<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:08:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>hotels</category><title>strange places in USA</title><description>here you will find the most strange places in USA that you can visit and also do some games , have fun and get experince </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>93</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><xhtml:meta content="noindex" name="robots" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-5765923327960154538</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-07T11:19:12.208-07:00</atom:updated><title>Six people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Armed officers were called to one of Manchester's most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. Four men aged between 20 and 26, a woman aged 20 and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. The injured woman was treated in hospital for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said, and was discharged on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said they saw a woman who was bleeding from her throat run into a car park across the road. An employee at an estate agents opposite the hotel said: "We saw lots of police and someone getting arrested.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Man arrested for DeKalb hotel triple shooting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   - Police have arrested a suspect in a triple shooting that happened at a DeKalb County motel last month. The DeKalb County Police say that Jawon Mosley was arrested by Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana, on Monday, Aug. 6. Officials say that Mosley is suspected in shooting three people at the Budgetel Inn &amp; Suites on the 2900 block of Gus Place in Decatur. MORE: One dead, two injured in shooting at DeKalb County motelOne person died from the injuries during the shooting. Police have not released the identities of the victims.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://media.fox5atlanta.com/media.fox5atlanta.com/photo/2018/08/07/Mosley_1533664819980_5897234_ver1.0_640_360.jpg" alt="Man arrested for DeKalb hotel triple shooting" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Man arrested after allegedly pulling gun outside hotel bar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as mentioned in  Hotel staff said a man later identified as Nives was removed from the bar after allegedly trying to sneak an underage woman inside, according to court records. When told he needed to leave, Nives allegedly pulled the gun, racked the slide and told security, "I got all of you, I got all you," while swinging the gun about. Security told police that Nives provided a New York State Department of Corrections photo ID card to get into the bar. Once in custody, Nives allegedly told authorities that the gun was only a BB gun, and that one of his passengers threw it in the bushes after the crash. The two hotel security guards identified Nives as the man who pulled the gun.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/08/six-people-arrested-after-woman_7.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-5061182444515883002</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-06T03:27:27.092-07:00</atom:updated><title>Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Failed sex negotiations in hotel room end in armed robbery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   A 23-year-old woman and a male teen are charged with first-degree robbery after, according to police, negotiations failed in a prostitution encounter inside a Tuscaloosa hotel. The male victim told police the incident happened July 26 at the Rodeway Inn on Skyland Boulevard when he went to the hotel to meet a woman for sex. At this time, he told investigators, the woman had taken all her clothes off. The woman began to move clothes on the hotel room desk room where she found the victim's cell phone. Wells told investigators that angered her, so she told him, "I've got something for you."&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Failed sex negotiations in hotel room end in armed robbery" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growing hotel room demand spurs development across Massachusetts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   As it stated in  [Wicked Local photo/Melissa Russell] ▲Growing demand for hotel rooms in Massachusetts is fattening public coffers and spurring new developments across the state. The growth of demand, meanwhile, is outpacing the growth of new hotel rooms, meaning the trend is likely to continue. In fiscal 2017, the state tax generated $255.5 million and the local tax generated $206 million. For some municipalities, the local tax -- enacted in 2009 -- is helping local budgets. Together, the state and local rooms tax accounted for about 1.7 percent of the $26.4 billion the state collected during fiscal 2017.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/08/racist-room-note-left-by-previous-guest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-8343142430750886117</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-05T02:49:00.863-07:00</atom:updated><title>Fired Haitian workers at South Beach hotel SLS get $2.5 million in discrimination suit</title><description>as mentioned in     Four years ago, something bitter was brewing in the kitchens of the ritzy SLS South Beach hotel. The Haitian workers were also asked to lug heavy items up the hotel's 13 floors by stairs while other workers were spared. On Friday night, the hotel agreed to pay $2.5 million to the 17 people who were fired. These trainings are "designed to prevent what happened to those Haitian workers to happen to anyone else again," Weisberg said. The SLS South Beach will also maintain a compliance monitor to keep track of the names and national origins of all employees hired and fired at the hotel.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South Beach hotel to pay $2.5 million over discrimination claims by Haitian dishwashers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   A South Beach hotel has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of 17 fired Haitian dishwashers, the federal authorities said Monday. The lawsuit also said the Haitian workers were singled out for difficult tasks from which other employees were exempt. When the dishwashers reported the discrimination to the hotel's human resources department, the entire staff of dishwashers was fired in April 2014, the lawsuit said. The employees worked in the hotel's restaurants: The Bazaar by Jose Andres, Katsuya and the Hyde Beach. Greeley said the company currently employees many people of Haitian descent and urged the laid-off workers to apply to the new staffing company.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.local10.com/gmg-base-theme/images/color_schemes/mia/favicon.ico" alt="South Beach hotel to pay $2.5 million over discrimination claims by Haitian dishwashers" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fired Miami hotel dishwashers called 'slaves' by supervisors win $2.5 million settlement&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   As it stated in  Seventeen Haitian people once fired as dishwashers from a luxe Miami hotel have won $2.5 million in a lawsuit against their former employer. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who filed the discrimination suit on behalf of the former kitchen staffers at the SLS South Beach hotel. Although the suit was filed in April 2017, the allegations stem from an April 2014 incident, the Miami Herald reports. The Herald also added that the Haitian workers were asked to carry heavy items up 13 flights of stairs, while others were exempt from the task. He added that SBE has over 200 employees of Haitian descent currently employed at its Miami companies.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/08/fired-haitian-workers-at-south-beach.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-3050084151606247518</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-03T09:00:24.247-07:00</atom:updated><title>Couple leaves $1,000 tip for single mom working at hotel</title><description>referring to     (WXIN/CNN) -- A waitress at a hotel in Indiana paid it forward after a couple celebrating their wedding anniversary gave her a $1,000 tip. Anna Hofstetter said it was a slow Saturday night at Hotel Nashville when she struck up a conversation with the married couple. She told them she's a single mom and works three jobs to support her two kids. "They sat at a little table near the door and they said they got married at the Hotel Nashville seven years ago," she said. "I know Anna is doing a lot of working hours, single mom.