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motel

a roadside hotel for motorists, usually having direct access from each room or chalet to a parking space or garage
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motel

A roadside building or group of buildings which contains hotel and parking accommodations primarily for transient motorists, often with individual exterior entrances to each room.
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Motel 6 said in a statement it was pleased to settle, and that "the safety and security of our guests, which includes protecting guest information, is our top priority."
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa includes Motels at Saidu Sharif, Kalam (Swat), Miandam (Swat), Panakot (Dir), Bamburet (Chitral), Bunni (Chitral), Birmoglasht (Chitral), Main Chitral, Mastuj (Chitral), Chattar Plain (Mansehra), Besham (Shangla), Balakot, Naran, Torkham and at Ayubia (Abbotabad).
PTDC motels were constructed to meet two primary objectives firstly to open up new areas for tourism and set the pace for the private sector to follow, secondly to initiate socio-economic development of the area , he added.
Friday to the motel. Upon arrival, the motel was fully engulfed in flames, Newport police reported.
Most of the motel's occupants are long-term residents, but it is still accepting new guests.
We had slept soundly and safely in the Bates Motel with the key in the front door all night.
"I've contacted the New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association and learned that as far as they know, the Gale River Motel will be the first motel in the state to install a solar hot water system," said Kevin Johnson, the motel's owner.
These include an analysis of the motel and its problems, an examination of the property, a meeting between police department and city attorney's office representatives and the motel owner and managers, an appointment of officers to conduct high-visibility enforcement at the property, and an assessment of the program's effectiveness.
He spends 80% of that ad budget on billboards and the like, which have proven to be the most efficient means of making the motel known to potential trysters.
Mosley's motel is introducing large, refillable dispensers in each of her rooms, eliminating the need for wasteful plastic bottles full of hygiene products.
Department of Justice (DOI) announced an agreement with Motel 6 Operating L.P., settling allegations that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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