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Guests Behaving Badly Teams Up With Booking Site Down Under

You might remember a couple of years back when we let you know about the Australian Guests Behaving Badly database. It's a website where member hotels can report anti-social and destructive hotel guests and share their names with other hotels so they can avoid having the kind of guests that no hotel really wants.

Guests Behaving Badly has now gone one step further and has announced a partnership with the Ubid4rooms website, an Australian hotel bidding site a bit similar to Priceline.

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Tags: Celebrity Scoop / Randy Quaid / Hotel Blacklists / Hotel Crime / Santa Barbara Hotels / → All Tags

Randy Quaid and Wife May or May Not Have Stiffed The San Ysidro Ranch

Where: 900 San Ysidro Lane [map], Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 93108

Two things are for certain concerning the reports that former? actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi were arrested for allegedly stiffing the San Ysidro Ranch in Calif, out of a nearly $6,000 hotel bill. One, Randy and Evi are most likely crazy. They posed for their mugshots like it was a Facebook profile photo shoot and then scribbled off some letter to TMZ about how they in fact did pay the bill. Two, TMZ got way too excited about their mugshots.

But we still aren't sure if they actually did skip out on their hotel bill on August 20th. TMZ says the couple have done this sort of thing before at the Hotel Bel-Air but Evi sent a copy of a cashier's check they sent to the hotel with the amount requested. She also said:

I promise the state of California, Texas does not bother people over hamburgers ordered by room service, supposedly burglarized."

Um...ok. Either way, the duo have posted bail and are free to check into new hotels now. But we're not so sure hotels will be eager to accept them now. Remember, hotels do have a blacklist.

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Princess Hides from Creditors at the Four Seasons George V

Where: 31 Ave George V, Paris, France, 75008

This lady has some balls. Princess Maha al-Sudairi, the wife of Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, charged nearly $24 million dollars at Paris' luxury fashion houses over a year-long period but decided not to pay up and then claimed diplomatic immunity from inside her suite at the Four Seasons George V hotel.

Why the Four Seasons? Well, it's partly owned by her nephew, Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, so she's sure to get a good Friends and Family discount on that $4,000 a night rate.

But seeking refuge in a family-owned hotel still could not prevent a court bailiff from showing up and threatening to seize her things. According to the BBC, a check was promptly made out for $125,000 to a clothing chain Key Largo after the bailiff arrived. Yet the Princess still has a lot more moolah to dole out. Including debts owed to the swank Hotel Crillon. We're guessing Parisian hotels now have her name on their black list.

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Is Nicole Richie On the Hard Rock Hotel's Blacklist?

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

[UPDATE: Andy Dick most definitely is on the hotel's blacklist if this report is true.]

We can't truly believe a place as loose at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas would have a blacklist but if they do, then Nicole Richie could be on it.

TMZ is reporting that the new mama was thrown out of the hotel after fighting with another chick in the valet line on Saturday night/early Sunday at 1am. The fight was apparently so out of control that security had to be called in to escort her out.

While, we would love to believe Nicole still had some bad-ass in her, TMZ's report is hard to verify. Hard Rock would not comment and Nicole's rep issued this statement to TMZ:

Nicole's rep sent us this statement: "She was in Vegas but there wasn't an altercation of any kind involving her."

That statement sounds a little vague but we'll go ahead and assume that Nicole Richie is probably still welcome at the Hard Rock in the future.

Photo via TMZ

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Jesse Metcalfe Strikes Again: This Time He Causes Trouble in San Diego

Where: San Diego, CA, United States

Tsk, tsk, Jesse Metcalfe. We had such high hopes for you gardener boy but it looks like you were unable to parlay your on-screen bare chest appearances into anything worthwhile after Desperate Housewives.

Nowadays, about the only thing that's keeping Jesse Metcalfe in the news is his bad hotel behavior. Previously he reportedly blacklisted from the Mondrian West Hollywood.

Now he might be persona non grata at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego and The Ivy Hotel, also in San Diego.

