From around the web: Where do those used bars of soap go?

Well, at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, those slivers of soap are turned over to a local company called Laboratoire Dermoderm, which mixes them with volcanic stone to make a cream that removes substances such as paint, grease, tar and ink from the hands of artists, gardeners and mechanics.

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From around the web: 14-ounce bottle of water: $42

a 14-ounce bottle of New Zealand mineral water priced at 21 British pounds (about $42) at London's luxurious and legendary Claridge's hotel. It's on the hotel's new water menu that includes rare H20 from around the globe.

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From around the web: The world’s biggest hotels

The Forbes Traveler list of the world’s biggest hotels...

MGM Grand, Las Vegas
First World Hotel, Genting Highlands, Malaysia
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki
Venetian, Las Vegas
Excalibur, Las Vegas
Paris, Las Vegas
Palazzo, Las Vegas
Luxor, Las Vegas

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From around the web: $4.00 cup of tea at Hyatt Regency San Antonio

"'That’ll be $8.65.'"I stared at the two paper cups of hot water, the two packaged tea bags and told the waitress in the lobby bar at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio that there must have been a mistake, since all I’d ordered was two cups of tea. 'It’s $8.65,' she repeated.

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From around the web: Why do some hotels have more (or less) cable channels than others?

One of my pet peeves as a road warrior is hotels that skimp on cable channels. Is there a reason that at one you'll get 50 and at another you get 10?

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From around the web: Disney details 2008 "Dreams" giveaways, includes stay at Castaway Cay

On Monday, Disney Parks released details of the extension of its successful "Year of a Million Dreams" campaign, kicking off the 2008 continuation of giveaways by awarding an overnight stay at Disney's private Bahamian island, Castaway Cay, on "Good Morning America."

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