HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Theft

Porto Cervo: Hotel Safe Crime Wave Targets Italian Resorts, Saudi Princess

JetSetCD — 2009-08-10T12:04:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HotelSafe.jpg" class="top"> Watch you put in your hotel room safe in Italy this summer as a wave of high-profile robberies have taken place, with one becoming a diplomatic incident. This weekend, an unidentified Saudi princessperhaps the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5514600/Saudi-princess-runs-up-15-million-shopping-bill.html">same</a> who defaulted on all those shopping bills in Londonhad 15.6 million dollars worth of jewelry stolen from her hotel room safe. They actually took the whole safe, as it was only affixed to the wall with silicon, and they managed to do it in a period of ten minutes while everyone was at dinner. Although the hotel has been identified as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Colonna+Resort+Country+%26+Sporting+Club/ian/249967">Colonna Hotel</a> in Porto Cervo, one of the many Iti Resorts on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, we'd continue to

Las Vegas: Our iPod Was Stolen From Our Room at the MGM Grand

londontown — 2009-08-04T10:03:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/33752/mgm_room.jpg" class="top"> We spent a few days last week hopping between Vegas hotels that wed booked through <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotwire">Hotwire</a>. We landed the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/MGM+Grand+Hotel+And+Casino/local/69">MGM Grand</a> for our second night in Sin City, which we were very excited about. And although we got zilch in the way of upgrades and vouchers at check-in, we rather liked our room it was a little old-looking, but it had a pretty super view of mountains and McCarran airport. We could have watched the planes coming in all day. Unluckily for us, as it turned out, we didnt. We went out instead. And, because we were a bit nervous of being mobbed by drunk people, just as we were going out the door,

Dallas: Guest Takes Off With Not-So-Free Swag From Fairmont Dallas

Jenna — 2009-04-14T16:13:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/fairmontdallassuite.jpg" class="top"> We don't condone stealing, and we would never consider stealing anything (well, anything except hearts, that is), but we have to ask: is it actually much, much easier than we think it is to steal from a hotel? Check this out: police are currently investigating a pretty serious theft that went down at the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Dallas/ian/115786">Fairmont Dallas</a>, where a guest apparently took off with two plasma TV's and a coffee maker from her hotel room without anyone really noticing. According to the <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/041509dnmetfairmont.d02a2245.html">Dallas Morning News</a>: <blockquote> The Fairmont hotel, located at 1717 North Akard St., reported this morning the theft of two 36-inch, LG plasma televisions and a coffee maker, Dallas police said. A woman

Hotel News Briefs :: More Hotel Deals Are On The Horizon

juliana — 2008-09-16T16:56:04-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hc_reader_deals.jpg" class="imgborder">There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.· <a href="http://www.elliott.org/blog/hotel-bargains-are-just-a-few-months-away/">Hotel Deals Will Be Coming Fast and Furious</a>: So says Chris Elliott who has been looking at the downward trend of occupancy rates. [Elliott.Org] · <a href="http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9019411">Lady Dupes a GOP Delegate</a>: Much like the businessman at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/12/11947/3977/hotels/Businessmen_at_the_Beverly_Hills_Hotel_Beware_of_Sexy_Ladies">Beverly Hills Hotel</a>, a GOP delegate says he was drugged by a woman he took back to his room at the posh <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lc+Hotel+Ivy/ian/265284">Hotel Ivy</a>. The woman then made off with $50,000 worth of personal items.[WKBT]· <a href="http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19870&Itemid=4">Hotel Indigo en Miami</a>:

Beverly Hills: Businessmen at the Beverly Hills Hotel Beware of Sexy Ladies

juliana — 2008-09-12T11:14:41-05:00

Oh noes! Our favorite place on earth, the Pink Palace--aka The Beverly Hills Hotel--was the scene of a crime!

Beverly Hills police are looking for a white woman with black hair, in her mid-20s who speaks with a strong European accent. The police believe she may have drugged a businessman staying at the hotel on Aug. 15 and made off with his Rolex, his Louis Vuitton wallet and other pricey items, all together worth $35,000.

Not so surprisingly, the man met the suspect in the hotel's bar about a half-hour before closing time. After a drink, he suggested she go back to his room with him. The woman agreed. And you know what happened next.