Time heals all wounds, they say, and this axiom rings true of the hospitality market. In the wake of 9/11, the industry was hit hard. But with a steadily recovering U.S. economy and renewed confidence in travel, in cities such as Las Vegas, designers are going gangbusters. "Virtually every major hotel and casino on the Strip is expanding, remodeling or refreshing its property," says Ed Butera, P.E., president, JBA Engineering, Las Vegas. "The major chains [in Vegas] have made record earnings, and everyone in town is shocked at how much development is going on," adds Allyn Vaughn, P.E., western region vice president with the Las Vegas office of fire-protection engineering firm Rolf Jensen & Assocs.
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