(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>The attack Riviera Maya News says that on 9 February 2024 at 6:45 pm, there was a shootout between rival drug dealers in Tulum’s hotel zone. Initial reports said the…
Continue Reading >>The following eight graphics statistically summarize the first week of January 2024's hotel violence. The cases below contributed to the graphics above and reflect current reporting from open sources.…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>For a more detailed Hamas-Israel war hotel threat analysis regarding anti-Jewish/anti-Israeli hotel violence, Islamist jihadist hotel violence (al Qaeda/ISIS style hotel violence), and/or anti-Arab-Muslim hotel violence, contact Muir Analytics here…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' analyst Jose Guzman contributed to this report. The attack The Riviera Maya News reports that on 25 July 2023, shortly before 12:30 pm, there was an assassination of…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>MGM Grand, 3 July 2023 Fox5 Vegas TV reports that on 3 July 2023, a female guest, or one of her accomplices, stabbed a male hotel guest at the MGM…
Continue Reading >>Just after 7 pm on 23 February 2023, “a group of minors” – all 11-14 years old – says The Philadelphia Inquirer, ambushed and beat a 33-year-old woman on the…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain a hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive summary…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain a hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive summary…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain a hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive summary…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>On 4 January 2023, the Sinaloa cartel attacked multiple towns on Mexico’s west coast in retaliation for the arrest of alleged drug trafficking kingpin Ovidio Guzmán, the 32-year-old son of…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>By Jeff Moore and Matt Wills On 13 October 2022, Muir Analytics talked to the International Society of Catastrophe Managers at One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY, regarding strike/riot/civil commotion…
Continue Reading >>The Voice of America (VOA) reports that on 19 August 2022, a seven-man unit from al Shabaab raided and occupied the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The tactic applied is…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>So far, 2022 has seen a wide array of global hotel violence. Given that hotels are the world’s most violent commercial sector, this is no surprise. The following hotel violence…
Continue Reading >>In summer 2021, UK-based Irwin Mitchell law firm reached out to Muir Analytics to provide specialist litigation support for the negligence lawsuit against travel company TUI UK Ltd over the ISIS…
Continue Reading >>Hotels are the most violent commercial sector in the world. They suffer from many risks: Violent crime, terrorism, arson, strikes/riots/civil commotion, coup d'etat, sabotage, and war. On the nonviolent but…
Continue Reading >>On 6 October 2021, Muir Analytics gave a hotel threat intelligence brief at Stephen Barth’s excellent Hospitality Law Conference series. Muir’s briefing included a strategic hotel threat assessment (indications and warnings, or…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>The NL Times says that at 4:20 am on 31 December 2021, a significant explosion occurred at the via Amsterdam, a modern, three-star hostel in Diemen, the Netherlands (within the…
Continue Reading >>Note: On 6 October 2021, at the Hospitality Law Virtual Seminar, Muir Analytics produced a global hotel threat assessment for late 2021 and all of 2022. The assessment said that,…
Continue Reading >>Note: Muir Analytics warned of this exact scenario – but not the exact hotel – in October this year at the excellent Hospitality Law Conference series put on by distinguished…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>https://www.hotelsecuritydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Security-Radar-Newsletter-September-2021.pdf
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>In July 2021, the Haggard Law Firm won a $1.32 million lawsuit for its client, Wiley Lowe. The suit was over security negligence at the Elysium Hotel in Fort Lauderdale,…
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Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>On 10 May 2021, Israel-Palestine tensions boiled over. They resulted in several days of heavy violence, including street riots, civil commotion, rockets fired at Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic…
