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Giving Out Replacement Hotel Keys

2008-11-13 12:12:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...hotel room keys, and the hotel staff needs to be accommodating. But at the same time, they can't be giving out hotel room keys to anyone claiming to have lost one. Generally, hotels ask to see some ID before giving out a replacement key and, if the guest doesn't have his wallet with him, have someone walk to the room with the key and check...
 
Tags: hotel, hotel staff, key, spare access key, hotel staffer, keys, replacement key, woman alleges, woman
 
 
 
 
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Techie Travels- What Do YOU Look for in a Hotel Room?

2008-07-08 04:05:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...hotel stays in the past few weeks, I started thinking about what makes a good hotel Recently I spent one week at a customer in a hotel where the staff obviously was hosting nightly parties down at my end of the hall- from about 2:00am - 5:30am each (yes- every) night I was there. The hotel Im in tonight has no elevator. Yeah. @#$! Thats what...
 
Tags: hotel, nice resort-hotels, nice, hotels, hotel stays, love, love lots, car, company car
 
 
 
 
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When your hotel does funerals

2008-07-22 22:45:08 by HASH0x8c0f70c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...hotel reservations through our corporate Expedia account (which is now called Egencia BTW). Though it is fine for airline reservations, I regret it every time I make a hotel reservation on Expedia. This time I reserved a room at the Virginian Suites . I had never heard of it, but it was only $158, which is really cheap for around here. It had...
 
Tags: hotel, hotel reservations, hotel reservation, home, funeral home, funeral, week brings, keys, week
 
 
 
 
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When your hotel does funerals

2008-07-22 23:41:36 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...hotel reservations through our corporate Expedia account (which is now called Egencia BTW). Though it is fine for airline reservations, I regret it every time I make a hotel reservation on Expedia. This time I reserved a room at the Virginian Suites . I had never heard of it, but it was only $158, which is really cheap for around here. It had...
 
Tags: hotel, hotel reservations, hotel reservation, home, funeral home, week brings, funeral, keys, week
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Kentucky Town-Fi; Exorbitant Hotel-Fi

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2008-07-15 11:06:22 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...hotel Wi-Fi pricing: The travel guru that is Joe Brancatelli turns a steely eye to $15 per night charges at fancy hotels for Internet access, noting that cheaper hotels include such service at no cost. The higher-end hotels won't talk for attribution, but they say that a "fraction" of guests use Internet, so why bundle it into the room rate?...
 
Tags: town, network, cost, wi-fi network cost, city-wide wi-fi network, kentucky town shaves, cheaper hotels include, internet, night
 
 
 
 
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My new favorite hotel chain - Hyatt Place

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2008-03-24 23:24:10 by HASH0x8b49350 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...hotel chain and try to stay there as much as possible. Whether it be Marriott or Hilton, Choice or Priority Club, Hyatt or Starwood, we all have a favorite that if available we will choose. Generally, I try to stay at reasonably priced hotels and don't stay at anthing over a Courtyard very often. However, I have a new favorite chan. Hyatt...
 
Tags: hyatt, favorite, hyatt gold, hotel chain, road warriors, favorite chan, stay, road, upscale decor
 
 
 
 
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Hotel's Dirty Drinks

2008-03-22 22:41:25 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...hotels. And Im frequently drinking water. Its usually room-temperature tap water, so when I started noticing funny tastes and smells in hotel room glasses, it got me wondering exactly how they clean and replace those in-room glasses Over the past several weeks I took a mental survey of housekeeping carts. (I frequently sneak an extra shampoo...
 
Tags: dirty, glasses, in-room glasses, frequently sneak, frequently, link, carts, dirty drink, water
 
 
 
 
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My new favorite hotel chain - Hyatt Place

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2008-03-25 00:24:10 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...hotel chain and try to stay there as much as possible. Whether it be Marriott or Hilton, Choice or Priority Club, Hyatt or Starwood, we all have a favorite that if available we will choose. Generally, I try to stay at reasonably priced hotels and don't stay at anthing over a Courtyard very often. However, I have a new favorite chan. Hyatt...
 
Tags: hyatt, favorite, hyatt gold, hotel chain, road warriors, favorite chan, stay, road, upscale decor
 
 
 
 
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Best Western Hotel Online Booking Breached, 8 Million Victims In Personal Data Theft

2008-08-25 13:57:47 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Criminal gang has stolen the identities of an estimated eight million people in a hacking raid that could ultimately net more than 2.8billion in illegal funds. Thursday night, an unknown hacker, possibly indian, successfully breached the IT defences of the Best Western Hotel groups online booking system and sold details of how to access it
 
Tags: western hotel, unknown hacker, possibly indian, thursday night, million people, online, ultimately net, criminal gang, illegal funds
 
 
 
 
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Death Toll of Hotel Bombing in Pakistan C