From Indian Country Today:No Casino-Hotel for Lake Charles, La. Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has scrapped its plan for a second riverboat casino-hotel in Lake Charles, La. The company will focus on its existing casino there and continue with plans...
From The Miami Herald:Miami Plans Major Tunnel Construction A tunnel to the Port of Miami under Biscayne Bay has begun, but the four-year, $1 billion project should not affect traffic for some time.Read the full story.
From PlasticsNews.com:Another Show Relocates to Orlando Another trade show has relocated from Chicago to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.: the ICE USA convention in 2011. ICE officials blamed high costs of holding a trade show...
The 414-room Loews Atlanta opened in April 2010. Located in midtown, the hotel is within walking distance of the Woodruff Arts Center, the High Museum of Art, the Fox Theatre, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, and Piedmont Park. More than 24,000 square...
The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, the first hotel in greater Charlotte built from the ground up under strict environmental standards, was presented with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification in April. The 146-room...
In December 2009, the 693-room Doral Resort and Spa in Miami complete a $16 million renovation. The resort added a par-70 Jim McLean Signature Course, renovated the Spa at Doral, added a lobby bar and Latin-inspired restaurant, and enhanced its...
In October 2009, the 482-acre Bonnet Creek Resort opened on a site surrounded on three sides by Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The 1,000-room Hilton Bonnet Creek offers 114,000 square feet of meeting space, while the 498-room Waldorf Astoria...
Scheduled for completion in November 2010 is a massive $450 million expansion and renovation project at the Peabody Orlando that will result in 1,641 guest rooms and 250,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space.