The Movable Buffet returns!

Once listed as one of S&G‘s “Seven Essential Web Sites,” Richard Abowitz‘s blog was briefly — and misguidedly — terminated by the Los Angeles Times. Thankfully, the LAT has had a change of heart. Abowitz returns with a profile of Rio/Bally’s Las Vegas/Paris-Las Vegas/Planet Hollywood President Marilyn Winn. In addition to vouchsafing some insights into the Harrah’s Entertainment corporate culture, Abowitz discloses that Winn was a protégé of the late Claudine Williams. She (Winn) says Harrah’s does regular mystery-shopper surveys to optimize performance. Judging by what my correspondents and sources tell me, that secret-shopper reportage must be going straight into the circular file.

Anyway, Abowitz is back and that’s cause for celebration, IMO.