Continue Reading >>(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…
Continue Reading >>King 5 News in Olympia, Washington, reported that at 11:00 am on 31 January 2021, 45 people from the Oly Housing Now (OHN) group conducted an armed takeover of the…
Continue Reading >>SiliconANGLE reported on 11 November about a massive Singapore hotel cyber-attack that occurred in September 2020. The hack was announced by the victim, Singapore-based RedDoorz, on 28 September, but obviously,…
Continue Reading >>Based on threat indicators compiled in late October 2020, Muir Analytics assesses that French branded hotels and resorts, both domestic and international, are ripe for an Islamist jihadist attack.* Muir…
Continue Reading >>WREG Memphis reported that on 30 September 2020, Clark County District Court Judge Linda Bell approved an $800 million lawsuit settlement between 4,400 claimants and MGM over the Mandalay Bay-Route…
Continue Reading >>On 9 September 2020, Islamist jihadist fighters on Mozambique’s mainland boarded boats in the middle of the night and attacked the exclusive island resort of &Beyond Vamizi and the nearby…
Continue Reading >>On 30 May 2020 in Charleston, SC, peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer were followed by politically violent riots that…
Continue Reading >>Based on copious threat indicators compiled in late April 2020, Muir Analytics assesses that hotels and resorts in the Maldives are ripe for an ISIS/Islamist jihadist attack. The current threat…
Continue Reading >>Shortly after the ISIS bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday 2019 against four hotels and three churches, Muir Analytics, as part of its SecureHotel Threat Portal product, deployed an…
Continue Reading >>Borkena reported on 24 September that Ethiopia foiled hotel and other public venue attacks by al Shabaab and ISIS. Ethiopian authorities arrested at least 12 operatives from both al Shabaab…
Continue Reading >>Best’s Review published a timely terrorism insurance article written by the talented Iris Lai in its July issue titled, “Continuing Exposure: Sri Lanka bombings call for revisiting terrorism and political…
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Continue Reading >>An analysis of six minutes and 28 seconds of CCTV video (posted by several outlets such as the Daily Mail) from the Taj Samudra hotel suggests Sri Lanka Easter bomber,…
Continue Reading >>Insurers are making initial moves to analyze damage done and calculate payouts at three of the four hotels that were bombed on 21 April, Easter Sunday in Colombo. (Three churches…
Continue Reading >>Reporting from the BBC, Reuters, and scores of other outlets said at least 11 terrorist bombs exploded in Sri Lanka on 21 April, hitting multiple targets. Seven of these were…
Continue Reading >>Adjua Fisher, on 1 March 2019, wrote the informative article, "Is Active Shooter Insurance Becoming a Risk Management Necessity?" for Risk and Insurance. In the article, Fisher asserts that, out of 500 workplace…
Continue Reading >>Most of the following data points come from the well done and succinct CNN article, “Hundreds of motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online,” 21 March 2019, by Sophie Jeong and James…
Continue Reading >>As five al Shabaab fighters raided and occupied the Dusit hotel and office compound in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019, a slew of civilians, some armed and some unarmed,…
Continue Reading >>The Times of India on 11 March reported that hackers attacked a hotel in Lucknow, India, with ransomware. Police say it is the first such attack on a hotel in the…
Continue Reading >>These takeaways come from Muir Analytics' full report on the dusitD2 hotel and business compound attack posted here. First, the hotel was the focal point of the attack. The terrorists…
Continue Reading >>The Chicago Tribune reported on 14 February 2019 that hotel companies Atrium TRS III (Atrium Hospitality) and Hammons Inc settled out of court a rape case from April 2014 that occurred…
Continue Reading >>Quick overview and short takeaways: Reuters and scores of other outlets are reporting on this ongoing attack: 1) Al Shabaab exploded a massive car bomb outside the Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama…
Continue Reading >>Below is an executive summary of the 15 January 2019 dusitD2 hotel and business complex attack sequence as of 15 February 2019. It comes from an extensively researched and sourced…
Continue Reading >>Note: This sequence of events is hotel-centric. Details on the office buildings that were attacked are redacted in order to focus on what happened at the dusitD2 hotel. This is…
