More of the Week’s Meetings and Travel News

Here is a roundup of some more of the week’s news from the world of meetings, conventions, hospitality and travel:

–Creditors of the LVH, formerly the Las Vegas Hilton, have a plan for the troubled hotel that involves bidding for it in a November foreclosure sale and bringing in new management. lvrj.com

–An FAA draft study shows that foreign airlines that allow cell phone usage on flights haven’t run into any safety problems. politico.com

–The Las Vegas City Council is divided over what to do about a dust-up between food trucks and brick-and-mortar restaurants that are claiming unfair competition. lasvegassun.com

–The latest development in the ongoing American Airlines-US Airways saga is a confidentiality agreement that will allow the carriers to seriously discuss a possible merger. usatoday.com

–Add Seattle and Knoxville, Tenn., to the list of cities purportedly experiencing hotel booms. seattletimes.com; knoxnews.com

–More evidence of a hotel recovery: PKF Hospitality reports that occupancy in 2012 is 6% higher than the good ol’ days of 2007 before the financial crisis. usatoday.com

–Even more evidence: Hawaii is expected to surpass 2007 levels for the number of visitors, hotel occupancy and revenue. hotelnewsnow.com

–On the other hand: A U.S. Federal Reserve report on travel trends was mixed, with industry contacts expressing concern about the European debt crisis’s effect on the number of visitors from overseas. federalreserve.gov

–Red Lion Hotels worked out a deal with a franchisee in Sacramento, Calif., that will see the Red Lion brand transferred to a larger property, the former Radisson Hotel Sacramento. bizjournals.com

–Hotel openings this week included the L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge in Louisiana; a DoubleTree by Hilton in Huntsville, Ala.; and Aloft hotels in San Francisco and Nashville, Tenn. theadvocate.com; hotelnewsresource.com; starwoodhotels.com

–Clear Channel Communications’ outdoor advertising subsidiary is challenging the dominance of CNN on airport TV screens with a new service that shows programming from Fox, CBS and other major networks. reuters.com

–Hard Rock Casino Biloxi in Mississippi is proceeding with a plan to build a new hotel tower. sunherald.com

–The Millennium UN Plaza Hotel unveiled a renovation of its west tower and a new name. travelpulse.com