BEDBUGS A BIG PROBLEM AT BIG-CITY HOTELS.(NEWS) From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: July 26, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A University of Florida researcher says America's luxury hotels are increasingly playing host to some unwelcome guests: bedbugs.

Phil Koehler, an urban entomologist with the university's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said recently that the blood-feeding insect is being found more frequently in cities that have an influx of international tourists.

Infestations have been reported in hotels ...

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