A greater promise: Shelter to move into new home
After spending four years serving more than a dozen people a day in cramped conditions, a Lafayette homeless shelter is moving to better accommodations.

Building a home: Problems with contractor cause stress for family
OROVILLE -- When Don Armitage and his wife, Betty, pulled building permits for their dream home, which included accommodations for his wheelchair bound son, they thought they would be in by Christmas.

Dorms evictions are result of decision, not system fault
On Tuesday, TNH ran a story about students that have been evicted from UNH dorms and have had to find different accommodations. For at least one of these students, freshman Josh Armstrong, the solution has been less than conventional. Armstrong is relying on the hospitality of friends and former roommates and is taking advantage, to say the least, of UNH's dorm guest policies.

Local News : Revenue drives propsed bed tax changes - Frontiersman
PALMER ? The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly has decided not to extend the borough?s bed tax to RV spots. Dave Hanson, the borough?s director of economic development, said the original tax passed by voters in 1986, was very broad, potentially applying to a number of overnight accommodations.

Raffle to benefit Michael's Fund
The Michael?s Fund is offering a one in a hundred chance to secure a vacation in an antique, private stone house in the Umbertide, Citta di Caetello area of Umbria, Italy. The accommodations can be had by purchasing a $100 raffle ticket, of which only 100 are available.

A Turn to the East
Stowe is a popular ski resort in Vermont which also offers luxury acommodations.

Service Channels
Barak Hosting , a web host, design, development and Internet solutions provider, has completed a new website for My Apartment In Florida, a provider of luxury short-term, self catering accommodations worldwide to both leisure and corporate travelers.

Canada Line foreign workers treated unfairly, tribunal rules
Two builders of the Canada Line rapid transit project discriminated against a group of Latin American workers by paying them less and providing them with inferior accommodations, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled.

Rustic - and just right
Most of the accommodations at the Clair Tappaan Lodge are dormlike. The recent decades that brought chic, pricey hotels and million-dollar McChalets to the Donner Summit area have not rubbed off on the ageless charm of Clair Tappaan Lodge. Convivial, well-located and pleasingly low-budget, the lodge, built by volunteers in 1934, is far from the plush beds, 24-hour room service and ...

Challenging times continue for majority of the OTAs
Consumers in the US have "cut back drastically on their online searches for air travel accommodations". According to Comscore Inc., searches for airline information in October fell 14 percent compared with October 2007.

Hilton Hotels Invests More Than $100 Million in California Hotel Renovations
Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation's global brand of upscale, full-service hotels, today announced that more than one third of its California hotels are in the process of completing $100 million worth of renovations this year. These projects are part of an ongoing global initiative by the Hilton brand to upgrade its facilities and guest accommodations in order to exceed guest ...

Potomac Confidential
Metro columnist Marc Fisher looks at the District's decision to open bars till 5 a.m. during Inauguration Week, the sad state of car sales in the area and the federal government's green light for extending Metro to Dulles.

James Gill: Strangely carefree, Marinello faces justice
Vince Marinello is telling me he really likes his hotel room in Lafayette. He has five pillows on his bed, a plasma TV, a microwave, a Jacuzzi -- the whole works. I think, but do not say, that he had...

Wednesday December 03, 2008 - 11:20 EST
RENO, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -? Grand Sierra Resort and Casino offers the ultimate holiday gift this season with its Grand Sierra Resort gift card valid for accommodations, use at restaurants, bars and various amenities on site.

Springford found guilty on 5 counts
Shortly after a Montgomery jury found Winston Brent Springford guilty of five counts of capital murder for beating and stabbing his parents to death, defense attorneys asked that his sentence of life in prison without parole be spent in a facility with a special unit for the mentally ill.

Concord approves Lowe's shopping center after two years of debate
n 28-acre North Concord site will contain big-box home improvement store, two restaurants and an empty, Wal-Mart-less spot

Canyon Ranch opens spa in Miami Beach
MIAMI -- One of the country's best-known luxury spas, Canyon Ranch, has opened a new resort in Miami Beach. ...

Friends rally, race to support teen with cancer
Lizzie Walters and her family were blindsided by the diagnosis - non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a potentially fatal form of cancer.

Group addresses complaints about hazards on school routes
RACINE ? A new group of police, school and transportation officials has waded head-first into a daunting challenge: how to get thousands of kids to school even more quickly, safely and inexpensively than before.

Briefs: Homescapes named top business
CARMEL Homescapes named top business Homescapes, Carmel was named Business of the Year at the 11th annual Carmel Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence dinner Thursday at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club.