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Chronicle Brass Meets (At A Luxury Hotel) To Discuss Problems

Photo courtesy Hotel ZazuThe layoffs at the Chronicle, which left plenty of blood on the floor, didn't magically solve the paper's problems. That's not surprising, given the state of print media these days.Staffers who have survived the cuts are struggling to fill the gaps as they are also expected ... More >>

The City Of Houston Takes On Orbitz And Priceline

The City of Houston and the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority are currently suing multiple travel websites such as Orbitz and Priceline over tax revenues it claims the sites owe it. Online travel sites pay wholesale prices to hotels for rooms and then customers book those rooms at a mark-up fro ... More >>

Big-Time Spending At The Texas Bowl Gets Rutgers In Trouble

Who says the Texas Bowl doesn't bring in big amounts of revenue to Houston?Maybe this year's game won't -- after all, it's between hometown team Rice (no hotel rooms needed) and relatively unknown Western Michigan (not many hotel rooms needed).But the 2006 game was a bonanza, if you believe state au ... More >>

Brazoria County -- Come for the Beaches (Maybe)

Who says the Texas Bowl doesn't bring in big amounts of revenue to Houston?Maybe this year's game won't -- after all, it's between hometown team Rice (no hotel rooms needed) and relatively unknown Western Michigan (not many hotel rooms needed).But the 2006 game was a bonanza, if you believe state au ... More >>

Astros-Rockies: It Might Be Houston’s Lucky Day

Who says the Texas Bowl doesn't bring in big amounts of revenue to Houston?Maybe this year's game won't -- after all, it's between hometown team Rice (no hotel rooms needed) and relatively unknown Western Michigan (not many hotel rooms needed).But the 2006 game was a bonanza, if you believe state au ... More >>

They'll Albee Good

Who says the Texas Bowl doesn't bring in big amounts of revenue to Houston?Maybe this year's game won't -- after all, it's between hometown team Rice (no hotel rooms needed) and relatively unknown Western Michigan (not many hotel rooms needed).But the 2006 game was a bonanza, if you believe state au ... More >>

Todd Snider

Saturday, March 6

Best Hotel

Hotel Derek

Best Renovation

Magnolia Hotel

Home from the War

Midtown battles a plan to house vets

Super Bowl Shuffle

Better have NFL stroke if you want quality rooms for the big event

New Digs, Old Tricks

The Riviera Grill has moved downtown, but it doesn't know how to make an urban statement

Best Place for a Wedding

La Colombe d'Or

Best Not-So-Cheap Thrill

Penthouse suite at the San Luis Hotel

Supermodel Cuisine

Don't bring an appetite to hip new Ling and Javier. You may not be able to eat what you order.

Fine Arts Fallout

Will local groups get hammered by the post-terrorist hotel tax dive?

Weary of the Wows

A Houston junket and the jaded of Hollywood

Mind Games

There's nothing flaccid about the Omni's lawn

Cash Cow or White Elephant?

The return of the convention center hotel plan

Fast Eddie's Getaway

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.