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| Nigeria: Transcorp to Build 10 New Hotels in Africa |
| 2008-06-25 18:08:00 |
Aside experiencing the Transcorp Hilton quality of service, Mr. Iseghohi revealed that the president Middle East and Africa will also formally sign a business deal with Transcorp which governs the relationship with Transcorp as a strategic partner with the Hilton group in Africa.Tom added: "Our focus is to utilize our global credibility to develop world-class partnerships that will propel the Nigerian economy to what it ought to be. Partnership with Hilton is just the beginning of several new alliances that we are working on to enable further creation of jobs, thereby enhancing the development of the economy."It would be recall that Patrick Okigbo, Group Treasurer of Transcorp disclosed at the last edition of institute of Directors dinner in March that Transcorp remains a very focus institution and it has realigned as well as streamlined its strategic business goals and direction such that end of 2009, the company will be in a position to pay dividends.
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| Hotels to share information to beat criminals |
| 2008-05-27 15:48:00 |
People who abuse the hospitality of Edinburgh's hotels could soon find themselves banned from every one of them in the Capital. Today, members of the hospitality trade joined Lothian and Borders Police to launch a new security scheme called "Checkin", which will see hotels share information in a bid to beat criminals. Each year, millions of people stay at Edinburgh's hotels, and that number is expected to rise by substantially over the next few years. But for visitors to the capital and hoteliers alike there remains the problem of how to tackle crime at the in hotels - everything from petty thieving
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| America’s best party hotels |
| 2008-04-18 11:23:00 |
Walking into one of the best party hotels for the first time is like getting behind the wheel of your first sports car: Your pulse quickens and your palms get damp as you feel the power and potential for endless fun surging through you. The ideal chic party hotel is a place that effortlessly blends fashion and fun, luxury and a certain louche decadence. Maybe it's the rooftop bars, the designer lounges, the private cabanas and exclusive clientele; maybe it's the thrill of receiving top-notch service in such a hip, exciting environment.Perhaps you saw the headlines recently about the powerful politician who was brought down by a scandal involving a beautiful young lady? The fact that she got her start as a cocktail waitress in one of the hotels on our list is not altogether surprising.
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| Mumbai hotels bear the brunt of price rise |
| 2008-04-05 17:36:00 |
With prices of food items shooting through the roof, many Udipi hotels in Mumbai are losing business and several have been forced to shut shop.The owner of Aditi restaurant in Mumbai, Shetty, is a troubled man. In the past, he used to change his menu card once in four years.Now, he has to update his menu card every six months. It is because of rising inflation, which is on a 13-month high, causing a rise in the prices of food.
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| A need for hotels travel authors |
| 2008-03-24 03:58:00 |
Hi, its Tam Tree, hope you like the hotels travel news blog.I need travel authors to help me coverage more world hotels travel news.Please send email if you like to participated in this effort. Thanks !tamtree@gmail.com
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| Fiji Hotels Experiencing High Occupancy rates |
| 2008-03-16 06:27:00 |
Fiji Village news today spoke to owners and managers of 18 hotels and resorts around the country and there has been varying responses.The five star resorts and luxury hotels, including the Warwick along the coral coast, Yasawa Island Resort, and the Jean- Michel Coustaeu resort in Savusavu, to name a few, confirm that occupancy levels are above 70 percent at the moment.General Manager Coustaeu resort Keiren Taylor told Fiji Village news that they expect 100% occupancy by Easter.
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| Olympic-sized rates for Beijing hotels |
| 2008-03-10 04:34:00 |
BEIJING -- The spectacular new air terminal is finished, the iconic bird's nest stadium is one month from completion, an army of Olympic volunteers is already on the streets practising directing traffic and tourists and with five months to go before the opening ceremonies, the Chinese capital's hoteliers are dreaming in dollar signs.Finding a place to stay in Beijing during the Olympics is still possible, but not cheap."Only some 20 hotels in Beijing still have rooms available for reservations by foreign tourists during the period," Tang Xiaofreng, senior hotel business development manager for Ctrip.com, China's largest online reservation site, told the official Xinhua News Agency.
