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Hotel Sick Strikes Hilton Dulles Airport

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 13869 Park Center Rd [map], Herndon, VA, United States, 20171
January 19, 2007 at 11:36 AM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Be careful if you are headed to this DC-area Hilton. A case of norovirus that caused 100 people to fall ill, has forced the Hilton at Dulles Aiport to shut down until Tuesday, while cleaning crews work to sanitize the building.

Health officials in Fairfax County, Va., said guests at the hotel started getting sick Tuesday. Officials said 90 guests and 10 hotel workers began to experience very sudden and intense gastrointestinal symptoms. The hotel contacted Fairfax County's health department and a field team was dispatched to the hotel.

The likely culprit? Improper hand-washing. Ewww....

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Business Traveler makes money while on the company dime

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 13101 Worldgate Drive [map], Herndon, VA, United States, 20170
August 17, 2004 at 2:16 PM | by markj | 0 Comments

[Publisher's Note: While we do not condone lying, which figured heavily in this business traveler's story, we do condone fighting like hell when a hotel tells you your prepaid room is suddenly not available to you.  Any GM who is thinking of pulling this s**t should immediately read this story.  The following story comes to us from a HotelChatter member who convinced Marriott to pay them for their troubles!  Impressive.]

When I head to Washington DC, I stay at the Herndon, VA Marriot "Worldgate" .  This is a great hotel for the Reston area. Large "suite" rooms, fast high speed access, indoor pool and Jacuzzi, access to a full gym. The past couple times I've tried to stay there, I've been getting in on the late Oak-IAD Jet Blue flight so I've been sure to guarantee the room by paying in advance.  

However, during a recent trip to Reston I showed up at the Marriott after 11:30PM and was told that there had been a conflict with my reservation.   The "conflict" was that the Marriott did not have an available room for me.

Their solution, which had a distinct backroom feel, was this:  

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