Hampton Beach Surf Hotel Fire Fueled by Winds Destroys 5 Buildings

March 1, 2010

Late last week, a fire was started at Surf Hotel, a Hampton oceanfront hotel that has been unoccupied. However, this fire was spread to many nearby buildings due to hurricane-force winds. The fires engulfed and destroyed a whole block of businesses, but according to officials, no one was injured.
Hampton Fire Captain David Lang [...]

Read the full article →

Wealthy Icelandic Couple Sued over NYC Hotel’s Ikea Kitchen

February 26, 2010

A rather wealthy Icelandic couple in New York is being sued for the installation of a cheap Ikea kitchen in one of the Gramercy Park Hotel’s rooms. Ingibjorg Palmadottir and Jon Asgeir Johannesson own two of the apartments in this building - one is a full-floor co-op and the other is a duplex penthouse [...]

Read the full article →

Wyndham Worldwide Buys Hoseasons

February 25, 2010

The popular Hoseasons holiday brand has been bought out by US hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide, which is the parent company of the Holiday Cottages Group. The UK self-catering company is said to have been sold for £38.8 million, or $60 million.
Hoseasons was founded by Wally Hoseason 65 years ago in a small boatyard, and [...]

Read the full article →

Government asks Starwood to Delay Civil Suit Against Hilton

February 24, 2010

Manhattan federal prosecutors have requested a judge to allow the government to get involved in a civil suit between Starwood Hotels and Hilton Hotels. The suit involves corporate espionage allegations, and they want to stop discovery proceedings for half a year.
This suit was brought by Starwood against Hilton and two of their executives that [...]

Read the full article →

British Airways Strike Voted on by Cabin Crew

February 23, 2010

The staff at British Airways has officially voted to have another strike, according to Unite leaders on Monday. The dispute over working conditions and pay has been going on between the carrier and union for months. Although this is the second ballot for industrial action, this will be the first strike to get [...]

Read the full article →

British Airways Strike Action Likely

February 22, 2010

It’s nearly certain that the cabin crew of British Airways has voted for a new strike action, with the ballot results being announced today (Monday). Around 12,000 members of Unite union have voted again after their first vote was ruled illegal by the High Court when the airline found that some of the staff [...]

Read the full article →

Texas Plane Crash was Intentional

February 19, 2010

A plane crashed into an Austin, Texas federal office building on Thursday morning in what looked to be an accident. However, authorities soon found out that the ‘accident’ was really the intention of a local to take out his anger on the IRS.
The grudged resident decided he would set his house on fire and [...]

Read the full article →

Mother Pleads Innocent in Murder of Son at NY Peninsula Hotel

February 18, 2010

On Tuesday, the woman charged with killing her autistic son at New York’s Peninsula Hotel tearfully plead not guilty during an arraignment. 49-year-old Gigi Jordan, a multimillionaire mother, had a meltdown on February 5 in a $2,300 per night suite.
Gigi was found, along with her dead 8-year-old son Jude Mirra, with a suicide note [...]

Read the full article →

Hawaii Hotels Lose $741 million in 2009

February 17, 2010

Hotels in Hawaii had a really hard time staying afloat last year, with state revenues falling $741 million to under $3.6 billion. Most of the losses were due to lower room rates - $501 million loss - while the rest was from less room nights. Hawaii hotels were down by 17% compared to [...]

Read the full article →

Hilton Garden Inn Evacuated over Carbon Monoxide Leak

February 16, 2010

Up to 11 people were taken to hospitals in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area after Hilton Garden Inn, located in the downtown area, was evacuated on Monday morning. It had been discovered that there was a carbon monoxide leak that created far higher levels of what is considered safe to breathe.
Firefighters were called at [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →