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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.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says a Vancouver juice bar manager discriminated against his 13-year-old Black employee when he accused her of stealing from their cash register, without any evidence.

A small fire that led to guests and diplomatic personnel being evacuated from Baghdad's Al-Rasheed hotel has been brought under control, an official at the hotel told Reuters via phone early on Wednesday. The hotel houses several envoys from Gulf states. The small fire occurred in kitchen, and an official described the evacuation as a routine precautionary measure, saying guests had safely returned to their rooms.

Eleven men and teenagers were found guilty of multiple counts of rape or sexual offenses for involvement in a 2020 Eilat gang rape of a teenage girl, the Beersheba District Court ruled on Wednesday.

Hotels are still waiting for millions - Yesterday, The Copenhagen Post reported that hotels and accommodations have been missing payment from the portal Booking.com for several months. Now, DR reports that it is not only Danish hosts who are having payment issues with Booking.com. The BBC has spoken to several hosts in Scotland and England who are still out of pocket. One of them is Emma Audain, who rents out her flat in Glasgow and says she is owed some GBP 3,000 (about DKK 25,000) and has not been paid since June.

The Toronto Hospitality Employees Union (THEU-CSN) denounces the growing number of unfair labour practices and anti-union maneuvers being perpetrated against it and its members by the Fairmont Royal York. In one of several complaints filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), the union also accused management of the prestigious hotel of bargaining in bad faith. At the first meeting with the Ministry of Labour-appointed conciliator, the employer denied all the progress that had been made at the bargaining table, despite the agreements that had been reached up to that point.

The 48-year-old stood out while wearing an entirely-white outfit as she made the most of her Paris Fashion Week experience. The Desperate Housewives actress, who recently showcased her sculpted form during a tennis match in Mexico, donned a flowing coat and kept her sleeves rolled up as she posed for a few photos.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former fugitive from Colorado who pleaded guilty to causing a spectacular Las Vegas Strip hotel standoff that included furniture flying from a Caesars Palace window was sentenced Thursday to pay nearly $55,300 in restitution to the hotel and to serve up to four years of prison time.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. settled with Colorado AG Phil Weiser to resolve allegations that the company violated the Colorado Consumer Protection Act by employing “drip pricing”—omitting mandatory fees from advertised room rates.

What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas – and now one of the most prestigious hotels on the strip is red-faced for spilling the beans. The Wynn Las Vegas is currently conducting an investigation into how personal details of three politicos slipped out, costing two of them their jobs.

Atlanta police and fire said crews were called out to Pharr Road near the Homewood Suites and Staybridge Suites at 4:30 a.m. Monday for a large fire. Atlanta Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Ronald Slatton said a car inside the parking deck caught on fire. The fire then spread to another car and construction materials that were in the parking deck left by construction workers, according to Slatton. “They initially called 2-alarm because of the amount of fire that they first saw when they got on scene. But we did not use any of the second-alarm units.”

Just before 2 p.m., Collier County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a passerby who saw what appeared to be a body in the water. A dive team and investigators responded to the call. Detectives confirmed it was a drowning and not suspicious. The identity of the person has not been confirmed yet.

Bodycam | Hotel staff robbed at gunpoint - The suspect was arrested, authorities say.

New York City is preparing for the worst — extending its contract with local hotels to help house migrants for up to three more years at a staggering added cost of more than $1 billion.

Ukrainian authorities said one woman was injured after several Russian missiles struck infrastructure in the southern port city of Odesa. A fire broke out at Hotel Odesa, which was not in use at the time, as a result of the attack.

The owner of Regent Plaza, a five-star hotel in Karachi, has informed investors that the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Trust, a leading non-profit organization in the healthcare sector, has expressed interest in acquiring the hotel. The current market rate for PHDL’s shares is Rs 220.04 per share and a 100 percent acquisition of the hotel at this rate would be worth Rs 3.96 billion. The company’s latest annual accounts show that it values its main real estate at Rs 8.9 billion, with the hotel building valued at Rs 939.2 million.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 represents 2,700 members who work in West Maui. Historically, the union’s workers used to work on the plantations, but many workers now work in the hospitality industry.

Santa Monica hotel workers at Fairmont Miramar, Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica, Viceroy Santa Monica, Hampton Inn & Suites Santa Monica and Courtyard Santa Monica walked out on Monday following a stalemate in pay increase negotiations, the Los Angeles Times reported. The strike comes amid efforts by Unite Here Local 11 to raise the salaries of hotel workers who are particularly impacted by a looming housing crisis. The union is partly urging hotels to instantly increase workers’ hourly wages by $5 before raising them by $3 annually for two consecutive years.

The EU vetoed a bid by US online travel agency Booking to take over Swedish rival Etraveli Group Monday over fears the deal would harm competition and risked raising prices for customers. The European Commission, the bloc's powerful antitrust enforcer, opened an investigation in November last year amid concerns the merger would allow Booking to become too dominant in the market for finding hotels and other accommodation online.

Through a recent statement, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior said that during the police operation carried out in Spain by the French National Police, in collaboration with Europol, two bags were discovered hidden in a compartment containing stolen items worth over €750,000, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Martin Hyde, the general manager of a New York City-based Indian restaurant Dillons sued both Gordon Ramsay and 'Kitchen Nightmares' for $620,128 (£500,000). He claimed that the treatment he got on the show ruined his career.

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