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Video: Caldara leaves Juventus hotel ahead of AC Milan move&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Mattia Caldara has just left Juventus' hotel in the USA ahead of his move to AC Milan. The Italian defender has not even played one game for the Old Lady who has decided to swap him for Leonardo Bonucci who is set to make return to Juventus after a one-year spell at AC Milan. Both players have been valued around € 35 million. Here's the video of Caldara leaving Juventus' hotel.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://cdnweb.calciomercato.com/new-site-assets/img/theme/favicon.ico" alt="Video: Caldara leaves Juventus hotel ahead of AC Milan move" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Video: Bayern's Arturo Vidal leaves hotel as Barcelona transfer is edging closer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   according to  Arturo Vidal's chances of returning to Italy where he was linked with a move to Inter Milan and AC Milan has now been killed as the midfielder who plays for Bayern Munich will now join Bayern Munich. Now Barcelona and Bayern Munich have agreed a deal for the former midfielder of Juventus which should be something more than 20 million euros. He will also earn 9 million euros per year for the next three seasons at Barcelona. Below is a video from the Twitter profile of the German journalist Torben Hoffmann, which shows Vidal leaving his hotel, who could be on his way to Barcelona.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/08/couple-leaves-1000-tip-for-single-mom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-5173707833716143048</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-02T07:26:29.220-07:00</atom:updated><title>Six people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel</title><description>according to     Armed officers were called to one of Manchester's most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. Four men aged between 20 and 26, a woman aged 20 and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. The injured woman was treated in hospital for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said, and was discharged on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said they saw a woman who was bleeding from her throat run into a car park across the road. An employee at an estate agents opposite the hotel said: "We saw lots of police and someone getting arrested.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qld woman charged over hotel glassing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Qld woman charged over hotel glassingTracey FerrierThe 20-year-old is accused of repeatedly stabbing the victim, 35, at the hotel in Surfers Paradise on Saturday afternoon. The victim also suffered defensive wounds to her hands. The younger woman will front the Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with acts intended to maim, obstructing police and breach of bail.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.news.com.au/wp-content/themes/vip/newscorpau-nca/assets/dist/img/common/placeholders/newscomau-major.png" alt="Qld woman charged over hotel glassing" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 dentists accused of raping woman at Las Vegas Strip hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   as declared in  Four California dentists, including three brothers, face sexual assault charges after a woman accused them of raping her at aLas Vegas Strip hotel last weekend. On the way to the room, Badkoobehi kissed and hugged her, the woman told police. Poria Edalat told police he was in Las Vegas from Los Angeles to celebrate his birthday. Badkoobehi faces three counts of sexual assault, and the others face two counts of sexual assault. All four also face one count each of first-degree kidnapping and one count each of conspiracy to commit sexual assault.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/08/six-people-arrested-after-woman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-511465147821413225</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-31T15:49:05.149-07:00</atom:updated><title>Australian hotel chain fined $2.2 million for manipulating TripAdvisor reviews</title><description>according to     (CNN) — One of Australia's largest hotel chains has been fined $2.2 million ($3 million AUD) for trying to prevent negative reviews on the popular TripAdvisor website. Australia's federal court said that Meriton Property Services violated consumer law by preventing guests who had complained or may have had negative experiences from getting a "Review Express" email inviting them to review the property on TripAdvisor. The court said that between November 2014 and October 2015, hotel workers gave TripAdvisor invalid email addresses for complaining customers so they wouldn't get the emails. If a property had a major disruption, they wouldn't submit any guests' email addresses. The court said Meriton's conduct "was likely to mislead or deceive" because it inflated the number of good reviews in relation to bad reviews and even improved some properties' rank on the TripAdvisor website.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fired Haitian workers at South Beach hotel SLS get $2.5 million in discrimination suit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Four years ago, something bitter was brewing in the kitchens of the ritzy SLS South Beach hotel. The Haitian workers were also asked to lug heavy items up the hotel's 13 floors by stairs while other workers were spared. On Friday night, the hotel agreed to pay $2.5 million to the 17 people who were fired. These trainings are "designed to prevent what happened to those Haitian workers to happen to anyone else again," Weisberg said. The SLS South Beach will also maintain a compliance monitor to keep track of the names and national origins of all employees hired and fired at the hotel.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/5haz56/picture145303704/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1140/IMG_sls1.JPG_2_1_T379SF5S" alt="Fired Haitian workers at South Beach hotel SLS get $2.5 million in discrimination suit" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South Beach hotel to pay $2.5 million over discrimination claims by Haitian dishwashers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   according to  A South Beach hotel has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of 17 fired Haitian dishwashers, the federal authorities said Monday. The lawsuit also said the Haitian workers were singled out for difficult tasks from which other employees were exempt. When the dishwashers reported the discrimination to the hotel's human resources department, the entire staff of dishwashers was fired in April 2014, the lawsuit said. The employees worked in the hotel's restaurants: The Bazaar by Jose Andres, Katsuya and the Hyde Beach. Greeley said the company currently employees many people of Haitian descent and urged the laid-off workers to apply to the new staffing company.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/australian-hotel-chain-fined-22-million.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-7645258843155580216</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-30T10:21:27.486-07:00</atom:updated><title>Woman and five children dead in hotel fire in Southwest Michigan </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   BERRIEN COUNTY, MI -- A 26-year-old woman and five children, all part of the same family, died in a hotel fire south of Benton Harbor that filled the building with smoke and flames. Berrien County authorities said the children who died ranged in age from 2 through 10. Berrien County sheriff's deputies said 27 rooms were occupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation and a state police fire marshal will be assisting Berrien County sheriff's personnel with the investigation. Child dead, 6 being treated after carbon monoxide leak at Niles hotel&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Downtown Daytona hotel destroyed by fire&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Daytona Beach firefighters battle a fire at the BAYVIEW HOTEL124 Orange Ave. in Daytona Beach Friday morning July 27, 2018. [News-Journal/Jim Tiller] ▲DAYTONA BEACH — A fire that had appeared out instead spread up the walls of the Bayview Hotel on Friday and incinerated the three-story hotel as firefighters battled for hours to keep the flames from spreading to nearby buildings. All lanes of Orange Avenue, from Beach Street to Palmetto, will be closed until the structure is removed, Cerbone said. The hotel is in the same building as the Crooks Den bar, just a half-block west of Beach Street and Daytona Beach's Fire Station No. The Daytona Beach Fire Department had records for three other fires at the hotel since 2010.