MSU rents rooms at Columbus hotel as third quarantine site
Mississippi State University students in quarantine due to COVID-19 are staying in a third hotel, Fairfield Inn and Suites in Columbus, in addition to the two in Starkville that MSU rented for the entire semester, according to a Tuesday email to faculty from Provost David Shaw.
Columbus police search for suspect who shot hotel water line
Columbus police are searching for a suspect who opened fire in the Courtyard by Marriott on Thursday night, striking a water line in the ceiling and covering the hallway floor with water.
Aldermen agree to amend TIF for Nicholas hotel
A tone of both optimism and stern warning fueled Vice Mayor Roy A. Perkins’ support Tuesday for a measure to amend the city of Starkville’s tax-increment financing agreement with the Cotton Mill Hotel Group.
Hotel approval still in limbo after meeting fails to produce quorum
An attempt to provide developer Mark Nicholas with a new public financing option for his anticipated boutique hotel project failed Tuesday as a special-called meeting lacked a quorum of aldermen, but Ward 2 Alderman Lisa Wynn says she’ll call for another gathering before June 6’s regularly scheduled board meeting, which also coincides with election day.
Documents: Nicholas seeks tourism rebate for hotel, won’t pursue local TIF funds
Starkville aldermen could approve a new incentive package for developer Mark Nicholas’ Cotton Mill hotel project Tuesday that would negate a previous tax increment financing pledge.
La Quinta to open in old Ramada building
A La Quinta hotel is planned for the old Ramada building at the corner of Hwy. 45 and Hwy. 82 in Columbus.
Questions remain with Nicholas’ hotel project
The viability of developer Mark Nicholas’ 117-bed hotel project is still unknown after a legal notice scheduling a new foreclosure sale of its 2-acre site next month was published Tuesday.
Holiday Inn project heading toward foreclosure
The future of a planned hotel project in Starkville is in question.
Police search for suspect in armed hotel burglary
A man who allegedly robbed a hotel early Friday morning is still at large, according to a media release from the Columbus Police Department.
Gunmen storm luxury Libyan hotel, killing American, 9 others
In the latest sign of Libya’s descent into chaos, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen in the capital Tuesday, killing 10 people, including an American, a French citizen and three people from Asia.
AirBnB offers homes away from home
There are 1,846 hotel rooms in the Golden Triangle, but few are like the Bouchillon Lodge.
The Lodge is different in that it is a bed and breakfast, which is typically defined as a hotel with 10 rooms or fewer that provides a more home-like feel.
Police search for hotel robberies suspect
Two Columbus hotels have been robbed within 48 hours and police are looking for the suspect.
Developer: Hyatt Place will be open for business in June
The Hyatt Place under construction on Highway 45 since 2010 will be open for business in June.
That’s what Sunny Sethi, the hotel’s developer, said last week while giving a tour of the four-story, 70,000 square foot structure, which sits just south of Belk in Columbus.
Homeless man found sleeping in hotel presidential suite
PITTSBURGH — A homeless man has gone from the proverbial penthouse to the big house after he was found sleeping in the presidential suite at
Developer: Hyatt Place to open early next year
A Columbus hotel whose construction on Highway 45 has seemingly been on and off for three years will open for business early next year, the hotel’s developer says.
New York seeks to delete phony online reviews
ALBANY, N.Y. — A perfect hotel? An amazing restaurant? Teeth whitener that leads to romance? Such things may only truly exist in online reviews, and
Brooks, Sanders battle over travel receipt
A conference travel receipt sparked a heated discussion between long-time political rivals Leroy Brooks and Harry Sanders during the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, resulting in Brooks saying he would take the board to court, if necessary.
Boy, 10, finds $10,000 in Kansas City hotel room
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 10-year-old boy who found $10,000 in a drawer at a Kansas City hotel where he was staying with his dad
SFD: Electrical short sparked Thursday hotel fire
Starkville Fire Department Training Officer Charles Yarbrough confirmed an electrical short in a lamp’s wiring caused a single-unit hotel fire Thursday.
Water tested after body found in Los Angeles hotel cistern
British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they could not have imagined the disturbing reason.