Continue Reading >>In the wake of the 15 January 2019 al Shabaab terror attack on the dusitD2 hotel and business complex where 21 people died and at least 30 were wounded, Muir…
Continue Reading >>On 15 January 2019, al Shabaab fighters raided the hotel and office complex at 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi, Kenya. The hotel in question is the dusitD2 nairobi (written in lower…
Continue Reading >>This year, 26 November 2018, marked the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks by the terror group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. Scores of articles recently ran on the attacks, the counter attack, and the…
Continue Reading >>The recent accusations of sexual assaults at Caribbean resorts, particularly in Jamaica, are based on professional research and analyses by the US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), and multiple, recent…
Continue Reading >>An endemic problem On 7 November, the Chicago Tribune ran a disturbing story about rapes of tourists at Jamaican resorts, citing multiple case studies, interviews, and US State Department threat warnings.…
Continue Reading >>Eturbonews reports that, at 1:50 pm on 29 October 2018, a female suicide bomber, most likely Tunisia’s first (Muir Analytics is conducting research to confirm), detonated her explosives on the pedestrian…
Continue Reading >>On 6-7 July 2018, CNN reported that hundreds of rioters in Port au Prince, Haiti, attacked at least two hotels, the Royal Oasis Hotel, and the Best Western Premier Petion-Ville, as…
Continue Reading >>Bloomberg writers Hannah Levitt and Sonali Basak penned the article, “Las Vegas Massacre Could Cost Insurers More Than $1 Billion,” on 10 November. To date, the exactitudes of insurance payouts, the…
Continue Reading >>On 20 November, Newsweek reports that a massive lawsuit was filed on behalf of 450 victims against the MGM Mandalay Bay Resort (and others, see below,) for negligence regarding the…
Continue Reading >>On Thursday, 2 November at 8:20 pm, four men used a chemical agent to attack as many as 40 tourists (the French press said 80) from the People’s Republic of China…
Continue Reading >>On 14 October 2017, terrorists detonated at least one massive truck bomb – the New York Times says two truck bombs – in front of the Safari Hotel in Mogadishu,…
Continue Reading >>On 5 October, Kate Taylor of the Business Insider wrote an article titled, “The hotel where the Las Vegas gunman stockpiled weapons for 3 days has been quiet about what…
Continue Reading >>Below is an initial report of the worst mass shooting in US history where the shooter used the Mandalay Bay Resort and Hotel as a firing position to attack the Route…
Continue Reading >>The assassination of Irish gangster David Byrne at the Regency Hotel Dublin on 5 February 2016 provides a textbook case study of hotel vs. insurance company wrangling over policies and…
Continue Reading >>In the wake of the 2 June 2017 active shooter attack on the Resorts World Manila (RWM) facility – specifically, the Maxims Hotel and attached casino that killed 37 plus…
Continue Reading >>Below is a list of security/fire failures regarding the 2 June 2017 active shooter assault on the Resorts World Manila (RWM) complex – specifically, the Maxims Hotel and the casino…
Continue Reading >>On 3 June, Resorts World Manila released comprehensive CCTV footage of the 2 June attack on its Maxims Hotel and attached casino. The resort’s Chief Security Officer, Armeen Gomez, narrated…
Continue Reading >>The Enquirer, a Philippines-based news outlet, reports that just after midnight on Thursday (Friday, 2 June, Manila Time), that either a single gunman, or a group of gunmen, attacked the…
Continue Reading >>The Miami Herald reports that on 7 May at around 8:49 p.m., a gunman opened fire on a couple in the valet parking area of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel.…
Continue Reading >>On 21 March, The Guardian announced that three sisters from the UAE had begun a lawsuit against The Cumberland, a hotel in London, over an assault they suffered at the…
Continue Reading >>A group of families whose relatives were killed and/or injured in the June 2015 ISIS attack on the Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, is moving forward with their…
Continue Reading >>On 28 January, The Local, an Austrian news source, reported that cybercriminals had recently hacked into the Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt in Turrach. The attackers damaged the hotel’s electronic key system…
Continue Reading >>Two hotel attacks in recent weeks are indicative of the increasing political violence happening in Ethiopia. It is a complex situation involving several ethnic and political issues that are spiraling…
