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Hotels add COVID-19 testing to amenity lists

01/04/21

Skip the lines and get a COVID-19 test at your hotel (This is a slightly different version of our story for NBC News) You may not be able to work out in hotel gyms or hang out in lobby bars just yet. But at an increasing number of hotels, guests can now get COVID-19 tests →

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Freebies, discounts and surprise perks for voters

10/27/20

Hotels offering perks and packages for Election Day (Our story about Election Day perks first appeared on NBC News in a slightly different version). Election Day, and perhaps the days and weeks following, may be especially tense this year for a myriad of reasons. To help ease the stress and mark the day, some hotels →

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Endless summer: families decamp to resorts for remote work and school

09/07/20

Sharing this slightly different version of a story we put together for NBC News about resorts seeing summer seasons extended thanks to families realizing they can do remote work and school anywhere. Work/school/play away from home In “normal” times, hotels in summer hot spots go into hibernation once Labor Day rolls around. But thanks to →

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Home office stressing you out? Try working in a hotel.

08/27/20

Sharing a story we put together for NBC News this week about hotels courting stressed out remote workers package for day-use rooms. This version is slightly different from what was published. Check out of your home office and into a hotel In an effort to reverse pandemic-induced revenue losses reaching back to April, hotels in →

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Hotels having COVID-19 troubles

03/20/20

Fallout from COVID-19 is happening so fast that moments before our story about hotel occupancy rates posted on CNBC we had to cut a tidbit about a hotel bar offering a creative “squirt and sip” – a squirt of hand sanitizer and a drink – because the bar had been ordered to close. And since →

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Hotels get creative with concierge services

02/24/20

The hotel concierge has been getting a makeover. Here’s our latest column for CNBC about hotels with staff on duty who will do everything from peeling your crawfish to delivering an adoptable teddy bear. Your next hotel stay may come with a creative concierge service Pantelis Evangelou is a guest services manager at the London Marriott →

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Hate hotel resort fees?

02/09/20

Hotel guests are increasingly finding extra charges on their bills labeled as “resort fees,” “convenience fees,” “urban amenity fees,” or, worse, simply “fees.” But in my story this week for CNBC, we learn that help is on the way to make sure hotels are better about disclosing before you book. Or not charging them at →

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“Runway Chalet” now at JFK’s TWA Hotel

01/09/20

The 512-room TWA Hotel across the street from the JetBlue terminal at JFK Airport tempts travelers with a retro lobby complete with clacking flight board and the Sunken Lounge lobby bar. Through February, the hotel has an ice-skating rink set up out back, right next to the 1958 Lockheed Constellation Connie airport-turned-cocktail lounge. (Skating fee: →

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Holiday hotel packages to book now

12/01/19

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the marathon of gift shopping and holiday parties kicks in. But the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve are also a great time to travel. Here’s a round-up of holiday-themed hotel packages I put together for CNBC. A chef is whipping up Christmas yule logs and other holiday treats →

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Grand Hyatt at SFO – a keeper!

10/15/19

San Francisco Int’l Airport has a swank on-site hotel Fresh fly-in convenience at SFO Airport With the recent opening of the 12-story, $237 million Grand Hyatt at SFO, San Francisco International Airport joins the ranks of major airports with a luxury hotel on property. It’s at least a half-hour journey from the airport to downtown San Francisco, →

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