Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Sumner Gaming and Resorts announced today their proposal for a destination resort to be located in Sumner County, Kansas, which was submitted to the Sumner County Commission today for its consideration.

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This landbank comprises 21 separate development sites and the investment programme will primarily focus on developing hotels, leisure parks and other tourism related and residential properties.

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Weekly Hotel Industry News Roundup from Asia Pacific

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The NBTA Foundation, the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), today provided NBTA members a report that allows individual travel managers to compare their compensation levels and benefits to those of their peers.

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An enthusiastic MotorCity Casino Hotel staff welcomed their first hotel guests today as the only locally owned and operated Detroit casino-hotel opened its doors for business.

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The first Marriott International-branded resort in The Republic of Maldives, one of the world’s premiere resort destinations, will open in 2009 under a management agreement with ADK Travels Private Ltd.

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49th Annual Gathering to be Held at Flamingo Las Vegas

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$300 Million Project To Be Bermuda’s Most Environmentally Advanced Hotel

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Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts was instrumental in contributing to IHG’s (InterContinental Hotels Group) growth momentum in the Americas region during the first nine months of 2007 as the company expanded its pipeline to nearly 132,000 rooms (over 1,200 hotels). Since the beginning of the year, Crowne Plaza has signed 24 agreements with nearly 7,000 rooms in the region - growing the brand’s Americas pipeline by 51 percent and increasing its room count by 10 percent.

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Travel industry leaders today said despite weather-related delays in some parts of the country, overall the Thanksgiving weekend showed that a comprehensive approach to improving the travel experience can work.

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