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Washington hotels booked solid for Inauguration Day

Hotels in Washington are sold out for Barack Obama’s big day as travellers from far and wide plan to flock to the nation’s capital to witness the event. Many downtown hotels have inflated their prices to ridiculous levels and require 3-night minimum bookings. Bed-and-breakfast establishments are charging $800 per night, rooms in the suburbs are being booked up rapidly and even camping grounds a ... Read more.

New York hotel bar wins prestigious award

The Citysearch.com Audience Award for ‘Best Hotel Bar 2008’ has been won by the Cellar Bar in The Bryant Park Hotel. Every year, Citysearch.com runs the competition to establish which hotel bar is the favourite of visitors and locals. This year patrons complimented the tremendous ambiance along with the fantastic music and excellent service that is provided there, making the popular New York ho ... Read more.

Full Service Hotel of the Year awarded to Doubletree Hotel San Diego Downtown

The Hispanic Hotel Owners Association recently gave the Doubletree Hotel in San Diego Downtown the Full Service Hotel of the Year Award for its remarkable service excellence, especially since the newly completed multi-phase remodelling and improvement project that took place there. In addition, Rita Baca, the San Diego hotel’s general manageress, was chosen as General Manager of the Year for her ... Read more.

Two Los Angeles hotel owners guilty of fire protection violations

According the city of Los Angeles attorney’s office, the Amerland Group did not maintain the fire escapes, alarms, sprinklers and emergency lighting at the Rosslyn Lofts and Alexandria Hotel. The managers and owners of the two downtown hotels in Los Angeles pled guilty to thirty-six criminal misdemeanour charges of not maintaining the fire systems.

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‘Third Night Free’ offer from hotels in Chicago

Some Chicago hotels are going to extreme measures to lure guests into their rooms, what with the global economic recession biting hard in America now. In particular, the luxury market has been hard hit, with travellers opting to stay in more affordable hotels to keep within their tighter travel budgets. The tightening of the purse strings has prompted two hotels in Chicago, the Four Seasons and the ... Read more.