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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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Amazing places around the world - kooliolife
Amangiri Resort, Southern Utah Aurora Berovo Spa Macedonia Bulgari Resort, Bali Capella Pedegral Resort and Spa Cebu, Philippines Conrad Maldives Rangali Resort Island Hayman Hotel, Australia Japanese Inn Hoshinoya, Kyoto, Japan Jumeirah Vittaveli Resort, Maldives Katikies Hotel in Santorini, Greece La Caille Restaurant in Salt Lake Londolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa Mykonos, GreeceRead More
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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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Hotels now come with sleep trackers and Instagram printers
These upgrades will make your boring old house look dumb.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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