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Hotel Safe Crime Wave Targets Italian Resorts, Saudi Princess
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 princess—perhaps the same who defaulted on all those shopping bills in London—had 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 Colonna Hotel in Porto Cervo, one of the many Iti Resorts on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, we'd continue to be careful as this seems to be not only an inside job (they used a master key), but also a crime wave.
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Our iPod Was Stolen From Our Room at the MGM Grand
We spent a few days last week hopping between Vegas hotels that we’d booked through Hotwire. We landed the MGM Grand 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 didn’t. 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, we whipped our iPod out of our purse. We’d already locked our (paltry) valuables away in our suitcase, and we didn’t have time to get the key out, so we just stuck it in the front flap of the case and ran off to watch people humping chairs at Anthony Cools’ hypnotist show at Paris.
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Guest Takes Off With Not-So-Free Swag From Fairmont Dallas
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 Fairmont Dallas, 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 Dallas Morning News:
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 checked into two hotel rooms Friday and placed “Do not disturb” signs on each of the rooms’ doors and refused room service, police said. The woman then left the hotel either late Sunday or early Monday without checking out at the front desk.
Really? It's that easy? A couple DND signs and some crafty cover-names at check-in? Huh. We guess it probably is. Surely the lady was caught on camera or some such and it's likely that the investigation will turn up something — in the meantime, she's somewhere sipping a nice cup of brew and enjoying some good old fashioned television, we suppose.
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Hotel News Briefs :: More Hotel Deals Are On The Horizon
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.
· Hotel Deals Will Be Coming Fast and Furious: So says Chris Elliott who has been looking at the downward trend of occupancy rates. [Elliott.Org]
· Lady Dupes a GOP Delegate: Much like the businessman at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a GOP delegate says he was drugged by a woman he took back to his room at the posh Hotel Ivy. The woman then made off with $50,000 worth of personal items.[WKBT]
· Hotel Indigo en Miami: Hotel Indigo announces first of three, count' em, three Hotel Indigos to open in the Miami area. Um...overdo it much? [FinChannel]
· CityCenter Gets Topped Off: The Aria Resort & Casino gets topped off. The rest of the hotel should be enclosed by December. [SJ Mercury-News]
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Businessmen at the Beverly Hills Hotel Beware of Sexy Ladies
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.
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Pills, Not Pillows, Cause for Thompson Hotel Complaint
Wednesday's Gatecrasher had an item that a recent New York female guest, Katy Valentine, at the new Thompson Hotel in La-La Land got ripped, er ripped off. Evidently bottles and bottles of her attention deficit/hyperactivity/narcolepsy/depression pills had gone missing from the room.
Note: the gossip item said the new Thompson hotel which would make it the Thompson Beverly Hills. But they posted pictures of the Hollywood Roosevelt. So we aren't sure at which place the incident occurred.
Here's what went down:
After Valentine complained to the front desk, who reportedly stated the most likely scenario was that the housekeeper "accidentally" knocked the bottles into the trash and later emptied said can, management said they'd look into it and get back to her.
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PM Linkage: Not Every Day in a Hotel is Magical
Hotels are often thought of as places to escape from your everyday life. Places to have memorable experiences whether in the room or outside. Whether you're on a beach or in a busy city, hotels are supposed to be your safe haven.
But of course, this is real life and not an American Express commercial. Shit happens.
And it seems to happen more and more in these parts for Britney Spears. Word is that the Beverly Hills Hotel has blacklisted her. This is obviously good news for us but not the bit where Page Six mentions Britney typically ignores these type of bans. Is any place in LA safe anymore?
In other news:
· Models get jacked: Two men made off with $20,000 after robbing a modeling audition at the Hilton Chicago. [Chicago Sun-Times]
· Suicide in Brooklyn: An accountant for the AP is found dead in the bathtub at the Best Western. [NewsDay]
· Crappy Economy Woes: The Four Seasons in Tamarack, Idaho hits a construction snag. [Hotel-Online]
· Too Expensive: Moscow hotels now really expensive. [Moscow Times]
· No Workout For You: We are hearing the Gansevoort South's David Barton Gym won't be open until May 15th. Uh-oh, this does not bode well.
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Guard Your iPods at the Raleigh Hotel
We love The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach so we were pretty disheartened to hear from a recent guest who claims their iPod was stolen from their room.
Hotel Maven Texan44 recounts what happened:
Lock all belongings up when you leave the room...
My boyfriend and I had an overall pleasant experience at the hotel besides the event of his new 80G iPod being stolen from the room when we went out for dinner. The hotel staff did nothing other than suggest that we file a police report (what will a police report do for a stolen iPod?).
