It is a real known science fact that everything is better with Nicolas Cage in it. The more you Cageify something, the more spectacular it becomes. Hotel rooms are no exception.

Ah, the unmitigated beauty of a September wedding on the East coast! It's a lovely time of year, the boiling stench of summer having subsided but the chill of deep fall still at arm's length. The weather is reasonably predictable and the leaves are still on the trees. For a wedding, it's a perfect canvas—until the…

A couple have filed a federal suit against a Long Island Marriott Residence Inn, seeking $150,000 in damages after one of their 17 cats they brought with them disappeared in the hotel, only to reappear, only to disappear again. This story is insane.

Hey, you haven't been foolish even to treat yourself to a nice stay at a fancy place like the Hilton recently, right? Well, you might be SOL!

Those darn wealthy people! It's like every time you see them, they're doing some ridiculous new thing like lighting a cigar with a $100 bill, buying their way onto lifeboats on the Titanic or tricking a rube into selling his oil-rich land for far less than it's worth. And this time's no different. Now, our world's…

As it just so happens, Republicans are turning out to be much more inimical to entrepreneurship and business growth than their rumblings about free enterprise, bootstraps and the American dream of engaging in a cutthroat, real-world game of Monopoly with one's neighbors would have had voters believe. Republicans have…

An Australian court in Canberra has ruled that a prostitute was illegally discriminated against when a motel owner refused to rent her a room, and the decision is forcing hotels to reconsider some of their written and unwritten rules about barring sex workers from renting rooms. After the management at a motel in the…

Though nowadays it's a given that women are complex sexual beings with their very own treasure troves of physical and emotional desires, this was not always the case. In fact, up until recently, it was thought by both men and women alike that all women were asexual and only participated in sexual intercourse for the…

For too long, women have been forced to endure the tyranny of hotel rooms that were not designed specifically to meet their needs. But good news: our collective suffering is over because there is a new trend of hotels creating rooms that are just for women. What, exactly does this mean? Well, at the Dukes London, it…

Here's something to look out for when you're planning your next trip: Hotels across the country are keeping dogs on staff for guests to play with. Ten Fairmont Hotels have dogs that live in the hotels and are available for walks. At the Red Mountain Resort and Spa in Utah, there's a golden retriever who leads hikes…

To write a tea instructional is to wade into darkly tannic waters long ago claimed by giants like Orwell and Douglas Adams. That hasn't stopped Christopher Hitchens, who writes an open letter on the subject. Nor shall it stop me.

• 23-year-old Katie Taylor has swiftly become Ireland's real life million-dollar baby, and possibly their best hope for the 2012 Olympics. Although women's boxing is a new sport, Taylor is already expected to win the gold. •

37% of travelers admit to stealing from hotels. While most of us steal towels and mugs, one British hotel claims their sex toys, available by request, are the most frequently stolen items. [Telegraph]

While any number of hotels will allow dogs, if man's bets friend is your highest priority, that hardly cuts it. Enter The Inn at Lake Joseph, a picturesque Catskills retreat for dog and master. While you stay in one of the inn's cabins, your pooch can run in the woods, swim in the lake's "dog crib," and romp with the…

If you're travelling to the UK, Red Magazine showcases a must see hotel: the Malmaison at Oxford, which is a converted prison.