BAR staff at the Humpty Doo Hotel got a surprise on New Year's Eve when a patron rode a horse into the pub and ordered a beer.
Riding bareback and wearing no more than shorts and a pair of thongs, Trevor Yeend steered horse Elvis through the crowd and went straight for the bar.
The 48-year-old jockey said it was easier to ride to the bar than walk.
"I think people were a bit stunned," he said. "But it was just another night at the Humpty Doo pub I guess."
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Analysts say recovery is coming for Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The gaming industry is entering uncharted waters in 2011.
For the first time since 1989, the Strip will not witness a new hotel-casino opening nor are any new resort developments on the horizon.
The unprecedented building boom that covered parts of three decades and remade the look and image of the 4-mile-long boulevard is over.
It ended Dec. 15 with the unveiling of the $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Barring an unforeseen miracle -- and a multibillion-dollar cash infusion -- neither the shell of what was to have been Echelon nor the 70 percent-complete Fontainebleau will be finished anytime soon.
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For the first time since 1989, the Strip will not witness a new hotel-casino opening nor are any new resort developments on the horizon.
The unprecedented building boom that covered parts of three decades and remade the look and image of the 4-mile-long boulevard is over.
It ended Dec. 15 with the unveiling of the $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Barring an unforeseen miracle -- and a multibillion-dollar cash infusion -- neither the shell of what was to have been Echelon nor the 70 percent-complete Fontainebleau will be finished anytime soon.
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Dubai confident it can fill 10,000 extra hotel rooms
Dubai says growth in its cruise ship industry, more exhibitions, and increased efforts to promote the sector will help boost tourism to the emirate this year to fill the 10,000 hotel rooms it plans to add over the next 12 months.
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) said it would also focus on the implementation of a new hotel classification system, which was announced last year.
"The year 2011 is expected to outperform 2010 in terms of increasing the numbers of tourists, hotels, hotel rooms, and participation in international exhibitions and conventions, in addition to increasing awareness of Dubai abroad," said Eyad Ali Abdul Rahman, a spokesman for DTCM.
Tourism directly accounts for about 19 per cent of the emirate's gross domestic product.
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The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) said it would also focus on the implementation of a new hotel classification system, which was announced last year.
"The year 2011 is expected to outperform 2010 in terms of increasing the numbers of tourists, hotels, hotel rooms, and participation in international exhibitions and conventions, in addition to increasing awareness of Dubai abroad," said Eyad Ali Abdul Rahman, a spokesman for DTCM.
Tourism directly accounts for about 19 per cent of the emirate's gross domestic product.
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The inn crowd hungry to buy hotels
A former airline CEO with a liking for expensive red wines.
A reclusive family patriarch of a pub empire. A former rugby league high-flyer, two glitzy upstarts who lord over Sydney's premier nightspots, and a company better known for selling tinned beetroot.
With major banks set to call last drinks on a multitude of struggling pubs and beleaguered corporations, a queue of cashed-up buyers is waiting to pick up the scraps and expand their pub empires.
Paddy Coughlan, who heads up a consortium bankrolled by John Singleton and investment banker Mark Carnegie, said 2011 would be the best time to buy pubs in decades, with many licence holders to hit the wall.
His Singo-styled consortium has already snapped up four pubs - Darlinghurst bar Kinselas, the Peakhurst Inn, Paddington's Bellevue Hotel and Manly's Steyne - with former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and retail maestro Gerry Harvey chipping in for the latter two.
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A reclusive family patriarch of a pub empire. A former rugby league high-flyer, two glitzy upstarts who lord over Sydney's premier nightspots, and a company better known for selling tinned beetroot.
With major banks set to call last drinks on a multitude of struggling pubs and beleaguered corporations, a queue of cashed-up buyers is waiting to pick up the scraps and expand their pub empires.
Paddy Coughlan, who heads up a consortium bankrolled by John Singleton and investment banker Mark Carnegie, said 2011 would be the best time to buy pubs in decades, with many licence holders to hit the wall.
His Singo-styled consortium has already snapped up four pubs - Darlinghurst bar Kinselas, the Peakhurst Inn, Paddington's Bellevue Hotel and Manly's Steyne - with former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and retail maestro Gerry Harvey chipping in for the latter two.
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Man Robbed, Shot By Woman At Tulsa Hotel
A man was hospitalized overnight after police say he was shot and robbed by a woman.
It happened shortly after eleven o'clock Sunday night. Police were called to the Tulsa Inn & Suites where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.
The man told police he was from out of town and was eating at a restaurant when he was approached
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It happened shortly after eleven o'clock Sunday night. Police were called to the Tulsa Inn & Suites where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.
The man told police he was from out of town and was eating at a restaurant when he was approached
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