Hotel

A hotel provides lodging within a variety of quality levels, and caters to a broad or niche set of short-term guests.

A hotel's quality level is communicated through a five-star rating system. There is no one standard for star ratings, though people often reference third parties like Orbitz, TripAdvisor, or Expedia to research comprehensive star ratings, hotel reviews, and hotel package offerings.

Hotels cater to different types of travelers and can take on many forms. Business or leisure travelers can stay in a bed and breakfast, spa, boutique hotel, luxury hotel, eco-friendly hotel, ski resort, or casino, to name a few.

To stay on top of news and reviews about interesting hotels, check out Gridskipper, USAToday’s Hotel Hotsheet, and the L.A. Times’ Daily Travel Deal Blog.

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• Cirque du Soleil Wants Michael Jackson; “This Is It” Goes Gold After Two Weeks

  
  The Hollywood Reporter | Showbiz 411 — Authority: 138
  Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” companion album — really just an album of hits — sold a little over 200,000 copies last week and went gold. That means it’s sold over 500,000 copies in two weeks.The really weird thing is that another greatest hits album from Jackson, “Number Ones,” sold about 33,000 ...
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• UNITE HERE Launches Nationwide Vigils To Pressure Obama Finance Chair

  
  Talking Union — Authority: 421
  by Randy Shaw UNITE HERE is launching over 100 actions across North America to demand that Hyatt Hotels, run by former Obama campaign Finance Chair Penny Pritzker, re-hire 100 housekeepers whose jobs were replaced by low-wage workers from an outsourcing agency. The firing of the workers in three Boston hotels ...
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• Tailor-Made Your Trip By Staying At A Tucson Bed And Breakfast

  
  Free Articles directory — Authority: 145
  An oasis in the Sonoran desert plain, Tucson, Arizona, is a haven for residents and a year-round wonderland for tourists. Tucson’s picturesque beauty belies its growing high-tech industry and its nickname as “Optics Valley.” Nestled amongst five mountain ranges (the Tucson Mountains, Rincon Mountains, Santa Rita ...
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• Port-of-Spain readies to welcome Commonwealth leaders

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Paras RamoutarPort-of-Spain, Nov 11 (IANS) Hundreds of billboards and welcome signs have sprung up in this capital city as Trinidad and Tobago prepares to welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 51 other leaders at the opening Nov 27 of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting(CHOGM) at an $80 million ...
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• GenSan Restaurants offering “Pacquiao-Cotto” Fight Live Telecasts

  
  GenSan News Online Mag — Authority: 420
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• A Mother Who Will Never Be Out-Dated

  
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  ( Hotel | Gunnison, CO, USA ) (A middle-aged woman comes to the front desk of our hotel. Note that I am also a woman and my coworker is a man.) Customer: “Where are all the women at?” Me: “Excuse me?” Customer: “The women! The good looking women!” Me: “I’m not sure I understand.” ...
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• Largest hotelier group takes stance against last-room availability

  
  HOTELMARKETING.COM — Authority: 440
  AAHOA is opposing any attempts by the OTAs to compel hotel owners to relinquish control of their room inventory and their pricing in exchange for a listing on the OTA websites, because this will harm the hoteliers, the hotel brands and the traveling public, the association says.
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• A How-To on Hotel Deals

  
  Your Vacnation Center — Authority: 129
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• Eco Video: Worlds Best Eco Friendly Hotels

  
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• Shristi Hotel Kolkata

  
  Dhapa — Authority: 112
  Shristi Hotel at Rajarhat the hospitality hub scored a rare victory on Tuesday with the announcement of a Rs 800 crore five-star property, crowned with a helipad.Shristi Hotel, an arm of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, has joined hands with global hospitality major Westin Hotels & Resorts, for ...
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• Tips for Cooks and Waiters

  
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• Veteran’s Day

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 127
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• Scottish Hotel Bans Video Games [Uk]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 821
  Forget your PSP and DS at home! The oldest family-run hotel in Scotland, the Crieff Hydro , is asking guests not to bring video game hardware this holiday season in order to "restore traditional family values". Traditional family values during the holidays? So like relatives getting in fights and drinking too much? ...
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• Stimulus money awarded to new projects

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 597
  From the NY Times : City officials have chosen five more development projects, one in each borough, to receive tax-free financing through the federal stimulus program. One of the chosen projects is a 117-room hotel to be built on the former site of the Pepper & Potter car dealership on Flatbush Avenue in ...
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• Finding Cheap and Budget Hotels in New York City

  
  Voice From Home — Authority: 132
  Welcome to New York City! Have wonderful days in New York City which is widely known as the most alluring tourist place of the United States. People from all over the world keep coming to see its breathtaking sightseeing and high raised skyscrapers. Further, the city represents as the center of trades and commerce. ...
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• The Sun Never Sets On The FruitFlyLife Empire

  
  Fruit Fly Life — Authority: 108
  and by empire…I am of course referring to the many hotels the FruitFly and her fruity minions inhabit in a single week. I am the emperor of hotel hopping. From dingy motels in the outskirts of the The Inland Empire to suites with free upgrades overlooking Bryant Park, my life can be traced in mini shampoo bottles ...
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• Milking a Cash Cow in India (The Joys of Bad Karma?)

  
  Danish Accent — Authority: 106
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• Experience a New Beginning at The Westin Tianjin

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 134
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• A Guide to Accommodation Offers

  
  Fly My Byte — Authority: 128
  Booking decent NYC hotels can be difficult, if you’ve never been there in particular, or if no respectable deal has been discovered. So don’t do it that way — we can tell you how to find all the relevant information from people who know the area, arranging the best price right off the bat. Naturally there’s ...
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• Bravo The Hits 2009

  
  CDs Completos — Authority: 155
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