connellsville before the end of the year or in early 2014. Developers from HotelD2 and Grant Forbes recently told city and county officials that acquisition of two sites and the planning are going ahead. And if things go as planned, Connellsville might have two new hotels. Chris Rosselot, project spokesman for Grant Forbes, said ground may be broken by the end of the year or shortly after on the site of the former Connellsville Bottling Works at 237-239 N. First St., West Side, between the Yough River Trail -- part of the Great Allegheny Passage -- and the Youghiogheny River. "We've bee
As Culinary Bemoans Cosmopolitan, Alliance Members to Take a Different Approach – Thanking Tourists
October 4, 2013
Oct. 04--A picketing Culinary Union will have some opposition outside the Cosmopolitan this weekend. The Alliance to Protect Nevada Jobs (APNJ) plans to counter the Culinary's picket outside the Strip resort with a demonstration of its own. Their aim runs opposite the feisty labor union. "Local union bosses have gone to great lengths to deter tourism in Las Vegas, and these protests not only deter people from spending money here but hurt our city and state," said Ron Futrell, APNJ spokesman. "Our goal is to support the local economy, and we will continue to educate employees and citizens on the efforts union bosses in Nevada are underta
Paterson, NJ Charity Seeks Support for Hotel & Convention Center Project Next to Medical Center
October 3, 2013
Oct. 03--PATERSON ? A city-based charity is seeking more than $100 million in state tax credits to help fund a 17-story hotel and convention center next to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, part of a project that also would include a seven-story office building. But the request could hit a wall if the mayor withholds support, and he was noncommittal about the project this week. Frank Brady, the chief executive officer for Medical Missions for Children, is asking the City Council and Mayor Jeffery Jones to endorse the project in an effort to gain the tax credits through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Three years ago,
Judge to Appoint Receiver for Myrtle Beach, SC’s Sportsman Motor Inn at Heart of Fraud Allegations
October 3, 2013
Oct. 03--MYRTLE BEACH -- A state judge said Thursday he will appoint a receiver to oversee the operations of an oceanfront hotel here that is at the heart of international fraud allegations and a bitter dispute over its ownership. Judge Larry Hyman told lawyers for the hotel's business partners to choose an impartial third-party to take over operations at The Sportsman Motor Inn by Monday or he will choose someone for them. Hyman decided to appoint a receiver over the objection of Gengmin Qiu, one of the business partners who sought to be given control of the property. James Hills, a lawyer representing Qiu, said his client wanted to ru
Rochester, NY Hotel Fever May Spread
October 3, 2013
Oct. 03--The recent wave of hotel development is good for Rochester and the community, though more should be added downtown to connect with the skyway system, saidBrad Jones of the Rochester Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Of course, hotels are easiest to build on the outskirts of a city. It takes a little more time for downtown development," Jones said. Two developers plan to respectively build a 77-room Comfort Inn and Suites and a 109-room Staybridge Suites along West Circle Drive in front of Costco. Two other hotels -- Homewood Suites on Second Street Southwest and La Quinta Inn and Suites in Shoppes on Maine -- are already under c
Plans Proposed for Vacant Office Park in Woodbury, Minnesota Include 180-room Hotel
October 3, 2013
Oct. 03--Plans for a 100-acre office park -- with a vacated State Farm building at the center -- were unveiled in Woodbury Thursday. Elion, a Miami-based real estate investment company, announced plans to build a hotel, grocery store, office buildings and restaurants around the sprawling State Farm building at Radio Drive and Interstate 94. The site has been vacant for seven years, so the plans to develop it delighted city officials. "It's very encouraging, very exciting," said Planning and Economic Development Director Janelle Schmitz. "After all the other development around here, this is the frosting on the cake." If completed, the pr
America’s Best Value Inn in Augusta, Georgia Condemned for Occupancy
October 3, 2013
Oct. 03--A Washington Road hotel has been "condemned for occupancy" after a visit by city officials last month. Rob Sherman, the city's director of License and Inspection, said Thursday morning thata task force that included officials from the health and fire departments, code enforcement, sheriff's office and other agencies visited America's Best Value Inn, 3023 Washington Road, in early September after complaints about its condition. The task force found several problems, he said, including a lack of building maintenance and roach infestation. "What we're really finding is they're renting the rooms but not investing in the property,"