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San Francisco's glitzy hotels have been plunged into massive debt following a dramatic drop off in tourism to the Golden Gate City. The Californian city's two biggest hotels, the Hilton Parc 55 and Hilton San Francisco Union Square, have lost a combined $1billion in value, according to the Kroll Bond Rating Agency. Their worth is now $553.8 million.

A helicopter pilot has died after crashing into the roof of a luxury Hilton hotel sparking a huge fireball and evacuations. The chopper smashed into the roof of the luxury Double Tree Hotel in Cairns, Australia, at about 1.50am local time. The pilot was the only person on board at the time with Queensland Police confirming they died.

Coco Gauff revealed she's the only member of the American women's tennis team still staying in the Olympic Village after her teammates fled to a hotel. The 20-year-old posted a candid TikTok video on Saturday, exposing the conditions the athletes are subjected to inside the brand new $1.6 billion facility, including 10 women sharing just two bathrooms. The chaotic clip showed several members of Team USA doing their hair, makeup and getting dressed ahead of the first day of events at the 2024 Paris Games. '10 girls, two bathrooms #olympicvillage,' she wrote over the post, leading many to comment on...

A pro-Palestinian organization posted a video Wednesday in which it purported to have unleashed maggots and other critters at Washington, DC’s Watergate hotel, where some of the Israeli delegation was staying. The video showed critters spread out across a table flanked by Israeli and American flags in the background. “Palestine protestors manufactured chaos at the Watergate Hotel last night so that Netanyahu, Israeli Mossad agents, and the Secret Service had no peace as they continue to terrorize our people,” the Palestinian Youth Movement posted on X.

Anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of the hotel that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staying at in Washington, DC, projecting a “wanted” sign with his face onto the building. Video footage posted to X showed Palestinian protesters gathered outside of the Watergate Hotel, chanting, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.” A sign that read, “WANTED: ARREST WAR CRIMINAL NETANYAHU,” with Netanyahu’s face was projected onto the outside walls of the hotel. Just now: Protesters project giant “WANTED: ARREST WAR CRIMINAL NETANYAHU” wanted sign onto Watergate Hotel. pic.twitter.com/Wbim7gg4BY — Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) July 24, 2024

Legislation signed by Gov. Jared Polis approves the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority’s first-ever plan to acquire the Stanley Hotel and develop a new film center onsite.. ESTES PARK — Gov. Jared Polis has signed legislation that modifies a grant program for Colorado’s creative industries to allow the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority to buy the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. Polis signed the legislation Tuesday at the Stanley Hotel. A lengthy amendment to House Bill 1295 — which extends incentives offered under the Colorado Community Revitalization Grant program and was approved by the Colorado House late April...

Financial planning guru says providing a safe place for the event is a gift to friends from Israel.. Personal finance expert Dave Ramsey is rescuing a pro-Israel conference from cancellation after a Nashville hotel backed out from hosting because of alleged threats by anti-Israel activists. When Ramsey heard that a Nashville hotel revoked access for the Israel Summit, an event scheduled for next week that will feature prominent Christians and Jews, organizers say Ramsey got in touch and offered not only to host it, but also to help make it even bigger. “Dave Ramsey reached out and said, ‘You’re going...

A public health emergency has been declared in Long Beach, California, due to a tuberculosis outbreak. A declaration from Dr. Anissa Davis, Long Beach’s health officer, said one person has died and nine people have been hospitalized, according to Live Science. Fourteen people with active TB had been identified as of April 29. All cases have been linked to a single-room-occupancy hotel. Officials are not naming the hotel in what they said was an effort to protect patients’ privacy. “People who were staying at the hotel at the time or could have otherwise been exposed have been or will be...

A popular hotel in New York City’s Broadway District has been converted into a migrant shelter as the city continues to face an unprecedented influx of migrants from the U.S. border. The hotel wrote on its Facebook page: “To our valued guests: it is with great sadness that we announce the Square Hotel will be closed for the foreseeable future. We appreciate your patronage and hope to welcome you back someday soon.”

A chic hotel in the heart of Broadway has been quietly operating as a migrant shelter — the latest sign of the growing Big Apple crisis. The 141-room Square Hotel at 226 West 50th Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway is just across from Gershwin Theatre, where the musical “Wicked” is playing, The Post has learned.“To our valued guests: it is with great sadness that we announce the Square Hotel will be closed for the foreseeable future. We appreciate your patronage and hope to welcome you back someday soon,” the Square Hotel says on its Facebook page.A chic hotel in...

