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This Little Piggy Doesn't Care About Swine Flu

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Av. Lopes and Moctezuma, Guadalajara, Mexico, 45050
November 5, 2009 at 4:29 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Last month we spent a few nights at the Intercontinental Guadalajara and we couldn't get over how every time we got off the elevator in the lobby, this little piggy was ready to greet us. The pig actually was a part of the hotel's lobby restaurant Frutas y Flores which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Diners did not seem to be deterred by this figurine and we never asked whether the pig had always been there or if it was an "Eff Swine Flu" sort of display. Still, we got a kick out it. Until we returned home from Mexico with a stomach virus. But that's another story.

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Swine Flu Hotel Closes After 40 People Become Ill

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Hotel Sinaia, Bd. Carol 1, No. 8, Sinaia, Romania, 106100
November 2, 2009 at 8:04 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Earlier this year when swine flu first erupted, 280 people were quarantined at the MetroPark Hotel in Hong Kong, we lightly dubbed it a Swine Flu Hotel. But now we have a real Swine Flu Hotel.

Hotel Sinaia, a resort in the mountains of Sinaia, Romania, has been closed after 40 Romainian and foreign law students attending a conference caught the dreaded H1N1 virus.

Health state secretary Adrian Streinu-Cercel says 40 people were hospitalized Sunday in Bucharest, suffering from medium to severe forms of the flu.

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The Upside of Swine Flu? 'Splurge' Deals at Riviera Maya's Esencia Estate

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Quintana Roo 77500, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, 77710
August 25, 2009 at 2:21 PM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

Hoping for an economic inoculation against swine flu fears, and what it calls "negative media reports and unsubstantiated fears of the H1N1 virus," the "residential retreat" Esencia Estate is introducing a battery of deals right now. The Esencia has dubbed the promotion "Splurge on the House," and it is intended to revive the tourism industry that has been in a slump since the H1N1 scare earlier this year.

The Mayan-themed resort on Mexico’s Riviera Maya is offering guests a daily account credit equal to the amount they pay for their nightly room rate. Rates start at $459 per night, so we’re talking some big money here. The credit can be used at the hotel’s “organic” spa (treatments use indigenous fruits, plants and herbs, many of them grown in an onsite garden), at the poolside restaurant, or on other expenses like airport transfers, room service, in-room babysitting, and even beachside drinks.

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We Hope Ray Nagin Has Free Internet at the Jinjiang Inn

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Shanghai, China
June 8, 2009 at 12:21 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

There's been another quarantine in China for folks possibly exposed to the Swine Flu and this time New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is amongst the group under lockdown at the Jinjiang Inn in a suburb of Shanghai.

Nagin and his wife Seletha have been in quarantine since Sunday, along with a member of the mayor's executive protection team, after they had the misfortune of sitting within a few rows of a French student now confirmed ill with the A-H1N1 virus on their flight from the U.S.

Nagin planned to be in China for several days for trade-related meetings but it looks like he'll just be killing time in the hotel room instead. Authorities are also screening his phone calls while there to "keep him safe."

The Jinjiang Inn is a popular Chinese budget hotel brand and the rooms do come with internet access. From what we could gather, some Jinjiang Inns offer it free, some do not. Coincidentally, an AP reporter was quarantined at the same hotel last month. There was limited English language television channels and lots of boredom. Hopefully, they waive the internet charges for Nagin.

But just remember, he's definitely not Twittering about this thanks to China's strict social media controls.

[Photo via The Times Picayune]

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Guests at Hong Kong's Swine Flu Hotel Are Freed

Where: 41 49 Hennssy Road, Hong Kong, China
May 8, 2009 at 5:30 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Just in time for the weekend, 280 hotel prisoners guests and employees who were quarantined at the The Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong have been given the "all clear" and released today.

A man who identified himself as a South Korean businessman shouted "I'm happy! I love Hong Kong people!" before breaking into song and hugging a policeman guarding the hotel. He did not give his name. Another guest, Indian businessman Kevin Ireland, told The Associated Press he plans to check into another hotel and go out to dinner with friends.

Wait. Hold up. You just got released from a hotel and now you are going to check into a new one? Oh, that's because the Hong Kong government felt so bad about locking the guests up they gave them two nights free at another hotel along with other extras like Hong Kong Disneyland tickets, restaurant vouchers and movie tickets.

Apparently, the guests were cranky to be cooped up in the hotel the whole time but they gradually began to like it. The hotel's Facebook page showed guests giving tips to the hotel staffers. We don't think it would be so bad to be cooped up in a hotel except we'd dread having to eat the hotel food all the time. Let's hope they gave the guests free movies on demand too!

To read about the quarantine from a first-hand perspective check out this WSJ blog.

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Golf, Not Swine Pandemic, at The St. Regis in Punta Mita

May 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM | by shiralevine | 0 Comments

Word on beach is that there is no swine flu in Riviera Nayarit. Instead, pricey luxury golfing packages are spreading quickly through the stretch of Mexican paradise.

To reassure the traveling public, Dr. Omar Reynozo Gallegos, the Minister of Health for the state of Nayarit and Dr. José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, National Secretary of Health of Mexico have reported no cases in the state.

“As Riviera Nayarit is Mexico’s newest destination, and has undergone incredible growth since its inception almost two years ago, we are pleased that travelers can still visit the region with a sense of security that the H1N1 Virus has not been spread here,” said Marc Murphy, Director of the Riviera Nayarit Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Thus, the rabid spread of golf packages through the Pacific region is one strategy being utilized to replace fear with golf fanaticism.

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Hong Kong Hotel Quarantined Due to Swine Flu Case

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 41 49 Hennssy Road, Hong Kong, China
May 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM | by Jenna | 3 Comments

Oh noes. Here comes the first report of a hotel completely sealed off because a guest staying there has been diagnosed with swine flu. Seriously. An entire hotel is under quarantine for seven days.

BBC News reports:

About 300 people at a Hong Kong hotel have been placed under quarantine after a guest there became China's first confirmed swine flu case.

The 25-year-old man, who is now in hospital after testing positive for the virus, had travelled from Mexico via Shanghai, Hong Kong's leader said. Local TV footage showed police wearing masks guarding the hotel exits.

Guh. Can you even imagine being sealed up in your hotel for seven days? Talk about hotel hell.

The Mexican man who was diagnosed with the virus sought treatment at a hospital on Thursday evening, and his hotel — The Metropark Hotel — is now under a seven-day quarantine, and Tamiflu had been given to the 200 guests and 100 staff inside.

[Photo: Reuters]