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...Voluntourist. The Good Hotel, a newly renovated 117-room hotel in San Francisco's trendy SOMA neighborhood, is in name and mission a good hotel. The building is constructed out of recycled and reclaimed materials, the lobby vending machine dispenses gifts also made from reclaimed materials (no potato chips here) and the hotel has partnered with the nonprofit volunteer organization One Brick to encourage guests to become "voluntourists." A phone in the lobby connects guests to the agency, which guides people to local charities seeking short-term help. Special opening rates from $119 to $139. 112 7th Street, San Francisco...
Mood, Music. Book the W Hotel's "Feel the Wuv" package and take a romantic time out with your significant other. O.K., the name is a bit cringe-worthy, but you get free bubbly and chocolates, a Jimmyjane Spin Me game (a dirty version of spin the bottle), feather tickler, "seduction sash" and a thoughtful 2 p.m. check-out. Rates vary depending on location...
Westward, Ho. Portland, Ore., has a deluxe new hotel, The Nines, so-called because it occupies the top nine floors of the landmark former Meier & Frank department store. It's got a steakhouse that serves locally ranched beef, plus a library whose collection of wares was curated by a famous local bookstore, Powell's. The hotel has a couple of specials: For arrivals Thursday through Saturday through March 31, 2009, for every night you stay at the regular rate, you get the next night for half off. There's also a package for shoppers: Get a $100 Saks Fifth Avenue...
...Mumbai's hostage drama stretched toward the end of its second full day, TIME got an exclusive look at what is happening inside the Taj hotel, where it appears that the confrontation is drawing to a close. At 3:15 p.m. local time on Friday, a massive blast went off inside the hotel, loud enough to startle the hundreds of journalists gathered at the security cordon hundreds of yards behind the hotel. An officer who ran out of the hotel, carrying a pistol, said, "Now everything is burned. The stairs are burned. The woodwork is all spoiled." What did this...
...officer reported that commandos had trapped three terrorists on the top floor of the hotel. The rest of the suspects were on the ground floor, but he was not sure how many were in the building altogether, estimating between seven and 10. When asked whether they were trying to take any of the suspects alive, he almost smiled at the question. "If they're alive, it's just coincidence," he said. (See pictures of the two days of terror in Mumbai...