Just over a year since Crockett Hotel employee Gloria Rodriguez plunged to her death, the Texas Department of Licensing and regulation fined the hotel owner thousands of dollars for failing to have ...

While most elevators serve as mundane mechanical boxes that transport passengers from point A to point B, some hotels are turning them into attractions in their own right. From futuristic, rocket-ship ...

The artist Typoe stands in his installation ‘Getting Up’ in the elevator at Casa Claridge’s in Miami. Hotels are upgrading their elevators to make the move between floors memorable and fun. WSJ’s ...

Everyone has ups and downs at work. Andrew Lounsbury’s are intentional. For 39 years, he’s been an elevator operator at the Hotel del Coronado, a throwback job in a throwback place. The hotel dates to ...

SAN ANTONIO A San Antonio family has questions, after 65-year old Gloria Rodriguez plunged to her death in an elevator shaft at the Crockett Hotel. She had a big heart for everybody. It was an ...

HOUSTON — The lawsuit filed by the family of flood victim, Jill Renick, cites elevator code violations as the cause of her death. It also says she drowned from the “gross negligence” of the Omni ...

IT RECEIVED 13 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THE HOSPITAL BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH. FOUR TEENAGERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM HAD TO BE RESCUED THIS MORNING -- AFTER OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE STUCK IN AN ...

Next time you book a hotel, consider asking for a room on a lower floor. Taking the stairs may be good for your health in more ways than one. There’s a growing body of evidence that using an elevator ...