Category: hotel

Trump to Sell DC Hotel Lease for $375 Million

The Trump Organization has reportedly reached an agreement to sell the lease for its Washington, D.C. hotel for $375 million, multiple sources reported. CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, reached an agreement with former President Donald Trump’s family hotel company to purchase the lease for the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, The Wall Street…


Deutsche Bank Vows Vigorous Defence in Lawsuit by Spanish Hotel Group

FRANKFURT—Deutsche Bank said on Wednesday that it would vigorously defend itself against a lawsuit by a Spanish hotel group claiming losses on derivatives products. The statement is in response to a lawsuit by Palladium Hotel Group, which according to a report in the Financial Times on Wednesday is suing Deutsche for 500 million euros ($577.45…


American Airlines Pilots, Flight Attendants Say They Are ‘Sleeping in Airports’ Due to Hotel Issues

By Kyle Arnold From The Dallas Morning News Unions for flight attendants and pilots at American Airlines say some crew members are being forced to sleep in airports because the company is failing to line up hotels, rooms, and transportation during layovers. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Allied Pilots Association filed a…


Death Toll Rises to 17 in Partial Collapse of China Hotel

BEIJING—The death toll in the partial collapse of a budget hotel in China’s eastern city of Suzhou on Monday has risen to 17, state media said on Wednesday. Of the 23 people trapped in the rubble of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in Suzhou only six survived, according to state media. More than 650 people were…


China Hotel Collapse Kills Eight; Rescuers Search for Nine Missing

SHANGHAI—Part of a hotel collapsed in the Chinese city of Suzhou killing eight people and rescue workers were searching on Tuesday for nine people missing in the ruins, state media reported. The collapse of part of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in the coastal city happened on Monday afternoon. The Ministry of Emergency Management sent a…


Woman Arrested for Allegedly Starting Fire at Costa Mesa Hotel

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Police in Costa Mesa arrested a woman on suspicion of arson for allegedly igniting a “combustible materials” fire June 20 inside a room on the fourth floor of a hotel. Neighboring rooms were evacuated. The woman was treated at the scene, arrested on suspicion of arson and will undergo a mental health evaluation,…


World War II Love Letters Discovered Under UK Hotel Floorboards During Renovation

The love letters of a World War II couple have been discovered in an oceanside hotel in England, where they were concealed underneath the floorboards for nearly eight decades. Found beneath a first-floor utility room at the Esplanade Hotel in Scarborough during renovations, the letters tell the story of two lovers pining for one another…


Farmhouse Charm

Miles away from the ordinary, yet mere minutes from the glitz and glam Ibiza has become world-famous for, is a quaint hotel in a picturesque valley. Nestled amid sumptuous orchards and olive trees, Cas Gasi is a 19th-century Spanish country house that was transformed from private residence to luxury hotel more than two decades ago….


Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigrant Hotels to Cost Taxpayers $72,000 Per Border Crosser

In a fresh twist on the Biden administration’s decision to house illegal immigrants at hotel facilities, crunching the numbers on the $86.9 million that is set to be spent on 1,239 beds shows that the cost of the move to American taxpayers is nearly $72,000 per border crosser housed. “That works out to $71,666.67 per…


Biden’s Plan to House Illegal Immigrants in Hotels to Cost Taxpayers $72,000 per Border-Crosser: Report

In a fresh twist on the Biden administration’s decision to house illegal immigrants at hotel facilities, crunching the numbers on the $86.9 million that is set to be spent on 1,239 beds shows that the cost to U.S. taxpayers will be nearly $72,000 per border-crosser housed. “That works out to $71,666.67 per migrant, paid by…