Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged hotels and online booking platforms to clearly outline their responsibilities in cases of reservation changes or refunds, after general complaints neared an annual average of 1,000 over the past three years. The Consumer Council also said on Monday that it had received 3,346 complaints about lodgings in the city…
The action falls under the ordinance’s wider enforcement strategy, which strengthens closure powers and penalties for repeat offences. / Credit: leungchopan via Shutterstock Hong Kong’s Home Affairs Department has intensified enforcement against unlicensed hotels and guesthouses and regulatory breaches by licensed club-houses in key urban districts. A five-day operation in December targeted non-compliant premises, reflecting…
Hong Kong police have charged a 36-year-old man with manslaughter after reclassifying a suspected drug-related death from last week as a more serious offence. A police spokesman said on Wednesday that officers had upgraded the case of a 24-year-old man found unconscious in a hotel room in Tsim Sha Tsui, charging the 36-year-old discovered in…
A hotel guest in central China died after the staff held on to life-saving medicine for five hours without delivering it, sparking heated online debate over the hotel’s responsibility. The 51-year-old man, surnamed Hu, was found dead in his room at a Yeste Hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, on November 20. Hu’s death confused his…
A hotel in China which offers a special morning call service that allows guests to play with a lion cub in their room has attracted much attention on social media. Videos of an employee showing a lion cub into a room at the Happy Countryside Resort in Niujiao Village in Suqian, eastern Jiangsu province, have…
Dressed in torn cargo trousers and beaten-up Vans, architectural designer and DIY influencer Ben Uyeda is stretched out by the pool in a rare moment of repose on a recent Tuesday evening at Reset, his new hotel in the city of 29 Palms in California. “This is the best time to watch the mountains,” he…
The new fee was introduced under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Trump on 4 July 2025. / Credit: Shutterstock AI Hotels across the United States are preparing for a potential drop in international visitors as a new $250 “visa integrity fee” is set to take effect on 1 October…
HONG KONG SAR / SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 August 2025 – Regent Hong Kong has been crowned the Best Hotel in Hong Kong 2025, earning the prestigious Best Brand Hotel title at this year’s Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas. This global recognition by Virtuoso’s network of elite travel agencies, advisors, and…
LONDON — Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party, said Tuesday that if he wins the next election he will leave the European Convention on Human Rights and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally, including children. Farage laid out his plans following a significant rise in migrants who arrive…
LONDON — Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over a holiday weekend as the government scrambled to deal with fallout from a court order that will force a hotel in a London suburb to evict asylum seekers. The ruling has created a headache for the government, which has…