In one of the more creative ideas to lure hotel guests, famed hotelier, Omni Resorts is offering guests a free round of golfer night stayed at select resort properties. In their Stay Like a Pro package, guests can score a free round at a stunning golf course plus some free golf balls, a golf hat and a $75 resort credit.
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An interesting discussion has emerged in the popular Reddit thread called “Am I the Asshole?” In the post, a male employee shares a story about his company’s room sharing policy which has male colleagues sharing a hotel room together while female colleagues are allowed to stay in separate hotels. Then it gets interesting.
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An arrest has been made in the recent case where a hotel employee was captured on surveillance camera being assaulted by hotel guests in an apparently racially motivated attack. Philip Sarner and Emily Orbay were arrested late Monday for their alleged role in the incident which occurred in late June at at Mystic, Connecticut Quality Inn.
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Hackers are selling personal information for 142 million hotel guests online for $2900. According to a ZDNet report, a site on the dark web is selling the personal information from 142,479,937 former guests of the MGM Hotels brand.
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Despite perceived security concerns about voice platforms like Alexa, 68% of hotel guests want voice controlled technology in their hotel rooms according to a new survey. 66.7% want to be able to “cast” their personal content from a device to the in-room TV.
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The Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit card is still offering the highest rewards bonus we’ve ever seen with 140,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months. How much longer will this unusually good offer be available?
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Hotel operations software provider Optii Solutions released new data highlighting the additional costs hotels adhering to new hotel cleaning guidelines will likely bear. These costs are estimated at an additional $130k per year, per hotel and add an extra 3 minutes cleaning time per room.
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The Four Seasons Hotel in New York City is leading the charge on radical new hotel-stay procedures that may well be the future of hotel visits. An almost completely touch-less experience from check-in to bedding is being experimented with by the property and the changes are pretty dramatic.