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Hotel News Briefs :: Criss Angel To Implode Tonight...Maybe

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Criss Angel's Hotel Implosion Trick: Don't forget! The premiere of Criss Angel's MindFreak show is on A&E tonight and in it, Angel will do some stunt involving a hotel implosion in Florida.

· Element Hotels Go Overseas to Abu Dhabi: Starwood Hotels announces the first Element Hotel for Abu Dhabi - the first to be introduced in the Europe, Africa and Middle East division. It will open in 2011 in the Capital Centre development. [Marketwatch]

· Biltmore to Get Renovation: Arizona's Biltmore Hote, part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection, will get a $300 million renovation. [Phoenix Biz Journal]

· Bye, Bye, Phonebooks: In the Obvious or Duh News department, hotels have decided that no one uses phonebooks anymore so they are getting rid of them as a way to save the environment. [USA Today]