Continue Reading >>On 30 October, a group called al-Murabitun (The Sentinels,) which is a faction of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM,) pledged support to ISIS, according to PJ Media and ISISliveuamap.com.…
Continue Reading >>At 7:00 am on 15 October 1997, terrorists from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the Galadari Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a massive truck bomb. The…
Continue Reading >>On 10 October, the Insurance Journal wrote that the UK’s government-backed Pool Re, which covers commercial property losses from terror attacks, had launched the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Re/Insurance…
Continue Reading >>On 12 October, William Michael Jr. of Mayer Brown LLP, published an informative article on hotel liabilities related to terrorism titled, "Hotels at Risk: The Legal Consequences of Terrorist Attacks on…
Continue Reading >>On 8 October, Jeremy Koh of The Straits Times wrote a telling piece describing how Singapore has increased hotel security in light of the global increase of terrorism. Mr. Koh wrote: "Mr…
Continue Reading >>ABC news reports that just after 4:00 p.m. on 1 October, an unknown man spray-painted, “No justice,” and a red line/circle drawn through the word “peace,” and “Black lives matter…
Continue Reading >>The Insurance Journal reports that in August 2016, a female employee of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and its Na Ho'ola Spa filed a lawsuit against the hotel and one…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics covered the Black Lives Matter-related political violence against hotels in Charlotte, North Carolina, here. Riots impacted at least seven hotels with several people assaulted, two shot (and one killed),…
Continue Reading >>On the evenings of 20-21 September in Charlotte, North Carolina, political violence in the form of rioting, vandalism, intimidation, and assault impacted at least seven hotels in the city’s downtown…
Continue Reading >>Tourism in Thailand has slowed in the wake of multiple attacks there, just like what has happened in Turkey and France – and to a lesser degree, Tunisia – (see…
Continue Reading >>On 8 September, Thai authorities announced that 32-year old Hakeem Doloh, a Pattani native, had been linked to both the Southern View hotel bombing on 23 August, and the mid-south…
Continue Reading >>The Bangkok Post reports that two bombs detonated at the Southern View Hotel in Pattani, Thailand, on 23 August, killing two and wounding 40. The first bomb exploded in a…
Continue Reading >>The Telegraph reported on 7 August that Paris' hotel occupancy rates have plummeted as a result of more than 11 terror attacks in country, such as: 2015 3 February, Nice 19…
Continue Reading >>On 14 July at 7:30 pm,* (*Mexico-based new outlets say pm, the San Diego Union-Tribune says am) in Tijuana, Mexico, a gunman walked into the lobby of the Marriott Hotel…
Continue Reading >>Teri Robinson, Executive Editor of SC Magazine, penned an article on 12 July 2016 titled, “Malware on Omni Hotel POS systems scarfed payment card info.” It describes a point of…
Continue Reading >>In a one-on-one interview, The Standard newspaper in Kenya talks to Justus Kisaulu, manager of the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, about his views of operating a hotel in…
Continue Reading >>On 1 June 2016 at 5:45 pm, al Shabaab fighters attacked the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu, killing 13 and wounding 40, reports CNN. Al Shabaab used a car bomb at…
Continue Reading >>On 10 March 2016, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a threat warning saying that ISIS was aiming to attack hotels and conference venues in the Washington DC area,…
Continue Reading >>On 21 January 2016, DNA India news reported that the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (owned by Indian Hotels Company Ltd, which is owned by the Tata Group,) had settled a…
Continue Reading >>On 30 January 2016 at 10:30 pm, Istanbul police shot a terrorist suspect who refused to stop for questioning near the Ritz Carlton hotel, reports Today’s Zaman. Police reportedly found…
Continue Reading >>On 15 January, six terrorists from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) raided and occupied the 147-room, four star Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, killing 29 and wounding 56, reports…
Continue Reading >>On 9 January, two terrorists armed with knives and reportedly a pellet gun attacked the Bella Vista Hotel and Resort in Hurghada, Egypt, reports the BBC. The Bella Vista is…
