Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has come up with a new way to go green. The company has purchased, on an initial one-year basis, the equivalent of 116MwH of wind power through a Canadian nonprofit environmental organization called the Pembina Institute. The energy is being used to power 249 computers used to check in guests at its North American properties. The result? An annual greenhouse gas reduction

While the Battle for control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives got all the attention Nov. 7, voters in several states weighed in on issues that affect the meeting and convention industry. Anti-smoking campaigns in Nevada, Ohio, and Arizona made headway. In Nevada, voters approved a modified smoking ban that makes exceptions for gaming areas of casinos and standalone bars. Smoking will

The 30,000-foot view of the convention industry shows a business in the midst of recovery as demand for exhibit space grows, convention center occupancy rates climbs, and meeting attendance rises.

In 1999, Denise von Hermann, in a study of the Mississippi gaming industry, recommended that the state allow casino operations to move off barges onto dry land. It made no sense from a risk-management perspective, said von Hermann, a political science professor at the University of Southern Mississippi and an expert on the state's gaming industry. In a significant storm, those things were going to

The MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION and MGM MIRAGE have formed a strategic alliance. MGM will consult with MPTN in the development of the $700 million hotel and casino resort under construction at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn., scheduled to open in 2008, and on development of other projects. Edge Group, a gaming, development and management company, is developing the W LAS VEGAS HOTEL, CASINO &