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Roller skating is back at JFK’s TWA Hotel

03/18/22

Fans of roller skating, fun at-the-airport activities, and the landmark TWA Hotel at JFK Airport (i.e.: everyone) will be looking forward to the return of the hotel’s retro-style roller skating rink. The Roll-A-Rama at the Runway Rink opens for the season on April 15. The checkered rink is located by the hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie” […]

Extended Stay hotels playing the long game

02/23/22

[This is a story we wrote for, and which first appeared on NBC News in a slightly different form] Extended Hotels are having a moment As travel picks up and the phenomenon of remote work continues to blur the lines between business and leisure, extended-stay hotels are having a moment. Last year, the average occupancy […]

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Kimpton’s free therapy + Orlando Int’l Airport’s new terminal

02/23/22

Newest hotel amenity: free therapy Lucy charged 5 cents. But starting today, up to 1000 free video therapy sessions will be available to guests staying at participating Kimpton Hotels. The program is a partnership between Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and mental health company Talkspace. The unusual hotel perk will make licensed counselors available to hotel […]

Amelia Earhart at Union Club Hotel in Indiana

03/04/21

Amelia Earhart installation at the Union Club Hotel at Purdue University

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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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