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One Way to Get People Off the Streets: Buy Hotels
SAN FRANCISCO — The inside of the van was lined with plastic. The driver was masked and ready to go. There was a seat for just one passenger. Gregory Sanchez eyed the setup warily. Mr. Sanchez was 64 and homeless, and the van was there to…
Travel Boom Coming, Expedia CEO Says: 'Hotels Will Come Screaming Back'
Peter Kern became chief executive officer of Expedia Group Inc. last April, during the travel industry's worst crisis in decades. It was a precarious moment: Calls to the company's call centers had surged 500% as consumers canceled flights and…
Hotel quarantine system is an international embarrassment
Ireland is the only EU state to introduce a system of mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers from other EU members. Although dressed up has preventing the introduction of new variants of Covid into Ireland, it is, in reality, only the latest…
Hotels-to-apartments developer buys Longmont's Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel
The Best Western Plus Plaza in Longmont, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., was sold this month to a developer specializing in transforming hotels into apartments. (file photo) The Best Western Plus Plaza in Longmont, which has welcomed guests for almost four…
COVID-19 transmission in Sydney quarantine hotel under investigation
Health authorities are investigating a potential transmission of COVID-19 within a quarantine hotel in Sydney. Seven returned travellers who were being quarantined on the 12th floor of the Adina Apartments Hotel in Town Hall were all found to have…
Woman shot at NYC hotel near JFK airport, cops say
A woman was shot in a room at the JFK Inn at 154-10 S. Conduit Ave. in Queens. A woman was shot early Saturday in a budget hotel about two miles from John F. Kennedy International airport in Queens, police said. The violence unfolded around 2:40…
Vancouver buys Best Western hotel to add to social housing roster
The City of Vancouver has added another former hotel to its stock of housing for the city's homeless. Story continues below advertisement Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced the purchase of the Best Western at 205 Kingsway for an undisclosed…
In a Spasm of Violence, Indianapolis Faces the Country's Latest Mass Shooting
INDIANAPOLIS — He appeared in the parking lot after dark — a hooded figure with a gun who immediately began spraying bullets in every direction. He stepped into the FedEx warehouse, a place where he had once worked, and continued…
Albuquerque hotel has more than a dozen openings, but manager says they can't find workers
Updated: 11:22 PM MDT Apr 16, 2021 Albuquerque hotel has more than a dozen openings, but manager says they can't find workers Updated: 11:22 PM MDT Apr 16, 2021 Albuquerque hotel has more than a dozen openings, but manager says they can't find…
Inside Bucks Fizz's rock n roll lifestyle - drink, drugs and trashed hotel rooms
They were the ultimate in bubbly 80s pop… but it seems the sparkling image of Eurovision darlings Bucks Fizz was all a Land of Make Believe. Forty years after they stormed the contest – and the charts – with Making Your…
Harmony Hotel in Jerusalem brings a new feeling to an old city
The Harmony Hotel is located in the heart of Jerusalem, the center of which is familiar to the world as an ancient, holy city. The hotel, however, which gets its inspiration from its surroundings, represents itself as “a new feel to an old…
Mandatory hotel quarantine: exemption for fully vaccinated comes into force
Fully vaccinated people are now exempt from the State's mandatory hotel quarantine system after new rules came into force today. In a series of tweets posted on Saturday evening, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said regulations providing for…
'In this world, social media is everything': how Dubai became the planet's influencer capital
On the electric blue tarmac of a helipad on the edge of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island on the Dubai coastline, Busra Duran stands on tiptoes. Wearing multicoloured trainers and a pink tulle minidress, the 28-year-old Turkish influencer is…
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[Renderings] 40-Story GWCCA Campus Hotel On Verge of Construction Start
A 40-story Signia by Hilton hotel project planned for the Georgia World Congress Center Authority campus is scheduled to start construction next week, according to updated project information provided at the start of this month. Plans for the…
With its trained staff, CA airline hopes to make travel easier for people with autism
With staff who have all completed specialized training in autism awareness, JSX Airline hopes to make travel easier for those who are on the spectrum and their families. The airline, founded in California, is certified as “Autism…
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