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Paris Hilton Gets Blacklisted from Moscow's Park Hyatt Hotel

Where: Neglinnaya Street N 4, Moscow, Russian Federation

It seems automatically defacing the wallpaper in a luxury suite will get you put on a hotel's dreaded blacklist.

That's what happened to wonky-eyed socialite Paris Hilton when she stayed at the Ararat Park Hyatt in Moscow. The Telegraph UK reports:

A spokesman for the Moscow Hyatt Hotel confirmed the star had been blacklisted and fined £4,500 for allegedly defacing their £8,000-a-night presidential suite.

She posed next to the offending graffiti - which reads "Paris Moscow 2008" - for a photoshoot in which she dressed in a skimpy dress, black boots and leopard-print knickers.

The spokesperson also confirmed that tagging the hotel's suite walls automatically put Paris on their blacklist. Now, if only America as a whole could put Paris on their blacklist.

Wanna see what the Park Hyatt is like without Paris in it? Read our Russian Hotels for Ballers series.

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Robert DeNiro's Greenwich Hotel Cancelled Our Reservation

Where: 377 Greenwich Street [map], New York, ny, United States

Yes, it is true, this is not an April Fools' Day joke, we reserved a room tonight for the Greenwich Hotel opening, via the Greenwich Hotel website and though our reservation went through last week, late yesterday we received word that our reservation had been canceled at the request of the hotel. A phone call to the hotel's PR reps and the hotel itself confirmed that they were not going to let us sleep there tonight.

As loyal readers know we have been following the opening of the DeNiro/Drukier hotel project since the middle of 2004. We followed the constantly "coming soon" North Moore Street hotel through loud construction, name changes, name calling, and endless delays. So it should come as no surprise that today, the hotel's first day accepting guests, we had a reservation to stay at the hotel.

Many times you readers send us first photos and reviews, which we love. But other times a hotel is woven so deep into our sites fabric -- like when Gramercy Park opened, or back when Wynn Las Vegas opened, we decide to go to the public opening ourselves. We are, after all, hotel geeks. In these cases we simply use our credit card to book a room at the buzzworthy hotel and reviewed it as soon as we can for you, just like our readers and tipsters do for us.

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What Went Down at Hotels During SXSW?

South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual music and film festival in Austin, Texas concluded its run yesterday and predictably, we have some hotel scene reports.

Ryan at the Synthesis blog stayed at the Four Seasons hotel and said his room smelled like something interesting by the end of the trip. He also said the hotel charged him for something he didn't get. On the bright side? He saw Ice Cube in the hotel lobby and the veggie burger is delicious although $22.

Meanwhile, Perez Hilton is reporting that singer Van Morrison who is allegedly already blacklisted at the Four Seasons is now banned from the Hotel Driskill.

Update: We got word that the Driskill Hotel have confirmed – categorically – that the Perez Hilton report is untrue.

Sorry Van.

Furthermore, Mr. Morrison's representatives added this concerning the Perez Hilton report:

Mr. Morrison has not been banned from this or any other hotel.

John Spomer, Vice President & Managing Director of the Driskill Hotel, has issued the following statement. "Throughout his stay, Mr. Morrison, as well as members of his party, treated our staff with the utmost professional courtesy and respect. We look forward to the opportunity of hosting him again in the future."

Got any more hotel party reports from SXSW? Let us know.

[Photo: Tyfn]

Tags: Spring Break Hotels / Family-Friendly Hotels / Hotel Blacklists / Sheraton Hotels / Bahamas Hotels / → All Tags

Spring Breakers Not Wanted at the Sheraton Grand Bahama Island

Where: Royal Palm Way, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas

Finally, some hotels are taking back the night against puking partying Spring Breakers this year.

The Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Hotel has issued this edict:

For the second year in a row, The Sheraton Grand Bahama Island is saying no to spring breakers and making it easy for families to enjoy a seasonal getaway. The resort is not accepting reservations from individuals or groups under the age of 21 for travel between February 25th and March 31st, 2008.

Not quite sure how the hotel is going to enforce this rule but we bet they will be IDing heavily at this property.

