Monday, May 31, 2010

How to Use your Cell Phone as a Room Key

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Coconut Grove’s Grand Bay Hotel rots as lawsuit rages on

While its ailing developer and its troubled lender slug it out in court like wounded boxers, the Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove sits penetrated by rainfall and infested with mold.


Where guests once slept, there are puddles of water resulting from rainstorms. Much of the building has been stripped to skeletal-like remains from mold remediation, although evidence of new mold growth is apparent in some remaining walls. During the winter, homeless people found their way into the property and lit fires to stay warm.

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Roosevelt Hotel threatens lawsuit against neighboring bar

The landmark Roosevelt Hotel in downtown New Orleans has threatened legal action against a neighboring bar that also uses the word Roosevelt in its name.


The Roosevelt Bar sits next door to the Roosevelt Hotel on University Place in New Orleans.

In an April 28 letter sent to George Friedman, owner and operator of the Roosevelt Hotel Bar, attorney Jason Mueller indicated that the similar name and proximity to the hotel are a violation of Hilton Hotels' intellectual property. Hilton Hotels owns the hotel.

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Sands China Secures Playboy Deal

Sands China and Playboy Enterprises have entered a licensing agreement that will bring two Playboy-inspired clubs to the Sands China properties in Macau. The first Playboy Club is set to launch by year end

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