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Vendaval -> Haunted hotels (3/2/2010 5:25:47 PM)
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We have occasional threads here about ghosts and hauntings. USA Today had a recent article about haunted hotels and special tours I thought some of you would appreciate.
"Haunted hotels' ghost stories can be good for business"
By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
"Hotels have long served as settings for ghost stories, and many are reputed to be haunted. Horror writer Stephen King helped popularize the notion of haunted hotels when he wrote The Shining, inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo. Author Bruce Raisch, who wrote Haunted Hotels of the West, says Arizona alone has 24 with the reputation. Hotels are part of ghost tours in New Orleans, San Antonio and other cities.
Some hotels, such as the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Ark., are proud of their reputation for being haunted. The Crescent advertises it in hopes of attracting the curious. Other hoteliers dismiss guests' tales and would just as soon the notion that they're harboring ghosts be exorcised for fear of scaring guests away.
"It's a touchy subject," says Charlyn Keating Chisholm, a travel writer who lists haunted hotels on the About.com website. "Some hotels fear it will scare off customers, and others worry guests who are looking for a supernatural event will feel cheated if they don't experience one."
Chisholm says she's noticed that more hotels are becoming comfortable with going public with ghost stories."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-02-26-hauntedhotels26_CV_N.htm
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