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Downtown Daytona hotel destroyed by fire" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Family of 6 killed in massive hotel fire in Berrien County&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   according to  Family of 6 killed in massive hotel fire in Berrien CountyMichael Caterina, South Bend Tribune via APWZZM-TV (Grand Rapids) | Detroit Free PressBENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Authorities in Berrien County are investigating what caused a massive fire at an extended stay hotel that killed a family of six and sent several others to the hospital. According to the Berrien County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received a 911 call around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday. The sheriff's office reports a family of six — a mother and her five children, ages two through ten — were killed in the fire. Preliminary estimates from the sheriff's office show that about 90 percent of the rooms at the Cosmo Extended Living Hotel sustained smoke, fire or water damage. The Michigan State Police Fire Marshall Division will assist the Berrien County Sheriff's Office to determine a cause and origin to the massive fire.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/woman-and-five-children-dead-in-hotel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-5223831312474994869</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-29T03:13:42.999-07:00</atom:updated><title>Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says</title><description>as declared in     Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growing hotel room demand spurs development&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman] ▲Growing demand for hotel rooms in Massachusetts is fattening public coffers and spurring new developments across the state. The growth of demand, meanwhile, is outpacing the growth of new hotel rooms, meaning the trend is likely to continue. In fiscal 2017, the state tax generated $255.5 million and the local tax generated $206 million. For some municipalities, the local tax - enacted in 2009 - is helping local budgets. Together, the state and local rooms tax accounted for about 1.7 percent of the $26.4 billion the state collected during fiscal 2017.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Growing hotel room demand spurs development" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to find the best deal when booking a hotel room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   as informed in  They say they are simply online marketers who display prices set by the hotels. Representatives from both companies told NBC News BETTER that many hotel chains require parity agreements that prohibit them from undercutting the rate set by the hotel. "We don't set the prices, they set the prices," said Leslie Cafferty, senior vice president of communications at Booking Holdings. "The value we offer our customers is matching travelers with the best hotel for their needs at the best price available for us to offer," McNamee said in a statement. Expedia noted that bundling — booking a flight and hotel at the same time — can result in significant savings.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/racist-room-note-left-by-previous-guest_29.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-5674028191413742347</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-27T09:26:38.271-07:00</atom:updated><title>Six people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Armed officers were called to one of Manchester's most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. Four men aged between 20 and 26, a woman aged 20 and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. The injured woman was treated in hospital for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said, and was discharged on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said they saw a woman who was bleeding from her throat run into a car park across the road. An employee at an estate agents opposite the hotel said: "We saw lots of police and someone getting arrested.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six arrested after woman stabbed in the neck in Manchester hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Six people are being held on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman with neck injuries flagged down police officers. Video: Stabbing suspect placed in police vanSix people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman's throat was cut at a Hilton hotel. AdvertisementAdvertisementArmed police officers were called to Deansgate in Manchester after the 20-year-old woman was attacked inside the hotel. Image: Police arrested four men, a woman and a teenagerFour men were arrested - two 26-year-olds, one aged 20 and one 24. Police were running to and fro from the car park and the Hilton Hotel," he added.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://news.sky.com/assets/2018/favicon.ico" alt="Six arrested after woman stabbed in the neck in Manchester hotel" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suspect in brutal murder of New York City nurse reportedly found in California hotel with woman tied up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as declared in  A 27-year-old man sought in the brutal murder of a New York City nurse was arrested in a California hotel Tuesday -- with a woman reportedly tied up in his room. She was found wrapped in a white sheet on the floor of her bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene. Her family said surveillance footage from a Brooklyn restaurant the two went to before her death helped identify the suspected killer. Continue Reading BelowStewart's father, Kenneth Stewart, told NBC 4 he was "absolutely shocked" to hear that Drayton was arrested with another tied up woman. "It's not even a week, he commits a gruesome murder like this and gone to another family to destroy, to tear apart," he said.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/six-people-arrested-after-woman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-7900934587974667918</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-26T08:47:49.717-07:00</atom:updated><title>Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to find the best deal when booking a hotel room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   They say they are simply online marketers who display prices set by the hotels. Representatives from both companies told NBC News BETTER that many hotel chains require parity agreements that prohibit them from undercutting the rate set by the hotel. "We don't set the prices, they set the prices," said Leslie Cafferty, senior vice president of communications at Booking Holdings. "The value we offer our customers is matching travelers with the best hotel for their needs at the best price available for us to offer," McNamee said in a statement. Expedia noted that bundling — booking a flight and hotel at the same time — can result in significant savings.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2018_30/2506246/180723-travel-booking-dk-1212_7bd2eb210cca66da9d3f45179e98e232.jpg" alt="How to find the best deal when booking a hotel room" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growing hotel room demand spurs development across Massachusetts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as declared in  [Wicked Local photo/Melissa Russell] ▲Growing demand for hotel rooms in Massachusetts is fattening public coffers and spurring new developments across the state. The growth of demand, meanwhile, is outpacing the growth of new hotel rooms, meaning the trend is likely to continue. In fiscal 2017, the state tax generated $255.5 million and the local tax generated $206 million. For some municipalities, the local tax -- enacted in 2009 -- is helping local budgets. Together, the state and local rooms tax accounted for about 1.7 percent of the $26.4 billion the state collected during fiscal 2017.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/racist-room-note-left-by-previous-guest_26.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-1405277805859782729</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-26T08:17:47.931-07:00</atom:updated><title>Robot butlers at this hotel deliver food, toiletries to rooms </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   LivingRobot butlers at this hotel deliver food, toiletries to roomsLas Vegas remains the national testing lab for the eccentric and over-the-top, and Sin City is staking that claim yet again with the introduction of "robot butlers" at the Vdara Hotel and Spa on the strip. Upon reaching the door, they'll even call the guests' rooms to announce their arrival. "The robot actually is very autonomous and moves very seamlessly throughout the property," said Mary Giuliano, general manager of Vdara Hotel and Spa's guest experience. "There are sensors around the robot so it will know how to navigate around the guests and people walking through," says Guiliano. "Nothing really replaces the genuine human hospitality that you experience at a hotel.