An escalating dispute between thousands of hospitality workers and their hotel employers in San Francisco is threatening to deal a multimillion-dollar blow to the $8.5 billion tourism industry, possibly within the next few weeks. More than 2,000 members of Unite Here Local 2 are voting today at the downtown Civic Auditorium on whether to authorize a citywide strike against 31 hotels. A final vote tally will be concluded by 8:30 p.m.
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The death of a man found in a downtown Winnipeg hotel this week has been ruled a homicide by police. Police were called to the St
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The Orlando office of VOA Associates has signed on as design architect and interior designer for the British Colonial Hotel in Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
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Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement to open a Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Samara, Russia – Hilton’s sixth property in the country. The 195-bedroom hotel, which will be owned by Otel, will boast a business centre, a pantry, a restaurant and a bar. Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president for development at Hilton Hotels, said: “There is significant appetite from hotel owners and developers in Russia for a contemporary yet affordable, focused service product and our Hilton Garden Inn brand is the perfect fit
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Hotel giant Marriott International Inc said that its luxury timeshare segment will undergo price reductions and cancel development plans due to lack of demand.
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The Helmsley Hotel in New York recently canceled a banquet scheduled this week after hotel personnel found Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s name on the guest list. The hotel later said that the man who called the Holocaust a lie was not welcome.
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Luxury-hotel chains, the biggest losers in the lodging industry’s decline, are giving up some of their hard-won stars to save money. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., the U.S. owner of luxury brands including St
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