Hotel Offers Expedited TSA Screening to Guests
http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/hotel-offers-expedited-tsa-screening-to-guests.html?id=12709595
Members of airline loyalty programs often enjoy access to elite expedited security lines at the airport. And now, for the first time ever, members of a hotel's loyalty program can cash in on a similar perk. Loews Hotels & Resorts is offering frequent ...
Hotels expand in Kenya as business travel surges
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/uk-kenya-hotels-idUSLNE88P01P20120926
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest hotel brands including Marriott, Hilton and Rezidor are planning to open hotels in Kenya to cash in on a surge in business travellers from China and the Middle East to east Africa's biggest economy ...
Holiday travel gouges ? can you avoid them?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/sns-travel-ed-perkins-holiday-deals-are-they-really-deals-20120925,0,132962.story
Airlines and hotels command top dollar. But business travel generally comes to a complete halt during the holidays, so many big-city hotels that normally cater to business travelers are hungry to fill rooms. Some just cut rates; some offer packages ...
Road warriors: Hotel room's best for family chats
http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2012/09/road-warriors-hotel-rooms-the-best-place-for-family-chat/70001163/1
How, when and where do you stay in touch with family and friends when on the road? I posed that question to USA TODAY Road Warriors last week and, based on 10 replies, one thing's clear: Most of us prefer to connect with our loved ones in the privacy ...
Travel briefs: Hotel websites linking to reviews
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/sep/25/travel-briefs/
Best Western International, one of the world's largest hotel chains, announced last week that it had redesigned its website, adding links to reviews submitted by guests to the website TripAdvisor. The move marks a trend in the hotel industry. Shop ...
DC wins hotel tax suit against online travel booker Orbitz, others
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/dc-wins-hotel-tax-suit-against-online-travel-booker-priceline-others/2012/09/24/4d6d1c9c-0670-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html
In a filing released Monday, Judge Craig Iscoe said that the online travel companies, including Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity and Priceline, must pay a 14.5 percent tax on the full retail price of hotel rooms. The travel companies have been paying taxes ...
Budget Travel: Freebies galore for savvy travelers
http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/1262403--budget-travel-freebies-galore-for-savvy-travelers
Free clothes: Westin hotels will practically give you the shirt off the proverbial back. Travel light and borrow workout clothes, socks and shoes from their stock of New Balance equipment, free of charge. They also offer three- and five-mile running ...
Gaylord hotel projects shelved
http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Gaylord-hotel-projects-shelved/
After the sale of Gaylord Entertainment's hotel brand and operations to Marriott International was approved by shareholders on Tuesday, Gaylord said it will no longer go forward with development plans for a convention hotel in Mesa, Ariz. Gaylord said ...
