U.S. Military and asylum seekers now occupy Long Island City's Holiday Inn - LaGuardia West. Travelers with reservations - like Sean Cullen, are no longer welcome.
"When checking in, was greeted with staff in tears, National Guard in the room and advised it's no longer a hotel, but a government building," Cullen said.
"It was awful, awful for me, awful for my guests who flew from Australia 38 hours to sit in a lobby for seven hours - and no action from IHG," he added.
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