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They Blew Up a 326-Room Luxury Hotel. And Built Something With Fewer Rooms. Mandarin Oriental Miami Traded 326 Hotel Rooms for 121. The Per-Key Bet Is Staggering. Host Hotels Sold $1.1 Billion in Properties. The Buyers Believe Something the Sellers Don't. MGM Fed 1,400 TSA Workers to Keep Vegas Running. That's Not Charity. That's the P&L Talking. Hilton's Malaysia Bet Is Bigger Than One Hotel... It's a Template Houston's STR Crackdown Before the World Cup Is a Brand Positioning Test for Every Hotel in Town Andaz Lisbon Is Beautiful. The Question Is Whether the Promise Survives Tuesday. They Blew Up a 326-Room Luxury Hotel. And Built Something With Fewer Rooms. Mandarin Oriental Miami Traded 326 Hotel Rooms for 121. The Per-Key Bet Is Staggering. Host Hotels Sold $1.1 Billion in Properties. The Buyers Believe Something the Sellers Don't. MGM Fed 1,400 TSA Workers to Keep Vegas Running. That's Not Charity. That's the P&L Talking. Hilton's Malaysia Bet Is Bigger Than One Hotel... It's a Template Houston's STR Crackdown Before the World Cup Is a Brand Positioning Test for Every Hotel in Town Andaz Lisbon Is Beautiful. The Question Is Whether the Promise Survives Tuesday.

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John Flynn

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1 story · First covered Apr 12, 2026 · Latest 12h ago

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700 Box Lunches Tell You More About Vegas Than Any Earnings Call

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700 Box Lunches Tell You More About Vegas Than Any Earnings Call

MGM Resorts is feeding TSA agents who are working without paychecks at Harry Reid International, and it's a genuinely good thing. But if you're an operator in a tourism-dependent market, the story underneath is what should keep you up tonight.

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