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 Couples Find Love in Flu Hotel 

Guests stuck in Hong Kong hotel party away last night of quarantine

May 8, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the hundreds of guests quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark hotel shed their face masks to party away their final night in confinement yesterday, Reuters reports. The guests—who were initially outraged to learn they would be confined to the hotel for a week because of swine flu fears—... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • romance • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus


 Hong Kong Hotel 
 Guests Chill in Quarantine 

Guests stuck in swine flu hotel pass the time with pizza, parties

May 5, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 300 guests and staff quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark Hotel since Friday are getting used to life in captivity, the Wall Street Journal reports. The captives—confined since a Mexican guest tested positive for swine flu—complain about boring food and missed business deals, but some have organized beer... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

RI Adds Robbery Charge for 'Craigslist Killer'

Fingerprint links
Markoff to stripper, but Boston trial comes first

May 4, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rhode Island will heap more charges on alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff today, the Boston Globe reports, accusing him in the attempted robbery of a stripper at a motel last month. Officials say Markoff’s fingerprints and text messages put him at the scene, where he allegedly tried to rob... More »

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robbery • Craigslist • Holiday Inn • hotel • Rhode Island • stripper • armed robbery • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

 Supporters Battle to Save 
 'West Coast White House' 

'West Coast White House' added to list of America's most endangered buildings

Apr 28, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of 20th-century architecture are rallying to save an LA landmark from the wrecking ball, reports the Los Angeles Times. Developers want to raze the '60s-modernist Century Plaza hotel—once known as the West Coast White House due to its appeal among politicians and celebs—but supporters have persuaded the... More »

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architecture • Los Angeles • hotel • preservation • National Register of Historic Places

 Honeymooning? 
 Stay at Hotel Saddam 

Dictator's digs becoming luxury hotel with a Saddam suite for honeymooners

Apr 21, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Saddam Hussein's massive palaces is set to be converted into a world-class hotel, reports the New York Daily News, with crack Iraqi tourism officials eying the former dictator's sumptuous bedroom as the honeymoon suite. While the novelty might appeal to some, not everybody's convinced. More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • hotel • honeymoon

(Newser) - Boston police arrested 22-year-old premed student Philip H. Markoff today for being the "Craigslist killer," the Boston Herald reports. Nabbed at a traffic stop outside Boston, Markoff was charged with murder, kidnapping, and unlawful possession of a firearm, and thrown behind bars. Police believe he murdered a... More »

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crime • Boston • murder • Craigslist • hotel • suspect • Rhode Island • identification • Boston Police Department • Warwick, RI • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

 Tiny Hotels Offer NYC 
 at Micro-Prices 

Inns provide Manhattan rooms for $75-$89

Apr 7, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York is expensive, even to visit. A hotel in Manhattan can cost $300 a night, and even deep into the other boroughs, you’re not likely to pay less than $129. But a few hotels have moved to provide affordable nightly accommodation—by cutting down on room size, NPR... More »

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New York • Manhattan • hotel • luxury • accommodation

 German Hotel 
 Is a Strip Joint 

Naturists want it to be family-friendly lodging

Apr 2, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany's first mandatory-nudity hotel hasn't even opened yet, but management is laying down the law: Towels must be placed wherever guests sit. The Black Forest resort's clothing ban is an oddity even in Germany, a hotbed of naturism for over a century, reports the Times of London. In fact, clothing... More »

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travel • Germany • hotel • public nudity • nudist • naturism • nudism

NY Hotel Boss Axed for
Ash Wednesday Slur

Palace Hotel chief bounced after mocking Catholic bell captain

Mar 25, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The boss of a ritzy New York hotel has been canned for ordering a Catholic employee to lose his Ash Wednesday ashes, reports the New York Daily News. The manager of the Palace Hotel—located across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral—told the bell captain "wipe that f-----g... More »

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hotel • Catholic • Lent

 Pitt-Jolie Kids 
 Run Amok in Hotel 

Unruly kids annoy guests while parents attend BAFTA ceremony

Feb 10, 09 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bad night at the BAFTA awards got worse when the trophy-less pair got back to their London hotel to find four of their kids running riot, the Sun reports. Guests at the Dorchester hotel complained about the noise as the nanny struggled to keep the... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • celebrity • hotel • nanny • BAFTA • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt

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 New Beijing Luxury Hotel Burns 


Feb 9, 09 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A new luxury hotel in Beijing went up in flames today as nearby crowds watched  a fireworks show for the end of the Lunar New Year, CNN reports. An explosion of flames erupted from the top of the newly built, unoccupied building as fire engulfed all 44 stories. The cause... More »

