Latest Detroit News: Hospitality/Tourism 
05/22/13
New retail and entertainment development is planned for 17 acres of land around The Met Hotel in Troy by the California-based investment group that owns the hotel. The CEO of that group is a familiar name in local hotel ownership and for a previous tax evasion case.
05/19/13
When a career fair turned into a disappointment, Jonathan DeWys could have whined that the lack of skilled workers was hampering his company's growth. Instead, he channeled the lessons into developing a better solution: a new, in-house educational program.
05/12/13
Wine snobs, move over – the beer snobs have arrived. That's a good thing for Michigan because the craft beer industry grew 20 percent in 2012, with an economic impact tallied at $133 million. Seventeen breweries opened last year in the state, which now ranks fifth in the number of breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs. That kind of impact and growth has garnered attention in Lansing, writes Crain's Publisher Mary Kramer.
05/05/13
The director of University of Michigan cancer center has been lining up commitments from donors for a year for the construction of an outpatient cancer treatment center that would be a combination of treatment facility, hotel and conference center. Max Wicha hopes to break ground in two years, backed in part by a major fundraising campaign this fall.
05/05/13
In late March, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of bills and allocated $21 million for emergency dredging projects because of historically low water levels in Michigan lakes. The goal? Help bolster the state's economy for shipping and give its recreational boating industry a life preserver after years of below-normal rain and snowfall.
04/30/13
Detroit has been shortlisted as one of four finalist cities to host the 2014-16 Summer X Games, ESPN said today. Organizers are predicting the three years of games could be a $170 million economic boost for Detroit
04/28/13
Nancy Schlichting has been invited to the White House on Tuesday to meet with the Obama administration's top two health care leaders to discuss the impact of health care reform and federal budget cuts on safety net organizations.
04/28/13
Plans for a $4 million boutique hotel using reclaimed steel shipping containers are taking shape for a 1-acre site fronting the Dequindre Cut near Detroit's Eastern Market.
04/28/13
Shel Kimen, founder and CEO of
Detroit Collision Works, plans to bring a preview of her planned shipping container hotel project to Eastern Market in time for Flower Day on May 18. Dubbed "First Container," the Eastern Market preview will include two of the steel containers that Kimen plans to use to construct the hotel.
04/27/13
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital CEO Garard van Grinsven resigns, Entertainment Publications' sale to the founder's son goes through, the Masonic Temple makes payments to stop foreclosure and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing takes the first step toward a bid for re-election.
04/26/13
Boyne Mountain in northern Michigan is giving skiers a later than usual chance to hit the slopes this spring. The resort said it plans to have two lifts open this weekend with access to 170 skiable acres and 25 trails. It's been 16 years since Boyne has offered skiing this late in April.
04/24/13
Michigan Cares for Tourism will assemble a volunteer crew this fall to clean up the southeast Michigan recreation site. It's the only state effort of its kind, and it will be funded by $5,000 from the Pure Michigan Jump Start competition and $2,000 from Grand Valley State University.
04/20/13
Grand jury to be empaneled in meningitis outbreak investigation; UM President Mary Sue Coleman to retire; DMC announces 300 layoffs.
04/16/13
Business grew for Michigan's tourism industry for a third consecutive year in 2012, with tourism spending, hotel occupancy rates, and museum and parks visits experiencing a boost.
04/14/13
A few years ago, the
Michigan Milk Producers Association added equipment at one of its manufacturing plants, enabling it to dry milk in response to rising export demand for whole-milk powder.
04/08/13
04/07/13
Kevin Adell may want the
Cleveland Clinic in metro Detroit, but the clinic is apparently gun-shy about coming to Michigan because of the state's certificate-of-need law.
04/07/13
Forest Dunes Golf Club has churned through multiple owners and operators since the northern Michigan course opened in 2002. But the completion of a $1.5 million luxury lodge this spring could signify a brighter future.
04/07/13
The lingering winter has assured that Michigan golf course owners and operators won't be spoiled by the same early start to the golf season that they enjoyed last year. But that hasn't chilled expectations for another strong season.
03/27/13
The lingering winter has assured that Michigan golf course owners and operators won't be spoiled by the same early start to the golf season that they enjoyed last year. But that hasn't chilled expectations for another strong season.
03/19/13
Detroit-based Greektown Superholdings Inc. said it has reached a tentative agreement with Athens Acquisition LLC on protections for minority shareholders and a $90-a-share price for remaining shares in the casino hotel.
Sherri Welch
03/14/13
A Baltimore Circuit Court judge temporarily halted construction of the casino Dan Gilbert’s
Rock Gaming LLC and
Caesars Entertainment Corp. are developing in downtown Baltimore Monday over environmental concerns, according to a report from
The Baltimore Sun.
Sherri Welch
03/11/13
With the governor’s pending appointment of an emergency financial manager, the 2009 decision to move
Cobo Center out from under the city of Detroit to a regional authority has become key in the city’s comeback.
03/10/13
Michigan's tourism industry has a new five-year blueprint for growth. Now members of that industry will determine what can be achieved in the coming years and how to do it.
