Simmering ‘beef’ between hotel and MP in room fiasco over marriage certificate

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The hotel barred the couple from their room after they failed to produce a marriage certificate. And a marriage certificate. "The hotel made it clear to whoever booked the room that a marriage certificate would be required for the couple to access the room," said Mr Kirui. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE"Every couple has to produce a marriage certificate to book a common room and there are no two ways about it," Mr Mwangi, a class one drop out, told Nation then. A section of leaders, including MP Koech and Kericho County Assembly Speaker Dominic Rono, condemned last week's incident, saying the hotel regulations went contrary to the Constitution.

Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in room

Palo Alto hotel provided refund, apology after makeup artist found maggots in roomMakeup artist and online personality Hayley Johnsen says she wants a refund from the Palo Alto Inn after finding her room infested with maggots. PALO ALTO — A makeup artist and internet personality says her stay at a boutique hotel in one of the Bay Area's toniest towns was interrupted by hundreds of uninvited creepy crawly guests. "We are shocked to hear about your stay and hope you will accept our sincerest apology," the hotel management wrote. Ten minutes passed before a "disgruntled older man" stormed out of the front office to inspect the room, Johnsen said. "The manager FLIPS out and says that's it you're checking out, no refund!" Johnsen said.

Growing hotel room demand spurs development across Massachusetts

As it stated in [Wicked Local photo/Melissa Russell] ▲Growing demand for hotel rooms in Massachusetts is fattening public coffers and spurring new developments across the state. The growth of demand, meanwhile, is outpacing the growth of new hotel rooms, meaning the trend is likely to continue. In fiscal 2017, the state tax generated $255.5 million and the local tax generated $206 million. For some municipalities, the local tax -- enacted in 2009 -- is helping local budgets. Together, the state and local rooms tax accounted for about 1.7 percent of the $26.4 billion the state collected during fiscal 2017.