Difficult because you ask what would I ask for - first of all such an occurrence wouldn't ruin a 2 week holiday for me. If I still had a functioning credit card that worked, then I would enjoy my holiday. But I can understand that others might feel differently and may want to terminate their holiday and return home.

In that case who is liable for the damages - the hotel or the employee? And what damages are reasonable from the hotel? I could understand you expecting the hotel to compensate you for the prepaid expenses like airfare and non-refundable car rental costs. But food for a 2 week vacation??? And 10 nights at any hotel in the chain? This sounds more like "I am trying to get whatever I can out of this" rather than I want a reasonable outcome.

I would expect the hotel to be proactive in making sure I had a superb holiday after this event happened. I wouldn't expect to have to get into negotiations with the manager.