Gaming Industry Wire

Embassy Suites Jackson-North/Ridgeland in Ridgeland, Miss., and the Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Southland-Matteson in Matteson, Ill., are the first two hotels certified - More

HVS recommends using regression models to measure the impacts of convention centers on their surrounding hotel markets - More

PGCB website offers public documents and information on citizen participation - More

he California Tribal Business Alliance (CTBA) released a study today concerning the state revenue impacts of internet poker in California. - More

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy ended the week up 1.9 to 48.8 percent. Average daily rate dropped 5.6 percent to finish the week at US$94.92. Revenue per available room for the week fell 3.8 percent to finish at US$46.31. - More

The Canadian hotel industry posted decreases in all three key performance measurements during the week of 24-30 January 2010, according to data from STR. - More

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. - More

James Kavanaugh once suggested that there are 'those too gentle to live among the wolves'. I hope this is no longer true in today's organizations. I believe that the 'wolves' have had their day and need to make way for a new breed of manager: The Gentle Leader. - More

Pennsylvania casinos ushered in the new year by producing over $50 million more in gross revenue from slot machine play in January 2010 over the previous January, an increase of 39.24% - More

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISLE) today announced that it has, together with the management board of Greektown Casino, LLC, mutually agreed to terminate the proposed agreement under which Isle of Capri would provide transitional marketing and operational consulting services to Greektown Hotel-Casino in Detroit, Michigan through the prope... - More