Stash Hotel Rewards has launched a loyalty scheme with 65 independent properties in 50 US cities, and aims to have 200 hotels participating by the end of the year.
The scheme says that it only includes hotels with “a star rating of 3.5 or above, with some exceptional three-star properties” (although note that the programme itself determines these star ratings), and that its portfolio of properties have on average 150-200 rooms, and a Tripadvisor “Recommend” rating of over 80 per cent.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Watergate Hotel sold
The Watergate Hotel was sold Wednesday to a European real estate group that plans to restore the fabled, 251-room property to a luxury hotel.
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Hyatt Regency workers back on the job
Crain’s) — Union employees at the Hyatt Regency Chicago returned to work just before noon Wednesday after a brief walkout to protest the hotel’s treatment of housekeepers.
“They wanted to demonstrate that they are angry and frustrated,” says Annemarie Strassel, a spokeswoman for Unite Here Local 1, which represents about 700 workers at the hotel, 111 E. Wacker Drive.
She says the decision to return to work after a couple hours of picketing was not triggered by any response or promises by hotel management.
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“They wanted to demonstrate that they are angry and frustrated,” says Annemarie Strassel, a spokeswoman for Unite Here Local 1, which represents about 700 workers at the hotel, 111 E. Wacker Drive.
She says the decision to return to work after a couple hours of picketing was not triggered by any response or promises by hotel management.
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Jamaican Hotels Boost Security as Tourists Cancel
May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Jamaican hotels are adding security to reassure tourists as clashes in the capital Kingston cause visitors to cancel trips, said Wayne Cummings, the head of Jamaica’s Hotel and Tourism Association.
There have been 300 hotel room cancellations on the Caribbean island since Prime Minister Bruce Golding declared a state of emergency May 23 to contain gang violence related to the government’s efforts to extradite an accused drug lord to the U.S., Cummings said today. At least 44 people have been killed in street battles between police and supporters of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the target of a four-day manhunt.
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There have been 300 hotel room cancellations on the Caribbean island since Prime Minister Bruce Golding declared a state of emergency May 23 to contain gang violence related to the government’s efforts to extradite an accused drug lord to the U.S., Cummings said today. At least 44 people have been killed in street battles between police and supporters of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the target of a four-day manhunt.
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Hotel trade group spends $305,000 lobbying in 1Q
WASHINGTON — The American Hotel & Lodging Association spent $305,000 in the first quarter lobbying federal officials on travel to Cuba, labor and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
That's less than the $350,000 the group spent lobbying both in the same period last year and in 2009's fourth quarter.
The trade group, which represents hotel companies, also lobbied the federal government on family medical leave and health insurance for small businesses in January through March.
The trade group lobbied both houses of Congress and the Departments of Labor, Commerce and Homeland Security, according to a disclosure report it filed April 19 with the House clerk's office.
That's less than the $350,000 the group spent lobbying both in the same period last year and in 2009's fourth quarter.
The trade group, which represents hotel companies, also lobbied the federal government on family medical leave and health insurance for small businesses in January through March.
The trade group lobbied both houses of Congress and the Departments of Labor, Commerce and Homeland Security, according to a disclosure report it filed April 19 with the House clerk's office.
Hotels dispensing with bathroom clutter
You check in at the luxury hotel. You let yourself in the room. You realize something is missing. Bathrobe? Check. Minibar? Check. High thread count bed sheets? Check. Those amenities are all there. You walk to the bathroom, you pull back the shower curtain, and what the ...?
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Shuttered Kissimmee Florida hotel sells for $7M
The former Howard Johnson-Heritage Park hotel in Kissimmee sold to a San Francisco firm for $7 million, or nearly $35,000 per unit.
Menlo Capital Group LLC’s 201 Simpson Road LLC bought the nearly 200-room hotel on Simpson Road between U.S. Highway 192 and Florida’s Turnpike from Hollywood-based Mazel Investments LLC. Akhil Suri, a managing director of Menlo Capital Group, was unavailable for comment on plans for the property by press time.
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Menlo Capital Group LLC’s 201 Simpson Road LLC bought the nearly 200-room hotel on Simpson Road between U.S. Highway 192 and Florida’s Turnpike from Hollywood-based Mazel Investments LLC. Akhil Suri, a managing director of Menlo Capital Group, was unavailable for comment on plans for the property by press time.
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