Hotel crime rises
More than a billion travelers stay at U.S. hotels each year, and some, like Tubbs, become victims despite the sense of security that locked doors, surveillance cameras and hotel staff provide. And now that the country is in recession, several veterans of hotel security say, there's a greater likelihood that what happened to Tubbs could happen to other travelers. Ref. Source 6
Anytime your in a strange place or in a strange town this could happen to you. You have to remain very alert to things that just do not seem right. IF you a woman traveling alone see if a hotel person will walk you up to your room. IF they have security have the security walk with you. Better safe than not.