[General] They are going to hotel.

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At home, Bryan and Tony are at garage and get ready to go to hotel.
Mandy asked me where are Bryan and Tony, I told her, "They are going to hotel."

Bryan and Tony still at the garage, should I say "going"?
 
'They are soon going to the hotel.'

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At home, Bryan and Tony are at the garage and are getting ready to go to the hotel.
Mandy asked me where[STRIKE] are[/STRIKE] Bryan and Tony are. I told her, "They are going to the hotel."

Bryan and Tony are still at the garage, should I say "are going"?
Yes, the present continuous tense can be used for something that is not done at the moment of writing but in the 'near future'.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html (Use No.3)

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It could also mean they are still in the garage.

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So I added 'soon' before 'going' in order to avoid ambiguity.

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'They are soon going to the hotel.'

It could also be a hotel, depending on whether the hotel is known to the speaker and listener or not.
 
At home, Bryan and Tony are at garage and get ready to go to hotel.
Mandy asked me where are Bryan and Tony, I told her, "They are going to hotel."

Bryan and Tony still at the garage, should I say "going"?

Mandy asked me where Bryan and Tony were, I told her, "They are going to go to the/a hotel."

Or, you might tell her, "They are about to go to the/a hotel."
 
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"Going to go to" and "soon going to" can have different meanings.
 
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