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Delhi NY – A drive through the Catskills

  If you have never been to the Catskill Mountains in New York State you are missing one of the real beautiful areas of the Northeastern United States. The Catskills fill the area between the Hudson River to the east and the Delaware River to the…

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Airbnb Teams up with American Express

Starting today, American Express, Card Members can create an Airbnb account with their existing americanexpress.com User ID and Password. It will allow cardholders to easily reserve accommodation at all of Airbnb listings.    Also,…

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Motel 6 freshens its rooms…and its image

Motel 6, a brand whose name reflects its original room price, has long been noted mainly for low prices, and for Tom Bodett’s radio ads, promising that “we’ll leave the light on for you.”   Now, facing increasing demands for comfort and…

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Hotel Mega-merger in the works? Looks likely…

Now that the big airlines have gone through their versions of love and marriage, it seems to be time for the hotels. Starwood, owner of such brands as Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels and more seems to be the object of everyone’s affections.   In…

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Airbnb Tests Fixed-Price Packages

            Painted Ladies in San Francisco/ Photo by PHeymont   Airbnb has sent out invites to test a fixed -price, all services included package, that covers the travelers’ whole trip. This…

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On the way out: Hotel porn videos

Personal entertainment is putting a crimp in revenue from in-room movies   Hyatt announced this week that it will be joining Marriott and a number of other hotels in dropping porn videos from its in-room on-demand entertainment systems. …

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TripAdvisor, Booking.com book a deal

TripAdvisor just took one giant step forward in its plans to be a one-stop review and booking site by a deal with booking.com which will  allow TripAdvisor to directly book customers into booking.com’s 436,000 rooms.   It’s part of a series…

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Landmark TWA terminal at JFK to be a hotel

Eero Saarinen’s iconic 1962 TWA terminal at JFK, one of the landmarks of the then-new jet age, will live into the future as the entrance and lobby for JFK’s first on-airport hotel. The project, to open in 2018, got formal approval today from the Port…

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Delhi NY – A drive through the Catskills

  If you have never been to the Catskill Mountains in New York State you are missing one of the real beautiful areas of the Northeastern United States. The Catskills fill the area between the Hudson River to the east and the Delaware River to the…

Read More

Airbnb Teams up with American Express

Starting today, American Express, Card Members can create an Airbnb account with their existing americanexpress.com User ID and Password. It will allow cardholders to easily reserve accommodation at all of Airbnb listings.    Also,…

Read More

Motel 6 freshens its rooms…and its image

Motel 6, a brand whose name reflects its original room price, has long been noted mainly for low prices, and for Tom Bodett’s radio ads, promising that “we’ll leave the light on for you.”   Now, facing increasing demands for comfort and…

Read More

Hotel Mega-merger in the works? Looks likely…

Now that the big airlines have gone through their versions of love and marriage, it seems to be time for the hotels. Starwood, owner of such brands as Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels and more seems to be the object of everyone’s affections.   In…

Read More

Airbnb Tests Fixed-Price Packages

            Painted Ladies in San Francisco/ Photo by PHeymont   Airbnb has sent out invites to test a fixed -price, all services included package, that covers the travelers’ whole trip. This…

Read More

On the way out: Hotel porn videos

Personal entertainment is putting a crimp in revenue from in-room movies   Hyatt announced this week that it will be joining Marriott and a number of other hotels in dropping porn videos from its in-room on-demand entertainment systems. …

Read More

TripAdvisor, Booking.com book a deal

TripAdvisor just took one giant step forward in its plans to be a one-stop review and booking site by a deal with booking.com which will  allow TripAdvisor to directly book customers into booking.com’s 436,000 rooms.   It’s part of a series…

Read More

Landmark TWA terminal at JFK to be a hotel

Eero Saarinen’s iconic 1962 TWA terminal at JFK, one of the landmarks of the then-new jet age, will live into the future as the entrance and lobby for JFK’s first on-airport hotel. The project, to open in 2018, got formal approval today from the Port…

Read More