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New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Days after a couple was discovered deceased in a hotel near Maujpur Metro Station in Delhi, a post-mortem examination report revealed that the woman had been strangled to death, while the man ended his life after killing her, police said on Thursday.

A real estate deal Donald Trump initially struck with former business partner Tom Barrack more than a decade ago re-emerged at New York’s civil fraud trial against the former president. The deal involved Trump’s effort to convert the Old Post Office in Washington, DC, into a luxury hotel. He told the federal government in July 2011 that Colony Capital, the firm Barrack founded, was “heavily involved” in the project, according to documents disclosed in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday during testimony by Trump’s daughter and former employee, Ivanka.

Pratibha Sharma, 44, her daughter, Anvi, 9, and partner Jatin Chugh, 30, were killed after an SUV ploughed through a packed beer garden, striking several patrons who were dining outside the Royal Daylesford Hotel in the regional tourist town. Members of a family they were holidaying with were also killed and injured.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Workers at Gold Coast hotel say they are being laid off because their workplace will soon become a homeless shelter. Sixteen hotel workers said they are being laid off this Friday, saying management notified them just last week. "When we got the letter from the hotel saying that my co-workers and I are out of work as of this Friday I couldn't believe it. I feel very betrayed," said employee Linwei Xiao.

A hotel worker performing a welfare check failed to find a guest who had collapsed in her room. Her husband found her seven hours later suffering from a catastrophic brain injury. An Orange County appellate court on Tuesday upheld a $90 million award leveled against a Dana Point resort where workers failed to find a guest who had suffered a catastrophic brain injury in her room. The unanimous three-justice panel rejected arguments by Diamond Resorts Management Inc. that the Orange County trial court made a number of mistakes, including barring the defense from telling the jury that the guest’s husband, who had asked the hotel to check on his wife, bore some of the blame for her injury.

Two suspected Florida identity thieves are in jail after a hotel employee alerted deputies when the pair tried to make a reservation with fraudulent IDs. “This is a terrific example of how we partner with our community and work closely with local hotel and motel staff to deter criminal activity,” Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said. Sean Russette, 30, and Brandy Banser, 28, both of Cape Coral, face multiple felonies, including grand theft, illegal use of credit cards, and criminal use of personal information. Russette also has three active warrants for fraud and narcotics-related charges in Charlotte and Pinellas counties.

A manager at Kisumu’s Acacia Premier Hotel is reportedly taking advantage of waitresses who are desperate for jobs amid the high cost of living. The randy manager allegedly demands sex from casual waitresses and anyone who turns down his sex advances is fired or denied the job. Concerned staff members reached out to blogger Cyprian Nyakundi and exposed the sex-starved manager.

The visit of the TV personality was captured on Mr Vickers' social media pages with the caption: "A pleasure to grab a pint with the great Michael Portillo at the Locomotion Hotel Eaglescliffe. "It’s the place to take the man we link to all things rail-related."

Marriott International (MAR) CEO and President Anthony Capuano joins Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to weigh in on the state of the hospitality sector, both in U.S. and international markets. Having recently reported third-quarter earnings, Marriott outperformed expectations with a 6-8% growth in revenue per available room globally. Capuano is optimistic on the post-pandemic chapter for travel bookings, noting that “folks have concluded how much they love to travel," with the COVID-19 lockdowns acting as a generational "accelerant" for younger travelers as global borders slowly opened back up.

An incident in the Hub City led to SWAT teams being called to a local hotel. According to officials with the Jackson Police Department, officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at the Jackson Hotel and Convention Center around noon Wednesday. “Domestic disturbance or domestic violence is violence committed by someone in the victim’s domestic circle. This usually includes a partner, an ex-partner, or immediate family members, or other relative’s family or friends,” said Stephanie Graham, the Public Information Office and Community Advisor for JPD.

