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TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NATION

Friday 09.10.2010

• Clark no longer a Hartsfield GM finalist [Atlanta]
• 9/11 memorial to be built at Baltimore's World Trade Center [Baltimore]
• Ravens season-ticket renewal rate at 99.5% [Baltimore]
• Curtain Up comes to 16 Buffalo theaters [Buffalo]
• Dunkirk firm seeks to raise schooner [Buffalo]
• Plans advance for Batavia water park [Buffalo]
• Three firms bid on Canal Side construction [Buffalo]
• Delaware North acquires Illinois casino [Buffalo]
• DIA passenger count dips in July [Denver]
• Continental, Teamsters reach tentative labor agreement [Houston]
• Gas prices below 2009 levels [Los Angeles]
• Kentucky Arts Council gives more than $1.7 million in grants [Louisville]
• Motorcycles ride free on Lake Express [Milwaukee]
• Mitchell passenger totals hit new record [Milwaukee]
• Med mart developers: Nashville's doesn't have to be first [Nashville]
• Opryland still looking to hire 400 [Nashville]
• Hospitality Advisors: Hawaii hotels 72.1% full [Honolulu]
• NTSB: Ride the Ducks boat sent out repeated distress signals [Philadelphia]
• US Airways promotes three execs [Phoenix]
• Phoenician readies ballroom for Oct. 1 debut [Phoenix]
• Cruise West restructures, lays off 65 [Portland]
• SeaWorld San Antonio guests supporting conservation [San Antonio]
• White House asks Castro to represent U.S. at Mexican national celebration [San Antonio]
• Virgin America cuts Q2 loss, grows sales [San Francisco]
• Cruise West laying off 65 [Seattle]
• S Fla. hotel occupancy, rates up [South Florida]
• Sabreliner to add 400 jobs [St. Louis]
• Boutique hotel by Southwind slated for Clearwater Beach [Tampa Bay]
• Sun Country Airlines sets stage for bankruptcy exit [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Hersha Hospitality Trust snaps up D.C. Hampton Inn [Washington, D.C.]

Thursday 09.09.2010

• Delta inks codeshare deal with Hawaiian [Atlanta]
• 16,000 expected for Joyce Meyer women’s conference [St. Louis]
• Hartsfield gets Courtyard lobby replica [Atlanta]
• Hawaiian Airlines, Delta Air Lines expand codeshare agreement [Honolulu]
• Delta Air Elite now Delta Private Jets [Atlanta]
• Survey: Hawaii has 4,881 time-share units in the works [Honolulu]

Wednesday 09.08.2010

• DOT set to deny Delta, Virgin Blue venture [Atlanta]
• Harrah’s to host barbecue cooking contest in Tunica [Memphis]
• US Airways pilots picket in Philly [Charlotte]
• Cincinnati chooses Vine St. for streetcar route [Cincinnati]
• Carnival slates Tampa cruise ship change for 2011 [Tampa Bay]
• Commuter bike center to open in downtown St. Louis [St. Louis]

Tuesday 09.07.2010

• Chartwell Hospitality plans up to $500 million in hotel buys [Nashville]
• Hartsfield GM finalist arrested after Super Bowl [Atlanta]
• Visa Waiver program gets hit with $14 fee [Honolulu]
• Continental makes adjustments due to Tropical Storm Hermine [Houston]
• Sol Melia to open new Atlanta hotel Oct. 15 [Atlanta]
• Pittsburgh hotel adds Tampa's Dr. Kiran Patel as majority partner [Tampa Bay]

From the September 6, 2010 Print Editions

• Kimpton to buy Lafayette Building [Philadelphia]
• West Sacramento makes play for high-rise riverfront hotel [Sacramento]
• Pinellas leisure and hospitality businesses promote clean beach message [Tampa Bay]
• Audubon report links New Mexico's natural assets to economic vitality [Albuquerque]
• Picasso exhibit spurs Seattle Art Museum to partner on promotion with local businesses: Artful marketing [Seattle]
• Buckhead’s Café at Pharr plans to relocate [Atlanta]

Friday 09.03.2010

• Historic downtown building to house latest Hilton hotel concept [San Antonio]
• UPS flight crashes in Dubai [Louisville]
• Tiffany debuts in Towson Town Center [Baltimore]
• Pittsburgh Hilton owner adds partner in bid to keep Hilton name [Pittsburgh]
• Delta flight attendants to vote on union [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Sacramento airport's 'Big Build' on course [Sacramento]