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When you have finished reading an article please use your browser's "Back" button to return to this page. March 1, 2001 The FINOVA Group Inc. Provides Additional Details Regarding Proposed Debt Restructuring American Skiing Company to Host Second-Quarter Conference Call Live Conference Call to Begin Wednesday, March 7th at 2:00 P.M. (EST) Intrawest Corporation announces private placement of senior notes Cendant Completes Previously Announced Acquisition of RCI Southern Africa Cendant Announces Date of Annual Meeting of Shareholders Cendant Issues Statement Relating to Civil and Criminal Complaints Filed By the SEC and US Attorney Against Former CUC Officers Forbes and Shelton Avis Group Shareholders Approve Cendant Acquisition MPTV Retains Leading Investor Relations Firm Vision Consulting Trammell Crow Company Announces 2000 Results and Internal Reorganization Prime Hospitality Corp. Sells Land Parcel CreditXpert Inc. Launches Strategic Partnership With Cendant Membership Services Amerihost Properties, Inc. (dba Arlington Hospitality) Schedules Year End 2000 Earning Conference Call Monday, March 5 Suburban Lodges Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Reno Resort to Open With Acres Advantage System American Classic Voyages Co. to Present at Raymond James & Associates Institutional Investors Conference Mandalay Resort Group Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings Six Flags Subsidiary Successfully Completes Tender Offer for Its Senior Notes March 5, 2001 Sweep of Limited Liability Company Offerings Targets Latest in a Series of Commission-Driven Investment Products Meditrust Announces Fourth Quarter 2000 Financial Results FIRST AND FINAL ADD -- NYF020 -- The Meditrust Companies Earnings Amerihost Properties, Inc. dba Arlington Hospitality, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2000 Earnings Results Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc. Announces 2000 Results travelbyus Reports Financial Results for 2000 Grand Adventures Tour & Travel Announces Receipt of Letter From NASDAQ Black Hawk, Colorado's January 2001 Gaming Revenue of $35.9 Million Continues To Demonstrate Growth in the Market March 7, 2001 G. Robert 'Bull' Durham Elected Chairman of The FINOVA Group Inc. William J. Hallinan Elected President and Chief Executive Officer American Skiing Company Reports Fiscal 2001 Second Quarter Results Fitch Affirms Heller Financial's 2000 PH-1 P-T Ctfs Host Marriott Finishes Year With Outstanding Results With Funds From Operations for 2000 Increasing Nearly 15% FIRST ADD -- DCTU001 -- Host Marriott Earnings SECOND AND FINAL ADD -- DCTU001 -- Host Marriott Earnings Grupo Sidek Announces Assets Sales Report From February 1, 2001 to February 28, 2001 Gaylord Entertainment Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2000 Results travelbyus Reports First Quarter Results With Increasing Sales HARS Systems, Inc. Continues Strategic Review Process March 9, 2001 LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires Four Hotels in Washington, D.C. Choice Hotels International Sets May Date for Annual Shareholders Meeting Songy Partners and Crestline Sign Management Agreement For the Atlanta Midtown Residence Inn RFS Announces Annual Meeting BudgetHotels.com, Inc. Announces Annual Results On An Increase Of 24.8% In Revenues Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Distribution to Unitholders Argosy Gaming Company Acquires Minority Partner's Interest in Lawrenceburg Pinnacle Entertainment Sets Annual Meeting Date March 13, 2001 Starwood Hotels Launches Tender Offer for Royal Orchid Hotel Argosy Gaming Company Invites You to Join Its Conference Call on the Web Regarding the Financial Impact of the Transactions Acquiring the Minority Partners' Interests in Lawrenceburg Transat A.T. inc. acquires an interest in Tourgreece through Look Voyages S.A. Gaylord Entertainment Files 8-K Regarding Sale of Five Businesses The St. Joe Company Announces Renewal Of Agreement With duPont Trust To Repurchase `Joe' Shares March 15, 2001 Fitch: One For History Books Heller Launches Golf Course Financing Program Carnival Corporation To Hold Conference Call On First Quarter Earnings Argosy Gaming Company Invites You to Join Its Conference Call on the Web Regarding the Financial Impact of the Transactions Acquiring the Minority Partners' Interests in Lawrenceburg Vail Resorts and OpenTable Partner to Create Unique Dining Reservations Solution at Beaver Creek Resort LASV and D.C.T. Corporation, Ltd. Announce Termination of Merger Winston Hotels Announces Dividends for First Quarter Another Upscale New York City Property Chooses eRoomSystem Technologies, Inc. HARRAH'S NEW ORLEANS: Panel OKs tax cut plan March 19, 2001 American Skiing Company Extends Consent Solicitation Grand Adventures Tour & Travel Reports Scheduled Hearing Date On Possible Delisting TravelnStore Inc. Announces New Travel Distribution Technology Platform Bombardier Receives an Order to Deliver 126 Double-Deck Vehicles to the Netherlands Railways Latin America's Largest