Hotel.Online Hospitality News
December 1, 2008

• How gambling addicts save themselves: State runs 'self-exclusion' list, barring those on it from its 11 casinos. (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• 10 hotels, 7 restaurants are diamonds (Albuquerque Journal, N.M.)
• The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., tourism column (The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.)
• Downturn: Berlin Turnpike Motels Report Record High Vacancies (The Hartford Courant, Conn.)
• As Big Two suffer, other Mumbai hotels to gain (Hindustan Times, New Delhi)
• Pacific Grove man's sister, nephews die in India attack: Sister was wife of hotel manager (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• TIRZ directors to review hotel plans (The Huntsville Item, Texas)
• Dubai Hotels to Reduce Carbon Emissions (Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
• RAK Tourism Boosts Hotel Developments (Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
• Construction begins for 'Armani Hotel Milano' (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• DOWNS TIME: New Pocono casino tries its hand in dicey economy (Philadelphia Daily News)
• Visitors bureau lauds award winners (Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.)
• Convention center vs. KeyArena: Expansions may compete for same tax money (Seattle Times)
• Deutsche Bank sues Trump over hotel loan: Lawsuit alleges builder failed to make payment (Chicago Tribune)
• Tourism grads face even more challenges (Bangkok Post, Thailand)
• BRIEF: Medical tourism in Israel worth NIS 160m this year: 48% of the patients came from Eastern Europe. (Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel)