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Sydney Mercure Has Hot Deals and Friendly Staff

Where: 818-820 George St, Sydney, Australia, 2000

If you're looking for a central but not bank-breaking stay in Sydney, the Mercure Hotel Sydney always seems like a good bet. The location is ideal, really close to the central railway station and bus depot, and it's also walking distance close to Darling Harbour and Circular Quay where you can get your fill of plenty of Sydney sightseeing hotspots.

Rack rates may not be bargains but if you keep an eye on their website you can often pick up some good deals; at the moment their Hot Deal rate goes for A$139 (US$115) a night for a standard room, although this is a strict no-cancellation, no-change price. Friendly staff and good deals are the main pluses thrown up by recent guest reviews.

Unfortunately the Mercure Sydney briefly hit the headlines last week with a story about the night staff getting robbed by two men wielding samurai swords; but it won't dent the profits (or the possibilities of cheap rooms) too much as they only got away with a small pile of cash.

[Photo: Imabari]

Related Stories:
· Mercure Sydney reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Samurai Sword-Wielding Bandits Rob Hotel [SMH]

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Special Services from a Special Torquay Hotel

Plenty of hotels offer special services these days to try and attract the guests: aromatherapy candles in rooms, the latest workout equipment or complimentary city tours. But what they really need to offer is room doors that sleepwalkers just can't open. At least, that's what a guest of the Rutland Hotel in Torquay, England, is now thinking.

While the other guests of the small two-star slept soundly after their days near the ocean, one man spent the small hours wandering the hotel lobby before waking from his sleepwalk at 3am, and finding himself nearly naked (just a vest on top!) in the empty hotel lobby, unable to return to his room. What makes it worse is that he also wasn't wearing his glasses and his bad vision made the only alternative to dial the emergency number on the lobby phone. Devon police said:

Normally we use our priority crime car for slightly more urgent calls. But on this occasion we were happy to help the gentleman in his moment of need.

And the man himself has promised to sleep in a full set of pyjamas in the future. So choose your hotel carefully based on what facilities it offers sleepwalkers, and dress well. You've been warned.

[Photo: Netzki]

Related Stories:
· Nude Sleepwalker Calls Police for Foyer Help [Daily Telegraph]
· Torquay area hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]

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Shocking News: Congressman Bribed with Hotel Sex

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that former San Diego Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, who has already been sentenced for taking bribes, took some more bribes from contractors in the form of (in a routine order) prostitutes, a limo service and nightly stays in the Watergate Hotel's suites and possibly the Westin Grand.

Now reports are surfacing that there could be a half-dozen Republican politicians involved in the sex scandal.

While this is all very sensational, it's also sort of boring. Can't congressmen find something else scandalous to do in hotels these days? Like hard-core drugs or policy-making?

Related Stories:
· Prosecutors May Widen Congressional-Bribe Case [WSJ.com]
· Republicans Involved In Lobbyist Sex Scandal At The Watergate Hotel? [Daily Kos]