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Hotel News Briefs :: What, Like You've Never Seen a $500K Hotel Bill Before?

October 8, 2008 at 5:31 PM | 0 Comments

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.

· AIG's $500K St. Regis Bill: Ever wonder what a $500,000 hotel bill looks like? What, you've never seen one? The Smoking Gun has AIG's folio from their sweet little "corporate retreat." [Smoking Gun]

· World's Tallest Building Will Have a Hotel: The tallest building in the world -- currently being constructed in Dubai, of course -- will stand more than a kilometer high and will have about 250,000 square meters of hotel space. [HNN]

· The Chicago Ritz Hearts American Girl: A Chicago Sun-Times walked into the insane world of American Girl -- as seen through the eyes of a Ritz-Carlton guest. Mini-cookies and extra chairs for the dolls are involved. Beware. [Chicago Sun-Times]

· MGM Grand Text Message Offers: The MGM Grand Twitter is telling us that texting MGMOFFERS to 646629 is gonna score us some deals on our cellies. [Twitter]

· Pics of the Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca: NewYorkology posted some awesome pics of the interior of the Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca, set to open later this month. [NYology]