Continue Reading >>On 12 March 1993, terrorists set off 13 bombs across Mumbai, then called Bombay. These included car bombs, motor scooter bombs, suitcase bombs, plus a few grenades. The blasts killed…
Continue Reading >>Following the major fire at The Address Downtown Dubai on New Year’s Eve, real estate community premiums in UAE are under review, and they might rise, reports The National. Two…
Continue Reading >>The Israeli government on 31 December released a statement asserting that two Arab Israeli citizens from Jerusalem were indicted for trying to bomb the Rio Hotel in Eilat, reports The…
Continue Reading >>On 24 December, the BBC reported that Hyatt discovered malware on its payment processing system, which impacts 318 of its 627 properties. The former properties Hyatt manages directly. Franchisers manage…
Continue Reading >>Following a U.S. State Department terror attack warning for Nigeria, State Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni held a meeting with high-end hotel owners/managers in Lagos informing them of the warning, and then…
Continue Reading >>On 20 November, the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, released the following statement regarding the terror attack that began there this morning and still continues: "HOSTAGE-TAKING AT RADISSON BLU…
Continue Reading >>A current summation of the immediate situation, mostly compiled by CNN, is as follows: Al Qaeda related terrorists attacked the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, at 7 am (other…
Continue Reading >>The ISIS raid on Paris on 13 November 2015 included seven targets, reports the BBC, mostly in the eastern portion of the city: 9:20 pm, suicide bomb attack, Stade de…
Continue Reading >>On 9 October, Londonderry police confirmed that a suspicious item reportedly found in the parking lot of the Waterfoot Hotel was, in fact, a bomb, said the BBC. The Irish…
Continue Reading >>On 25 September, The Guardian reported that Tunisia’s tourism sector had collapsed in the wake of the 26 June attack on the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in Sousse. Scores of…
Continue Reading >>On 22 September 2015, the Dispatch Times reported that approximately 11 men assailed the Holiday Oceanview Samal Resort in Davao del Norte province (Samal Island) in the Philippines, and kidnapped…
Continue Reading >>Reuters reported on 11 September that a group of UK victims (injured and families of the deceased) of the 26 June terror attack on the Imperial Marhaba hotel in Sousse,…
Continue Reading >>The Somalia-based insurgent group al Shabaab issued the following warning on 2 September: “Let Muslims avoid going to the hotels where men and women misbehave…anybody engaged in this immoral culture…
Continue Reading >>On Monday, 17 August at 6:55 pm, an IED exploded at Erawan Shrine, Bangkok, at the corner of Phloen Chit and Ratchadamri Roads. It is a bustling area with modern…
Continue Reading >>CBS Boston reported on 11 August that a female rape victim was awarded $6.6 million in damages for an attack that happened on a hotel’s premises in 2009. A jury…
Continue Reading >>On 25 July, Saturday night, suspected gang members threw a grenade into (or at the) the restaurant of the Sheraton Presidente San Salvador Hotel, reports Tim Rogers at Fusion.net. Mr.…
Continue Reading >>Nancy Crotti recently wrote an illuminating article on the decrease of commercial property coverage premiums for Commercial Property Executive. This included terrorism coverage. Titled, Buyer's Market - For Now, Ms.…
Continue Reading >>Marsh recently published its 2015 Terrorism Risk Insurance Report, one of the top yearly terrorism insurance reports. Its statistical highlights regarding the Hospitality and Gaming sector are as follows: Terrorism Insurance…
Continue Reading >>On 23 September 1990, UPI reports that bombs exploded in two hotels in Manila’s central business district, known as Makati: the Nikko Manila Garden Hotel, and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.…
Continue Reading >>The Phuket News and other outlets report that on 10 July, a bomb exploded at the Top Asia Hotel in Sungai Golok district, Narathiwat province, on Soi Pracha Vivat 2.…
Continue Reading >>On 3 July, a Myanmar district court sentenced Saw Myint Lwin to life in prison with hard labor for helping a terror cell bomb the Traders Hotel in Yangon in…
Continue Reading >>...with expert commentary by ATI’s Sherry Kennedy and Souvik Banerjea by Jeff Moore, PhD, with Tim Hill, 3 July 2015 (originally written in November 2014, slightly updated for June/July 2015) With the devastating 26…
Continue Reading >>Since first reporting on the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba massacre on 27 June in Sousse, Tunisia, Muir Analytics has collected additional information on the sequence of the attack. Here is the updated version: One month…
