Friday, July 10, 2009

Splashy Orange Beach resort hotel plans unveiled - al.com

Splashy Orange Beach resort hotel plans unveiled - al.com: "ORANGE BEACH — K.C. Chiang, a Mobile businessman, this week unveiled detailed plans for a four-star, Gulf-front hotel and convention center that would boast nearly 500 hotel rooms, a 20-lane bowling alley, convention seating for 1,200 and a theater that can double as a wedding chapel.

'The type of clientele we're bringing in are new blood, new revenue, a new kind of (visitor) we have not had,' Chiang told the Orange Beach City Council on Tuesday.

On July 21, Chiang and his partners, Chicago-based Centrum Properties and the Wyndham Hotel chain, are scheduled to meet again with city officials to talk about the economic development incentives they believe will be needed to help finance construction."