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Hollyweird Hotel News:: OJ's in Jail, Carol's Got Her Dress Back and Britney's Blacklisted
As we left last weekend, OJ Simpson had been questioned in a break-in case at Palace Station Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Well, that has now changed. OJ is in jail without bail and TMZ is practically pissing its pants with excitement anytime something new develops in the case.
LVPD have arrested the Juice on felony armed robbery charges. So it turns that what happens to OJ in Vegas will stay in Vegas, for now.
Meanwhile, Carol Channing's diamond dress that went missing from the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel has turned up, thanks to a homeless "fan" who "found" the dress in a plaid shopping bag in a Hollywood park.
Yet, we save the latest bombshell for last. The Sun is reporting that Britney Spears has been blacklisted from the Chateau Marmont for her atrocious dinnertime behavior.
And it seems "acting weird" doesn't begin to describe her latest act of lunacy, which saw Britney stunning fellow diners in the posh hotel restaurant by smearing a plate of top-notch food over her FACE.
Horrified guests were understandably outraged and demanded the management kick her out for good.
A source said: "The diners were disgusted. You wouldn't expect that from a teenager in a fast-food joint.
"Royalty have dined in this restaurant. Her behaviour was totally unacceptable."
We here at HotelChatter are no stranger to hotel blacklists but we fully applaud the Chateau Marmont for this step, if it's indeed true. We just hope the Mondrian starts issuing some blacklists as well.
[Photo: BrainyLAGirl]
Related Stories:
· O.J. Simpson Questioned in Vegas Hotel Robbery [HotelChatter]
· Hotel Thief Makes Off with Carol Channing's Famous Dress [HotelChatter]
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Hotel Thief Makes Off with Carol Channing's Famous Dress
While O.J. Simpson sweats the fuzz in Las Vegas, Carol Channing is mourning the theft of her legendary dress from the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.
The Broadway star had checked into the hotel with her husband yesterday afternoon and while doing so, a thief snatched one of the bags containing the famous "diamond dress" that Channing wore over 700 times in the stage production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
The valuable garment, which originally had long sleeves, was scheduled to be photographed and then sent to the Smithsonian to be exhibited. Luckily, her 1964 Tony award for "Hello Dolly," which she is also donating to the museum, was in another bag.
Channing is in Hollywood for a concert she's doing at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Meanwhile, police are investigation hotel surveillance tapes.
Next time Carol darling, may we suggest something a little better than the Renaissance? Anyone of these will do:
· The Beverly Hills Hotel
· Chateau Marmont
· The Beverly Wilshire
· The Sunset Marquis
· Raffles L'ermitage
· The Peninsula.
And it's not like we didn't warn you about the Renaissance Hotel.
Related Stories:
· Carol Channing ripped off in Hollywood [TMZ]
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O.J. Simpson Questioned in Vegas Hotel Robbery
[UPDATE: It looks like OJ Simpson is saying "I did it" but only that he took back some of his sports memorabilia and that he did not break into a hotel room.]
What happens in Vegas apparently won't stay in Vegas for troubled O.J. Simpson.
According to Las Vegas police, the former football star is being investigated in a robbery case that took place late Thursday night at the Palace Station Casino.
Details on what happened are sparse but TMZ reports the Juice allegedly broke into a room. For now Simpson is not in police custody and is only being questioned along with several others.
We're not so sure what kind of loot the robbers were looking for since the last time we wrote about the Palace rooms were going for $19 a night.
Related Stories:
· Police Say O.J. Simpson Questioned In Robbery [Fox5Vegas]
· Wanted: OJ Simpson?[TMZ]
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Turndown Service: It was the Maid in the Fairmont with a Candlestick
Sorry, we are a little nostalgic for the Clue board game. Anyways, two maids on the housekeeping staff at the Fairmont Copley Plaza were charged yesterday with stealing $100,000 worth of jewelry from hotel guests.
Meanwhile, we left our fake diamond earrings at the Mandarin Oriental Spa in New York and they thankfully held onto the them for three days until we returned to the city to pick them up.
Have your own hotel theft horror or hotel lost and found story to tell? Let us know.
For now, check out these stories:
· Burbank Hilton, accused of theft, gives LA Times the detailed process of their investigation [LAT]
· In India, avoid going to the bathroom cuz your room might get robbed? [Hobo Traveler]
· A second man is charged in the Kirsten Dunst-SoHo Grand robbery [Hobo Traveler]
· Even in the happiest place on earth, Disney World hotels get robbed [WFTV]
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