Holiday Inn

Whether you're traveling with infants or teenagers, odds are there's a hotel willing to cater to your every need. From kids-only check-in to parents' nights off, many hotels realize that happy kids mean happy parents.

That's so American ... or is it? Ahh, what's more American than enjoying a cold bottle of Budweiser while your kids enjoy some Good Humor ice cream? It sounds so "American," right? Surprise! These two good ol' standbys are not American -- or at least not U.S. owned. Whether they never were...

For Holiday Inn franchise owners, 2010 is starting to look a little bleak. At its annual meeting on Thursday, the chain's owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), told its American franchisees that, recession or no, they need to renovate. At the very least, every outlet has to install new...

I'm a cheapskate on moral principles. Even when I'm traveling on business and someone else is picking up most of the tab, I still like value. In the last five weeks, I've traveled in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Michigan, and Massachusetts. I've stayed in Hiltons and Sheratons, Crowne...