We were approaching the hotel a Best Western in Luxembourg but first Li briefed us on breakfast.
What do these programs say to these customers about the people behind Best Western?
We were out of the Best Western by dawn and were soon back on the Autobahn.
In recent weeks, similar announcements have come from the Holiday Inn, Holiday Express and Best Western chains.
Participating hotels include Marriott, Best Western, Wyndham, Laquinta Inns and Suites (beginning in January), Americinn and Choice Hotels.
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And at less expensive brands like Holiday Inn Express, Best Western or Fairfield Inn, newspapers are available in lobbies.
Inside the Executive Court Banquet Facility at the Best Western in Manchester, hundreds of Paul supporters of all ages filled a large dance hall.
Tom Higgins, the boss of Best Western, says free access is becoming the norm because travellers object to paying for what they now regard as an essential service.
For instance Best Western, Carlson, Mandarin Oriental and others have teamed up with Clean the World, an initiative that recycles your partially used soap from the hotel room.
Budget conscious travellers should seek out hotel chains such as Best Western, Country Inn, Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn Express that include extras like breakfast, parking and Internet in their nightly rates.
Nearly all the established brands in Delhi have recently opened business-oriented counterparts in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, including the Oberoi Gurgaon, Vivanta by Taj (opening 15 December), Leela Kempinski and Best Western Skycity.
"I've never seen the beach as packed as it's been the last two weekends, " said Judy Kuhl, general manager of the Best Western Plus Agate Beach Inn, whose ocean-facing suites offer a clear view of the hulk.
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It is partnered with many global hotel brands including Radisson, Hyatt, Best Western and Marriott, and rates are dependent on how busy the hotel is and what time rooms are needed for overnight guests.
N'dour, best known to western audiences for his 1994 hit Seven Seconds with Neneh Cherry, first made his name outside Africa working with Peter Gabriel in the 1980s.
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Ordinarily, Republican candidates run best in the western panhandle (Pensacola and Panama City), Orange County (Orlando), and the southern Gulf Coast (especially Fort Myers and Naples), and in Miami's Cuban-American community.
There was a similar result in Togliatti, a town in south-western Russia best known for making Lada cars.
Although the Nuggets have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference, no Denver player was selected for next Sunday's All-Star Game, a fact Karl is quick to point out.
The record is best for carriers flying Western-built planes.
The Thunder finish a run of four games in five days Monday night at San Antonio, with a chance to tie the Spurs without All-Star point guard Tony Parker for the best record in the Western Conference.
That will not be cheap, but it is the best way to bring home Western troops.
Whether a novel is written in China or in the West, dissidence is still the best recipe for hype: western audiences love whatever the Chinese government hates.
After averaging 16 points and 5.7 assists per-game in 2009-10, he tallied 17.5 points and 6.6 assists as San Antonio went a Western Conference-best 61-21 in 2010-11.
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But the attack on Yukos, the best-run and most western-looking of Russian companies, was the worst cure of all: capricious, selective and motivated by politics not the rule of law.
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For the best part of two centuries, Western societies have seen themselves as the model for all others.
The other, Ebrahim Rasool, was in charge of one of the best-performing provinces, the Western Cape, but had long been scrapping with the party's local bosses.
Remarkably, despite the popularity of the genre, it was only the second western ever to win the best picture award.
Family considerations do not appear to have interfered with Mr Li's ability to choose and attract the best managers, be they Chinese or western.
Fort Soledad, atop the southern hill of the bay, is reconstructed in parts and offers the best view over Umatac and the rugged western shoreline.
Ironically, the Western Cape has probably done best from the end of apartheid, as tourists have flocked to Table Mountain, the winelands and the province's spectacular coastline.
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