“This is a purely commercial dispute that just spun out of control, and today this dispute has been settled by the judges and the authorities of this country.” ~ORESTES FINTIKLIS, the majority owner of a hotel in Panama City that won a legal battle to have the Trump Organization removed …
Room service has a reputation for being overpriced and under-seasoned. Here are a few techniques to make sure your room service meals are worth your money and appetite. Room service is often the last refuge of business travelers, and an overpriced, under-seasoned option for travelers without many options. According to Martyn …
Hotels around the country are introducing robots to handle repetitive tasks like room service deliveries, entertaining guests, and even giving directions. Hotels across the country are rushing to introduce robots with the promise of enhancing the guest experience and increasing efficiency. The automated companions can do everything from make and pick …
Hotels in NYC, Toronto already moved to strip Trump brand Room prices at Trump properties mostly tumbled since January The Trump International Hotel in Panama City on July 30, 2015. Photographer: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images The Trump Organization said its luxury hotel in Panama is legally required to keep the Trump brand …
THAILAND’S capital of Bangkok is set to receive crowds ahead of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s funeral, a year following his death. Reuters reported that hotels in the city’s old town as well as its backpacker enclave are booked up as locals from around the country prepare to make their way to the capital …
In director Wes Anderson’s film “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” the ever-fussy, high-class hotel concierge Gustave H. takes viewers on a rollicking journey around the world. To real-life concierge Jack Nargil of the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C., the film was important for rekindling interest in an old-timey profession that is …
FILE – In this Friday, June 2, 2017, file photo, a security guard, left, inspects a man at the entrance of the hotel at the Resorts World Manila complex, in Manila, Philippines, where a gunman stormed the mall-casino complex earlier in the day. Across the globe, risks of attacks have …
The next time you look at your hotel bill, don’t be surprised if you see a fee for your in-room safe or a mandatory gratuity for the housekeeping staff. Hotels in the United States are predicted to rake in a record $2.7 billion this year in fees and surcharges, up …
You’ll never look at hotel staff the same way again. Old-school service is alive and well at the Plaza: High tea treats are served in brass birdcages, tuxedo-clad bellman whisk away luggage to gilded suites, and chefs bear toques that tower above their heads. But in the age of Amazon Prime—when …
The rooms on offer are available in sizes ranging from “letter” to “postcard” and “stamp” The top two floors of Ghent’s former post office have been transformed into a sweet boutique hotel—1898 The Post. Lest the designation of “post office” bring to mind midcentury blocks of brick, know that the …
Britain’s vote was just the kick in the pants the country’s hoteliers needed. Three years ago, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian spent their honeymoon at Castlemartyr Hotel and Resort, a palatial 17th-century manor house built around 13th-century Norman castle ruins. In September 2015, the five-star, 220-acre estate set in the quiet countryside …
Why this icon of road travel is flickering out. You’ve been driving for a good chunk of the day, you’re pulling into an unfamiliar town, and you need a place to stay for the night. Happily, there’s a comforting sight just ahead—a motel with an illuminated “Vacancy” sign, the “No” …