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Airbnb to Verify All Listings, C.E.O. Chesky Says
Airbnb plans to conduct a comprehensive review of every property listed on its platform as part of a series of initiatives to give customers “peace…
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Speedier check-in process for hotels possible with new automated facial recognition system
SINGAPORE – Checking in to a hotel can be a laborious process involving hotel staff manually examining travel documents but a new automated system under…
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Britannia Hotels named worst UK hotel chain for seventh year running
Britannia Hotels has been rated the worst large hotel chain in the UK for the seventh year in a row. The budget group, which includes…
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Ex-Nazi Bunker Will Soon House Hotel Guests
A former Nazi bunker in Hamburg, built by forced laborers to shelter tens of thousands of Germans during Allied air raids in World War II,…
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Raffles Hotel to hold festival on Oct 18 to celebrate reopening, raise money for Community Chest
SINGAPORE – To celebrate its recent reopening, the iconic Raffles Hotel is throwing a “block party” with tasting portions of food served at its restaurants…
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Raffles Hotel's shopping arcade reopens with wider mix of tenants
SINGAPORE – Raffles Hotel’s shopping arcade reopened its doors on Thursday (July 11) after renovation works that started in 2017. The three-storey arcade now boasts…
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Second Raffles Hotel set to open in Singapore on Sentosa in 2022
SINGAPORE – A second Raffles Hotel is set to open in Singapore in 2022, more than a century after the original national monument in Beach…
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Motel 6, Which Gave Guest Data to ICE Agents, Will Pay $12 Million
Every day for over two and a half years, and sometimes twice a day, immigration agents arrived at several Motel 6 locations in Washington State…
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Four accused of secretly filming up to 1,600 hotel guests in South Korea
Police in South Korea have arrested four people on suspicion of secretly filming about 1,600 guests in hotel rooms and posting or streaming the footage…
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Australia to probe hotel over claims of racial profiling
SYDNEY (AFP) – The Australian government said on Friday (March 8) it was looking into claims that a major hotel chain had been directing staff…
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US delegation's Davos pullout creates rare commodity – hotel vacancies
GENEVA (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the United States delegation’s participation in Davos created a rare commodity days before the start of…
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Singapore hotels get 'Crazy Rich Asians' boost
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – After Singapore’s residential and office markets made comebacks, the next property sector to bet on might just be its hotels. The hotel…
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Good Cheap Flights Still Exist. Here’s How to Find Them.
Over the past decade, airlines have developed a reputation for nickel-and-diming their passengers. For the most part, the days of free checked baggage and free…
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