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Fancy hotels and dinners aren't enough for wealthy travelers anymore — now some want to feel like celebrities with security and motorcades
Ultra-luxury travel concierge Sienna Charles' founder said most clients are requesting celebrity-li…
Brittany Chang
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Retail, real estate and religion: Spiritual hotspots brace for a tourism boom
Cities like Amritsar, Varanasi, Madurai, Puri, Guruvayur, etc. are leveraging their unique culinary…
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Some NYC Marriott hotels are offering free airport transfers by helicopter for top-paying guests
Six Marriott hotels in New York City are providing free Blade helicopter transfers to JFK and Newar…
Grace Dean
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Billionaires and A-listers pay me to plan their luxury vacations. For $150,000 a year, I get them into the best restaurants and hotels in the world.
Jaclyn Sienna India plans luxury vacations for the rich and famous. She says destinations featured …
Maria Noyen
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An upscale hotel in Scotland is being mocked for resembling the poop emoji
The architects of the Ribbon Hotel in Edinburgh say it's inspired by "coiled ribbon." Locals are re…
Mia Jankowicz
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Man plotted to kill former President George W. Bush, FBI claims
Shihab Ahmed Shihab told an FBI informant that he wanted to "murder" the former president, accordin…
Charles R. Davis
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Beyond the cruise ship graveyard: How old cruise boats get a second life as hotels, shelters, and artificial reefs
Decommissioned cruise ships often end up in scrapyards where they are torn apart piece-by-piece. Ot…
Brittany Chang,Hannah Towey
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A TikToker shared her intense 20-minute hotel room cleaning routine, which she says she does the second she starts her vacation
TikToker Rochelle N. Stewart said she spends 20 minutes cleaning her hotel room upon arrival, inclu…
Aimee Pearcy
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A DoorDash driver was kidnapped at gunpoint while making a delivery to a Tampa hotel. Her family tracked her phone and rescued her.
The woman in her early 20s was making a food delivery on April 18 when man armed with a gun approac…
Sam Tabahriti
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Rwanda is releasing dissident Paul Rusesabagina from prison, the government says. The hero whose story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' saved over 1,000 people from being massacred in the 1990s.
Paul Rusesabagina was convicted in 2021 on terrorism-related charges, a move widely condemned by hu…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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W Hotels is launching a Frogger-inspired retro video game
Users can play the Frogger-style adventure game on a micro site through desktop, tablet or mobile, …
Tanya Dua
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A man found with guns and ammunition in his Chicago hotel room told police it was a 'mistake' and he 'didn't mean to startle anyone'
Officers said "it could've been a Las Vegas thing," referring to the 2017 mass shooting. But 32-yea…
Taylor Ardrey
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I work at a 5-star resort as an 'Instagram concierge' who helps guests get the best Instagram shots. Here's what it's like living out my dream job.
Eduardo Vallin analyzes guests' profiles before they arrive for their stay and provides tours and a…
Kaila Yu
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Congress' response to the 2008 financial crisis sparked a decade of inequality and resentment. The US is now repeating that mistake.
Experts say aid to individuals and small businesses has been slow to arrive, deepening the worst do…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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500 million Marriott customers have had their data hacked after staying at hotels including W, Sheraton, and Westin
For around 367 million of those affected, Marriott said, the information taken includes some combin…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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How a Singapore-based founder launched a staycation app during the pandemic that lets people book up 5-star hotels' empty pools and spas for day use
"If I did this in New York, this would have been such a battle and I don't know that I would have g…
Shamilee Vellu
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As travel picks up, hotels are looking for ways to cut labor costs by removing daily room cleanings
Housekeepers told the New York Times last year that they felt more unsafe without daily cleanings s…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Don't moment-market this crisis; there's a special place in communication and marketing hell reserved for that: Mayur Hola of OYO
OYO's marketing officer Mayur Hola shares how the company has changed its marketing strategy during…
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina has been convicted of terrorism charges
The former hotel manager is credited with saving the lives of over 1,000 people during the1994 Rwan…
Jake Epstein,Kelly McLaughlin
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I've stayed in most hotels in Barcelona and these are the 10 places that always wow me with stunning rooftop pools and bars
These are the best hotels in Barcelona, Spain, from swanky 5-star luxury to design-forward boutique…