<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>For folks who've been using it as a landmark or temporary residence at NAB since 1971 the Hilton Hotel at the north end of the Las Vegas Convention Center won't be a Hilton much longer.</div><div><br></div><div>A line at the bottom of an e-mail from the Consumer Electronics Show carried this message:</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#808080" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The Las Vegas Hilton will change its name to LVH (Las Vegas Hotel & Casino) on January 3, 2012.<br>For purposes of the 2012 International CES, we will continue to refer to it as the Las Vegas Hilton.</span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div>The hotel is in financial trouble, and Hilton Worldwide announced in June that it was pulling the franchise:</div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/business/hilton-terminating-franchise-agreement-with-las-vegas-hilton-124735929.html">http://www.lvrj.com/business/hilton-terminating-franchise-agreement-with-las-vegas-hilton-124735929.html</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A Nevada Gaming Commission hearing tomorrow may determine whether the court-appointed receiver can run both the hotel and its gambling operations: </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/business/las-vegas-hilton-will-be-run-as-split-operation-135619548.html">http://www.lvrj.com/business/las-vegas-hilton-will-be-run-as-split-operation-135619548.html</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">So if you booked a stay there—say during NAB—with Hilton points, or were expecting some from an upcoming stay... you might want to check on what'll happen.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Now back to our regular programming, including rediscovery of lost Quad videotapes in the UK and "Xylene or Not Xylene." </div><div><br></div><div>
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