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Hotel Hotsheet
The latest wrap on hotels across the nation. Check it out here, before you check in.
How to deal with bad guests
A hotelier named Anne writes to ask what you do with really awful guests. Not the kind who do things terrible enough to call the cops. The kind who, in her words, leave clothes strewn on the floor and expect... |
Hotel how-tos: What do you want to know??
Dear readers, Thanks for sharing your expertise and experiences each week. It's time for another "Hotel How-to" session, and I'd like to know which parts of the hotel experience you'd like us to explore to be better consumers and guests.... |
A couple's hotel quarrel turns nasty in Boston
For those readers who question whether hotels really do evict loud and disorderly guests, the answer is yep. According to a story in the Boston Herald, a Texas couple staying at Boston's Harbor Hotel got into a dustup after midnight... |
The $19.28 luxury hotel rooom update
For those of you who registered for The Leading Hotels of the World's anniversary $19.28 room giveaway and were disappointed yesterday when LHW couldn't handle the crush (see previous post), I have more bad news. You're not going to get... |
A $19.28 hotel room promo goes amok
An irked reader just e-mailed to alert me that The Leading Hotels of the World's $19.28 nightly room promotion -- which started this morning -- was a bust. LHW just posted an apology, saying it thought it was prepared for... |
Gambling tables at Miami's revamped Fontainebleau?
It might be in the cards, according to a Miami Herald story and an e-mail I received Tuesday. The former Rat Pack hangout is celebrating a major face lift and grand reopening Nov. 14, and execs -- including one who... |
A hotel with a 'silent cinema': what a concept
Hyatt's new Andaz brand is trying to create an edgy image -- and succeeding. First, freelance writer Damian Barr read on request to guests at the Andaz Liverpool Street in London. Now, he's championing another unusual hotel program: Silent Cinema.... |
Have you gotten wind of this very weird hotel ad?
A reader named Joel sent me a link to an ad by Extended Stay Hotels (Extended Stay America, is one of its brands). At first I thought it was some kind of satire, but it appears real. The ad shows... |
Are you a fan of all-inclusive lodgings?
Used to be there was a stigma about places where you stayed, ate, got alcoholic beverages and shows free. Europeans liked some of them, but the sophisticated U.S. traveler wouldn't touch 'em. Now we're seeing more and more "all-inclusives" and... |
Donny and Marie move into Vegas
We don't have feisty Marie Osmond to entertain us on this season's Dancing With the Stars. But the singer -- looking slimmed down -- is back onstage with brother Donny, doing a show at the Flamingo Las Vegas casino resort.... |
Hotel how-tos: How to make a room homey
This may sound corny, but a lot of road warriors I know wouldn't dream of checking in without objects to make their room more homelike. Framed family photos. Favorite CDs. When I have time to think before I pack, I... |
Book a decent NYC hotel for less than $160
I know -- $160 is a lot. But not in Manhattan, where the average room runs $300-plus. So those wanting to take a bite of the Big Apple instead of their wallets, might consider this. Apple Core Hotels, including a... |
What are common items left in hotel rooms?
I'm going to say cell-phone chargers, so easy to forget in an electrical socket on the wall. I'm not someone who leaves things behind as a rule, but I've been tripped up by forgetting to see and pack a charger.... |
Galveston hotel update
The Texas island resort still is off limits to residents probably till next week after a "look and leave" program was suspended due to heavy traffic. Here's one story on that. Damage from Sept. 13 Hurricane Ike is heavy, sadly,... |
Hotel how-tos: Getting a low rate at a luxury hotel
We know hotels are feeling the pain of the free-falling economy, even the once-immune luxury sector. So I would imagine lodgings that once refused to do much discounting are now at it. I certainly have been hearing about more stay-three-nights-and-pay-for-two... |
Zapping bacteria on the TV remote
Studies have shown that the most germ-laden thing in a hotel room isn't necessarily the bedspread, carpet or even bathroom. It's the TV remote control. A rep for a Missouri company called Pineapple Hospitality e-mailed to talk up its "ZAPLEX,"... |
This heartbreak hotel helps you get divorced
Or aids you in mediating a marriage on the skids. With half of U.S. marriages ending in divorce, the Hotel Preston in Nashville has come up with an innovative plan to woo couples headed for splitsville. It's the "I do.... |
Which region does hospitality best?
Just back from a satisfying stay at a chain that's new to me: a Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, Mo. It looked new and clean, the decor was Northwoods, with a fake fireplace in the lobby, lots of wood, moose... |
Strip clubs inside Vegas casinos?
Norm Clarke, the Vegas insider and columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, just wrote a column that talks about the transfer of ownership of the Scores strip club there. What's interesting is the talk about why no Vegas Strip casino... |
Bad news for the hotel industry
Earlier this year, it was economy lodgings that were suffering, as the economic crisis started to intensify. Luxury lodgings were seemingly immune. Now, it's a trickle-up situation -- all segments are hurting, according to preliminary August figures just released by... |
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