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Host Faces $2400 Fine After Judge Rules Airbnb Rental Illegal

Host Faces $2400 Fine After Judge Rules Airbnb Rental Illegal Screen capture from Airbnb.com. The outlook isn't good for those seeking cheap accommodations in New York; CNET is reporting Nigel Warren, a tenant who leased out his rented apartment through Airbnb, now faces a $2,400 fine for breaking a state law. The news outlet ...

Hotel News We Noted: May 18, 2013

Hotel News We Noted: May 18, 2013 Courtesy of Hotel Pain Dei Palais Are you ready for the weekend, "Hotel News We Noted" readers? We sure are – and we can't believe that it's almost the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day! This week is jam packed with your usual hotel news, plus a special addition ...

A Creative Way To Market In-Room Porn: No Malware! No Spyware! No Viruses!

A Creative Way To Market In-Room Porn: No Malware! No Spyware! No Viruses! The pretty young woman in a miniskirt on my TV screen had an interesting sales pitch that caught my attention. "Access your in-room adult movie selections," she purred. "Where there's no spyware, no malware and no viruses!" Here, on my television screen at an inn in ...

Is Farm-To-Hotel The Latest Lodging Trend?

Is Farm-To-Hotel The Latest Lodging Trend? At home there's the backyard garden, the local co-op farmers market and the stash of homemade pickles, but on the road, what's a food-loving locavore to do? Track down a farm-to-hotel of course. Hotel restaurants aren't normally at the top of the list of a traveler's ...

Hotel News We Noted: May 11, 2013

Hotel News We Noted: May 11, 2013 It's the weekend, and you know that that means – it's time for "Hotel News We Noted," your annual wrap up of the best, wackiest and downright odd hotel news of the week. Spring has sprung in the hotel world, and we're seeing tons of openings from major brands and ...

Travel-Related Websites That Really Engage Their Customers

Travel-Related Websites That Really Engage Their Customers They all talk about it. "Like us on Facebook," "Follow us on Twitter" and "Read our blog," say travel-related websites selling everything from guidebooks to airline flights, gear and gum. Many give us little reason to like them, follow them or do anything other than buy ...

24 Almost Perfect Hours In San Francisco

24 Almost Perfect Hours In San Francisco A pair of hairy middle-aged Chia Pets are blasting Wham's "Careless Whisper" from a new age boom box. A cluster of Latino immigrants is fishing and drinking cans of Tecate just steps away from a male paddleball player in a tight speedo with a Taliban-style beard and his long ...

Culinary Vacations Not 'Cookie-Cutter' With Destination Discoveries

Culinary Vacations Not 'Cookie-Cutter' With Destination Discoveries As we've continued to report at Gadling, a new generation of culinary tours is on the rise. Food-loving travelers want more than generic cooking classes that teach how to make pad thai in Thailand or risotto in Tuscany. And a few companies – such as Destination Hotels ...

Go On A 'Beach Safari' In Tanzania

Go On A 'Beach Safari' In Tanzania Sanctuary Retreats, a company that deftly mixes both adventure and luxury travel, has announced that it is adding two new lodges to its already impressive portfolio. Starting June 1, the company will offer guests the chance to stay at either the Sanctuary Saadani River Lodge ...

Covetable Commodes: Washlets At NYC's The Kitano

Covetable Commodes: Washlets At NYC's The Kitano We all know that the Japanese make many products we Americans covet, including cars and electronics. But did you know that they also make the world's fanciest toilet? The Washlet S300 by Toto is the preferred Japanese toilet of choice, and discerning tushies can find this ...

California Coast Redux

California Coast Redux I was driving around the West Coast aimlessly in February of 2011. It was chillier than I hoped it would be, but I bundled up. I'd been thinking about California's Highway 1 longingly ever since I drove down it in 2007 and I'd been hoping to replay the visuals I'd stored ...

How To Get Around Priceline's Annoying New Bidding Hurdles

How To Get Around Priceline's Annoying New Bidding Hurdles If you're accustomed to bidding for hotels, flights and rental cars on Priceline, you may have noticed that in recent months the bidding process has become more cumbersome and time consuming. When your bid is rejected, you need to change some element of your offer before ...

New Survey Shows Just What Travelers Would Give Up For Vacation

New Survey Shows Just What Travelers Would Give Up For Vacation A new survey by Marriott's SpringHill Suites brand reveals key statistics about Americans and their vacation habits, and some of what we learned from the report might surprise you. Travelers are more budget conscious than ever, and increasingly inspired by what they're ...

Hotel News We Noted: April 26, 2013

Welcome to this week's edition of "Hotel News We Noted," where we discuss the best trends, openings and news of note in the industry. We love to hear from you, so please leave comments below or alert us to tips via email. Kimpton Gets Quirky With Wellness Marketing ...

Condé Nast Traveler's 'Hot List': Too Rich For My Blood

Condé Nast Traveler's 'Hot List': Too Rich For My Blood Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) released its annual "Hot List" of the world's "best new hotels" this week, featuring 154 newish properties in 57 countries around the world. CNT boasts that 62 of these hotels have room rates that start at $300 per night or less but is that ...

Riviera Maya: An Accidental Honeymoon

Riviera Maya: An Accidental Honeymoon I was in Mexico last December, just before the 21st of the month. The date would come and go without catastrophe, of course, but the fringe theories had brought Maya culture to the forefront of the media and I took the opportunity to learn a bit about the ancient and ...

International Budget Guide 2013: Asuncion, Paraguay

International Budget Guide 2013: Asuncion, Paraguay Why is 2013 the year to get to Asunción, Paraguay's, lovely, riverfront capital? Because this landlocked tropical nation sandwiched between Boliva, Brazil and Argentina is modernizing at warp speed. Tourism is still a rarity (expect curious looks, especially if you ...

Pro Cycling Legend George Hincapie To Open Boutique Hotel In South Carolina

Pro Cycling Legend George Hincapie To Open Boutique Hotel In South Carolina Former professional cyclist George Hincapie, who rode in the Tour de France an impressive 17 times, has announced plans to enter the hotel business along with his brother Rich. Their small boutique hotel, which is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina, ...

Hotel News We Noted: April 19, 2013

Hotel News We Noted: April 19, 2013 As we bring you this week's "Hotel News We Noted" column, we must first take a moment to share our thoughts with the people in and affected by this week's events in Boston and in West, Texas. If you're joining us for the first time, "Hotel News We Noted" is a weekly ...

Should This Hotel Be Open To Guests?

Should This Hotel Be Open To Guests? In the hospitality industry, it's becoming increasingly common for hotels to remain open while they're undergoing renovations, or to open their doors to guests while they're still under construction. Known as a "soft opening," it's a way for hotels to recoup costs and ...

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