Category: Hotel Development

Carl Icahn Close To Getting The Tropicana Atlantic City

| April 25, 2009 | 0 Comments

Unless other bidders come out – Carl Icahn looks like he may be the newest owner of the Tropicana Atlantic City using a combination of cash and the bonds he already owns in the property as payment. This is a road Icahn has been down in the past – and is similar to what he’s also currently doing with MGM Mirage.

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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Just Can Never Catch A Break

| April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas gets caught up in another delay – this time the lawsuit between Starwood & Hilton.

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Work Is Suspended on Hilton’s Denizen Brand

| April 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

Things have gone from bad to worse for Hilton. They were recently served a subpoena for their actions involving Starwood, which has forced them to suspend all activity on the Denizen brand development as well as placing most of the employees involved in Hilton’s Prestige Portfolio on paid administrative leave – including Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani.

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Hilton Has Serious Issues To Get Through With This Starwood Lawsuit

| April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments

Starwood Hotels is suing Hilton Hotels because two of Starwood’s former employees have stolen over 100,000 documents when they were hired by Hilton. This could end up being a major headache for Hilton, and one of the largest corporate espionage cases in recent history.

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1 Hotel Washington Continues On (And Pictures!)

| April 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
1 Hotel Washington Continues On (And Pictures!)

The 1 Hotel Washington DC seems to be the only 1 Hotel that is actually moving forward, although it won’t be open until 2011.

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Why I’ve Been So Quiet

| March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

For those wondering where I’ve been hiding over the past few weeks – I’ve been here, just reevaluating my career goals, and the goals of this blog.. I’ve decided to go back to school – get my Masters in Real Estate, so that I can learn all I need to learn, and give myself a good step forward in the real estate industry.

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Dubai World Giving MGMMirage It’s Biggest Problem Yet

| March 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

Dubai World has sued MGM Mirage to stop having to put money into the CityCenter Project – but this move may put MGMMirage in bankruptcy.

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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Updates – And My Personal Take On Things

| March 8, 2009 | 17 Comments

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has been a recurring story here on my blog. A lot has happened with the project in the past week – MGM & Deutsche Bank stopped talking about merging CityCenter with the Cosmo, Hilton signed a management contract for the Cosmo, and a suddenly a re-do of the interior design of at least one tower of the Cosmo has been ordered.

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First Look Inside Bungalow Hotel in Pier Village

| February 26, 2009 | 7 Comments
First Look Inside Bungalow Hotel in Pier Village

Bungalow Hotel in Pier Village will be opening in May. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to get a tour of the property to see how it was developing and ask questions about the finished hotel project

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More on Cuba and The Current State of It’s Travel Industry

| February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments

To those who are very familiar with Cuba and their tourism industry it sounds as though my last post on the Bill to Change Travel Restrictions has hit a nerve with them. I received an email today which I’m going to quote bits and pieces of here – it will shed some light on the [...]

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Bill Going Through House of Representatives Lifting Ban On Travel To Cuba

| February 12, 2009

A bill is being worked on in the House of Representatives lifting the travel embargo with Cuba for American citizens – but in order for it to really work, and for America to really benefit from it – the trade embargo needs to be lifted or significantly lessened simultaneously.

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