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By Rob Lovitt, Tampa's Federal Courthouse, which has been vacant for more than a decade, is slated to be turned into a hotel. The Beaux Arts building will feature about 130 guestrooms. If your next  hotel  stay has you dreaming of movie stars or mail carriers, it may not be your imagination. From Los Angeles to Tampa, Fla., to the nation’s capital, hotel developers are embarking on projects that promise to breathe new life into theaters, post offices and other historic buildings . “The allure of a historic building is its grandeur, its location and its architecture,” said Bruce Ford, senior vice president of Lodging Econometrics, which tracks hospitality-industry transactions. “To integrate that into a modern development can be a home run if it’s done right.” The latest developer to take a swing, of course, is Donald Trump, who announced a deal last month to convert the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., into a 260-room luxury hotel. Originall...

With snow covering many parts of the UK, some workers will struggle to get to work. What are their legal rights? While some commuters will unable to make the journey, others will be forced to take a day off work to look after children whose schools have closed. But what are your legal rights if you take a day off work because of an emergency such as severe weather? The following Q&A addresses some of the main concerns.= If you're unable to get to work or think it's not worth the effort, can your employer not pay you for that day or count it as a day's holiday? = Basic position: As a starting point, employees are entitled to be paid wages for the work they have done. Therefore, if an employee cannot come into work and carry out the work that he/she is paid to do, then the employer is not obliged to pay the employee. Contractual provisions: The employee's contract or workplace policies may deal with t...

  Report by Mark Caswell Transatlantic joint venture partners American Airlines and British Airways are both currently offering a one-way upgrade to first class for selected business class return tickets purchased before March 30. AA’s offer can be accessed , and is valid for residents of the United Kingdom purchasing qualifying business class tickets from the UK to the US and/or Mexico. The promotion is valid on AA-operated and BA codeshare flights , for bookings made by March 30 and travel before April 6.                                                                                             Heathrow Airport taxis from Terminal 5 to London BA’s offer can be found , and is valid for fully-flexible published Club World J fares booked a...

As New York has enjoyed a lengthy run as one of the world's favourite cities, some may be shocked at the news that its JFK airport has been voted the worst by travel expert Frommer's . This is no mean feat considering Nairobi's Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is also on the list - a place, this author can attest - akin to the seventh circle of hell. Describing JFK, Frommer's says: "There's a sense that the cleaning crew gave up in despair a while ago." As someone who has passed through and into New York via Terminal 3 (and found the entire process unnecessarily intimidating and painful), it is good to know that Frommer's has captured the atmosphere honestly. The review goes on: "Endless immigration lines in a dank basement, an utter lack of food and shopping options, three crowded and confusing entry points, and hallways that could have been designed by MC Escher for vomiting international travellers out onto an und...

BY MSN The Aspire S measures just 15mm at its widest point Acer Acer is aiming to get the jump on its rivals in the Ultrabook market with the headline-grabbing "world's thinnest Ultrabook", the Aspire S5. The 13.3-inch device measures only 15mm at its widest point, and weighs less than 1.35kg. It also features the unique Acer Green Instant On  technology  for fast boot and resume (in 1.5 seconds), and Acer Always Connect, which lets users manage their multimedia and data on all their devices at anytime, anywhere. Acer Always Connect also aims to get users online faster than conventional connections for better productivity enjoyment. With their Facebook, Twitter and Outlook email accounts open, users can see updates instantly upon resuming. Furthermore, Acer Always Connect can wake up the Aspire S5 from a remote device like a smartphone. Access to all documents, music, pictures and video files is fast and always available. A magnesium-aluminium a...

By Rob Lovitt,    Quick, can you guess which of the world’s airports tops the charts for the most “check ins” on social media? We’ll give you three hints: @alecbaldwin (since deactivated) @aplusk (as in the ex-Mr. Demi Moore) More people prone to self-promotion per capita than perhaps any other city on the planet. If you answered Los Angeles International Airport, give yourself a badge. Facebook announced on Tuesday that more people check in via Facebook or a third-party location app while at LAX than at any other airport in the world. “We are honored and excited for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) being named the ‘Most Social Airport in the World’ by Facebook,” airport officials told msnbc.com via e-mail. Rounding out the world's top 10 social airports are Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Sydney (Australia), Phoenix, Las Vegas and Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok, Thailand). “Travel is inherently a social thing,” said...

By Bianca Ffolkes An in-flight device that can detect ash clouds is being tested by low-fare airline easyJet and is scheduled to arrive next summer if trials are successful. The system, known as AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector), makes it possible for a pilot to see an ash cloud ahead at altitudes of 5,000 to 50,000ft Developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian Institute For Air Research and funded by easyJet, AVOID is a small orange machine that checks the position and measure the density of ash clouds using an infra-red camera and satellite data. Dr Prata told the Guardian: "It has two cameras that have been tuned to see the signature of silicates, which are the components that make up volcanic ash. "They're able to see silicates up to 100km – maybe more – away if you're flying at 33,000ft, and that information can be relayed straight back to the pilot in the cockpit and he's able to see volcanic ash in the atmosphere ahead of ...