After 74 years, the historic Brown Palace hotel is closing its Palace Arms restaurant. The regal restaurant tucked in the lobby of the downtown Denver hotel will hold its last dinner service on Saturday, May 4, and be closed until further notice, according to Brown Palace general manager Jana Smith. Smith said this is not … Read more
In a mad mix of game-show glitter and marketing flash, Airbnb is offering customers a chance to spend a night in a Paris museum, stay in houses mocked up to look like movie settings, or sleep surrounded by eight Ferrari racing cars. Those and other chimerical listings are part of a splashy new campaign by the short-term … Read more
Thousands of unionized hotel workers plan to stage a rally in nearly 20 cities on May 1 to demand significant pay raises ahead of contract negotiations with major chains. The talks with hotel operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt Hotels will cover about 40,000 workers who are seeking new contracts for the first time … Read more
Eight Colorado hotels won the new Michelin Keys on Wednesday, according to the Michelin Key hotel guide. Each of these Colorado hotels received one Michelin Key. Three of the winning hotels are in Denver — the Clayton Hotel and Members Club, Four Seasons Denver and the Crawford Hotel. Three hotels in Aspen — Hotel Jerome, … Read more
Denver is overhauling its approach to serving migrants in a major shift announced Wednesday — along with revised budget impact projections that will allow the city to roll back some cuts, including reduced hours at city recreation centers, in coming months. Mayor Mike Johnston said the city would discontinue the costly practice of sheltering newly … Read more
And intrusions don’t always happen on the day of checkout. I was recently lounging on a sunbed on my expensive hotel room’s veranda, listening to music with headphones, when a cleaner tapped my shoulder, asking whether I wanted the room attended to. This was despite the “Do not disturb” sign being displayed. 2 Check-in and … Read more
While most ski areas in Colorado have colorful pasts as mining towns, logging sites, ranches, farms or homesteads, none can boast a prehistory like that of Snowmass. Tens of thousands of years ago, mastodons, camels and giant sloths roamed what is now the ski resort’s base area. How do we know this? A 2010 excavation … Read more
More than 100 Disney hotel maintenance workers responsible for keeping the company’s luxe hotels up and running in southern California are suing the entertainment giant for allegedly paying them less than fast-food workers earn in the state and forcing them to moonlight at second jobs despite working overtime. “A ton of us have or had second jobs … Read more
Next come the huge white iron wrought gates of the Botanic Gardens, at the junction of Cluny and Holland roads, across from the British High Commission, on the tree-lined boulevard of Tanglin Road. Singapore’s Istana Woodneuk palace. Photo: Instagram/mandameus The iron gates of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Photo: Shutterstock Off Tanglin Road, smaller roads lead … Read more
The US hotel industry has been grappling with inadequate staffing and higher wages — and the problems are expected to push travel costs even higher than they already are. In 2024, hotels across the US are expected to collectively shell out $123 billion in compensation — up more than 20% from 2019, The Wall Street … Read more