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Melania Trump enjoyed separate hotel rooms and CNN, not Fox News, on recent trip abroad, report says&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Melania Trump enjoyed separate hotel rooms and CNN, not Fox News, on recent trip abroad, report saysFor all her smiles with Queen Elizabeth II, Vladimir Putin, Theresa May and the first lady of Finland, Melania Trump enjoyed some independence from her husband Donald Trump in key ways during their recent trip to Europe, the New York Times is reporting. Trump is said to have "raged at staff" because Melania Trump's Air Force One television was tuned to CNN, not to the president's preferred Fox News, the Times reported. Then, in Michael Wolff's controversial book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," the author reported that the first couple have separate bedrooms. During the tour, Trump showed McDougal the separate bedroom of his wife, Melania Trump, who had recently given birth to their son Barron, the New Yorker reported. In pointing out Melania Trump's bedroom, the future president allegedly said his wife "liked her space to read or be alone."Share this:View more on East Bay Times&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Finland-Trump-Putin-Summit-52.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=714" alt="Melania Trump enjoyed separate hotel rooms and CNN, not Fox News, on recent trip abroad, report says" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Revenue from Tanzania hotel rooms fall by 5.5pc, says report&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   according to  Revenue from hotel room occupancy in Tanzania declined by 5.5 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016 due to a drop in guest nights, a new report has revealed. Revenue from hotel room occupancy in Tanzania declined by 5.5 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016 due to a drop in guest nights, a new report has revealed. According to the report, room revenues amounted to $206 million (Sh469.5 billion) in 2017 compared to $218 million (Sh496.86 billion) as recorded in 2016. Additionally, Tanzania Tourist Board and Air Tanzania have teamed up to promote tourism to the country," the report indicates. The reason was due to the fall of guest nights from 3.6 million in 2016 to 3.3 million in 2017.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/robot-butlers-at-this-hotel-deliver_26.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-230783577831220095</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-25T07:37:32.674-07:00</atom:updated><title>Luxury hotel chain launches new property in Thane, India</title><description>As it stated in     One of the fastest-growing hotel chains, has launched a luxury hotel located at just a 10-minute drive from the Thane Railway Station in India. Conveniently{{{error}}} OR {{{error}}} OR {{{error}}}&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;City council approves new hotel tax for short-term rentals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   In a 9-1 decision, Windsor city council voted in favour of a new hotel room tax of up to four per cent Monday night. Half of the new tax revenue will go to Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island, and the other half to the city, according to the revenue projection report. "They're not against the tax itself, they're against the way the tax is put together," Horwitz said outside the meeting. RelatedMelnyk made a request to council to have the Municipal Accommodation Tax report consider the credit card processing fees hotel operators incur. Melnyk said the four per cent hotel tax will cause a significant enough increase in the value of credit card fees, and wishes the three per cent should be removed from the four per cent tax.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://postmediawindsorstar2.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/motel1.jpg" alt="City council approves new hotel tax for short-term rentals" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virgil's Auto Clinic location may be future site of new hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   as mentioned in  ROCHESTER, Minn. - A local auto shop is moving their business to make room for a possible new hotel. Virgil's Auto Clinic is located at 1101 2nd Street SW, right across the street from Mayo Clinic Hospital - Saint Marys Campus. According to the developer's website, it will be the new spot for a five-story hotel that will offer up to 150 rooms. Bradd Nelson is one of the four owners, and said this doesn't come as a surprise, due to their prime location. Although the business thinks they'll miss out on walk-in opportunities, Nelson thinks customers will follow them to their new location in the 1800 block of Third Avenue SE.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/luxury-hotel-chain-launches-new.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-8983502604631456067</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-24T06:03:08.303-07:00</atom:updated><title>Naples man accused of throwing woman out window of hotel room near Vero Beach </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Naples man accused of throwing woman out window of hotel room near Vero BeachCONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEMary Helen Moore | Naples Daily NewsA Naples man was accused Sunday of throwing a woman out the window of a hotel near Interstate 95's Vero Beach exit during a drunken fight, arrest records show. SWFL crime: DNA connects East Naples man to suspected sex crimesThe woman said Smallegan choked her and threw her into the first-floor hotel room's window, which shattered, according to his arrest affidavit. A hotel employee who was by the pool said she heard the sound of glass shattering and saw the woman coming out of the window. The woman was taken to Indian River Medical Center for stitches. He was released Sunday from the Indian River County Jail after posting $2,500 bail.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Armed officers were called to one of Manchester's most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. Four men aged between 20 and 26, a woman aged 20 and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. The injured woman was treated in hospital for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said, and was discharged on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said they saw a woman who was bleeding from her throat run into a car park across the road. An employee at an estate agents opposite the hotel said: "We saw lots of police and someone getting arrested.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dbf454383017a9fb3a0d3e681276cc8ded09dc9b/0_726_4905_2944/master/4905.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=630&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Centropy&amp;bm=normal&amp;ba=bottom%2Cleft&amp;blend64=aHR0cHM6Ly9hc3NldHMuZ3VpbS5jby51ay9pbWFnZXMvb3ZlcmxheXMvZDM1ODZhNWVmNTc4MTc1NmQyMWEzYjYzNWU1MTcxNDEvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc=&amp;s=5c800ac19917ec24d67494f237996ea5" alt="Six people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six arrested after woman stabbed in the neck in Manchester hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as mentioned in  Six people are being held on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman with neck injuries flagged down police officers. Video: Stabbing suspect placed in police vanSix people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman's throat was cut at a Hilton hotel. AdvertisementAdvertisementArmed police officers were called to Deansgate in Manchester after the 20-year-old woman was attacked inside the hotel. Image: Police arrested four men, a woman and a teenagerFour men were arrested - two 26-year-olds, one aged 20 and one 24. Police were running to and fro from the car park and the Hilton Hotel," he added.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Naples man charged with throwing woman out window of hotel room near Vero Beach&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    Naples man charged with throwing woman out window of hotel room near Vero BeachMary Helen Moore | Treasure Coast NewspapersWochitINDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A Naples man was accused Sunday of throwing a woman out the window of a hotel near Interstate 95's Vero Beach exit during a drunken fight, arrest records show. The woman said Smallegan choked her and threw her into the first-floor hotel room's window, which shattered, according to his arrest affidavit. The woman was taken to Indian River Medical Center for stitches. Smallegan told deputies the woman shattered the window with her shoe. He was released Sunday from the Indian River County Jail after posting $2,500 bail.