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China • Beijing • fireworks • hotel • luxury hotels • fire • Mandarin

 Jumbo Hostel: In This Plane, 
 It's Safe to Crash 

Swede converts jumbo jet into hostel

Jan 10, 09 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Once, jumbo jets were simply a way from point A to point B—but a new Swedish hostel makes a grounded plane a destination in itself, Wired reports. The 25-room, 85-bed Jumbo Hostel, situated by the Stockholm airport, opens next week. For $45, you can stay in a dorm; if... More »

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airport • Sweden • hotel • Stockholm • jet • airplane • hostel

UPDATED

Obamas to Move Into DC Hotel

First family to settle
into Hay Adams this weekend so girls can start school Monday

Dec 31, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama, who has mostly avoided the capital since the election, will move his family into a hotel suite this weekend, aides tell the New York Times. The girls will start school Monday and Obama will begin working with the new Congress on his stimulus package. While the Times... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • White House • hotel • George W. Bush • President Obama • Obama family • Blair House

OPINION

 Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba 

Goats, yogurt, and ecologically friendly travel also expected to surge

Dec 21, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Closing the wallet and opening the palate are set to be big in 2009, says Gourmet, which has served up its predictions of next year's hottest food and travel trends:
  • With the economic slump, home cooking is hot, hot, hot. Learn to cook a casserole and take mom’s
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China • Chicago • Cuba • chef • train • hotel • Iceland • goats • ice cream • gourmet

 Austria Scraps Plans to Make von Trapp Villa a Tourist Trap

City blocks plans to turn Salzburg villa into a hotel

Dec 4, 08 7:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Fans of The Sound of the Music won't be able to stay at the von Trapp family villa in Austria now that authorities have blocked a plan to turn the villa into a hotel. An astonishing 40% of overnight stays in Salzburg are booked by Sound of Music fans. But... More »

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hotel • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • The Sound of Music • von Trapp • Julie Andrews • Heinrich Himmler • Salzburg

 Luxury Hotels Emerge 
 as Terrorist Targets 

Luxury establishments are becoming terrorist targets

Dec 1, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The Mumbai attacks have provided world travelers with a new cause for concern, writes the New York Times: Increasingly, luxury hotels in developing countries are becoming terrorist targets. The raids on the Taj and Oberoi hotels come only 2 months after a car bomb blew apart the Islamabad Marriott, and... More »

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terrorism • security • India • Asia • hotel • Mumbai • luxury hotels

Hotel Porn Gets Spanking From Religious Right

Conservatives push Marriott to drop pay-per-view sex flicks

Jul 23, 08 9:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are pressuring Marriott to remove adult films from its pay-per-view programming, saying porn doesn't jibe with the hotel chain's commitment to families, the St. Petersburg Times reports. "It's corporate greed,'' said the head of a Christian group. Marriott contends nixing the flicks isn't so easy: It owns... More »

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travel • pornography • conservative • children • Marriott • hotel • adult films • movies

Marriott
Goes Green
to Gain Green

Helping rainforest
also helps hotel
chain's bottom line

Apr 8, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marriott is making a big environmental push, helping to protect Brazilian rainforests and implementing lower energy consumption and more recycling in many of its hotels worldwide, the Washington Post reports. And although consumer demand is one reason for the changes, the primary drive seems less altruistic. "We've got a... More »

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climate change • carbon footprint • environmentalism • rainforest • Marriott • hotel • JW Marriott Jr.

Condo-Hotel Bubble Pops, Splatters Many

As more rooms
go empty, buyers
target developers

Apr 5, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condo-hotel rooms were a hot buy at the height of the housing boom, but marketing them as investments that would pay out every time they were occupied could come back to haunt developers, the Wall Street Journal reports. As business sours, buyers who find themselves making mortgage payments on empty... More »

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real estate • SEC • real estate development • hotel • condominium • MGM Grand • condo hotel

 In Saudi Arabia, 
 a Hotel for Women 

Men-free Luthan Hotel 'meeting a very big demand' in conservative Muslim kingdom

Mar 21, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s first hotel catering exclusively to women—right down to its plush spa—opened this week in Riyadh, the Independent reports. The conservative kingdom enforces strict Islamic segregation of sexes in public, but women can stay at the Luthan Hotel without a male guardian—nor any men on... More »

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Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Riyadh • Islamic Sharia law • hotel • spa • spas • Muslim women • Wahhabism • Luthan Hotel

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