Ex-Kardashian Bodyguard Faces Suit Over Paris Robbery
The insurer that paid out more than $6.1 million to Kim Kardashian West for a 2016 robbery brought negligence claims Wednesday against the reality star’s former bodyguard.
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Trump Seeks to Hold Control of DC Hotel Against Lawsuit
An attorney for President Trump urged a federal judge Tuesday to give his client immunity from a lawsuit claiming that his job as president gives his swanky hotel in the nation’s capital an unfair advantage over local businesses.
Read more1 Dead, 11 Injured in Scaffolding Collapse at Madrid Hotel
Scaffolding at a luxury hotel undergoing renovation in central Madrid collapsed on Tuesday, killing one construction worker and injuring at least 11 others, an official said.
Read moreAppeals Court Sides With Coastal Commission on Beach Hotel Project
A state appeals court has upheld the California Coastal Commission’s decision to require affordable accommodations in connection to a proposed 175-room hotel on the San Diego Bay.
Read moreAssault & Battery
A 70-year-old man claims in court that NFL player Bruce William Miller beat him unconscious and beat up his developmentally disabled son two years ago, in the mistaken belief that he was entitled to the room at the co-defendant San Francisco Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf hotel in which they had been sleeping.
Read moreHotel Heist
Two months after accusing Sahara US of breaching a contract to sell it majority shares in The Plaza on Fifth Avenue and the The Dream Hotel Downtown, United Capital Real Estate Development Corp. wants a restraining order to keep Q Hotel New York from swooping in on the deal.
Read moreThomas Cook Takes Its Guests Out of Egypt Hotel After 2 Died
Tour operator Thomas Cook is evacuating all of its customers from a hotel in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada after two Britons died there this week under unclear circumstances.
Read moreNYC Merchants House Rebukes Landmark Commission
Contesting plans to build a new hotel in the East Village, the nonprofit responsible for the Old Merchants House says in court that the development deal threatens “a veritable time capsule” of 19th century New York City life.
Read moreMaryland Judge Advances Emoluments Suit Against Trump
One of several emoluments clause challenges faced by President Donald Trump received lift-off Wednesday with a federal judge finding that Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standing to sue.
Read moreJudge Halts Trump Arbitration Claims in Panama Hotel Case
After two hours of oral arguments Thursday afternoon, a federal judge ruled from the bench to temporarily block Trump International Hotels from pursuing claims in international arbitration court against the owners of a former Trump hotel.
Read moreTop Hotels Accused of Manipulating Search Results
A class of guests claims six hotel chains entered into an illegal and anticompetitive agreement to eliminate competing hotels from search engine results and freeze out online travel agencies like Priceline and Expedia.
Read morePanama Police in Riot Gear Enter, Leave Trump Hotel
Police in helmets and bulletproof vests have entered and then left the Trump luxury hotel in Panama at the center of a management dispute.
Read moreTrump Officials Fight Eviction From Panama Hotel They Manage
One of President Donald Trump’s family businesses is battling an effort to physically evict its team of executives from a luxury hotel in Panama where they manage operations, and police have been called to keep the peace, The Associated Press has learned. Witnesses told the AP they saw Trump’s executives carrying files to a room for shredding.
Read morePutting On the Ritz: Paris Hotel Auctions Luxury Pieces
From bathtubs to beds, decorative sofas to minibars, Paris’s glitzy Ritz hotel is auctioning off some 10,000 pieces of furniture and decorative objects emblematic of the luxury it offers its wealthy clients.
Read more‘Games of Thrones’-Themed Ice Hotel Opens in Finland
A “Game of Thrones”-themed ice hotel complete with a bar and a chapel for weddings has opened in northern Finland in a joint effort by a local hotel chain and the U.S. producers of the hit TV series.
Read moreInvestors in Trump Panama Hotel Detail ‘Gross Mismanagement’
An investment group that has balked at the “objectively horrific mismanagement” of the Trump Panama Hotel claims in a federal complaint that the president’s business empire is trying to bully them into arbitration.
Read morePolice Hunt for Jewels, Thieves After Ritz Robbery in Paris
Paris police have recovered some jewels stolen from the Ritz Hotel in a dramatic heist, but are still searching Thursday for two thieves and the rest of the missing luxury merchandise.
Read moreWashington State Says Motel 6 Gave Guest Registries to ICE Agents
The Washington State Attorney General sued the Motel 6 hotel chain Wednesday, claiming it gave guest lists to federal immigration officials who targeted guests with Hispanic-sounding last names.
Read moreBahamas Developer Cries Fraud Over Chinese Construction Job
A Bahamas-based company accused a Chinese firm of perpetrating “one of the largest construction-based frauds in this hemisphere,” in a lawsuit that centers around a multibillion-dollar resort complex.
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