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Naples man charged with throwing woman out window of hotel room near Vero Beach" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/naples-man-accused-of-throwing-woman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-350573344120899597</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-23T05:25:11.509-07:00</atom:updated><title>Simmering ‘beef’ between hotel and MP in room fiasco over marriage certificate </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   The hotel barred the couple from their room after they failed to produce a marriage certificate. And a marriage certificate. "The hotel made it clear to whoever booked the room that a marriage certificate would be required for the couple to access the room," said Mr Kirui. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE"Every couple has to produce a marriage certificate to book a common room and there are no two ways about it," Mr Mwangi, a class one drop out, told Nation then. A section of leaders, including MP Koech and Kericho County Assembly Speaker Dominic Rono, condemned last week's incident, saying the hotel regulations went contrary to the Constitution.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in roomMakeup artist and online personality Hayley Johnsen says she wants a refund from the Palo Alto Inn after finding her room infested with maggots. PALO ALTO — A makeup artist and internet personality says her stay at a boutique hotel in one of the Bay Area's toniest towns was interrupted by hundreds of uninvited creepy crawly guests. "We are shocked to hear about your stay and hope you will accept our sincerest apology," the hotel management wrote. Ten minutes passed before a "disgruntled older man" stormed out of the front office to inspect the room, Johnsen said. "The manager FLIPS out and says that's it you're checking out, no refund!" Johnsen said.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SJM-L-MAGGOT-0713.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=817" alt="Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growing hotel room demand spurs development across Massachusetts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   As it stated in  [Wicked Local photo/Melissa Russell] ▲Growing demand for hotel rooms in Massachusetts is fattening public coffers and spurring new developments across the state. The growth of demand, meanwhile, is outpacing the growth of new hotel rooms, meaning the trend is likely to continue. In fiscal 2017, the state tax generated $255.5 million and the local tax generated $206 million. For some municipalities, the local tax -- enacted in 2009 -- is helping local budgets. Together, the state and local rooms tax accounted for about 1.7 percent of the $26.4 billion the state collected during fiscal 2017.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/simmering-beef-between-hotel-and-mp-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-8103105817786716316</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 10:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-22T03:56:50.226-07:00</atom:updated><title>NGT voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotels </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   NGT voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotels"The illegal drawing of groundwater by hotels for their commercial interest is not something which can be permitted if environment has to be protected and scarce resources are to be saved," an NGT bench said. The NGT had earlier issued notices to three five-star hotels, Central Ground Water Authority, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, Central Pollution Control Board. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal/File)The National Green Tribunal has said that illegal withdrawal of groundwater by hotels cannot be permitted if environment has to be protected and scarce resources saved for future generations. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by city resident Shailesh Singh seeking directions to immediately stop withdrawal of groundwater by five-star hotels without permission. The tribunal had earlier issued notices to three five-star hotels, Central Ground Water Authority, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, Central Pollution Control Board.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Green Tribunal voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Green Tribunal voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotelsGreen Tribunal voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotelsNew Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has said that illegal withdrawal of groundwater by hotels cannot be permitted if environment has to be protected and scarce resources saved for future generations. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by city resident Shailesh Singh seeking directions to immediately stop withdrawal of groundwater by five star hotels without permission. The tribunal had earlier issued notices to three five-star hotels, Central Ground Water Authority, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, Central Pollution Control Board. Singh had alleged that various five-star hotels including Hotel Taj Palace, The Leela Palace, Hotel Jaypee Vasant Continental were using several lakh litres of ground water and the sources of water are not visible in their premises. Earlier, the tribunal had imposed a fine of Rs 7.5 lakh on one of the hotels after it found unsatisfactory rain water harvesting systems in their premises.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/indiacom-image-banner_06.jpg" alt="Green Tribunal voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotels" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leave the little guy be: Shut illegal hotels and let ordinary Airbnb hosts earn extra cash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   according to  Stringer, doing the bidding of an entrenched industry that's fending off a disruptor, could care less about such distinctions. Nor could councilmembers who have pocketed thousands of contributions from the hotel industry. Airbnb, too, helped make its bed by refusing to take simple steps to rein in professional violators — like cap the number of days per year any full apartment can be listed.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/ngt-voices-concern-over-illegal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-2723651694958021865</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 10:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-22T03:26:45.312-07:00</atom:updated><title>Atlantic City's hot new hotels debut Thursday </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;     Dancers rehearse with band at Royal Jelly nightclub inside the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City.  The club, which was part of the former Revel casino, will be part of the new hotel, which opens Thursday.  (Wayne Parry/AP)&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim McKee: New county seat, new hotels in Cedar County&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;     Like many Nebraska counties, Cedar County has moved its county seat from a corner to a central location, and like every county capital, one of its first enterprises was a hotel.  The following year the St. James post office opened about a mile west of the present site of St. James.  The year 1858 also saw the first county courthouse constructed at St. James in the form of a 30-by-40-foot, two-story, oak timber, $2,000 building.  Because of its transportation connection, St. Helena began growing faster than St. James, and in 1869 an election moved the county seat from St. James to St. Helena, which incorporated as a village in 1871.  On Jan. 5, 1916 the frame Grand Hotel burned, at which point only one other hotel, the Mid-West, remained in business.&lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Jim McKee: New county seat, new hotels in Cedar County" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;             &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IHCL to open 8 new hotels this year, eyes 30% growth next five years, Marketing &amp; Advertising News, ET BrandEquity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;     as mentioned in  (Thinkstock Images) Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) will be opening eight new hotels this year and is targeting a 30 per cent revenue growth over the next few years as the sentiment has turned positive for the industry, company chairman said.Addressing the shareholders at the AGM, chairman N Chandrasekaran said IHCL intends to significantly increase the domestic footprint this year by opening eight new hotels.  "We have drafted a '3R' (restructure, reengineer and reimagine) strategy with the objective of doubling the room keys and expanding the operating margin by 800 bps over the next five years.  "Accordingly we will open eight new properties this year in the country," he said, adding "we are growing at 8-10 per cent now and we plan to increase this to 30 per cent in the next few years.  "As a cumulative result of all these factors, demand growth in the hotel industry has been clearly outpacing supply, leading to a surge in occupancies and average revenue per room," he said.After six long years, IHCL turned profitable in FY18 years with a Rs 101 crore net income on a revenue of Rs 4,165 crore.  This also helped it reduce debt to around Rs 2,400 crore from a peak of Rs 5,800 crore, he added.The IHCL counter was trading 2.5 per cent down at Rs 125.85 on the BSE against a 0.5 per cent gain in the benchmark at 1445 hrs.&lt;br&gt;         &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;      &lt;br&gt;            &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;     &lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;     &lt;br&gt;        &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/atlantic-citys-hot-new-hotels-debut.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-1265657928070691066</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 08:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-21T01:38:56.385-07:00</atom:updated><title>Robot butlers at this hotel deliver food, toiletries to rooms </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   LivingRobot butlers at this hotel deliver food, toiletries to roomsLas Vegas remains the national testing lab for the eccentric and over-the-top, and Sin City is staking that claim yet again with the introduction of "robot butlers" at the Vdara Hotel and Spa on the strip. Upon reaching the door, they'll even call the guests' rooms to announce their arrival. "The robot actually is very autonomous and moves very seamlessly throughout the property," said Mary Giuliano, general manager of Vdara Hotel and Spa's guest experience. "There are sensors around the robot so it will know how to navigate around the guests and people walking through," says Guiliano. "Nothing really replaces the genuine human hospitality that you experience at a hotel.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brit youngsters being put in ground floor hotel rooms in Med party resorts after spate of balcony deaths&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   The drastic move comes after three British tourists were killed falling more than 70ft from the same Majorca hotel. Tom Hughes, 20, of Wrexham, north Wales, fell 65ft to his death last month in an almost identical accident after he seemingly also mistook Eden Roc for his accommodation. Natalie Cormack, 19, a bar worker from West Kilbride in North Ayrshire plummeted seven storeys at the block in April. The Foreign Office has been forced to issue a warning to Brits about how to behave around balconies in Spain, following the deaths. A statement read: "There have been a number of very serious accidents (some fatal) as a result of falls from balconies and walls.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Brit youngsters being put in ground floor hotel rooms in Med party resorts after spate of balcony deaths" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Despite EU sanctions, hotel rooms available in Crimea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as declared in  Despite EU sanctions, hotel rooms available in CrimeaFor four years, sanctions have prohibited EU companies from offering services to tourists in Crimea. The sanctions prohibit EU businesses from offering tourists services in Crimea. Officially, Dutch company booking.com ended services for tourists in 2014, insisting instead that offers were "exclusively for business travelers." One year ago, booking.com's press department assured DW that it was strictly abiding by EU sanctions law. We made that decision on our own since we have seen little interest in the region from our customers, who are mainly business travelers."&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New hotel and condo will bring 57 more rooms to Whitehorse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    Kurt Mehnert (third from left) is a partner with Raven Inn Whitehorse Inc. He says there is unmet demand for hotel rooms in Whitehorse. (Raven Inn Whitehorse Inc.)Whitehorse hasn't seen a major hotel go up since 1971, but that's about to change. A ground-breaking ceremony earlier this week marked the beginning of construction for the Raven Inn— a 57-room hotel and condo building. Kurt Mehnert is the general manager and co-owner for the new venture, Raven Inn Whitehorse Inc.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="New hotel and condo will bring 57 more rooms to Whitehorse" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/robot-butlers-at-this-hotel-deliver.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-7895666277621246424</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-19T22:40:13.435-07:00</atom:updated><title>Greek billionaire's 34-year-old son found dead in Cleveland hotel room, officials say </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Drugs believed to be cocaine mixed with the powerful painkiller fentanyl were reportedly discovered in a baggie inside the Cleveland hotel room where a Greek billionaire's son was found dead Saturday. Continue Reading BelowThe body of Socrates S. Kokkalis, 34, was discovered at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Cleveland, a police report from the Cleveland Police Department stated. Kokkalis was in Cleveland on business and was meeting with various officials to discuss a sports betting project, according to Greek media reports. One person told officers he saw Kokkalis after dinner the night before. The other person said he saw Kokkalis leaving an elevator following dinner.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in roomMakeup artist and online personality Hayley Johnsen says she wants a refund from the Palo Alto Inn after finding her room infested with maggots. PALO ALTO — A makeup artist and internet personality says her stay at a boutique hotel in one of the Bay Area's toniest towns was interrupted by hundreds of uninvited creepy crawly guests. "We are shocked to hear about your stay and hope you will accept our sincerest apology," the hotel management wrote. Ten minutes passed before a "disgruntled older man" stormed out of the front office to inspect the room, Johnsen said. "The manager FLIPS out and says that's it you're checking out, no refund!" Johnsen said.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SJM-L-MAGGOT-0713.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=817" alt="Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Newborn baby found dead in Queens hotel room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as declared in  MetroNewborn baby found dead in Queens hotel roomA newborn baby died on Wednesday night after being found unconscious in a Queens hotel room, sources said. Medics performed CPR and rushed the baby to Elmhurst General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A worker at the hotel said the woman had been living there for months. We didn't know she had a baby in her room," a concierge told The Post on Wednesday night. But she would go out late sometimes to the store."The hotel room was in "disarray" and contained drug paraphernalia, the sources said.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/greek-billionaires-34-year-old-son.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-2003282497912250697</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T21:56:31.349-07:00</atom:updated><title>2 brothers charged in Gaithersburg hotel assault</title><description>according to     WASHINGTON — Montgomery County police have charged two brothers for an assault that happened inside a Gaithersburg, Maryland, hotel room Sunday. Related Stories 4 taken to hospital after stabbing incident in a Gaithersburg hotel Montgomery County, MD NewsInvestigators believe that the Wilson brothers knew the two victims prior to the assault and attempted robbery. Police said that an employee of the hotel who heard the assault reported it as a stabbing. They were charged with one count each of home invasion robbery, two counts each of first-degree assault and two counts each of second-degree assault. Robert Wilson is being held without bail; Sean Wilson was released after posting a $5,000 bond.