Meanwhile, families are welcome to stay here. The hotel was voted the #3 Kid-Friendly resort in the Caribbean by Child mag back in 2005 and is offering two family-friendly options.

The Sunny Savings package offers rooms for $220 a night and includes daily breakfast and complimentary access to Camp Lucaya kids club. (Use Code: SUNNY.)

The all-inclusive Reef Package is $295 a couple and includes all taxes, service charges, resort fees,"non-motorized" watersports (snorkeling, etc.) and food and drink choice at one of three on-property restaurants (Use Code: AIPKG08.)

Also this resort is connected to the Westin and there are some exchange privileges between the resorts but we don't know if that "No Spring Breakers" applies to the Westin as well.

[Photo: Vivi122]

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Brandon Davis Probably Blacklisted from the Setai

Where: 2001 Collins Avenue [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33139

Brandon "Greasy Bear" Davis freaked out on the staff at the Setai the other night. And it's not because he had a room with an anti-view. It's because he couldn't even check-in. Page Six reports:

On Sunday, a mere one day after we reported he was "clean, sober, and slimmed down," Greasy Bear had "a meltdown" at the Setai in South Beach, Miami sources said. "Police came after he was denied check-in" at the hotel, according to one of our snitches. "He was screaming at staff and managers and was looking very thin and sweaty."

We're guessing Davis, whose has had some money issues in the past, couldn't afford the pricey Setai rooms which start at around $1,000 a night. Either that, or they didn't want him sweating up the sheets. Still it's safe to say he's probably on the Setai's blacklist.

To be honest, we prefer Sleeping Gummy Bear instead.

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Britney Spears Officially Banned from Four Seasons Hotel?

Where: 300 South Doheny Drive [map], Los Angeles, ca, United States, 90048

Britney Spears may now be officially banned from the Four Seasons Hotel on Doheny Ave.

TMZ is reporting that the hotel has had about enough with the trainwreck and her ever-present paparazzi entourage. And now that her 16-year-old sister Jamie-Lynn Spears is pregnant, the media attention won't be dying down anytime soon.TMZ writes:

We hear guests of the five-star establishment are fed up with all the unwanted attention drawn to their usually relaxing digs; an entrance swarming with feeding paparazzi is not exactly inviting.

On top of that, the spectacle that is Miss Spears has been garnering so much negative press around her erratic rendezvous, that the hotel no longer desires to host the wayward popwreck.

The hotel attempted last week to block her from parking in their underground garage by herself and now it looks like they might be blacklisting her entirely.

Although TMZ said "when one door closes -- try the Peninsula!" that's actually not true in Brit's case as she has been blacklisted from this Beverly Hills hotel as well. For now, she's been hiding out at the Raffles L'ermitage despite having two houses in LA to go home to. Who knows how long this will last? But Britney, if you're looking for a hotel replacement why don't you try Thompson Beverly Hills? We bet they would take you.

[Photo: X17 via PageSix.com]

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Who Mooned The Trump SoHo and Other Hotel News

· Hotel Animals: We know that the Hilton Waikoloa has a yet-to-be-named baby dolphin in its care but let's not forget the little Sgt. Pepper, born in July, in the Mirage's dolphin habitat.

· Jock Jam Hotels: A shooting goes down outside the Conrad Hotel in Indianapolis. Word is Pacers b-baller Jamaal Tinsley and his crew were the targets.

·Hotel Blacklists: Jane Fonda is not welcome at The Breakers Hotel, so says Page Six. But it's not the hotel that won't have her. Its the American Legion members who say she isn't welcome.

· Hotel Filfth: You may not want to step into any of Vancouver's hotel pools. Apparently, they are all filthy.

· Hotel Retreats: The layoffs at Time Inc. can't be that bad as Gawker reports that the entire LA staff of "Entertainment Weekly" was flown to NYC and put up in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel just so they could attend company Christmas party.

· Hotel Billboard-itis: Lastly, Curbed says the folks at Manhattan Mini Storage might be trying to offend the Trump SoHo people with their bootylicious billboard ad.

[Photo: Curbed]