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Hospitality Administration and Management

Florida International University

Las Vegas

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How Green The Desert? Examining The Enviormental Policies Of Las Vegas Strip Hotels, Andrew M. Levey, Karl J. Mayer, Karima Abdel-Moty Jan 2009

How Green The Desert? Examining The Enviormental Policies Of Las Vegas Strip Hotels, Andrew M. Levey, Karl J. Mayer, Karima Abdel-Moty

Hospitality Review

This study analyzed the websites of major Las Vegas Strip hotels, examined their corporate financial reports, and conducted two in-depth telephone interviews with hotel managers, all with regard to their “green” (pro-environmental) policies. The study found a distinct lack of evidence to support assertions that these properties had truly “gone green” in their daily operations. Thus, although the hotels might actually have been engaged in green procedures, they did not express environmental policy in their corporate websites or financial reports. Several possible reasons for this apparent duality are suggested.


Net Bet Debt, Larry D. Strate, Martin Weisner Jan 2000

Net Bet Debt, Larry D. Strate, Martin Weisner

Hospitality Review

The prospective high returns from gaming operations have introduced the Internet as a new competitor to the hotel and travel industry. With the dawn of the new millennium, am epidemic of gamblers has infected the virtual world and raised leagal problems yet to be solved.