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Two charged in county hotel shooting incident&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Two charged in county hotel shooting incidentSubmittedBrad Zinn | Staunton News LeaderVERONA - Two men have been charged in a June shooting incident at an Augusta County hotel, the sheriff's office reported Wednesday. The shooting took place the afternoon of June 11 at the Sleep Inn at 222 Jefferson Highway just outside of Staunton. After hitting the second door, the bullet fragmented, the sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office said it believes the incident was caused by the mishandling of a firearm. On Tuesday, Jeremy Shifflett, 34, of Stuarts Draft, was charged with shooting in an occupied dwelling, destruction of property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Two charged in county hotel shooting incident" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bethel hotel owner and employee charged with Medicaid fraud&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   as declared in  According to charging documents filed with the court last month, Tundra Suites' Medicaid billing increased from an average of $4,000 a month to a high of $57,000 for December 2017. On several occasions, Kim and Young allegedly billed the government for more Medicaid recipients than there are rooms in their hotel.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/2-brothers-charged-in-gaithersburg.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-2054136771595589393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-17T21:15:47.050-07:00</atom:updated><title>Council vote delayed on proposed William Street hotel </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   The Perkins house, built in 1880 on West William Street, could become part of a hotel if a developer's plan is approved by Delaware City Council. ▲The construction of a 3-story hotel addition to a 19th-century house on West William Street again was debated before Delaware City Council on July 9. The plan had been scheduled for its third reading, after which council ordinarily casts a vote, but the vote was delayed by Mayor Carolyn Kay Riggle, based on the request of Councilwoman Lisa Keller. Another resident who spoke June 25 urged council to let Manos renovate the Perkins house and build the hotel. Manos earlier cited Main Street Delaware awards he received for other renovation projects in the city.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Airbnb official concedes defeat on City Council bill, blasting pols as hotel shills&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   "I don't think we'll get a single vote in favor of our community," he said in a call with reporters. "The City Council is pushing through a bill that does just one thing - it obliterates the privacy rights of thousands of New Yorkers to protect the record profits of the big hotel lobby, which has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Council's campaign coffers."&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/ns8RPtHoG0Jv2sMURE9ZQX320Uw=/1200x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ACNAIZWV6RDMRJVZQSZJBNDN3Y.jpg" alt="Airbnb official concedes defeat on City Council bill, blasting pols as hotel shills" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clarence Council rebuked for hotel plan as residents speak out against development&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   according to  Rosny Hill Friends Network convenor Peter Edwards said one of the group's biggest concerns was the leasing of public land for the development. "Here we have a test case for leasing off and privatising Crown land reserve," he said. "This includes traffic management, habitat assessment and natural values assessments for the Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area. The Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area is proclaimed under the Nature Conservation Act but is managed by the Clarence Council. "This area of land was set aside as a public reserve and the Rosny community is rightly concerned."&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/council-vote-delayed-on-proposed_17.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-4339421020062999152</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-16T20:28:50.148-07:00</atom:updated><title>African-American finds note with racial slur in Florida hotel room </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. Michael Davis found a note in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel that read, "You're a n----r."The family went out to breakfast, and upon returning to the hotel room, Davis found the note on the lamp, written on the hotel's stationery. "The hotel manager ... saying that he would 'absolutely feel safe' in this hotel after this happened showed an unbelievable lack of empathy," read Davis' post. He moved his family to a hotel in Clearwater because they did not feel safe at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. More than 100 comments on the Facebook post flowed in, supportive of the Davis family.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moment hotel guest finds hundreds of maggots crawling across floor of £230 room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   As it stated in  Hayley Johnsen had booked a room at a California hotel when she was greeted by the sickening sightA HOTEL guest has been left gagging after finding hundreds of maggots crawling across the floor of her £230-a-night hotel room. Taking to Twitter, Hayley said she had decided to take a bath when she noticed the infestation of maggots. She wrote: "I go and get into the bathtub… as I'm sitting there, I see something,… I'm like what is this tic tac on the floor. It wasn't a tic tac. The cop takes four seconds to look at our room and says no you can't stay here."The couple eventually booked a room at another hotel.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in roomMakeup artist and online personality Hayley Johnsen says she wants a refund from the Palo Alto Inn after finding her room infested with maggots. PALO ALTO — A makeup artist and internet personality says her stay at a boutique hotel in one of the Bay Area's toniest towns was interrupted by hundreds of uninvited creepy crawly guests. "We are shocked to hear about your stay and hope you will accept our sincerest apology," the hotel management wrote. Ten minutes passed before a "disgruntled older man" stormed out of the front office to inspect the room, Johnsen said. "The manager FLIPS out and says that's it you're checking out, no refund!" Johnsen said.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SJM-L-MAGGOT-0713.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=817" alt="Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/african-american-finds-note-with-racial.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-2362251128822445150</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-15T19:20:12.951-07:00</atom:updated><title>Google Ads Introduces New Campaign Type for Hotels </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Google Ads has introduced a new campaign type designed to help advertisers better manage hotel ads. Since then, hotel ads have expanded to Google search results, which helped the ad type grow. ADVERTISEMENTIn addition, there will be a new "Hotel Center" in Google Ads to simplify the management of hotel price feeds. The existing Hotel Ads Center will be replaced with the new Hotel Center in phases. As a reminder, Google AdWords will soon be "Google Ads." The new branding will change over on July 24, 2018.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 New Affordable Hotels Are Coming to Disney World&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   The four hotels will be in Flamingo Crossings, just outside Disney World. Disney World will soon have even more options for where to stay. Building permits for four new hotels were filed last week, according to the Theme Park Tourist. The new hotels, which will be at Flamingo Crossings, will be affordable chains, including Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Fairfield by Marriott, and Residence Inn. More from Travel + LeisureFlamingo Crossings, on the western edge of the Disney World resort, is a mixed-use development area with affordable options, such as third-party hotels, for Disney Parks visitors.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://cdn-image.travelandleisure.com/sites/default/files/1529424602/walt-disney-world-entrance-DISHOFL0618.jpg" alt="4 New Affordable Hotels Are Coming to Disney World" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New York Hotel News: Moxy Hotels To Open Moxy Chelsea In October 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as mentioned in  New York's bustling Chelsea neighborhood will debut a notable new hotel this fall: Moxy Chelsea, which is set to rise 37 stories into the city skyline come October. The property, developed by Lightstone and part of Marriott International's experiential, millennial-minded Moxy Hotels brand, will mark the second collaboration between storied design powerhouse Yabu Pushelberg and acclaimed architecture and design firm Rockwell Group, the team behind Moxy Times Square. &gt;Lightstone unveiled the Moxy brand in New York with the buzzy opening of Moxy Times Square in September 2017, and will develop four other Moxy properties planned for New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, each with its own unique local spin. (Another Moxy hotel, from developer Mark Gordon and Tribeca Associates, is slated to open this summer steps from the World Trade Center.) The hotel, located at 105 West 28th Street (at 6th Avenue), will open in October and is taking reservations for stays beginning December 16, 2018; rooms start at $159/night.