Hotel 'won't be a burden on taxpayers'
Christchurch developer Dave Henderson says his Hotel So will not cause the taxpayer financial agony.Henderson, with companies in receivership after trouble at the funky Cashel Street hotel, borrowed more than $20 million from...
Cheap Gourmet Chow for Cal Football Fans
The Golden Bears are playing Davis tomorrow in Berkeley, and FIVE Bistro & Bar in the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is launching a new all-day happy-hour program that runs from 10 a.m. to closing time on every Cal Bears game day. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
A hotel room with a back problem
Call it a budget-traveller's maxim: if you can afford the hotel, the room is likely to be less than comfortable.
Last Minute: Ideas for cheap, easy things to do the weekend of Sept. 3-6
Some easy, cheap ideas for getting out of the house the weekend of Sept. 3-6
Cheap seats: How to bag bargain tickets
Follow these tips to enjoy the best entertainment in Sydney for the lowest price, writes Bronwyn Thompson.
Hyatt O'Hare workers stage one-day strike
Hundreds of workers at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont walked off the job this morning, staging a one-day strike to protest understaffing and the lack of a new contract.The hotel has been "chronically understaffed" for months, said Annemarie Strassel, spokeswoman for Unite-Here Local 450, which represents roughly 400 housekeeping and bellmen, convention service and banquet workers at the ...
The Bargain Hunter: BA's global flights sale
Earlier this week, British Airways announced what it has dubbed the 'Great Big Sale': an imaginatively titled selection for savings on global flights and hotel stays.
The Apples In Stereo
Robert Schneider doesn't need to impress anyone. His indie rock legacy as a founding member of the Elephant 6 collective and as producer of Neutral Milk Hotel's In An Aeroplane Over The Sea is looking pretty damn solid.
The Many Iterations of William Shatner
The strange and multifarious career of an actor who always seems to be with us.
Blaze landlords fined
THE owners of a cheap rental property opposite the Normanby Hotel have been stung $26,000 for breaking fire safety regulations after a blaze earlier this year.