A band of migrants brawled outside of a Midtown hotel in New York City where they were seen fighting with sticks, belts, bats, and even traffic cones. “At least a dozen asylum seekers squared off Sunday afternoon outside The Row hotel on Eighth Avenue, with one out-of-control migrant seen swinging a bat menacingly at the mob before one of the combatants is taken to the ground and pummeled by four others,” reported the New York Post.

The family of missing student Riley Strain says it has been shown unreleased surveillance video that captured him walking fast or “jogging” in the opposite direction of his hotel. Chris Whiteid, Strain’s stepfather, and Chris Dingman, a friend acting as the family spokesman, revealed that Metro Nashville Police on Sunday showed them the last known video of the University of Missouri student from the night of his disappearance. “We got to see him walking,” Whiteid told NewsNation in an interview that aired Thursday. “We got to see him kind of at a fast pace walk, almost a jog. And it...

President Biden was met with a few dozen anti-Israel protesters standing outside his hotel in Dallas, Texas, Thursday morning, threatening to withhold their votes if he doesn’t change his administration’s policies toward the Gaza Strip. The protesters held signs calling for a cease-fire between Israel and the terror group Hamas — which controls the 3-mile-wide Palestinian territory of Gaza — amid humanitarian concerns over Israel’s planned ground invasion of Rafah. They also held signs saying, “In November, we will remember,” alluding to the protest movement threatening to not vote for Biden in 2024. “If we don’t get no justice, you...

It took almost 20 torturous years to build the Fontainebleau Las Vegas and, when it finally opened, four executives left in the first month. In a town built on luck, those aren’t good odds. There are few Vegas projects as snakebitten as the Fontainebleau. What was supposed to be a towering spinoff of the Miami icon has turned into a nightmare for just about every owner who’s taken it on. Not even its grand opening on Dec. 13 could stop the barrage of bad press, from execs bailing to a viral $21 plate of six sad nacho chips. With this...

A Manhattan judge has ruled that legendary Eagles singer Don Henley can be questioned over an incident in 1980 in which a 16-year-old prostitute suffered a drug overdose in his Los Angeles home. The musician, 76, has accused memorabilia dealer Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski of stealing handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles' blockbuster 1976 album Hotel California. All three have been accused of trying to sell the materials, worth more than $1million, and lying to auction houses, prospective buyers and cops about how they obtained them between March 2012 and December 2016. Horowitz, 68, of Manhattan;...

Is this the grimmest hotel in Las Vegas? Customer reviews say Circus Circus is the biggest sin in the city after experiencing the 'nightmare' establishment this year. Guests claim their stays have been marred by dirty sheets, bedbug infestations, crumbling walls and crusty carpets at the 3,900-room Nevada hotel, which overlooks the Sphere.

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has inked a new emergency $76.69 million contract with the Hotel Association of New York City to provide “last resort” shelter to migrant families Fifteen hotels in Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx will make blocks of rooms available to asylum-seeking families for up to 28 days under the “vouchering program” running through July. “We’re not going to allow a child or family to sleep on the street,” Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday. The migrant crisis has been a boon to the hotel industry still emerging from loss of business during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

I stayed in a 3-bedroom suite at Trump's Ireland hotel that costs over $1,300 a night. It felt straight out of a fairytale. My family and I visited the Trump International Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland, for my cousin's wedding. The authentic Irish setting, amazing service, and luxury feel were impeccable. I thought the experience was worth every penny... Here's what staying at the hotel was like....

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he understands that discussions are “ongoing” between the owner of a Mayo hotel, that was due to house International Protection applicants, and the Department of Integration. A protest has been taking place this weekend outside the former JJ Gannon’s hotel on Ballinrobe’s Main Street in County Mayo. Protesters say they want assurances from the Department of Integration that plans to house 50 asylum seekers there will not proceed. Mr.Varadkar said he “totally” acknowledges that people locally have concerns and fears and that their fears must be allayed with communication and provided information. Speaking on RTÉ’s This...

A fire has broken out at a hotel in Galway that was due to host 70 asylum seekers from next Thursday. Images have emerged of Ross Lake House in Galway engulfed in flames in the incident, which happened late on Saturday evening. A spokesman for An Garda Síochána said gardaí are investigating the “criminal damage incident by fire”.