Continue Reading >>On 27 June, the Tunisian government announced increased national security measures in the wake of the 26 June Sousse hotel massacre that killed as many as 30. This was the…
Continue Reading >>Note: Muir updated this briefing in a few places later when more accurate information became available. The datapoints initially reported by the press and eyewitnesses are still in the article, however,…
Continue Reading >>On 8 June, the Times of India ran a piece titled, “DC boss stay exposes chinks in hotels' armour.” In this story, police in Bhubaneswar (Odisha state, 150 miles down…
Continue Reading >>Here is a video of the aftermath of the bombing. Note the blown out windows several floors up and the scorched blast area in the parking lot. These factors demonstrate the…
Continue Reading >>The Gulf Times reports that ISIS, on 29 May 2015, claimed responsibility for bombing two hotels in Baghdad at around midnight on Thursday, 28 May: the Cristal Grand Ishtar and…
Continue Reading >>In the 1980s, when Colombia was in the throes of a high intensity and ultra violent narcotics war, the drug cartels not only targeted politicians, the police, and the military,…
Continue Reading >>Peter Muiruri wrote an interesting piece for Standard Digital, a Kenya news outlet, on what some business entities in Kenya are doing to salvage the 2015 tourist season that has…
Continue Reading >>On 8 May, reports The Independent, hundreds of Kurds mobbed the Tara Hotel in Mahabad, Iran, and set fire to it over the suspicious death of a Kurdish hotel worker,…
Continue Reading >>The Daily Mail reports that on 10 April, terrorists detonated a car bomb near the Babylon Warwick Hotel in the Karrada neighborhood, central Baghdad. The blast, which occurred during midday Friday…
Continue Reading >>Prosecutors in Ireland continued their case in a Special Criminal Court on 13 May 2015 against alleged IRA bomber Samuel Devlin. Mr. Devlin is accused of trying to detonate a…
Continue Reading >>FVW magazine, one of Germany’s top travel trade news outlets, reported in April that German hotel and tourist investors continued to be optimistic about tourism and hotel investment in Tunisia…
Continue Reading >>The BBC reported on 10 April that Pakistani authorities released from prison Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged LeT planner of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, which included attacks on two…
Continue Reading >>On 29 March, the Malaysian press reported a bomb threat against Hotel Jen in Penang. On 24 March, operatives from the Islamic State sent letters bearing IS symbols to the…
Continue Reading >>The Mandarin Oriental Group said in early March hackers had attacked point-of-sale systems at a number of its hotels in the US and Europe and stole credit card information from…
Continue Reading >>26 March 2015, Kim Zetter for Wired discusses how vulnerable many hotel wi-fi systems are. Zetter says, “Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the systems, which would allow an attacker…
Continue Reading >>1 March 2015, the accused central planner of the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, that included, among multiple other targets, attacks on two hotels, the Taj Mahal and the…
Continue Reading >>On 19 March 2015, the Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson, writing for eturbonews.com, penned an article titled, “Primer on hotel law: The common law – duty to protect guests from others.”…
Continue Reading >>On 28 October 2014, the estate of a Chicago man killed in the Oberoi Trident hotel during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the Cook…
Continue Reading >>On 4 April 2015, ynetnews.com ran a story about the terror siege of the Savoy Hotel in 1975 and featured audio reels of the attack, which demonstrate the stress and…
Continue Reading >>Here is an interesting piece from 20 February 2015 including comments by Real Estate Roundtable President and CEO Jeffrey D. DeBoer on Congress passing TRIA and how a wide array…
Continue Reading >>On 7 January 2015, hotelnewsresource.com reported the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA): Hotel Industry Applauds House Passage of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. The article said, “The American…
Continue Reading >>On Friday, 27 March 2015, al Shabaab conducted a raid on the Makka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack began late Friday afternoon with a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive…
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