#Times Square Margaritaville with pool to open amid COVID pandemic

#Times Square Margaritaville with pool to open amid COVID pandemic

“#Times Square Margaritaville with pool to open amid COVID pandemic” Musician and businessman Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Resort empire is coming to Manhattan and, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, plans to open in Times Square late this spring.  Initially set to open in fall 2020, the new Midtown leisure behemoth will feature: 234 guest rooms, 4,861-square-feet…

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#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

“#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19” The COVID-19 pandemic has been hell on New York’s tourism-heavy hotel industry. New data released by the Department of City Planning showed 146 of the city’s 705 hotels have closed — or 20 percent. The closures account for 42,030 or one-third of the city’s 128,000…

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#Hotels want to roll out Covid-19 vaccines

#Hotels want to roll out Covid-19 vaccines

“#Hotels want to roll out Covid-19 vaccines” Hotels want in on the nationwide vaccine rollout. The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the industry’s largest trade group representing 3.2 million rooms, sent a letter to the Biden-Harris Transition Team on Thursday asking to be included in the US’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout program. Touting its ability to…

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#Connecticut cops charged over on-duty hotel rendezvous

#Connecticut cops charged over on-duty hotel rendezvous

“#Connecticut cops charged over on-duty hotel rendezvous” A pair of Connecticut cops who were busted together inside a Norwalk hotel room while on duty are now facing criminal charges. But police won’t say why. Officers Sara Laudano, 31, and Michael Dimeglio, 38, were suspended after they were nabbed inside the Even Hotel on Oct. 10…

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#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell

#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell

“#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell” These resorts used to host people’s dream vacations — but now they’re the stuff of nightmares. In the new photo book “Abandoned Resorts of the Northeast” by Rusty Tagliareni and Christina Mathews (Arcadia Publishing, out November 9), former bustling vacation hot spots such as Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel,…

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#Roosevelt Hotel site attracting developers

#Roosevelt Hotel site attracting developers

“#Roosevelt Hotel site attracting developers” Last week’s news that the historic Roosevelt Hotel was closing had New Yorkers teary-eyed and developers drooling. The historic, nearly 100-year-old Roosevelt announced on Oct. 12 that it would be checking out for good at the end of the month because it could no longer survive the pandemic. Longtime owner Pakistan…

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#Cuomo and de Blasio are killing everything nice in NYC

#Cuomo and de Blasio are killing everything nice in NYC

“#Cuomo and de Blasio are killing everything nice in NYC” Grim signs keep piling up of the toll the Cuomo-de Blasio lockdown policies are taking on New York. The iconic Roosevelt Hotel will close after nearly a century; the owners’ spokesman says they have “no plans for the building beyond the scheduled closing.” Heartbreaking: The…

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