Online Travel Site Despegar.com Receives $10.3 Million in Second-Round Financing March 21, 2001 Lodging Industry Will Experience Weakest RevPAR Performance Since Early 1990s Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Annual General Meeting for June 11, 2001 Online Travel Industry Captures $1.2 Billion in January, Led by Travelocity, According to Nielsen//NetRatings and Harris Interactive Park Place Entertainment Signs a Multi-Year Contract with Utell Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Results for Isle of Capri Black Hawk Pinnacle Entertainment Sets Annual Meeting Date March 23, 2001 Chicago Alliance Part of New Direction for Del Webb The Marcus Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results UK Travel Reservation System Takes Off With Authoriszor 2000 Bookfortravel.com inc. Corporate Update CCC GlobalCom Corporation Announces a Commitment for a $10 Million Facility With RFC Capital Corporation March 27, 2001 The Marcus Corporation Reaches Agreement To Sell Its KFC Division S&P Affirms Liberty Street Funding Corp.'s CP Rating Checking Out Hotel Stocks: It May Not Be Check-In Time NU unit sets stranded cost deal in calm ABS mart Park Place Entertainment Announces Filing of Sullivan County Casino Application Black Hawk Gaming and Development Co. Announces Jacob's Offer Deadline Withdrawn John Q. Hammons Inks Deal With VIP International Corporation March 29, 2001 Tri-National Announces Joint Venture and Financing for Portal Del Mar Development Hilton to Report 1st Quarter Earnings April 25 FelCor and Interstate Close on New Joint Venture of Eight Hotels Visual Data Corporation's HotelView Subsidiary Announces Marketing Agreement With Marriott International Isle's Goldstein Celebrates Riverboat Gaming's 10-Year Anniversary Black Hawk Reports February 2001 at $35.87MM, State Increased to $51.6MM Lodgian Reports Fourth Quarter and 2000 Results; Remains Focused on Plan for Reducing Debt and Improving Operations RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. 1st Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Gaylord Entertainment Obtains Long-Term Financing Through Merrill Lynch Sea Containers Ltd. Announces 2000 Results   March 2, 2001 LaSalle Hotel Properties Refinances $40.0 Million in Massport Bonds Hyatt Announces Joint Venture With R.C. Hedreen Cendant Completes Acquisition of Avis Group Holdings, Inc. Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. Reports 2000 Results Crestline Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2000 Results Host Marriott Corporation to Release Fourth Quarter Earnings on a Conference Call on March 6, 2001 Security Capital Closes Sale of Archstone Shares Meditrust Declares Dividend on 9.00% Preferred Textron Declares Quarterly Dividend Edgecliff Terminates Acquisition Discussions with Lodgian Ronald J. Vargas Appointed Vice President of Human Resources of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Black Hawk Gaming & Development Company Announces Acquisition Update March 6, 2001 Bear Stearns Announces Investment Opinion: Trends in the Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Industries Will Lag the Economy Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Reports Net Income of $40 Million in 2000, Up 14% Over Prior Year Suburban Lodges Reports 8% Year-over-Year Increase in February RevPAR for Company-Owned Hotels Group 1 Releases DM1 Corporate Hospitality Solution Harrah's New Orleans in pact with restaurants, hotels Harrah's Entertainment Executives to Speak at Raymond James Conference HARS Reports 13% Increase in 1st Quarter Revenue Antigua to Announce New Regulatory Approach at the World Internet Gaming Summit to be held March 15-16 in Miami, FL Frontier Airlines to Present at Raymond James & Associates 22nd Annual Institutional Investors Conference Transat A.T. Inc. acquires the specialized tour operator Rêvatours travelbyus Reports Financial Results for 2000 March 8, 2001 FINOVA Group Inc. Files Chapter 11 to Implement Debt Restructuring Company Has $1 Billion Cash With Which to Operate Wilmington Trust Clarifies Role In Finova Group Bankruptcy Finova files for bankruptcy, owing $11.4 billion Black Hawk Gaming and Development Co. Announces Filing of Lawsuit Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust declares first quarter distribution in 2001 iiGroup, Inc. Announces Name Change to Travlang, Inc. Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust Announces New Public Offering Penn National Gaming, Inc. Announces Receipt of Consents in Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for All the Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. 