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It appears Bushwick might actually become the city’s newest tourist destination. For the second day in a row, a developer filed a permit application to build a hotel in the neighborhood long known for hipsters and warehouses.

According to company founder Anthony McDonald, the company and its X2 (Cross To) design hotel brand are at a stage where an increase in the operating platform is required to service the new openings planned for 2016 and 2017.

Richard L. Vilardo, 65, principal and chief financial officer of a Florida-based hotel development and management company, and his wife, Julianne Vilardo, 67, a former partner of the Gaithersburg, Md.-based accounting firm DeLeon & Stang, were found dead at their home in Rockville, Md., on May 10.

A Guernsey hotel has been closed because of an outbreak of highly contagious Norovirus. Two further cases of the vomiting and diarrhea bug were confirmed last night and managers decided to close the Peninsula Hotel to residents and staff.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts last week announced Nebraska native Susan Madsen has been appointed general manager of The Cornhusker, A Marriott Hotel in Lincoln, Neb. Madsen brings her extensive hospitality experience and a longtime career with Marriott hotels to Lincoln’s newly renovated premier property.

The hospitality industry has expressed concern over the lack of specific recommendations for the sector in the draft national tourism policy 2015 formulated by the tourism ministry which aims to develop and promote the sector. Among other issues, the draft policy does not address the longstanding demand of single window clearance, according to industry executives.

The National Assembly (NA) Secretariat has jumped into the continuing dispute between Capital Development Authority (CDA) and management of a local five-star hotel over removing the barriers placed by the latter on the CDA land in the name of security.

Hospitality management chain Swiss-Belhotel International's expansion has announced the signing of an agreement to manage a five-star hotel in Bahrain.

Middle East hotel group Rotana has confirmed its first two hotels in Istanbul will open their doors on 1 June.

The New Orleans Fire Department doused an electrical fire that forced guests to evacuate La Belle Maison Hotel in the Central Business District on Saturday night (May 16). No one was injured in the one-alarm fire.