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At least 3 killed, 7 wounded in blast at hotel in Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and seven wounded on Monday in an explosion at a hotel in southeast Afghanistan's Khost province, the province's media office said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear though the region, near the border with Pakistan, has long been plagued by violence between Islamist militants and their enemies.

LA Hotel Owners Forced to Rent to Homeless Instead of Tourists

Officials say that hotel owners are breaking city law - The Los Angeles Housing Department announced this week that 17 owners of residential hotels in the city have received warnings over letting out rooms to tourists, highlighting that they are breaking city law if the rooms aren’t being rented out to city residents instead.

The doors of history are open at The Watergate Hotel’s Scandal Room

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Wednesday will be the 49th anniversary of the only time in the history of the United States that a sitting President resigned from office. In less than two years after winning 49 states in the 1972 Presidential election, the Presidency of Richard Nixon was ended because of the break-in of The Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate. The Watergate Hotel allows you to take an up close and personal look at the room where it all started. “The Scandal Room” was where G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt oversaw the break-in.

Biden has called for hotels to make major changes.

Hilton makes a change across all its brands guests will love. At a time when so many chains are making cuts, this one has actually decided to improve something that's a problem for a lot of customers.

A Latin American restaurant in Toronto has permanently closed its doors, after a customer alleged they were punched by the restaurant's manager.

La Latina, located at 150 Eglinton Ave. E., offered an extensive menu full of South American dishes and smoked meats, as well as an eclectic space for live entertainment. The restaurant opened in a former Copacabana space in the Yonge and Eglinton area, and was backed by the same people behind the Brazilian rodizio (all-you-can-eat) steakhouse.

Hilton's first Tempo hotel opens in Times Square

NEW YORK — The energy at the newly opened Tempo by Hilton Times Square hotel here at 1568 Broadway matched that of its bustling surrounds on Tuesday, as the property's grand opening attracted a throng of Hilton executives, owner and development partners and hospitality and tourism stakeholders from across the city.