Boon or bust? Check in on key issues in Dallas convention hotel debate
Dallas Morning News
It'll be a boon to Dallas' economy, filling a floundering convention center with events, cramming local businesses with patrons and creating as many jobs as any stimulus package. Or it'll be a financial boondoggle, backfiring so violently t...
Australian youth found dead in hotel
New Kerala
New Delhi, Apr 20 : An Australian youth was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a hotel in Central Delhi late last night, police said today. Police have informed the Australian High Commission about the death of the youth. Accordin...
A peek into the hotel room of future
New Kerala
Sydney, Apr 19 : How about living in a hotel room with see-through showers, floating TV sets and mobile phone entry? Well, it's no dream - a hotel in Paris is offering its customers an opportunity to experience the future of the hospitality...
Pirate Bay, SonyBMG Music, GE, Starwood: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
The complaint, filed in federal court in New York, claims two former Starwood executives hired by Hilton stole information about Starwood’s W hotel brand to develop Hilton’s Denizen hotels. Hilton recruited the employees, Ross Klein and Ama...
Two British resorts 'join Euro to attract more visitors'
Daily Telegraph
It is a small start and we are confident we can sign up lots more hotels and restaurants." Antony Brunt, who runs the Market Hotel in Dunster, said the move has proved a hit there. He said: "When we have overseas guests they are certainly p...
Phone application helps traveler make the right diet calls
USA Today
I try to take the stairs at the hotel and office. I walk as much as I can. I'm somebody whoif I don't exercise it the morning, I'm not going to do it. Right before I started the weight loss, I also picked up yoga. When I'm in Chicago, I try...
5 ways to sell yourself during a job interview
Detroit News
Last fall, a new hotel in Rhode Island posted job listings for 50 new employees and more than 5,000 people applied. In Miami, more than 1,000 applicants vied for 35 positions at the Fire Department. In today's economy, competition for jobs ...
Hollywood hypes benefits of taxpayer handouts
Baltimore Sun
The sales tax from Cate Blanchett 's hotel bill and income tax paid by the key grip could not have come close to making up for that outlay. "There's no way you can say these things make money" for the state budget, says Greg Albrecht, chief...
Smugglers, $67 Llama Lure Tourists to Adventurous Lake Titicaca
Bloomberg
The new Hotel Titlaka, an 18-suite boutique hotel, goes far to address the lack of fine accommodations around Lake Titicaca. The minimalist interiors provide a perfect backdrop for the vivid indigenous art that blooms in every corner. Each ...
Teen dies after being hit by car
Boston Globe
McCartney said yesterday that Rhode Island investigators agree with their Boston counterparts that there is a strong connection between an assault and robbery in a hotel there Thursday night and the killing of a woman at the Marriott Copley...
Priceline's Differences Appeal
Wall Street Journal
Priceline, which has a market capitalization of $3.7 billion, often gets lumped in with Expedia, Orbitz Worldwide and Sabre Holdings' Travelocity.com. They all allow consumers to search for cheap airline fares, auto rentals and hotel rooms....
Five Ways to Use Plastic Wisely
Wall Street Journal
We ended up having to sleep in a bed-bug hotel until we got money wired," says the personal-finance author. Ms. Sandberg says credit is "safer than carrying all that currency around with you," adding that credit cards also are "essential" f...
QUIETLY MAKING SOME BIG NOISE
Chicago Sun-Times
Remarkably, Rose spent the night of his breakout game holed up in his hotel room by himself watching movies. ''I watched two or three movies,'' he said. ''I try not to watch that stuff [game highlights].'' OK, so what did he watch? '''The M...
Business calendar
Dallas Morning News
World Affairs Council, "Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East," speaker Ambassador Edward Djerejian, 6 p.m., Rosewood Crescent Hotel, 400 Crescent Court. Visit www.dfwworld.org. Wednesday Associati...
Future points toward natural gas
Glendale News-Press
Even more special is the decision to convert a parking lot with absolutely no water consumption into a multistory Embassy Suites hotel on Central Avenue. Yet Glendale continues down that path to this day. As I drive around town, I see new c...
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