Madison Police Department officers found the woman, who was attending a conference at the hotel and staying there at the time, still being held in the elevator when they arrived shortly before 2 a.m. on Wednesday to the Hilton Hotel on E. Wilson Street. Hotel employees told investigators the 26-year-old suspect was going back and forth in the lobby shouting and swearing. They described her punching at walls and throwing things across the room, the MPD report continued. She is also accused of attacking two hotel employees.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An abandoned hotel in west Houston is smoldering on Friday after an overnight fire. It happened at about 3 a.m. to a hotel off the Sam Houston Tollway and Westheimer Road.

Two Australian men have been sentenced to more than three years in a Finnish prison for the aggravated rape of a woman they brought to their hotel room under false pretences. Craig John Patman, 40, and Justin Taylor, 43, are behind bars at Helsinki’s Vantaa prison after a court heard they worked together in subjecting the woman to violence and threats, and forcing her to have sex.

Aeromexico, a prominent airline based in Mexico, has found itself at the center of international attention following a scandalous incident that was captured on video and subsequently shared on social media. A video that has gone viral on social media shows a male flight attendant taking upskirt photos of a young female passenger as she was boarding the aircraft. The video was shared by Ximena Garmendia, a well-known figure in aviation news reporting.

The Schooner Hotel in Alnmouth has been issued with a ‘hygiene emergency prohibition notice’ by environmental health officers from Northumberland County Council. While the hotel is permitted to stay open, the food service element of the business has been temporarily shut down.

BOSSES at the luxurious Cameron House Hotel have come under fire after staff were axed for allegedly failing to get a Michelin star. Nine workers of the diner of the hotel, on the banks of Loch Lomond, have taken legal action against management. A dozen employees, who worked at the Tamburrini and Wishart restaurant, were left shocked after they were told it was closing last month.

The Adelphi Hotel has been hit with a level one food hygiene rating, the second lowest score available. The hotel, which lies in Ranelagh Place in the city centre, was inspected by environmental health officers from Liverpool City Council on September 29. The results have now been made public on the website of the Food Standards Agency. The Adelphi was awarded a rating of one out of five, which is the second lowest rating possible and means that major improvement is necessary for the hotel.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Four people were brought to the hospital Saturday after a carbon monoxide leak at a La Quinta Inn & Suites in Rochester. According to the Rochester Police Department, crews responded to a report of two people feeling lethargic after swimming in the pool.

Authorities are looking for a woman who allegedly stole jewelry and credit cards from lockers at a West Hollywood hotel spa and yoga studio, including the wedding ring of actress Lily Collins, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and media reports. Suspect Andreea Catalina Rosca, 34, travels the country committing similar crimes, the sheriff’s department said in a bulletin posted on social media. Investigators believe she is associated with Romanian organized theft groups, the release said.

For nearly a century, the Ciprianis have courted celebrities, princes and potentates — from Ernest Hemingway and generations of Kennedys, Trump and the Clintons, to Taylor Swift, Bella Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio. First in Venice at Harry’s Bar — where the dynasty’s founder Giuseppe created the bellini from peaches and prosecco — then at Cipriani restaurants in Manhattan and London, they have made their venues the A-listers’ favorite destination to party.

Hôtel Shediac, a five-star hotel in downtown Shediac, has declared bankruptcy. The first meeting of creditors will be held on Nov. 9, according to the notice. Owner Francis Brun could not immediately be reached for comment. But property records show the 60-room hotel has been in financial difficulty for years, with a number of liens from contractors and judgments against it, including one last fall by the Canada Revenue Agency worth $521,330.71.

The United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has issued a security warning asking its citizens in Nigeria to avoid hotels in major cities in the country over what it described as an elevated threat of security. The US issued the warning in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3 where it warned US citizens in Nigeria to be vigilant at major hotels in larger cities and their surroundings.

A Clark County grand jury has indicted a suspected burglar in a series of hotel room heists that 13 Investigates broke the story on over the summer.

A Las Vegas sex worker beat an elderly man with limited mobility and robbed him of thousands of dollars in his hotel room, according to police. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded to a reported robbery at Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino last Friday. Inside of a guest room, they found an elderly man beaten and bloodied on the floor, KLAS reported.