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Hotel News Briefs :: Meth Backpack Falls From Hotel Ceiling

August 19, 2008 at 5:00 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.

· Ultimate Meth Hotel Hell: A woman in Pensacola, Florida had a black backpack fall from the ceiling of her hotel room. Inside it? A portable meth lab. Oy. [AP News]

Beijing Hotels Still Empty: While swimming and NBC Olympics ratings probably had their best Olympics ever, Beijing hotels still are suffering. [BusinessWeek]

· Excalibur Goes Electronic: While the outside of the Excalibur Hotel & Casino still looks like bad interpretation of medieval fantasy, inside the poker rooms are going electronic! [Fox Business]

· Hotel Dorms Get Student Desks: Colorado State University has a shortage of housing for its frosh class so it's putting a few of them in hotels and giving them student desks. [Pueblo Chieftain]

· Element Heads to (Outside of) LA: An Element hotel will open in Palmdale, Calif. Yeah, we'll never go there either. [Green Meeting]