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Starwood Sees Solid Response For $300 Mln Note-Buyback Effort
Wall Street Journal, The | 15 hours 44 minutes ago
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT) said $325.8 million of senior notes maturing by 2013 have been tendered to the company's buyback effort.... (more)
Sands China Raises $2.5 Billion in Hong Kong Offering at Low End of Range
Bloomberg | 17 hours 51 minutes ago
A total of 1.87 billion shares were sold at HK$10.38 each, compared with the HK$10.38 to HK$13.88 that the company sought, according to Bloomberg data. Sands joins Wynn Macau Ltd. in selling shares in Hong Kong after other casino operators surged this year. Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s shares surged 176 percent this year, after dropping 94 percent in 2008.... (more)
Hilton launches comprehensive iPhone app.
4Hoteliers | 18 hours 25 minutes ago
Companys mobile revenue increases 59 percent for third quarter 2009.... (more)
Fontainebleau contractors say sales process is flawed
Las Vegas Sun | 18 hours 29 minutes ago
Contractors that claim to be owed $424 million today objected to the Fontainebleau Las Vegas sales process in which Penn National Gaming could pick up the unfinished project for less than $102 million.... (more)
Study: Minority hotel workers face more risks on the job
Miami Herald, The | 1 day 4 hours 24 minutes ago
Hotel chains like to tout their large, comfortable beds as a selling point, but those 125-pound mattresses are likely causing greater injury to female, Hispanic and Asian hotel workers, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in January.... (more)
City Center Could Make Or Break Las Vegas
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 5 hours 40 minutes ago
Well, they built it. CityCenter--also known as, "The Thing That (Almost) Ate MGM Mirage"--is getting ready to open its first phase in just a few weeks. A big concern is whether it will mark another successful expansion of the Las Vegas Strip or merely dump lots of new capacity onto a city where hotels have been begging for guests in the economic downturn.... (more)
Sands confirms resumption of long-stalled Macau project
MarketWatch | 1 day 7 hours 45 minutes ago
Las Vegas Sands Corp. confirmed Monday it plans to use funding from its Hong Kong initial public offering and an additional loan to restart construction on its shelved hotel and casino complex in Macau.... (more)
Regulators holding off to let court rule in Watanabe case
Las Vegas Sun | 1 day 8 hours 33 minutes ago
Terrance K. Watanabe, right, claims to have lost $112 million at Harrah's casinos in 2007. He alleges the company encouraged him to gamble while intoxicated.... (more)
Hyatt opening with grand offers
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 1 day 13 hours 44 minutes ago
The Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa is scheduled to open in mid-January, and reservations are being accepted for stays that will begin on Feb. 1, a Hyatt spokeswoman said.... (more)
Study: Hyatt housekeeper injury rate higher than at other major chains
Chicago Tribune | 1 day 16 hours 21 minutes ago
Housekeepers at Hyatt Hotels are more likely to get injured on the job than at other major hotel chains, according to a study set to be published in January's American Journal of Industrial Medicine. The study, led by researchers at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, is based on data from 50 unionized hotel properties of various brands.... (more)
Culinary Union statement critical of Station Casinos
Las Vegas Sun | 1 day 19 hours 3 minutes ago
The Culinary Union issued a statement Thursday critical of Station Casinos Inc. and called on creditors in its bankruptcy case to demand that Station insiders make a significant equity investment in the company.... (more)
MGM Mirage (finally) makes George Strait show official
Las Vegas Sun | 1 day 19 hours 12 minutes ago
Academy of Country Musics Artist of the Decade to play MGM Grand Garden Arena on Feb 6.... (more)
Creditors want to expand probe of Station Casinos deal
Las Vegas Sun | 1 day 23 hours 6 minutes ago
One day before a key hearing in Station Casinos Inc.'s bankruptcy case, a creditors committee has signaled its intention to widen an investigation into the 2007 deal in which the Las Vegas company was taken private for $5.7 billion.... (more)
Hilton Waikoloa Village Announces Additions to Sales Team
Hotel Interactive | 2 days 1 hour 11 minutes ago
a acre Pacific playground located on the Kohala Coast of Hawaiis Big Island proudly announces new sales team members who ...... (more)
Governor Rell Starwood Hotels Resorts to Relocate Global Headq
Hotel Interactive | 2 days 1 hour 11 minutes ago
Company Moving to Stamfords Historic Waterfront Move Brings Million Investment Over Jobs to Connecticut... (more)
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