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New York NY: Hotel Rooms Get Smaller


Hotel costs continue to reach for the sky in popular travel destinations such as Manhattan, Boston, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Paris. Meanwhile, back at HQs, brilliant hotel chain beancounters have come up with an even more money-grabbing plan.

Instead of charging $400 a night for a regular-sized hotel room, cut them in half and rent each as $300 bargains. Result: claustrophobic sardine-canned travelers equal added hotel profits.

Imagine a senior wanderer asking the hotel clerk: Does my $300 room have a closet? Response: Your room IS a closet. For more info on the teenier hotel-room trend, go to www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2015/09/18/microhotels-tiny-hotel-rooms-expand-across-country/72265080
Hollywood CA: See Grauman’s Chinese Theatre PDF Print E-mail


Since 1927, this show business landmark has been a must-visit for tourists to the nation’s movie capital. It has premiered films from those starring Rudolph Valentino to Greta Garbo to Gene Kelly to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In front of the theatre are hundreds of hand- and footprints of famed Hollywood stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, John Wayne, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Clint Eastwood and many others. Additionally, on sidewalks all along Hollywood Boulevard are placques honoring distinguished show business personalities.

For information on visits and upcoming events, to to http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com
 
 
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