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Archive for September, 2006

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Hotel bathroom changes


According the ConsumerAffairs.Com hotel guests who enjoy a relaxing bath to collect their thoughts at the end of a hard business meeting will have to request a bathtub in advance.
I never thought it would happen, but it is. Over 5,000 hotels across North America are replacing their bathtub/shower combination, a combination known and loved by millions of people, and replacing them with giant walk-in showers. Many of these new stylish ...

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Thunder Bay Adventures


I got in one more road trip before winter sets in this weekend. A friend and I took a drive to Thunder Bay Ontario to return my summer roommates' car to him. He had to leave it with us when he went back to school because the car was in the shop. The drive up there was fun...but scary. Fun because we had some crazy tunes cranked in "Trooper" ...

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Cousteau puts his name behind Eco-hotel complex


Developer Sea Mountain Five and Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society are planning to develop a new 434-acre eco-hotel in Punaluu on the Big Island.

The current infrastructure and golf course on the site was a project started in the early 70s but never saw completion. The new developement plan proposes to renovate, renew, and update the old infrastructure.

Not only will the new resort be an eco-friendly resort complete with ...

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Hotel Bed Jumping


Bed Jumping

Quite frankly Hotel Bed Jumping could be the next Olympic sport. Anyone who has ever been stuck in a boring hotel room unable to fall asleep at night should really try this. It is something we all did as kids (or at least should have!!), and it is something that makes hotel rooms great.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Spoil your pets on vacation


I remember going on school trips way back when with memories of being stuck in a double bed with another person all in the name of saving money. I remember having to fight for blankets in an awkward under the sheets, over the sheets battle for warmth while still trying to maintain your 'manliness'. Yes, I look back on those memories and think to myself, wow I'm glad I was ...

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Fawlty Facelift


Fawlty Towers Cast

The hotel that inspired the British comedy Fawlty Towers is about to re-launch after a $1 million makeover!

The Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay England was originally slated to be demolished by developers looking to build luxury apartments. Luckily the Torquay Council refused to give the money hungry developers permission to go ahead with their plan and ...

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Excuse me Mr. Sean Penn, please put out that cigarette


Sean Penn

The Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto, Ontario Canada could be facing a whooping $605 fine after actor Sean Penn lit up a cigarette during a press conference this week.

The city's public health department, which enforces the provincial anti-smoking law, alleges that the hotel failed to post appropriate signage in the building. This sort of violation carries a ...

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

No Stirke for San Francisco Hotel workers


Good news for the hotel industry in San Francisco this week, after almost two weeks of picket lines and intense negotitaions hotel workers in San Francisco have made a tentative agreement for a new contact. This new contract will avert a second hotel workers strike in two years.

The contract, which runs through August 2009, grants higher wages, better pensions and full healthcare benefits to more than 4,200 members of Unite ...

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

No Pretty Girls Allowed


A hotel in Changchun of Jilin Province declared that only girls with a plain or unattractive appearance were wanted as chambermaids in a job ad issued last week.

"We have to refuse pretty women because most of them keep changing jobs, and our business has been affected," complained a manager who declined to be named.

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Trump International Hotel and Tower at Waikiki Beach Walk


Donald Trump has plans for a luxury hotel-condominium tower as part of an $800 million Waikiki Beach Walk redevelopment project in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 350-foot tall, 775,000 square-foot tower with about 460 hotel-condo units will include parking, retail and dining space, as well as a library, wine cellar, lobby bar, cafe, fitness center, spa and separate residential and hotel lobbies. The official name of ...