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Why Americans fell out of love with the hotel minibar

Travel NewsJune 29, 20253Views
Once synonymous with indulgent late-night snacks, hotel minibars were a hallmark of convenience for travelers in the 1990s and the early aughts. But that is not longer the case. The hotel minibar concept went global in 1974, when a Hilton in Hong Kong stocked its in-room fridges with tiny liquor bottles inspired by airline bar…
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Best and Worst Hotel Booking Sites for 2025

First, it helps to understand the playing field. There are basically three types of websites that people can use to find hotels: OTAs (online travel agencies); the hotels’ own websites, which may offer special member deals OTAs can’t match; and aggregators, or meta-search engines, which don’t actually handle reservations, but trawl both OTAs and hotel…
January 3, 202545Views
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A New Hotel Above a Levitating Broadway Theatre

The Tempo by Hilton New York Times Square's birth might have been complicated and steeped in drama, but the resulting hotel is remarkably simple in its intentions and design. It's not loaded down with pretension, velvet-rope restaurants, spas, or even significant lounge areas. Essentially, the common areas amount to a modest 11th-floor lobby situated…
May 3, 2024199Views