11% Senior Secured Notes Due 2005 Richard M. Kelley Named Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer of GameTech International, Inc. Compass looks at two-stage hotel sale Hilton seals UK hotels sale/leaseback deal March 12, 2001 FINOVA BANKRUPTCY NEWS: First Issue Free Intrawest Corporation announces closing of private placement of senior notes Westin Hotels Limited Partnership Responds to Third Party Mini Tender Offer Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Reports 4th Quarter Results - Revenues up 16% and EBITDA up 128% Ameristar Casinos, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2000 Results; Record Revenues Reported for Fourth Straight Quarter Visual Data's HotelView Subsidiary and Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Sign Agreement to Expand Visual Data's Content Distribution and Marketing Equity Inns Declares Quarterly Dividends, Announces Annual Meeting Transat increases its interest in World of Vacations to 100% Cedar Fair, L.P. Declares First Quarter Cash Distribution Six Flags Fixes Record Date for PIES Dividend Catellus Completes Land Sale to Private Endowment for Biotechnology Facility at Mission Bay March 14, 2001 Travel Ties Announces Heads of Agreement With Mexico's Connex Caribe Vail Resorts Announces Fiscal 2001 Second Quarter and Six Month Results Acres Gaming Reports Order for Another MGM MIRAGE Property Royal Olympic Cruise Lines Inc. Report Preliminary Results for 2000 and Private Placement of $20.0 Million Convertible Subordinated Note Completed Kennedy-Wilson International and Hanover Financial Purchase Multifamily Residential Portfolio for $10 Million Six Flags, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results March 19, 2001 AremisSoft Hospitality Wins $500,000 Contract with Paramount Hotels March 16, 2001 Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc. Announces Expiration of Exchange Offer Del Webb Implements Strategic Plan Initiatives; Developer Outlines Plans for New Communities The St. Joe Company and The Port Authority of Port St. Joe Announce Land Sale Signaling the Reopening of Seaport Six Flags and the Perrier Group Launch Multi-Million Dollar Marketing and Promotional Alliance Boykin Lodging Company Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend Argosy Gaming Company Increases Earnings Estimates for the First Quarter And Year Ending 2001 March 20, 2001 Host Marriott Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividends on Common And Preferred Shares Cendant Presents at Investor Conference GMAC Commercial Mortgage Arranges $39 Million Financing for Three Louisiana Hotel Properties Black Hawk Gaming and Development Co. Announces Special Committee Has Hired Robertson Stephens, Inc. as Financial Advisor Janus Hotels and Resorts, Inc. Announces Shareholder's Approval of Back-To-Back Stock Splits Hotel Investment Company Recruits Senior Industry Expertise Six Flags Reports Full Year 2000 Performance With Total EBITDA Of $402.5 Million Travelocity and Hotel Reservations Network Broaden and Extend Relationship; Financial Upside of Alliance Significantly Improved for Both Companies March 22, 2001 MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Completes Sale of Cherry Hill, N.J., Four Points MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Declares First Quarter Dividend American Skiing Company Extends Consent Solicitation Century Casinos to Hold Earnings Conference Call and Web Cast On Tuesday, March 27 Carnival Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings Harrah's Entertainment CEO Phil Satre Comments on Louisiana Legislature Vote March 26, 2001 WSF Corp. Kicks Off Science and Technology Park in Belize Harveys Casino Resorts Reports First Quarter Earnings Century Casinos, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2000 and Year-End Earnings Conference Call -- Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 12:00 noon ET/10:00 a.m. MT Online Travel Industry Captures $1.2 Billion in January, Led by Travelocity, According to Nielsen//NetRatings and Harris Interactive PriceSmart Opens Strong in Aruba; Market Goes Beyond Island Boundaries March 28, 2001 Host Marriott Corporation Completes $130 Million Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering Federal Realty Investment Trust Signs Two Leases With Hotel Valencia Group for Flagship Hotels RFS Fixes Rate On $30 Million of Debt Orion Technologies Provides System for Avis Car Rental Majestic Star Casino Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Operating Results Century Casinos Reports 46% Increase in Net Earnings for 2000 and Other Record Results for Year-End and Fourth Quarter Phoenix Leisure Approved for Gaming License in Washington State; Company to Apply for Equity Interest in Mini-Casinos March 30, 2001 Nova Pharmaceutical Inc. Amicably Resolves Contract Dispute With Nutri Pharmaceutical Inc. American Airlines, With the World's Largest Customer Loyalty Program, To Participate in Pointsxchange(TM) - the World's First Loyalty Program Currency Exchange Board of Directors of Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc. Forms Independent Committee to Evaluate Options for Future Leasing of Its Hotel Properties Europa Cruises Corporation Announces Receipt Of Final Payment Toward Purchase Price Of M/V Europa Star S&P Assigns Prelim Rtgs to Opryland Hotel 2001-OPRY The St. Joe Company, the State of Florida and the Nature Conservancy Partner to Protect Three Miles of Gulf Coastline Kennedy-Wilson Arranges the Sale of 2001 Marcus Avenue in Long Island, NY