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WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday raised concerns about lawsuits targeting hotels and other places of lodging for omitting details in their reservation systems about accessibility features for people with disabilities, but indicated they might opt not to decide the case. The justices heard arguments in an appeal by Acheson Hotels of a lower court's ruling that let a Florida woman pursue a lawsuit against the company in Maine even though she had no plans to stay at a hotel the company owned there.

The robbery happened at a hotel off the Beltway at Westheimer on Sunday.

The tragic death of Jacky Oh! following complications from cosmetic surgery have left many people questioning the responsibility of the doctor who performed the procedure. However, according to TMZ, the Miami Police Department has revealed that the medical examiner ruled Jacky’s death as accidental, and as a result, homicide detectives will not be launching a criminal investigation.

People who work in the service industry tend to be more able than most to put themselves in the shoes of others in the same work – but not always. OP works at a hotel chain and came in one day to find his manager trying to comfort two young front-desk girls who were clearly upset. He learned that they had a difficult guest in residence who was making everyone’s lives totally miserable.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBMA) — Authorities responded to a barricaded suspect incident in Tuscaloosa Thursday morning. The Tuscaloosa Police Department said its Special Response Team was assisting the US Marshals with an arrest of a "high-risk" suspect at the Ramada Inn on Skyland Boulevard around 9:30 a.m.

Firefighters extinguished a blaze inside The Newbury Boston hotel in the city's Back Bay neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. Boston fire said they were called to the hotel at 15 Arlington St., the former Taj Boston location, around 1:45 p.m. Smoke was reportedly coming from the roof when they arrived.

SINGAPORE - Thirty people came down with food poisoning after consuming food at a wedding banquet at The St Regis Singapore hotel. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said none of those affected after attending the banquet, which took place on Sept 3, was hospitalised. The Straits Times understands that the bride was among those affected. SFA said that it is investigating the incident with the Ministry of Health.

The probe concerns a convoluted financial transaction around properties in the French luxury ski resort Courchevel. France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, the owner of the LVMH luxury goods conglomerate and the founder of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, is reportedly under investigation in France on suspicion of money laundering. The investigation, first reported by Le Monde, is a “preliminary one”, according to the Paris prosecutor's office, meaning that Arnault has not been accused of money laundering.

A group of alleged drug dealers were arrested by Cancun police after being watched on city cameras harassing pedestrians. The arrests of Julio “N”, Erick “N”, Vicente “N” and Yair “N” took place in the Cancun Hotel zone after authorities witnessed them “verbally attacking” people to buy drugs outside Playa Tortugas. In a Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana (SSC) statement, all four were arrested for drug dealing. “With intelligence work of the C5 Security Complex, police elements were alerted that at Playa Tortugas, a group of men were physically and verbally attacking passers-by to get them to buy narcotics,” they reported.

The family of a Chicago teen found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer in 2017 has settled a lawsuit against the hotel, its security company and a restaurant. But attorneys are trying to keep the dollar amount confidential, citing the family's safety and privacy amid a highly publicized case.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A man was charged with several felony offenses after causing over $19,000 in damages throwing furniture off of the 14th floor of a Salt Lake City hotel. Charging documents stated that officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department were dispatched to the Little America Hotel located at 500 South Main Street on June 16, 2023, on reports that an individual was throwing furniture from the 14th floor balcony into the pool.

A grand jury decided not to indict anyone on criminal charges related to the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel construction collapse in 2019 that left three people dead and 30 others injured, prosecutors said Thursday.

Law360, London (October 4, 2023, 3:57 PM BST) -- A businessman has escaped an order to pay £160 million ($198 million) for assisting in the dishonest sale of three London hotels after an appeals court ruled Wednesday that he was not liable to compensate the properties' previous owner. The Court of Appeal ruled that Anthony Stevens does not owe compensation to Hotel Portfolio II for helping former company director Andrew Ruhan make massive profits by selling the hotels to a business that he controlled.

Shooting guard Kevin Porter Jr. has been kicked off the Houston Rockets basketball team, following an arrest last month on allegations he left his girlfriend with a fractured neck vertebra and a deep cut above her right eye after attacking her in a New York City hotel room, multiple outlets reported Monday.

"You have to understand that in reality no one is safe," said the city's deputy mayor. While throngs of bugs rushing out from all directions and overrunning everyone in sight is a common horror movie trope, the present bedbug infestation in France has produced real-life footage that is no less harrowing.

A married British Airways pilot who was sacked after boasting about an evening where he allegedly snorted cocaine off a woman's breasts had tried to join another airline following his dismissal. Mike Beaton, from Devon, was one of seven pilots who attended a selection event for the firm near Gatwick Airport just days before his outrageous escapades were exposed to the public.

The 25-year-old public servant representing Saga bested 39 other contestants to win the national title. She succeeds last year's winner Shiori Kojima of Kanagawa. Risa Hiroi of Yamaguchi placed second while Shiori Ohno of Kumamoto, Miyuki Hase of Hokkaido, and Yanase Alessa of Osaka were third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.

Bernard Arnault, who is the founder and CEO of luxury brand LVMH, is under investigation by French authorities regarding hotel property.

A blaze broke out at a nightclub complex in Murcia, Spain, causing a section of the building to cave in

In 2019, animator and illustrator Vivienne Medrano (aka VivziePop) released the pilot for her upcoming animated series Hazbin Hotel. Animation fans took the show fairly well and at time of writing, it’s racked up 90 million views on YouTube. The following year, A24 opted to pick up the pilot for a full-blown show, and audiences will soon see the full results of that in the next couple of months.

A homeowner in the metro Atlanta suburb of Buford called Gwinnett County police saying an armed man who had rented his basement through the room-sharing app had fled after stealing his wallet. According to a police report, the renter checked in late Tuesday and within an hour sent a text message to the owner upstairs saying the toilet was leaking. The homeowner told officers he was checking the toilet when he turned to see renter pointing a gun at him.

Ocotillo Hotels and Apartments may have to shut its doors for good - News4Tucson has the latest on the Ocotillo story as it develops

Allegiant Travel Co. CEO and board member John Redmond resigned Sept. 28, company officials said. The Las Vegas-based company, which owns the Sunseeker Resort on Charlotte Harbor that is set to open in the fourth quarter of this year, said in a statement Redmond’s resignation was effective immediately and gave no reason for his departure.

Two tourists from Gujarat were electrocuted in a hotel room in Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, a police official said on Sunday.Nadiad-resident Shrikant Vaghela 35 and his son 6-year-old Sheenon died in the bathroom of a local hotel on Saturday, city police station in charge Vishal Patel said, adding the hotel has been sealed as part of the probe.The incident took place between 4pm and 430pm when the man, his wife and their child suffered electric shocks in room 301.