Interior Design News On 05/01/2008
Posted by Design Your Life on
April 30, 2008
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NJ’s Borgata building outdoor smoking lounges
Smoking casino patrons visiting the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa this fall will still be able to light up, but not inside.
The casino is planning to comply with a new law banning smoking on the casino floor by constructing covered outdoor smoking areas, which won’t be completely enclosed, in the hopes of keeping loyal customers who smoke.
The Borgata will also do a massive renovation of its 2,000 hotel rooms this fall at a cost of “tens of millions of dollars,” president Larry Mullin told The Associated Press Wednesday.
“It will be very nice looking,” Mullin said of the lounges, adding that they will cost several million dollars to build. “We also think it will be very popular with our employees.” The outdoor smoking areas won’t require a ventilation system like an indoor smoking lounge would, and will be heated in the winter months to keep smokers comfortable, Mullin said.
Smoking will still be permitted in some hotel rooms.
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Home Interiors files for bankruptcy protection
Home Interiors & Gifts Inc., which sells decorating accessories through home parties, has filed for bankruptcy protection and says it will restructure under a turnaround expert.
The company said it filed Tuesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Dallas but is remaining in business.
The company said it expects to continue paying employees and 100,000 sales consultants with court approval. It hired a chief restructuring officer, Richard Lindenmuth.
Its largest unsecured creditors include UPS Inc., owed $2 million, and FedEx Corp. and hotel operator Gaylord Entertainment Co., each owed $1.4 million.
Parties related to Highland Capital Management LP own a majority of the company’s stock and more than 75 percent of its secured debt, according to court filings.
