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Three residents of Haven Hotel in Stone Mountain, Georgia, hold rolls of toilet paper given to them by community volunteers. The hotel charges residents $1 per roll, they say.

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Extended-stay hotels, a growing option for poor families, can lead to health problems for kids

Extended-stay hotels are often a last resort for low-income families trying to avoid homelessness. But hotel living can lead to — or exacerbate — various physical and mental health issues for children, say advocates for families and researchers who study homelessness.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Miller and
  • Renuka Rayasam
A rendering of the future Savannah Station Hotel near Interstate 16 west of downtown is shown in blue, with the orange building depicting the current Savannah Station event space. The Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery is directly adjacent. The Levi Sheftall Cemetery, not shown in the rendering, is located on the other side of Cohen Street.

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Historic Jewish cemeteries in Savannah give OK for new hotel nearby, after concessions from builder

The Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery and the Levi Sheftall Cemetery were established in the mid-1700s.

September 16, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
The All-Movie Hotel in Peachtree City.

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Francis Ford Coppola ‘Megalopolis’ hotel opens in Peachtree City

Francis Ford Coppola will open the All-Movie Hotel in Peachtree City in Atlanta this weekend after using the hotel as a site for his recent Megalopolis film, featuring a large cast of Hollywood actors set in a futuristic New York City.

July 26, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
The suite Francis Ford Coppola stayed in at The All-Movie Hotel during the production of "Megalopolis," is shown on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peachtree City, Ga. The hotel is a mixed-use property for production companies and tourists excited about film.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' wrapped at this Georgia hotel. Soon, it'll be open for business

The newest Coppola family property, The All-Movie, will soon host production companies and tourists in Peachtree City, an Atlanta suburb. Francis Ford Coppola originally purchased the property for the production of his latest film, Megalopolis, and the hotel will open its doors on July 25.

July 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Signage on the historic New Perry Hotel itself has been removed. A certificate of appropriateness for its demolition has been approved by the Main Street Advisory Board and the city’s Community Development Department. (Becky Purser/The Telegraph)

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Will nearly 100-year-old historic New Perry Hotel be demolished? Here’s what we know

Against the backdrop of the city’s 200th birthday celebration and amid public outcry, a nearly 100-year-old historic building is facing demolition. The three-story New Perry Hotel has been part of the fabric of downtown Perry since it was built in 1925. It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but that does not protect the hotel from demolition. The steep cost of renovation has led current owners to recommend that the building be destroyed.

July 02, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Purser
Visitors stand before the Forsyth Park fountain, one of Savannah's most popular tourist hotspots.

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‘We are a tourist city’: Savannah increases hotel/motel tax for first time in nearly three decades

The 2% increase creates a new pool of funding for tourism-related projects.

May 30, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
FBI agents and members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command handcuffed and interrogated the wrong person during a training exercise at a Boston hotel on Tuesday.

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Feds barged into the wrong hotel room during a drill, then detained the guest inside

U.S. Army Special Operations Command and the FBI-Boston Division interrogated the wrong person during a training exercise on Tuesday: an airline pilot who was asleep at the time, per local media.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Georgia Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce, right, testifies in favor of a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Lawmakers say they plan to rewrite the bill after others raised concerns.

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Georgia child welfare agency wants fewer sent to foster care

Georgia lawmakers say they will rewrite a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care. That's after concerns were raised by juvenile court judges and children's advocates.

February 16, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A worker removes the signage for the Trump International Hotel on Wednesday, in Washington.

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Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group

The Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump's family company while he was president has been sold to a Miami-based investor fund.

May 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Rescuers recover a body at the site of Friday's deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 7, 2022.

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Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

May 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Rescuers recover a body at the site of Friday's deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 7, 2022.

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  • World

Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

May 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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