Author: Kim Hatton

Hilton trials Ozone Laundry System

Hilton hotels seem committed to going that extra step in their CSR strategy. Not content with simply asking you to hang up your towels if you don’t want them washed that day, Hilton have been testing an Ozone Laundry...

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Prague airport has bad rep for prices

Prague Airport has had a bad reputation for a while now because of taxi drivers routinely ripping off tourists. They’ve been trying to fix that and attempts have been made to standardise fares to/from the airport. The...

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Thomas Pink concept for Heathrow

The Thomas Pink concept store due to open in T5 in March should be interesting.  As well as selling Thomas Pink merchandise of course, the store will have a mineral water bar in the centre where you can sip on the latest...

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Pay for a Hotel Pillow Fight

You have to give the Ritz-Charlton points for being innovative.  They have all the standard rose-petal baths, butlers etc.  Now they’ve come up with a new idea to create family togetherness.  This one is “Pillow...

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Test market hotel rooms

In an interesting move, the Courtyard Newark (part of the Marriott brand) has created an “X-room” which contains the new hotel technologies and gadgets of the future.  Its essentially a research project where new...

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Vietnam may legalise gambling

Vietnam is apparently considering the possibility of legalising different forms of gambling.  The ministries of Finance, and Planning & Investment, are drafting legal documents to submit to the government for...

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