The next time you pick up a pen in your hotel room to select coffee, eggs and whole wheat toast on the room-service-breakfast order form, think again.
Hotel lawyer Stephen Barth, writing on on his HospitalityLawyer.org blog, cautions hoteliers from letting guests order their breakfasts by using those old-fashioned, door-hanger forms - and his argument has nothing to do with wasting paper. Here's why his advice raises red flags for travelers...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Celebrity to end cruise out of Charleston early as outbreak continues
Celebrity Cruises is ending the current voyage of the Celebrity Mercury early as it continues to grapple with an outbreak of stomach illness that now has marred three voyages in a row.
Several travel agents with customers on board the 1,870-passenger vessel tell USA TODAY it is skipping today's port call in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and sailing straight for it's home port of Charleston due to another flare-up of a stomach bug marked by diarrhea and vomiting -- presumably the same one that plagued the last two voyages of the ship
Several travel agents with customers on board the 1,870-passenger vessel tell USA TODAY it is skipping today's port call in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and sailing straight for it's home port of Charleston due to another flare-up of a stomach bug marked by diarrhea and vomiting -- presumably the same one that plagued the last two voyages of the ship
Papa Bello to launch fast casual Indian concept
Papa Bello Enterprises Inc. has announced that the company has closed its acquisition of Royal India Express, a San Diego-based fast casual Indian restaurant concept located in the Horton Plaza Shopping Mall in the Gas Lamp Quarter of downtown San Diego.
Royal India Express is another successful restaurant concept from the Kambo Brothers, which also created and manages The Kebab Cafe, one of Papa Bello Enterprises restaurant concepts. RIE offers a competitive business model, taking full advantage of fast casual restaurant dining as well as catering, allowing the restaurant to bring its products out of the restaurant and into the home or business.
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Royal India Express is another successful restaurant concept from the Kambo Brothers, which also created and manages The Kebab Cafe, one of Papa Bello Enterprises restaurant concepts. RIE offers a competitive business model, taking full advantage of fast casual restaurant dining as well as catering, allowing the restaurant to bring its products out of the restaurant and into the home or business.
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Starwood Capital makes bid for Extended Stay
NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - An investor group led by Starwood Capital is saying its plan to take U.S. mid-priced hotel chain Extended Stay America Inc [ESAIN.UL] out of bankruptcy would be a better option than the company's plan, which is backed by rival private equity firms.
Starwood said in court papers filed on Saturday that it had submitted a "binding offer" to sponsor Extended Stay's plan of reorganization on Friday. Starwood said that it believes its offer would provide "substantially greater" value for the company's creditors, and more access to new cash for the company.
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Starwood said in court papers filed on Saturday that it had submitted a "binding offer" to sponsor Extended Stay's plan of reorganization on Friday. Starwood said that it believes its offer would provide "substantially greater" value for the company's creditors, and more access to new cash for the company.
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Hard Rock Hotel narrows loss, searches for president
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino said it narrowed its losses by about 34 percent last year, according to a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The property trimmed its loss of $299 million in 2008 to $197 million in 2009.
Net revenue for the year fell to $161.6 million in 2009 from $164.3 million in 2008. The hotel-casino said the $2.8 million drop was primarily attributed to an 18.3 percent decrease in casino revenue and a 10 percent decrease in lodging revenue.
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Net revenue for the year fell to $161.6 million in 2009 from $164.3 million in 2008. The hotel-casino said the $2.8 million drop was primarily attributed to an 18.3 percent decrease in casino revenue and a 10 percent decrease in lodging revenue.
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