Where to stay when you leave.
9/09/2008 at 10:49 AM
Tags: Hotel Technology, Hotel Security
We've seen our fair share of totally useless hotel safes, especially these days if we're hauling our laptop round and would like to leave it safely behind for the day. A new product from Safemark reckons to have this problem solved with an extra-large safe to fit our laptop (up to 17 inches) plus all our expensive jewelry (!).
They also are using the principle of a hotel safe looking safer when it doesn't look so obviously like a safe. This new product is meant to blend in as a desk drawer with a combination lock and they say that as well as being convenient to use because it's close to where you'll need your important documents and your laptop, it's also a bit secret.
The size is definitely a winner, but we're not sure that would-be thieves will be so easily confused that they can't recognize a desk drawer safe. But even if they see it, the drawer safe is secured to the desk with steel-wire cables that should keep it there. You only have to worry if you see a suspicious-looking guy carrying a whole desk down a hotel corridor.
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by amandak
1/08/2008 at 2:26 PM
Tags: Jerusalem Hotels, Israel Hotels, Political Hotels, George W. Bush, Hotel Security
No matter what your political persuasion, if you're a U.S. president heading to Jerusalem, there's one place to say: The King David. Sure enough George W. Bush is staying there on his first official visit to Israel.
Bush will be staying in a suite at the King David hotel that costs $2,600 a night -- for guests who are not president of the United States. Assistant General Manager Benny Olearchik would not disclose how much the Americans are paying to stay at his hotel, one of Israel's most expensive.
Bush's entourage already has taken up more than two-thirds of its 237 rooms, and will take over all of them once he arrives himself, Olearchik said. Unlucky guests who happened to plan their visits at the wrong time had their reservations canceled.
There's a word to the wise for people staying at hotels popular with heads of state: you may be kicked out and forced to rebook. We can just imagine the look on the face of the person who had already booked an expensive suite being told, "Sorry, you must stay elsewhere."
We hear security will be a tad tight. "More than 10,500 policemen and security personnel will be deployed to protect Bush and keep order during the visit..." If you're going to be in Israel, this would be a good time to head to the Tel Aviv Hilton instead.
by Tim L.
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