Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sol Kerzner still planning casino for London's O2 Arena

Sol Kerzner, the casino magnate, is hoping to revive his £200m plan to build a super-casino and hotel at the site of London's former Millennium Dome.

The 74-year-old South African made the disclosure as he prepared for Saturday's gala opening of Mazagan Beach Resort, 90km outside Casablanca, Morocco, where snake-charmers and belly dancers are set to mingle with celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Lindsay Lohan, Naomi Watts and Simon and Yasmin Le Bon.

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Travelodge hotel chain posts pretax profit of €1.2m

THE TRAVELODGE hotel chain have posted pretax profits of more than €1.2 million for 2008 in abridged accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office.

Smorgs (Ireland) Limited, the company which trades as the Travelodge chain in Ireland, posted pretax profits for the 12-month period ending December 31st, 2008, of €1.26 million, down over €500,000 on the previous year.

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Win a hotel

[UKPRwire, Tue Oct 27 2009] If you are bored with the same old nine to five slog, why not start a whole new life as the manager of your own hotel – a stylish sixteen-bedroom hotel in Wiltshire and £50,000 annual income is being offered as a prize in the latest property competition to hit the headlines...

The Landmark Swindon is set in the heart of the beautiful Marlborough Downs near Swindon in Wiltshire.

Its directors, Malcolm and Margaret Pearson, have owned the hotel property since it was built in 1979, converted and refurbished the building into a Hotel in 2000

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