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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Oasis to build hotels, not trash them


I'm starting to believe that designing and launching your own hotel is going to become more popular with celebrities than starting their own fashion line. Liam and Noel Gallagher of British super group Oasis are planning on opening a hotel chain in America.

Many of Oasis' hit songs such as ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘All Around The World’ are to be the building blocks of theme rooms. Although some of their ideas, like ...

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Waikiki Hotel Staff may strike


For anyone planning on staying in a Waikiki hotel - more specifically a Sheraton Hotel or a Hilton Hotel - in the next few month be warned that four thousand hotel workers have just authorized a possible strike.

Both the Hilton Hotel and Sheraton Hotel groups say they would hire replacement staff if a ...

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Hotel works suspended for supports AIDS awareness


The International AIDS conference wrapped up in Toronto on a negative note when 70 hotel employees at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto Ontario were asked to remove small pins supporting the International AIDS conference. When they refused to remove the pins all 70 hotel employees were suspended indefinitely.

Employees protesting the suspensions were joined by many of the International AIDS conference delegates who were staying at the Chelsea Hotel. While ...

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Equity Inns Inc. Buy 3 Marriott Hotels


Hotel real estate investment trust Equity Inns Inc. said Thursday it completed its $26.2 million acquisition of three Marriott hotels from LinGate Hospitality Group.

The hotels have a combined total of 378 rooms and were bought for about $69,000 per key, the company said.

The purchase includes two SpringHill Suites by Marriott located in San Antonio and Houston and a Fairfield Inn & Suites in Atlanta.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Deer Crashes Hotel


Sleep at the Terrace Hotel in Cincinnati was rudely interrupted on Tuesday when a deer crashed through a window and into the quiet Cincinnati hotel.

At 5:10 a.m. the police received the call about the large buck causing chaos inside the Terrace Hotel. It wasn’t until 6:25 a.m. that the deer was captured by SPCA workers. The deer was obviously scared and confused.

Unfortunately, after the deer was taken to SCPA headquarters ...

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

A helping hand for liquid-less travelers


The Omni Jacksonville Hotel and the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk in Jacksonville Florida are supplying free liquid and gel products to all their guests.

Last week, the Omni Jacksonville Hotel began supplying items including cosmetics, sunscreen, toothpaste, contact lens solution, nail polish, and nail polish remover. They are also providing guests a list of nearby pharmacies with phone numbers and hours of operation to refill ...

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Fashion Hotel


Singers have acting careers and actors having singing careers so why can't Designer Jean brands open hotels?

Apparently the latest trend in fashion is your own hotel. Miss Sixty, designer jeans brand, did just that in Northern Italy with the new Miss Sixty Hotel. One cool thing about the hotel is that the white exterior can be changed with colored lighting, ...

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Focused on Female Business travelers


The rate of female business travelers is steadily increasing everyday. This spike has made way for a new niche market - rooms catering completely to the needs and wants of female business travelers.

Hotels like Don Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club in Miami Lakes have reserved an entire floor for female travelers. The rooms on this special ‘Patrician Floor’ (named after Patricia Graham, wife of William A. Graham, chairman emeritus of ...

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

New South Beach Hotel


The company behind the Delano and Shore Club hotels plans a new resort on a quiet, residential stretch of South Beach: the western shore.

Morgans Hotel Group announced this afternoon it paid $110 million for the middle tower of the Mirador residential complex at 10th Street and West Avenue.

The New York company said the tower will be converted into a condo-hotel complex, where at least some of the rooms will be ...

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Enjoy your stay at...The Astrodome?


The future of the Astrodome has been unclear ever since it bowed of out sports to the more modern Reliant Stadium. The rumor mill has been running non-stop with stories about the Astrodome becoming everything from an amusement park to a giant shopping mall.

he latest is of the Astrodome becoming a hotel with a 2,100 parking space garage. A lot of people are worried that this large of a hotel ...