Hotels

DALLAS-August will pass without LaSalle Hotel Properties and Le Meridien sitting down at the conference table, as ordered by the Dallas courts. Conflicts on both sides delay talks as they jockey for a mutually acceptable date.

IRVINE, CA-Timeshare developer MPTV Inc. has renewed its permits to renovate five buildings at its Lake Tropicana timeshare resort near Las Vegas, which is planned to include 144 apartments in 22 buildings, a tennis court, a spa, swimming pools and other recreation facilities. MPTV is seeking funding to complete the project.

ORLANDO-Osceola Circuit Judge Jeffords D. Miller has ruled the 50-member Orlando/Kissimmee Hotel Motel Association can't interfere with contract negotiations the county is having with Orlando-based Xentury City Development Co. to erect a $100 million, 500,000-sf convention center on Osceola Parkway and International Drive South, minutes from Walt Disney World.

ORLANDO-For the week ended June 15, Smith Travel Research shows the Orlando market down 2.8% from the same period in 2001, but ahead of nine other destination areas except New York and Chicago.

LA JOLLA, CA-The Los Angeles-based developer expects to open a 210-room resort adjacent the University of California at San Diego. Completion of the Blackhorse Hotel is slated for 2004.

CHICAGO-Add the south suburb to a list that already includes Rockford and Waukegan seeking to lure the riverboat casino some still believe is headed to northwest suburban Rosemont despite the Illinois Gaming Board's taking back the 10th license from Emerald Casino, Inc.

BOCA RATON-The Renaissance Hotel completes a $9 million renovation project that began 18 months ago. The 189-room property existed as a Sheraton Hotel for nearly 20 years before Detroit, MI-based owner Trident-Allied LLC reinvented the property under Marriott's Renaissance brand.

NEW YORK CITY-Lance T. Shaner has given up his quest to acquire a 51% stake in Interstate Hotels, thereby leaving one less obstacle in the path toward a merger between Interstate and MeriStar Hotels & Resorts.