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Venezuelan hotels are asking tourists to bring their own toilet paper
Venezuela’s product shortages have become so severe that some hotels in that country are asking guests to bring their own toilet paper and soap, a local tourism industry spokesman said on Wednesday. In Merida, a state in western Venezuelan that's known for its stunning mountain landscapes, small hotels are struggling to stock their rooms with basic supplies, especially as the busy Semana Santa or Holy Week holiday gets underway.
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Japan Is Building A New Hotel That Will Be Staffed Completely By Robots
If the idea of robots taking over the world sounds appealing to you, you ought to consider booking a stay at Japan’s Henn-na Hotel. Slated to open this summer, the new accommodations will feature a staff of 10 robots, which will be programmed to do everything a human staff usually does (but probably with a lot less attitude and more efficiency, let’s be honest).
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World’s First Robot-Staffed Hotel to Open in Japan
A theme park in typical Dutch style has unveiled plans to open the modern hotel with robot staff.
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FCC says blocking wireless hotspots is illegal
The agency issues official statement that blocking an individual's personal hotspot, as hotels and convention centers have done, is against the law and subject to fines.
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Booking.com fraud network revealed
A whistle-blower has revealed how stolen personal data was used to con thousands of customers of one of the world's biggest hotel booking websites. He says he was part of a fake call centre operation which had access to personal details of customers from around the world. "Tom" - not his real name - was recruited via an international freelance telesales website.
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Roomer Lands $5M In Series A To Be The Airbnb For Unwanted Hotel Rooms
Roomer is doing for hotel rooms what Airbnb did for your very own home. According to the startup, which has just raised $5 million in Series A led by Disruptive, there are 81 million hotel room cancellations in the United States every year. Roomer tries to solve that problem by letting users sell their unwanted hotel room, which would otherwise cost a cancellation fee, at a discounted price.
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Hotels now come with sleep trackers and Instagram printers
These upgrades will make your boring old house look dumb.
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Couple's hotel 'fine' for bad review
A couple say they have been "fined" £100 by a Blackpool hotel for leaving critical comments on travel review website Trip Advisor.
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Amazing places around the world - kooliolife
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Somebody is snooping on CEOs by hacking hotel wi-fi
“CEOs, senior vice presidents, sales and marketing directors and top R&D staff.” These are the people who have been targeted by Darkhotel, a sophisticated security threat, as they check into hotels around the world, according to a new report (pdf) by Kaspersky Labs, an online security firm. The vast majority of infections occurred in Japan, followed by Taiwan, China, Russia, South Korea, and other Asian nations. Germany and the US also figure on the list.
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Alohomora: There's a new Harry Potter themed hotel
Whether you’re a Potter maniac or just a muggle who wants a glimpse into the life of the wizarding world, the Georgian House hotel, a 163-year-old property near Victoria Station, now has rooms that replicate the famous chambers at Hogwarts.
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Downtown Phoenix hotel evacuated after explosion
Guests at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Phoenix were evacuated after several explosions were reported before 11 a.m. Saturday. Phoenix Fire Department says crews arrived on scene of the two-alarm incident and later found after investigating that a fire had been contained in the electrical room by sprinklers.
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Rent the Ultra-Opulent Plaza Pad of Kazakhstan President’s Nephew for $55K a Month
Daniyar Nazarbayev, the ultra-rich nephew of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is now leasing his equally ultra-luxurious four-bedroom at The Plaza Hotel for $55,000 a month, reports the N
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Hilton to Sell the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to Chinese Insurance Company for $1.95 Billion
It's where the Waldorf salad was invented; it was the first hotel to offer room service; and it has its own railway platform to Grand Central, large enough to fit FDR's car. The historic tidbits about
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Marriott to pay $600,000 fine for blocking customers’ WiFi
Marriott International Inc. was fined $600,000 (U.S.) by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for blocking hotel customers from connecting to the Internet on personal WiFi networks in order to force them to pay for the hotel’s networks.
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The holidays of 2024: Space travel, underwater hotels and endangered species
A decade from now the richest of us will be journeying into space to get away from it all, while the rest of us holiday underwater and travel to newly accessible countries in a bid to be the last person to see a species before it goes extinct, according to a newly released report by Skyscanner.
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Silence is the latest trend in luxury resorts
People will pay a lot of money for some peace and quiet.
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Hotel chain's program encourages tips for maids
Do you leave a tip in your hotel room for the maid? Marriott is launching a program with Maria Shriver to put envelopes in hotel rooms to encourage tipping. The campaign, called "The Envelope Please," begins this week. Envelopes will be placed in 160,000 rooms in the U.S. and Canada. Some 750 to 1,000 hotels will participate from Marriott brands like Courtyard, Residence Inn, J.W. Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance hotels.
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OMG! You Can Now Have a Sleepover at IKEA
That's right, our favorite furniture superstore is teaming up with Airbnb to transform itself into a hotel. Well, kind of.
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Selling the Plaza Hotel, From an Indian Jail Cell
Some people land in jail and have to sell off some prized assets in order to make bail. Then there’s Subrata Roy, who may have to part with the Plaza Hotel, not to mention some other prized properties in New York and London.
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