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The police said a man entered a hotel and opened fire on its owner, Rehmat Khan, leaving him injured.

An American woman died in the crossfire of an apparent drug deal gone bad at a popular Mexican beach resort in the municipality of Tulum. The Quintana Roo State Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into the Feb. 9 incident which saw the death of an alleged drug dealer from Belize and an American woman, later identified as 44-year-old Los Angeles native Niko Honarbakhsh, according to ABC News.

The lawyer of a government employee, who allegedly altered data to give a hotel in Manama a four-star rating, yesterday stated that his client should not be punished for giving what he believes to be ‘a subjective opinion’.

It has been left to rot for over 50 years, and is now a dilapidated eyesore. No one seems to know what to do with this monument of Boston real estate, which was once a symbol of luxury but now decays before the city's eyes. The hotel was built by the Walworth brothers of Massachusetts in the developing South End of Boston. When it opened in 1875, it stood out amongst the warehouses in the area with its 50 rooms and large flats featuring high, elegant ceilings.

CBC’s Nick Purdon went to Little Current, Ont., where the local hotel has been transformed.

San Francisco may be on the hook for a surprise bill that could reach $190 million in COVID expenses that it had expected the federal government to pay. The potentially massive liability lands as the city’s deficit is projected to reach more than $1 billion in a few years.

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts has given CEO Ciaran Carruthers a clean slate after investigating into allegations that he went against the decisions of the casino's security officers regarding the removal of intoxicated customers. The internal probe, initiated in December 2023, focused on claims that Carruthers permitted the re-entry of patrons into the Melbourne casino after they were initially removed by security personnel, Reuters reported.

The pressures of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic got to Peter Trainor so much in 2021 and 2022 that on 12 occasions, he deposited money belonging to his employer into his personal bank account. In the Ontario Court of Justice on Wednesday, Trainer owned up to the theft of $2,575.86 from the employer by pleading guilty to fraud under $5,000.

In a damning ruling, the court identified 'significant shortcomings' in the investigation. A BRIT holidaymaker has won a "landmark" legal ruling after Greek cops failed to properly investigate her rape claims.

A massive fire engulfed a water park in Gothenburg in Sweden on Monday (February 12). Flames at the Oceana waterpark damaged outdoor water slides and under construction facility. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries and death but Reuters cited police to report that one man was missing.

A Manhattan man has been indicted for allegedly attempting to steal the deed for the iconic New Yorker Hotel in Midtown. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office charged Mickey Barreto, 48, with a yearslong conspiracy to transfer ownership of the hotel, known for its prominent red rooftop sign and sometimes called the “Grand Old Lady,” to himself.

This has caused another scandal in the alpine resort involving this group of guests. The Graubünden cantonal police have launched an investigation on suspicion of discrimination and incitement to hatred. The restaurant at the Pischa mountain station no longer rents out sledges, airboards, skis and snowshoes to Jewish guests. They are being informed of this in a letter in Hebrew posted on site and addressed disrespectfully as “our brothers”.

The Ghana Police Service is currently conducting an investigation into the mysterious death of Eric Johnson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cossy Hill Hotel located in Jirapa, a town in the Upper West Region of Ghana.

A man has gone viral on social media after realising it is cheaper to live in a 5-star all-inclusive hotel than rent his city flat. Josh Kerr pays £950 a month for his apartment in Manchester but later found out it would cost him £938 to book an all-inclusive resort in Turkey for 28 nights, including flights. He then showed how he used On The Beach to find a deal for Xoria Deluxe Resort in Antalya.

A woman was found dead inside a hotel room in Manhattan, with an iron covered in blood found near her body.

AN ALABAMA HOTELIER, Pravin Raojibhai Patel, was shot and killed last week after a confrontation with a man asking for a room, according to the Sheffield, Alabama, Police Department. William Jeremy Moore, 34, was arrested in connection with the incident, which comes three years after a series of similar killings of Indian American Hotel owners.

A Bahamian resort has said two American women's allegations of drug-laced cocktails and sexual assaults "conflict" with its 16 "time-stamped surveillance videos.". Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson, lifelong friends from Kentucky, were enjoying a kid-free vacation when they stopped on Grand Bahama Island during a Carnival cruise.

Hotel prices in Baku during COP29 in trouble

Teams from Anti-Terrorism Cell and detection staff from the Colaba police station also rushed to the hotel. The security outside Taj hotel in Colaba was stepped up after the police control room on Thursday received a terror threat call. However, the cops later found the call to be hoax. The caller is yet to be traced.

Just over a year after acquiring a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, making them the only Black hotel owners in Memphis, power couple Norland and Dr. Amina James are set to do it again. This time the serial entrepreneurs and founders of Duke Ventures are leveling up to a stunning 120-room hotel set on the picturesque backdrop of the Louisiana Bayou. And they’re bringing a whole community with them.

Howard Dicus takes a look.

An Arby's general manager was found dead after being trapped inside the walk-in freezer. According to her family, Nguyet Le entered the freezer, and the door suddenly shut behind her. During this time, no one else was in the restaurant.

A R1.2-trillion Libyan sovereign wealth fund has launched a hostile takeover bid for one of SA’s premier hospitality groups, Legacy Hotels, following a bitter boardroom fallout, putting a multibillion-rand property portfolio at stake with implications for funders.

The Saskatchewan government says it’s changing how it procures hotels for those on social assistance after a motel owned by a legislature member raised rates when the province paid. The Saskatchewan Party government says in a letter that the province must now formally obtain quotes from three hotels before securing a room for a person or family.