Howard Johnson

Stronger economy means more points to get a free hotel room

2013-03-10 08:00:00

Here’s another sign that the economy is stronger: Several major hotel chains are significantly raising the number of loyalty reward points needed to book a free room. It’s a simple matter of supply and demand, said Joe Brancatelli, who...

SoCal Close-Ups: A date with the Coachella Valley

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Sure, you could go to the beach again. Or you could turn your back on the Pacific and head instead for a desert land of date shakes and camel races, jumbo windmills and creationist dinosaurs, native palms and gay parties, mountain views and midcentury...

Critics targeting hotel chains affiliated with NRA

2013-01-06 08:00:00

National Rifle Assn. critics are blasting two of the world's biggest hotel companies because they give discounts to NRA members. A global advocacy site, Avaaz.org, has urged its followers to go on Facebook and sound off against Best Western International...

Post & Beam's well-seasoned restaurateur, Brad Johnson

2012-07-04 00:00:00

Foodies tend to move like flocks of birds, swarming a chic eatery, and then — swoop — off to the next. One of their newer perches in Los Angeles is in a part of town that hasn't had much of the food spotlight. Post & Beam opened on New Year'...

Q & A with Post & Beam's Brad Johnson

2012-07-04 16:34:33

'Mad Men' recap: Straight trippin'

2012-04-23 16:37:49

Phone numbers and websites for hotels, and hotel associations

2011-02-27 00:00:00

Major lodging companies' phone numbers and websites are listed below. Several hotel and motel brands may be managed by one umbrella company. Thus, different chains may share central reservation staffs and Internet systems. It's why Internet users...

An appreciation: Soupy Sales, hip and elemental

2009-10-23 16:34:19

Ace Hotel & Swim Club is a hybrid apart in Palm Springs

2009-03-29 00:00:00

The first thing that caught my eye: the coyote wearing a pearl necklace. The critter strides in a diorama above the front desk, near a cactus with red Christmas ball flowers. Then there is the vintage ice cream cart from which tamales are served...

How to contact major hotel chains

2009-02-08 00:00:00

A vibrant sound is now dead silent

2008-02-27 00:00:00

CORDOVA, ALASKA -- By way of telling his story, and the story of this fishing village, Mike Maxwell -- born, raised and hoping to die here -- wants to talk about what happened to the herring. They were the little kings of the sea in these parts. They ran...

Services closed after hurricane

2005-09-09 00:00:00

Airlines As of Tuesday, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International and the Gulfport-Biloxi International airports remained closed to all traffic, except relief and rescue flights. No reopening dates were announced. Airlines continued to divert hundreds...

Hojo Happy Monday sale rate costs $64 a night (instead of $99 a night) at the Howard Johnson Fullerton Hotel and Conference Center.

2013-04-01 15:43:20

A Spring Breaker shows off during a contest at the Howard Johnson on A1A in Fort Lauderdale.

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Chef Jacques Pepin worked for Howard Johnson in the 1960s developing some of the chain's most popular dishes. Pepin's autobiography, "The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen," contains this chowder recipe.

2012-12-19 09:56:53