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An installation art piece at New York’s Guggenheim Museum, titled “Revolving Hotel Room,” is doubling as - you guessed it - a hotel room. Guests can reserve the space and sleep overnight in the museum. With this, they get access to theanyspacewhatever exhibit - supervised, of course - plus a bunch of other hotel-type amenities. […]
DJ A-Trak has traveled the world, and, obviously, stayed in a lot of hotels. He is putting these experiences to use by doing video reviews of hotels worldwide. Above is his opinion of the Tribeca Grand in New York. Below is WatchMojo’s interview with DJ A-Trak. Read more…
In its latest effort to bolster the country’s economy when oil runs out, Dubai has built one of the world’s most extravagant hotels. The Atlantis hotel is set to open tomorrow, and boasts a $25,000-a-night suite. Oh, and the hotel is located on a remote, man-made island - of course. You really have to see […]
A small hotel in Turkey has decided to run with an entirely female staff, Reuters has reported. Before getting offended, you should know it’s because the male staff had been having affairs with the foreign female guests. A lot, apparently. I can’t be sure it never happens that female staff have affairs with male tourists, […]
If you’re into cheap hotel stays, here is a deal of which you have to take advantage. The Leading HOtels of the World organization is offering guests to stay in their hotels for $19.28 per night. This deal is in honour of the founding of this organization which took place in 1928 (hence the price). […]
Now open is the highest hotel in the world. The Park Hyatt in Shanghai is housed on the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Centre. This centre, also known as the “Vertical Complex City,” is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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If you’re planning on checking […]
Gossip as this may be, at least you can read it and feel better about asking the hotel to switch you to the room with the king-sized bed you requested…
From abuse of hotel staff, to simply being a slob; here is a list of celebrities you wouldn’t want in your hotel (Can’t say I’m […]
Talk about creepy…
According to Hotel Chatter:
Add another to the list of haunted hotels: A former Ford employee purchased the abandoned, vandalized 30 acres of Waverly Hills Sanatorium in south Louisville for $225,000 in 2001, and is now determined to turn the spooky property into a first-class hotel complete with spa and business center.
Currently this […]
Extended Stay Hotels claim to have “very clean hotel rooms.” This video has surfaced as a proponent of that fact. I’m not really sure whether or not Extended Stay actually has anything to do with the video, but you’ll surely remember it once you’ve watched it. It’s wrong on so many levels, I can’t […]
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Posted By: rebecca | Aug 5th
According to the New York Times:
Women-only floors in hotels are palatable once again — after a roughly 25-year drought.
But the floors are a variation on the originals — which were intended to provide a safe haven for women traveling alone on business but ended up being considered “a kind of sexist thing,” as […]