Remember last week when it came out that the Crowne Plaza Secaucus was charged with dumping sewage waste into the New Jersey Meadowlands. Yeah, we were trying to forget about it ourselves but Intercontinental Hotel Group has sent us an official statement about the yucky situation.

IHG wanted to reiterate that the hotel is a franchised property that is independently owned and operated. However, just because IHG does not own the hotel, doesn't mean they don't care about the un-environmentally friendly practices that go on there. ]]> juliana 2009-09-10T12:18:50-05:00 40.7942215 -74.069948 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/2/232538/2896 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/crowneplazasecaucus.jpg" class="top"><p> We were born and raised in the Garden State and it's always been understood that Secaucus just smells bad. Imagine bringing your boyfriend home to meet your family and a few minutes after you leave Newark Airport, he's assaulted by a pungent stench in the air. Nervously, you tell him: "Oh that's just Secaucus. It always smells like that. Out where we live, it doesn't smell at all." Then you continue to blame Secaucus for any other bad smells he encounters in New Jersey. <p>But it's true. Secaucus has always smelled bad, due to the landfills in the area and decades of environmental abuse that the marshlands have suffered. Fortunately, in recent years there's been a large juliana 2009-09-03T09:46:54-05:00 40.7942215 -74.069948 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/