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Vanguard Personality of the Year: Ngozi Kekwaru, The true Nigerian hero

In a clime where high poverty level is mostly used to justify certain societal ills, Miss Ngozi Kekwaru proved the proponents of such wrong. In July last year, Kekwaru, a staff of Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, found and returned 70,000 dollars to a guest at the hotel.

Minnesota mother drowns crying child in Bloomington hotel

Esperanza Rae Harding, Bloomington, Minnesota mother drowns crying child cause she couldn’t enjoy taking her bath. Boyfriend Edwin Trudeau is charged for aiding after the fact. 7 month old baby boy id as Mateo Harding.

MGM Hotels Are Now Bookable with Marriott Points

The new Marriott-MGM partnership is finally live. MGM Resorts announced its switch to the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program back in July 2023 after dropping World of Hyatt. Eight months later, MGM properties are now available to book through the Marriott Bonvoy reservations system, meaning members can earn or redeem points for stays.

Roderic O’Gorman rules out ‘dual use’ of D Hotel in Drogheda for asylum seekers and tourists over child safety concerns

Mr O’Gorman has definitively ruled out the so-called dual use proposal in a letter to public representatives in Louth that was issued on Saturday afternoon. The dual use proposal had been floated by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last month in response to local concerns about the D Hotel in the Louth town being used entirely to accommodate asylum seekers, stripping Drogheda of more than half of its tourist beds.

Skier dies after falling into tree well at B.C. resort: police

A 76-year-old man has died after falling into a tree well at Red Mountain Resort in British Columbia's Interior, police say. RCMP say they received reports around 3:30 p.m. PT on Tuesday of a man in critical condition at the resort just outside Rossland, around 150 kilometres southeast of Kelowna, B.C.

Swiss scandal sparks crackdown on unruly farangs in Thailand

The scandal involving a Swiss man assaulting a Thai doctor in Phuket prompted authorities to initiate a massive crackdown on illegal foreigners and farangs behaving badly in Thailand. In total, nearly 30 foreigners were arrested during the past weeks.

Swiftie Sisters' Sydney Nightmare: Dream Trip Ends in Hotel Theft After Taylor Swift Concert

Kiwi sisters Jess and Hayley McLellan's exhilarating experience at Taylor Swift's Sydney concert quickly turned into a harrowing ordeal. After attending the highly anticipated Eras Tour show at Accor Stadium, they returned to their hotel room at Palms Hotel in Chullora, only to become victims of a stealthy theft. The incident not only marred their dream trip but also left them feeling vulnerable and violated.

Badal family looted crores of people of Punjab for personal benefits, rules tweaked to build Sukhvilas hotel

Bhagwant Mann says Badals stole over Rs.100 crores from exchequer in shape of tax waivers for their hotel. Slamming the Badal family for looting crores of Rupees from the state for personal benefits, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday said that Akali-BJP alliance government had tweaked rules to favour the Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal for construction of Sukhvilas Hotel.

California ski resort workers tunnel their way into work after getting 10 feet of snow - Skiers and snowboarders had been lining up since the weekend for what were considered to be epic conditions of deep powder at some California ski resorts

Going to the office has been no small feat for Jon Slaughter’s marketing team at Sugar Bowl, requiring the employees to dig down several feet and then tunnel through to the front door after a powerful blizzard dumped more than 10 feet of snow on the Northern California ski resort.