Poolside bars, revolving restaurants, marbled lobbies and huge indoor swimming pools. These are standard features in posh Western hotels – and, it turns out, in North Korean hotels, too, as a fascinating new book reveals. Hotels of Pyongyang, by author James Scullin and photographer Nicole Reed, takes readers inside the frozen-in-time, yet surprisingly glamorous, hotels … Read more
Poolside bars, revolving restaurants, marbled lobbies and huge indoor swimming pools. These are standard features in posh Western hotels – and, it turns out, in North Korean hotels, too, as a fascinating new book reveals. Hotels of Pyongyang, by author James Scullin and photographer Nicole Reed, takes readers inside the frozen-in-time, yet surprisingly glamorous, hotels … Read more
Drug dealers slip business cards under doors to peddle their wares to students in northeastern university cities where where four young people suffered drug-related fatalities at the weekend. Cards showing how to request banned substances through Instagram were handed out around accommodation for undergraduates at Newcastle University. Furthermore, Whatsapp ‘group chats’ have introduced like-minded strangers … Read more
Thousands of university students across the country are currently holed up in their first year accommodation after reports of coronavirus cases sweeping through halls. Those in Manchester and Glasgow have been hit with restrictions, with some reporting being physically locked in their buildings. Many stuck in lockdown want to go back home to their parents … Read more
A student was left ‘disgusted’ after her university halls threw away ‘everything she owns’ when she wasn’t allowed to return to her accomodation because of Covid-19. Hannah Mullins, from London, who studies graphic design at the University of Brighton, had made an appointment to collect her belongings after she was forced to leave the accommodation at … Read more
A student was left ‘disgusted’ after her university halls threw away ‘everything she owns’ when she wasn’t allowed to return to her accomodation because of Covid-19. Hannah Mullins, from London, who studies graphic design at the University of Brighton, had made an appointment to collect her belongings after she was forced to leave the accommodation at … Read more
Ibiza offers free holiday accommodation for NHS staff to ‘say thank you to those fighting for the lives of our families’ Ibiza’s government is backing initiative Together for Healthcare Heroes Juan Miguel Costa, Ibiza’s tourism councillor, said aim is to compensate ‘those who have looked after us’ One week’s free accommodation will be offered in … Read more
Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle results in searches for accommodation in the market town surging by 160 per cent Hotels.com has seen a surge in searches for accommodation from May 22 to 27 One of the top accommodation options is the Homelands Guest House The co-owner said that she’d noticed an increase in enquiries … Read more
Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle results in searches for accommodation in the market town surging by 160 per cent Hotels.com has seen a surge in searches for accommodation from May 22 to 27 One of the top accommodation options is the Homelands Guest House The co-owner said that she’d noticed an increase in enquiries … Read more
University students across the country have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after being told they must still pay for their accommodation, despite not living there during lockdown. Some 74 per cent of students are still being charged rent despite the majority no longer being able to live in their university halls or … Read more