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California Bans Hotels from Using Tiny Plastic Bottles
Hotels in Calif. will have to stop giving guests small plastic shampoo bottles under a new law set to take effect starting in 2023.
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Hotel Investor Claims Trump Evaded Taxes in Panama
The majority owner of a former Trump-branded hotel in Panama alleged in a court filing on Monday that the U.S. president’s company misrepresented finances of the building to evade taxes in the country. A filing in New York federal court by property owner Orestes Fintiklis alleges that President Donald Trump’s hotel management company evaded income and social security taxes...
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Hotel Investor Claims Trump Evaded Taxes in Panama
The majority owner of a former Trump-branded hotel in Panama alleged in a court filing on Monday that the U.S. president’s company misrepresented finances of the building to evade taxes in the country. A filing in New York federal court by property owner Orestes Fintiklis alleges that President Donald Trump’s hotel management company evaded income and social security taxes...
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Popular Q&A Site Quora Says Hackers Stole Information on 100 Million Users
Quora, the popular question-and-answer website, said Monday evening that hackers broke into one of its systems and compromised information from approximately 100 million users. CEO Adam D’Angelo said in a blog post the company discovered last week that a malicious third party had gained unauthorized access to one of its systems. Account information, including names, email addresses and encrypted passwords,...
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Marriott Says Data Breach Compromised Info of Approximately 500 Million Starwood Guests
A security breach inside Marriott’s worldwide hotel empire has compromised the information of as many as 500 million guests, exposing in some cases credit card numbers, passport numbers and birthdates, the company said Friday. Alarming security analysts, Marriott said that unauthorized access to data at former Starwood hotels and that company’s reservation system has been taking place since 2014. It...
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Marriott Hotels Eliminating Plastic Straws by 2019
Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year. The world’s largest hotel company said Wednesday that the move will eliminate approximately 1 billion straws and 250 million stirrers by July 2019. Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott says the year-long timeframe will let hotels deplete their existing supplies and...
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Lawyer: Florida Hotel Valet Gave His $300,000 Ferrari to Wrong Man
James “Skip” Fowler parked his yellow 458 Italia Spider outside the Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club last July 27 while attending a lawyer’s convention in St. Petersburg.
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Officials Confirm Dock Security Prevented Irma-Stranded People From Boarding Marriott Ferry
U.S. Virgin Islands officials on Thursday confirmed dock security in hurricane-ravaged St. Thomas prevented more than two dozen stranded people from boarding a ferry set to carry 600 Marriott customers to Puerto Rico.
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Carnival Aims to Launch Miami to Cuba Cruises in May
The world’s largest cruise company could be heading to Cuba.