All posts tagged "Hotel"

WASHINGTON — An "unknown and unauthorized external party" stole nearly $7,500 from Marriott International's federal political action committee — the latest in a string of thefts affecting high-profile politicians, corporations and unions.

The thefts, which took place on Feb. 20 and March 12, according to federal documents reviewed by Raw Story, were not an inside job, the Marriott International Inc. Political Action Committee told the Federal Election Commission.

"The transactions were external fraudulent activity and not the result of committee staff misappropriating funds or due
to a failure to implement internal controls," Marriott International's PAC wrote the FEC on Aug. 6 following an inquiry from the agency in July. "In fact, the Committees internal controls contributed to the quick identification, reporting, and remedy of this issue."...

Donald Trump has taken a dive on most of his hotels, forcing him to dip into his inheritance and "The Apprentice" profits to "shore them up," according to one expert.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" along with Donald Trump's niece, Dr. Mary Trump, Ph.D., New York Times reporter Susanne Craig observed the sunny description of at least two of the former president's hotels — Trump National Doral in Miami and the Old Post Office in D.C. — that were mentioned as "successful" during daughter Ivanka Trump's testimony today in Trump's $250 million fraud trial.

"We heard in court today a lot you know Ivanka is talking about how successful these projects were," Craig explained. "And that's a word we hear a lot."...

The Republican governor of New Jersey spent big money on luxury hotels without proper justification, a new Justice Department report reveals.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) – Guests leapt desperately to their deaths from upper-floor windows as a fire tore through a hotel in northern Iraq killing 30 people, 14 of them foreigners, police and medics said on Friday.