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Smoker in need of a hotel?

02/05/14

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Travel slug? Get a workout at the airport

11/03/13

It’s far too easy to become a slug when you’re on the road. But staying active offers business travelers an edge: the benefits of working out while traveling include stress reduction and an increased ability to combat jet lag. Travelers passing through Canada’s largest airport, Toronto Pearson International, now have an extra advantage: an airport →

Pet fish to go at Toronto hotel

10/28/13

Guests at many Kimpton Hotels are offered a loaner goldfish for the duration of their stay. But to celebrate the opening of Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, the InterContinental Toronto Centre is offering a package that not only loans guests a fish (named “Ripples”) but lets them take the fish home. The hotel provides a travel →

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Busy bees help the environment & the bottom line

09/29/13

At airports and hotels bees help the environment and the bottom line. →

Big plans for Yotel hotel chain of tiny rooms

08/20/13

Yotel - the hotel chain with tiny room that started at airports - is expanding beyond New York City to Singapore and beyond. →

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From the Inn Bin: New York’s YOTEL

07/31/13

A review of the Yotel in New York City →

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Free coffee/tea for Hilton HHonors members May 30

05/28/13

Have a Hilton HHonors membership card in your wallet? On Thursday, May 30th flashing that card will get you a free cup of coffee or tea at participating retail branches of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Arizona, California, New York, Nevada, Texas, Washington, D.C. and Mexico. That includes the CBTL store at McCarran →

Love the layover: at play in Portland, Oregon

02/15/13

It’s always a bit strange for me to spend time in Portland, Oregon. It’s the first city I lived in when I moved out west and it’s the city now portrayed in a fun and fractured way in the IFC show Portlandia and in Portlandia: A Guide for Visitors, a book that claims to describe →

Tidbits for travelers: ways to interact – and to be alone

12/13/12

A little bit of this and that from airports and hotels here and there…. At the Dubai International Airport, there’s now an interactive virtual assistant on duty – the first of its kind, says Tensator, the company that created the first three non-interactive virtual assistants already on duty. The HD-projected virtual assistant greets passengers and →

Hotels that roll over for pets

09/28/12

Millions of people consider their pets to be part of the family and take their animals with them when they travel. Hotels have caught on and there are now more than 25,000 “pet-friendly” properties. Some simply put up with you and your pet if you pay a hefty extra fee. Others go all out, offering →

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