The grungy hotel room was reeking of smoke. The bathtub was rusty. The bedspread and furnishings were dingy relics. But I couldn’t leave. I’d already paid $155 in an online travel auction for the Queen Mary Hotel room — $91 for the room, $20 commission, $24 in taxes and $20 to upgrade to a room [...]

The Hotel Council of San Francisco will honor employes March 27, with weekend hotel stays, dining certificates, Giants tickets, airline tickets, and an original Hotel Hero Award Culpture by local artist Douglas Brett.
Winners are selected by a five member panel made up of representatives in the hospitality industry. Winners will receive an original Hotel Hero [...]

Prince Jefri Bolkiah tried to sell off his two prized U.S. assets - the Palace Hotel in Manhattan and the Bel Air in Los Angeles - while officials from his native Brunei were trying to recoup the $15 billion they say the jet-set playboy looted from his homeland.
The prince had a deal to sell the [...]

If you feel like having a quick Diwali getaway, your chances of getting an airline ticket and a hotel room are bleak, reports CNBC-TV18.
It’s the festival of lights, but certainly not the festival of flights. Airfares and hotel tariffs over the Diwali weekend have almost doubled and still they are all sold out. That’s because [...]