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Nebraska Settles with Hilton Hotels to End Hidden Fees - “Drip pricing,” is a practice many hotel chains and online travel agencies engage in, where they gradually disclose fees to consumers as they proceed through the booking process

Nebraska has reached another settlement with a major hotel chain to end a deceptive practice referred to as “drip pricing.”. Customers often don’t learn the total price of their booking—room rate plus mandatory fees—until the last page in their online booking, or sometimes until they check into the hotel.

Infosys Techie Killed At Hotel Near Pune, Boyfriend Seen On CCTV Arrested - The incident took place at a Oyo hotel in Pimpri Chinchwad's Hinjewari area

A software engineer working with Infosys was shot dead Saturday night at a hotel on Pune outskirts, police have said. The woman's boyfriend has been arrested for allegedly murdering her, and a pistol recovered from him. The incident took place at a Oyo hotel in Pimpri Chinchwad's Hinjewari area. After police received information about a firing incident, they reached the hotel and recovered the woman's body. The body was on the floor and blood stains were found in the room.

Strike to affect hotel, restaurant and supermarket chains in Finland in early February - Covering tens of thousands of employees, the 24-hour strike will start at midnight and end at 11.59pm on 1 February

SERVICE UNION UNITED (PAM) on Wednesday announced its decision to hold a series of strikes at hotels, restaurants, retail shops, service stations and cleaning and real estate companies in early February. “PAM sees no choice but to demonstrate and stage a political strike to plead with the government to amend the negative changes it intends to implement,” commented Annika Rönni-Sällinen, the chairperson at PAM.

BIWTC engineer found dead at Dhaka hotel - An executive engineer of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation was found dead at a hotel in the capital’s Naya Paltan area

An executive engineer of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation was found dead at a hotel in the capital’s Naya Paltan area early Wednesday. The deceased was Md Abbas Uddin, 50. He was the executive engineer of the BIWTC’s Chattogram Sadarghat and a resident of Cumilla’s Muradnagar upazila.

Hotel employees sue Atmos, A group of eight employees and two family members are suing the owners of the Sandman Signature hotel along with gas utility company Atmos Energy over an explosion that rocked downtown Fort Worth.

The group claims gross negligence was responsible for the explosion that injured 21 people on Jan. 8. They are looking for redress of their trauma and to get questions answered about what happened, said Matt Greenberg, an attorney with Houston-based Zehl & Associates representing the group. Some of the plaintiffs have alleged they smelled gas for at least an 90 minutes before the explosion, he said.

Teen dies after falling from chairlift at Quebec ski resort, investigators looking into cause - Quebec police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old following a Friday night fall from a ski lift in the town of Morin-Heights

Quebec police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old following a Friday night fall from a ski lift in the town of Morin-Heights, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Sgt. Catherine Bernard says police were called to the local ski resort at around 10 p.m. for an incident involving a teen.

Liverpool FC's owner's wife's escape from Iceland volcano earthquake - Linda Pizzuti reveals terrifying moment she was woken by tremor, evacuated hotel with her son then flew out as lava fountained below

The wife of Liverpool FC owner John W Henry has revealed the terrifying moment she was woken by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Linda Pizzuti Henry posted videos and several pictures of the disaster on social media after the eruption and the resulting '160ft fountains of lava' caused her to flee with her son Xander.

Sheriff’s Report - Summit County man arrested for exposing himself at Kimball Junction hotel

Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a Kimball Junction hotel over the weekend after a man was reported to be behaving obscenely. A guest staying at the Holiday Inn Hotel said the 60-year-old Summit County man was exposing himself on Sunday in the pool area, according to a shift report. Deputies approached the man, who was sitting in a pool chair wearing nothing but a towel.

TWO hotel officials are facing charges before the Pasig City Metropolitan trial court for not giving the mandated 20 percent discount to a senior citizen

In a 22-page resolution dated December 21, 2023, the Pasig City Prosecutors Office filed charges against Lily Te Pedrosa and Angel Co for allegedly violating the Senior Citizen’s Law and Consumer Act of the Philippines. Pedrosa and Co are the Senior Vice President and Finance Director, respectively, of Marco Polo Hotel-Ortigas, a 5-star hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City.

Cancun officers fired for stealing ‘valuable objects’ during police search operation - The two officers were part of a police operation in early December that lead to the search of a Cancun hotel

During the search, one minor was removed from the hotel and one adult male arrested. During the operation, both Cancun police officers were seen removing “valuable objects” from the room. Esmeralda “N” and Sofía “N” were separated from their positions Thursday after being captured on surveillance cameras stealing items during the December 7, 2023 police search operation.

Mother and child die in avalanche after temperatures fell to -20C and their skis were blown away - The pair, who were not from Lapland, were heading for a local hotel

A mother and her child have died after being caught in an avalanche in northern Finland, after temperatures dropped to -20C and the wind blew their skis away, police have said. The woman, who has not been named, was found on Tuesday at 10pm local time, buried in an avalanche in the Pyhakuru Valley in Finnish Lapland, close to the border with Sweden.

Albanian Officials Spent Thousands in Trump Hotel, US Report Shows - Albanian government attempted to influence then US President Donald Trump by spending heftily in a hotel he owned

A report from the US Committee on Oversight and Accountability says the Albanian government attempted to influence then US President Donald Trump by spending heftily in a hotel he owned. Between 2017 and 2020, Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama, his advisors and the former minister of Infrastructure, Damian Gjiknuri, spent some $6,000 US while staying at the Trump International hotel in Washington DC, owned by then US President Donald Trump.