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Footage shows a huge fire engulfing a newly built water park in Gothenburg, Sweden. Twelve people were sent to hospital for minor injuries, and police say one person is currently missing.

The Renaissance Newark Airport hotel is informing guests that there is Legionella bacteria in samples collected from its water system, which they learned after two reports of guests contracting Legionnaire’s Disease following stays on property. They continue to take guests, but are telling people not to shower. The hotel is working to “chemically treat the water and swiftly implement a plan to permanently disinfect the hotel’s water system to kill any remaining Legionella and prevent more from growing.”

A welfare expert informed a Knesset panel on Tuesday that an Israeli girl residing in a hotel designated for evacuees from settlements was subjected to sexual assault by an Israeli man who also lived in the same hotel. Israeli media reported that the revelation occurred during a special session addressing high rates of instances of sexual and physical abuse involving women and minors evacuated to hotels following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) is said to be close to commencing construction on the hotel tower for Wynn Al Marjan Island in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Wynn’s minority interest in the venture reduces its financial exposure, meaning it’s not on the hook for the entire $4 billion. The property on Al-Marjan Island is being developed with local partners Marjan LLC and RAK Hospitality Holding LLC.

Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of Finland in 2018, Bob W touts itself as a “tech-enabled hospitality operator,” with some 3,000 “aparthotels” offered for rent in 17 cities across Europe, including Amsterdam, Athens, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Helsinki.

A boss wrote into the subreddit r/hotels with a question about etiquette and recourse surrounding a mistake made by a big-name hotel that affected two of his employees while on a trip.

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