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/google-ads-introduces-new-campaign-type.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-3356937258541526558</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-13T22:49:30.287-07:00</atom:updated><title>Council vote delayed on proposed William Street hotel </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   The Perkins house, built in 1880 on West William Street, could become part of a hotel if a developer's plan is approved by Delaware City Council. ▲The construction of a 3-story hotel addition to a 19th-century house on West William Street again was debated before Delaware City Council on July 9. The plan had been scheduled for its third reading, after which council ordinarily casts a vote, but the vote was delayed by Mayor Carolyn Kay Riggle, based on the request of Councilwoman Lisa Keller. Another resident who spoke June 25 urged council to let Manos renovate the Perkins house and build the hotel. Manos earlier cited Main Street Delaware awards he received for other renovation projects in the city.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multi-use hotel site proposed in Caldwell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   CALDWELL — Three new multi-use facilities including a hotel could be coming to downtown Caldwell in the space where the Saratoga Hotel once was. Once an agreement is reached, the project will need final approval from City Council and the urban renewal agency. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency released a request for proposal in February that gave developers until May 14 to respond. A request for proposal is a competitive process that gives developers opportunity to submit their plans for the site. Each proposal complied with the requirements of the request, but City Council recommended Gardner's proposal to the urban renewal agency.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Multi-use hotel site proposed in Caldwell" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Land for proposed Kiba dam earmarked for hotel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   As it stated in  IN SUMMARYThe site for the proposed Kiba hydropower project in mid-western Uganda had apparently been earmarked for a high-end tourism hotel. "…the site where the [Kiba] hydropower [project] is proposed was…earmarked for a tourism hotel of 100-bed capacity, intended for [a] high-end tourists facility…" Mr Mwandha wrote. According to the letter, basing on the experience of the Karuma hydropower plant the proposed Kiba dam would not be compatible with the planned tourism development. "I am walking into a meeting; call me later," Mr Mwandha added. "We agreed on a feasibility study," Mr Kasande said on July 12.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/council-vote-delayed-on-proposed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-4564717864612771399</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-12T22:10:42.186-07:00</atom:updated><title>Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says </title><description>collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;   Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Racist room note left by previous guest, Florida hotel says&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found July 4. ▲SARASOTA, Fla. — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in its hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. The person of interest was a guest at the hotel who had been using the N-word to disparage Marriott associates and others at the hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. Mayor Liz Alpert expressed her concern for the Sarasota community following the hotel incident.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Racist room note left by previous guest, Florida hotel says" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Florida hotel claims that guest left 'You're a N****r' note for staff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   as informed in  Art Ovation Hotel, part of Marriott's Autograph Collection hotels, 'immediately launched a thorough internal investigation' into the 'You're a N****r' note that Frank Davis found on July 4. ADVERTISEMENT'I am relieved to report that a person of interest has been identified by Marriott in the incident at the Art Ovation Hotel. 'I am relieved to report that a person of interest has been identified by Marriott in the incident at the Art Ovation Hotel. 'I was stone cold for 30 to 40 seconds when I read the note,' Michael Davis, 27, told The Post. Frank Davis, 58, co-founder of the multi-million dollar real-estate investment company Horizon Group, said that the note left him deeply saddened.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/racist-room-note-left-by-previous-guest_12.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279016889430859095.post-8737756044959406413</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-11T20:05:04.908-07:00</atom:updated><title>'What a stupid place' - readers react to new Ricoh Arena hotel</title><description>referring to     Wasps Holdings Limited (WHL) have approached the council to request the granting of a new long lease over Car Park C (opposite the retail park). The plan is to develop a new hotel which will support events and conferencing at the Ricoh Arena and across the city. The city council's cabinet is set to approve the new long lease for the car park to facilitate the development on July 17. Laura Jeffs: "What about us, who live just behind this car park?!?! Mark Johnson: "What stupid place, that's where I park for match days as my dad is disabled."&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Younes envisions new five-story hotel and 100,000-square-foot conference center&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   KEARNEY — Paul Younes intends to build another hotel and convention center. Plans include a five-story, 164-unit hotel and 100,000-square-foot conference center, to be built west of Younes' Hampton Inn near Sixth Avenue and Talmadge Street in south Kearney. The convention center will accommodate gatherings of up to 2,500 people and will have 850 parking stalls and a full industrial kitchen. The complex will stand within blocks of the 70,000-square-foot Younes Conference Center that opened in 2010 and, according to Younes, has outperformed expectations. "It's above our expectations, otherwise, I would not add to the space we have right now," he said about the conference center and plans to add more meeting and gathering space with the 100,000-square-foot convention center.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="" alt="Younes envisions new five-story hotel and 100,000-square-foot conference center" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This new hotel chain is changing the accommodation game in Europe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   referring to  This new hotel chain might be changing the accommodation game one European city at a time. Image: Courtesy of The Student Hotel GroupThe Student Hotel, founded by Scottish entrepreneur Charlie MacGregor in Amsterdam, has one simple motto: "may the student in you live forever". The piano at The Student Hotel in Florence, Italy. Image: Courtesy of The Student Hotel Group"I think it's really been a surprise how much the hotel guests really pick up on the atmosphere the students, our sacred customers, bring to the space," writes MacGregor on the company's homepage. Image: Courtesy of The Student Hotel GroupIf your inner student wants to book a room at one of the TSH hotels around Europe or simply get more information, please check their website here.&lt;br&gt;     &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;br&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #008000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;br&gt;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;collected by :&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Ithan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>https://strangeplacesinusa.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-stupid-place-readers-react-to-new.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lara Smith)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>