What Part of No Don't You Understand? How to Track and Assess Lost Group Business - By Thomas Hazinski
Group sales managers in hotels, convention and conference center, and CVB's need to understand the reasons for lost business. This article presents a comprehensive approach to lost business analysis that helps increase group sales. ...more

Round Peg, Round Hole - By Ralf Borchert
A formal tool developed to ensure human resourcing matches the roles and purpose of the function and reduces the cost of failure. ...more

Optimum Pace in Dating, Gambling, and Recruiting: Lessons from Dan Kutis and Kenny Rogers
Any American over the age of 30 will immediately recognize Kenny Rogers' 1978 hit The Gambler: ...more

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Urgent ADA warning from Hospitality Lawyer: You won't believe what they want to do with ADA now - By Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
Hospitality Lawyer: Big changes proposed to the ADA look to be very expensive and cause lots of litigation. ...more

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week ending 13 September 2008
U.S. hotel industry RevPAR fell during the week of 7 - 13 September 2008, according to data from STR. Occupancy decline outpaced average daily rate growth for the period. ...more

STR reports U.S. hotel Pipeline for August 2008
The U.S. hotel development pipeline includes 5,936 hotels with 659,790 rooms according to the August STR/TWR/Dodge Construction Pipeline Report released last week. ...more

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Newmarket International Partners with LateMeetings.com
LateMeetings.com joins Newmarket's MeetingBroker Channel Partner Network ...more

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Kansas Speedway and The Cordish Company Secure Casino Management Contract for Wyandotte County, Kansas
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Scheduled to Open in 2011 - - More Than $620 Million in Combined Estimated Annual Economic Impact from Kansas Speedway and New Destination Development ...more

Greater Baltimore Committee Urges Voters to Approve Maryland Slots Plan
The Greater Baltimore Committee, the region's most prominent group of business and civic leaders, today announced support for passage of Maryland's slots proposal and urged voters to approve it during the November 4 statewide referendum. ...more

Pinnacle Entertainment Withdraws Bid for Kansas Gaming Facility
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, PNK (Kansas), LLC, has withdrawn its application to be selected as a lottery gaming facility manager for the Northeast Kansas Gaming Zone. ...more

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6 Online Travel Myths Unmasked at PhoCusWright Analyst Forum
Myth #1: The number of online travel buyers in the U.S. is declining. In fact, that number is on the rise, as documented in The Consumer Travel Trends Tenth Edition recently published by PhoCusWright Inc. In 2007, approximately 70% of online travelers (that is, adults who have taken a commercial air trip and stayed at a hotel for leisure in the past year, and used the Internet in the past 30 days) bought travel online, compared to 63% in 2006. ...more

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Florida Gaming Summit Panel to Feature Parimutuel Slot Gaming
Expectations were high when slot machines at Broward County racetracks debuted almost two years ago, but their initial performance was disappointing. Now, as three more parimutuel facilities are preparing to open their own slot casinos in Miami-Dade County, industry participants will discuss their experience and future plans at the fourth annual Florida Gaming Summit, October 6-7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino here. ...more

Pinnacle Entertainment Reopens Lake Charles, La. Casino Following Hurricane Ike
L'Auberge du Lac Casino Reopened Wednesday, Hotel, Restaurants Stayed Open Through Storm, Hotel at Belterra Casino Resort in Indiana Has Electricity Fully Restored ...more

CityCenter Unveils Stellar Lineup of Restaurants at ARIA Resort & Casino
Masayoshi Takayama, Michael Mina, Julian Serrano, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Sirio Maccioni, The Light Group, Jean-Philippe Maury and Shawn McClain To Helm Eateries in Luxurious Resort at CityCenter's Core ...more

Amax Reiterates Commitment to Crown Macau
Amax Entertainment Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0959) announced that its partnership with Crown Macau to deliver VIP rolling chip volume through its indirect effective 80% interest in AMA International Limited remains solid. ...more

Key Congressional Committee Votes to Clarify Internet Gambling Ban
Legislation would ease burden for U.S. financial services institutions ...more

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