Hilton Garden Inn® the award-winning mid-priced brand, today announced the opening of the 142-room Hilton Garden Inn® Shreveport in Shreveport, La. The opening represents the latest addition to the brand’s growing portfolio of more than 400 Hilton Garden Inn locations across North America and Europe.
The Hilton Garden Inn Shreveport is operated by Akshar 6, LLC, [...]
Pinnacle Entertainment management will present at the following upcoming investor conferences: the Gaming Investment Forum (held in conjunction with the Global Gaming Expo) on November 18 in Las Vegas, NV; and the Bank of America 2008 Credit Conference on November 20 in Orlando, FL. A copy of each presentation will be accessible at the [...]
Agilysys, Inc., a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced today that Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, La. has selected Agilysys to provide a wide range of software solutions for the 531-room property, which recently completed an expansion that added an eight-story atrium and more than 200 guest rooms.
Paragon Casino Resort [...]
Lured by congressionally authorized tax credits and other financial incentives after Hurricane Katrina, a procession of developers announced plans to build high-rises.
Adding to the tension for commercial investors: Construction and insurance costs have soared.
At least one big plan — a $400 million proposal by Donald Trump to construct the city‘s tallest building — is going [...]
Edward J. (Ted) Lawson, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of 21st Century Holding Company,, an insurance holding company, today commented on Company guidance.
Mr. Lawson said, “Due to a series of accounting issues, I am hereby removing previously issued guidance for calendar year 2006. I am, however, hereby reiterating guidance for calendar year 2007 [...]
The newest multibillion-dollar wave of construction on the northern Gulf Coast is along the piney banks of a manmade ditch, protected from the twin threats of storms and high land prices.
With beachfront acreage in ever-shrinking supply and much of the coast still recovering from hurricanes Ivan and Katrina, developers are putting up luxury condominium towers, [...]
Edward J. (Ted) Lawson, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of 21st Century Holding Company, an insurance holding company, today said, “We currently have no claims reported from the tornados that hit the central part of Florida today and expect very few, if any, to be reported in the forthcoming days. The amount of [...]
Cal-Bay International, Inc. announces funding approval for acquisition & development of Lafayette, Southern Louisiana golf course development property.
Cal-Bay Internationals Board of Directors today announced the company has successfully acquired funding approval from a recognized financial institution and has completed the final due diligence phase of the company’s planned acquisition of the Lafayette, Southern Louisiana golf [...]
Atlanta based AssuranceAmerica Corporation today announced its retail agency subsidiary, TrustWay Insurance Agencies, acquired 80% of Frontline Insurance Agencies of Troy, Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama. Frontline is an independent insurance agency with approximately $4 million of premium volume. Frontline primarily writes non-standard auto insurance, but also writes on behalf of insurance carriers that provide [...]
A ruling forcing an insurer to pay millions of dollars to a Mississippi couple whose home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina didn’t appear to spook investors this week.
Stocks of publicly traded property insurers that denied claims from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina dipped very mildly after the court decision Thursday afternoon. By midday Friday, most [...]
Tax assessors from three River Parishes, concerned that rocketing house sales spurred by Hurricane Katrina and Rita could tax some property owners out of their homes, recently asked the Louisiana Tax Commission to help impose rules limiting property tax rate increases, but commission members say they could offer little more than a sympathetic ear.
The assessors [...]
Many Americans dream of owning a beachfront home with ocean views, but big home insurance firms are retreating from the Atlantic coast amid fears that climate change will unleash more dangerous hurricanes.
The insurers say the risk of a “perfect storm” causing vast damage to communities along the Atlantic coast has simply become too high since [...]
