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From the bed sheets to the TV remote, a microbiologist reveals the shocking truth about dirt and germs in hotel rooms
The filthy secrets of hotel rooms and why you might want to pack disinfectant on your next trip.
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RESORT HOTEL ATITLAN GUATEMALA HOTELS LAKE ATITLAN HOTEL
Casa Prana is a luxury resort hotel located privately in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Casa Prana is one of the most exclusive resort hotels in Guatemala. It offers a guest experience that is simple, yet elegant while providing the highest level of service. The property and its setting is unique – a bea
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Hotel lifts ban on guest 17 years after seagull and pepperoni incident
He just wanted to give his Navy buddies a tasty treat — but ended up accidentally assaulting tourists with a towel-wrapped seagull, a shoe, and causing a hotel blackout.
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Outrage over toilet brush used to clean cups at Chinese hotel
Horrifying unsanitary practices at a restaurant and luxury hotels in China, including customers’ cups being cleaned with a toilet brush, have sparked an outcry in the nation after video evidence went viral. According to Chinese media, the scandal first erupted when footage taken secretly at three hotels in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, was posted on the Internet and shared widely at the end of December.
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Why India’s Youth Are Dating In Secret
In western culture, the idea of forbidden intimacy before marriage seems pretty antiquated, but for young adults in India it's the reality they face everyday. While not technically illegal, being physically intimate before marriage is considered immoral by many Indians, and public displays of affection often result in verbal and sometimes physical attacks. Young couples are forced to jump through hoops just to get a few hours of privacy.
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Bookings at Trump Hotels Plummet
Donald Trump has garnered a lot of attention as a Republican presidential candidate. But how has this attention impacted his business interests? Are sales up or down? The Trump brand is associated with a variety of hotels, apartments, and products. On one hand, a growing number of political supporters could boost sales of Trump products; on the other, a growing number of political detractors could lead people to avoid his brand. So which of these two forces is stronger?
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Take a Theme Park Break - Things To Do in Orlando
Just because you go to Orlando doesn't mean you have to spend every day in line at theme parks. Stay in a fully equipped hotel room with all the amenities and take a break from the parks. Choose a hotel near Sea World, Disney, Universal Studios that offers shuttle service to and from the attractions but is also a place that feels like home base with plenty of attractions all its own.
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Exploring the Forgotten Art Deco Artifacts of the New Yorker Hotel
New York is famous for its historic, glamorous hotels. But often overlooked, yet perhaps the most storied hotel of them all, is the one with the most iconic...
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Finally, you can sleep in a sandcastle.
First hotels of their kind in the world
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Hotels Fight Back Against Sites Like Expedia and Priceline
For years, travelers have been drawn to online sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and Priceline to find and reserve hotel rooms, flights and rental cars. Hotels welcomed the system — or at least learned to live with it — even though the business came at the cost of substantial commissions. But now they are fighting back.
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This 61-year-old hotel has never had a single guest
The 300-room hotel in Italy has had more than one “grand opening,” but it hasn’t hosted a single guest. Italy is well known for its delizioso pasta, bello countryside, many beaches and often dysfunctional politics. But it also boasts at least one “ghost” hotel. Most Americans have never heard of Grande Hotel de Calogero. But the hotel complex in Sicily has been under construction for decades and has never hosted a single guest. The story of this hotel offers a window...
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Japan opens up a hotel run entirely by robots - and yes, there are dinosaurs
Image via Henn-na If you're thinking about the future days when robots will replace humans, well... those days are already here. The Henn-na Hotel (
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Las Vegas Strip Cloaked in Smoke From Hotel Fire
A fire broke out at a luxury hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday.
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Universal Orlando shares sneak peek of Sapphire Falls Resort
Universal Orlando Resort's newest hotel will begin welcoming guests next July, and the theme park is making sure you get excited...
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10 Incredible Tree-House Hotels in the U.S.
Take your love of the great outdoors to new heights by staying in one of these amazing treetop hotels.
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Battle of the World’s Oldest Hotels
In 718 a Buddhist monk had a vision of opening a spa. As legend has it, a monk named Taicho Daishi had hiked up a sacred mountain and dreamt that he was told of an underground hot spring nearby. “With the people of the village unearth the hot spring,” he was ordered. “It will serve them forever.” So he traveled to the Japanese town called Awazu and uncovered the hidden mineral spring.
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North Korea: Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel frequented by foreigners catches fire
Fire rages in upper floors of well-known 43-storey hotel.
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Britain’s hotel workers – bullied, underpaid and with few rights
Exhausted cleaning staff, mainly women, are having to attend to more rooms for the same pay and are scared to join a union. But activists are recruiting more members and the workers are fighting back
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The Forgotten Houseboat Hotels of Kashmir
There was a time when these floating hotels that have rested on the lakes of Kashmir since the 1800s, were host to movie stars, artists, writers, famous music
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The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Mini-Bar
It’s 2 AM. You’ve just returned to your hotel room after a night carousing on the town. The corner stores have long-since closed, and you’ve been left tipsy, alone, and in need of an after-hours morsel. And then, like some culinary apparition, it beckons you from the corner of the room: the hotel mini-bar.
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