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bbc.co.uk - John Campbell - Botanic Inn and Wellington Park hotel could be demolished for student flats
Botanic Inn and Wellington Park hotel could be demolished for student flats
BBC

Economics and business editor, BBC News NI The Botanic Inn and the Wellington Park Hotel in south Belfast could be demolished to make way for student flats. The venue's owner, the Mooney Hotel Group, has teamed up with Graham, the…

standard.co.uk - Rebecca Black - Merchant founder 'gambled on peace' to open first five star hotel in Belfast
Merchant founder 'gambled on peace' to open first five star hotel in Belfast
Evening Standard

A Belfast man has described how he took a gamble on peace in Northern Ireland lasting to open the capital's first five star hotel. Twenty years after the opening of the Merchant Hotel, Bill Wolsey said he was advised it would never work as he…

bbc.co.uk - Kris Holland - Adrenaline Alley pyjama party raises cash towards skatepark hotel
Adrenaline Alley pyjama party raises cash towards skatepark hotel
BBC

An internationally acclaimed skatepark has raised more than £2,000 by putting on a pyjama party, to help build on-site accommodation for future champions. Adrenaline Alley, based in Corby, Northamptonshire, has served as a training ground for…

winnipegfreepress.com - Chris Kitching - Historic Winnipeg hotel draws 'very strong interest' from potential new ownership
Historic Winnipeg hotel draws 'very strong interest' from potential new ownership
Winnipeg Free Press

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deadline.com - Matt Grobar - The Third Hotel' Movie From FirstGen In Works (EXCLUSIVE)
The Third Hotel' Movie From FirstGen In Works (EXCLUSIVE)
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: FirstGen, a production company with credits including Mona Fastvold's recent Searchlight flick The Testament of Ann Lee, is developing a feature adaptation of the novel The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg. Michelle Garza Cervera has…

nbclosangeles.com - Alex Rozier - Los Angeles hotel bookings are well below average ahead of 2026 World Cup
Los Angeles hotel bookings are well below average ahead of 2026 World Cup
NBC Southern California

While Los Angeles is set to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in June, leaders in the Southern California hotel industry Tuesday sounded the alarm that many hotels in the LA area are not filling up. Nearly 70% of LA-area hotels said their bookings are…

independent.co.uk - Philip Marcelo - US hotel operators say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn't materialized yet
US hotel operators say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn't materialized yet
The Independent

The promised economic boon from the World Cup hasn't matched expectations, at least not yet, for U.S. hotels. Room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the world's most watched sporting event, according to…

smh.com.au - Craig Platt - Cool new addition to Sydney's hotel scene is relentlessly quirky
Cool new addition to Sydney's hotel scene is relentlessly quirky
The Sydney Morning Herald

25hours Hotel The Olympia, Paddington, Sydney Located at the landmark address of 1 Oxford Street, 25hours is housed within a former cinema building, dating back to 1911. Later it became a glam restaurant/bar the Grand Pacific Blue Room, but prior…

wwd.com - Tianwei Zhang - EXCLUSIVE: Burberry Heads to the French Riviera With Summer Takeover at Hôtel Belles Rives
EXCLUSIVE: Burberry Heads to the French Riviera With Summer Takeover at Hôtel Belles Rives
WWD

Burberry is expanding its hospitality push this summer to the French Riviera, teaming with the historic Hôtel Belles Rives in Cap d'Antibes for a takeover of its beach club and terraces that puts the British heritage luxury brand front and…

wallpaper.com - Stephanie Gavan - The nightclub that defined Paris reopens as a hotel
The nightclub that defined Paris reopens as a hotel
Wallpaper*

‘Qui est “in”? Qui est “out”?' sang Serge Gainsbourg in his 1966 song of the same name. His lyrics immortalised the Bus Palladium as the epicentre of Paris nightlife, name-checking the ‘little guys from…

nbcdfw.com - David Goins - Why North Texas hotels are still waiting on a World Cup booking surge
Why North Texas hotels are still waiting on a World Cup booking surge
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

With less than a month before FIFA World Cup matches begin in Arlington, some North Texas hotel operators say bookings have not yet matched early expectations. Industry data shows hotel demand trailing projections in several host cities, though…

wnep.com - Emily Kress - Historic hotel desk returns to The Inn at Jim Thorpe
Historic hotel desk returns to The Inn at Jim Thorpe
wnep.com

JIM THORPE, Pa. — The front desk of any hotel is the heart of the building. It's no different at The Inn at Jim Thorpe on Broadway. Owner and General Manager Dave Drury says that recently, he received a call that stopped him in his tracks.

fortune.com - Kim Tong-Hyung - This South Korean hotel worker is training a robot to fold a banquet napkin: 'I've been doing this about once a month'
This South Korean hotel worker is training a robot to fold a banquet napkin: 'I've been doing this about once a month'
Fortune

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day…

timeout.com - Ashley Brozic - PARAISO Miami Swim Week | Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel | Things to do in Miami
PARAISO Miami Swim Week | Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel | Things to do in Miami
Time Out

Things to do Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel, South Beach Advertising Leave it to Miami to turn fashion shows into a four-day lifestyle event. Paraiso Miami Swim Week, now in its 22nd edition, is the swimwear industry's most influential annual gathering…

heraldscotland.com - Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco - Why is the Church of Scotland debating whether to lease a luxury hotel in Israel?
Why is the Church of Scotland debating whether to lease a luxury hotel in Israel?
The Herald

The Herald has compiled some of the primary issues that the Assembly is expected to consider. The Assembly will discuss a proposal to lease the Kirk's Scots Hotel in Israel to an “established and reputable third-party local operator”.

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