Fairmont Hotel Drama Gets Happy Ending For College Students

Yesterday, we brought you the story of 128 Washington University students whose reservations at the Fairmont Millennium in downtown Chicago had been canceled and relocated 15 miles away to an airport Sheraton. We're happy to report that the situation appears to have been resolved, without much bloodshed.

After being told by Fairmont that their contract had been canceled because of overbooking and that the nearest available rooms to downtown would be out in O'Hare country (which, if you know Chicago, isn't exactly a quick jaunt to downtown), the students went about finding their own accommodations.

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Supertel Hospitality, Inc. Announces Sale of Three Missouri Economy Hotels for $2.6 Million

NORFOLK, NE, Oct 13, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Supertel Hospitality, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!sppr/quotes/nls/sppr (SPPR 1.36, +0.04, +3.03%) , a real estate investment trust (REIT) which owns 108 hotels in 23 states, announced that it closed on the sale of three hotels on October 12, 2010. The three economy hotels are the 45-room Booneslick Lodge in Jane, Missouri, the 47-room Booneslick Lodge in Neosho, Missouri and the 58-room Super 8 hotel in Neosho, Missouri. Combined gross proceeds from the sales totaled $2.6 million, the majority of which will be used to reduce company debt.

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Wyndham Continues Expansion With Three New Luxury Hotels in China

PARSIPPANY, NJ, Oct 13, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Following the recent opening of two luxury hotels in the cities of Shanghai and Chengdu, Wyndham Hotel Group /quotes/comstock/13*!wyn/quotes/nls/wyn (WYN 29.27, +0.06, +0.19%) , the world's largest hotel company with nearly 7,200 hotels and 13 brands, today announced its continued expansion in China with management agreements for three new Wyndham Hotels and Resorts(R) properties in Boao, located in south China's Hainan Island province.

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Workers begin 6 day strike at S.F. Hilton

About 850 workers at San Francisco's largest hotel made good on their strike vote last month and walked off the job today in a six-day protest of what they say are unfair contract proposals by management.

The Hilton Union Square workers are among about 9,000 San Francisco hotel employees who have been without new contracts since August 2009.
The Hilton workers approved a temporary strike on Sept. 15.
Housekeepers, doormen, bellhops, and kitchen and front desk staff will be honoring the strike and picketing outside the hotel 24 hours a day until 4 a.m. Tuesday, union spokeswoman Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer said.

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