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| MGM Grand Hotel Rates Announced |
| 2008-03-03 16:48:00 |
A stay at the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods will cost you - $295 per night to be exact.The new resort casino announced today the starting room rate for its hotel tower is $295 per night based on double occupancy. The hotel will feature standard rooms and several types of suites, from petite suites to chairman suites. The largest, most plush suites will be available only to the casino's top gamblers and can't be rented for the night, a MGM Grand spokeswoman said.The MGM Grand is a $700 million casino complex being built next to the original Foxwoods Resort Casino in southeastern Connecticut.Besides a 26-story hotel, the new casino features a convention center, 4,000-seat theater, restaurants and nightclubs, and shopping.
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| IHG to open two new hotels in Delhi |
| 2008-02-28 05:02:00 |
"The signing of the InterContinental and the Holiday Inn, Mayur Vihar has further strengthened our already strong relationship with IHG. The fact that both the properties are adjoining each other, gives us the opportunity to target a very wide market segment," InterContinental Eros Director Amit Rai Sood said. Hotel Intercontinental Mayur Vihar would have 200 rooms and Holiday Inn Mayur Vihar would have 264 rooms, the statement added.
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| Arty hotels |
| 2008-02-23 08:34:00 |
Cary, NC, is a city of less than 100,000 but it has a hotel-located art “museum” that is so well-known many non-guests come to visit without a thought of spending the night.“A lot of people come in just to view the art. They may be residents relaxing after work or tourists passing through,” says Richard Brooks, director of sales and marketing for the Umstead Hotel and Spa that opened just over a year ago and has already attained a Five-Diamond rating from AAA.
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| Six Vegas bargain hotels under $60 |
| 2008-02-19 04:21:00 |
The last post I wrote about Vegas hotel deals, we got a comment that said, “Anybody who pays $160-$200 night for a hotel room is an idiot. What a rip-off for just a bed, a TV, and a bathroom!â€I’d like to say that I swing both ways when it comes to hotel deals. On one hand I like to look for value in upscale rooms. I am from the camp that adores TheHotel at Mandalay Bay. This is a hotel room with a living room, big flat-screen TV, separate bedroom and big marble-tiled bathroom with a large tub (with its own flat-screen TV!), that’s relaxation in 725 square feet to me. When it goes on sale, I perk up.
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| Sheraton to ban all smoking in hotels |
| 2008-02-15 15:48:00 |
More than 8,000 smoking guest rooms at more than 300 hotels in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean will undergo an extensive cleaning process that includes deep cleaning all soft goods and treating all hard surfaces, walls and carpets to eliminate allergens; replacing air filters; and deep cleaning all air conditioning units.In addition to the rooms, the public areas will also be smoke-free, Starwood (NYSE: HOT) said. However, designated outdoor areas will be made available for guests who smoke.
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| 13 of the world's most remote hotels |
| 2008-02-10 03:32:00 |
Regular readers will know that The Sunday Times likes a bit of five-star. Mud wraps, we enjoy. Hand-dived scallops, we endorse. But romance is our weakness, and no amount of Molton Brown or Moët can beat the simple allure of a wild, abandoned shack. Last autumn, I stayed at Sheneval, a boggy bothy at the heart of the Highland wilds: stags bellowed from the slopes, ghosts rattled around the rickety rafters, walkers shared single malts round a dung-fuelled fire. Draughty and dank, creaky and cold, it made my inner Rob Roy weep with glee.
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| Accor manages Fijian hotels |
| 2008-02-03 17:43:00 |
French owned company Accor is managing a number of hotels in the country will include two more hotels to its list in Fiji.Accor’s Head office for the region is based in New Zealand.The company’s Area Manager for Fiji and Novotel General Manager Paul Archer says they will manage two more new properties this year.
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| hyatt hotels & resorts launches “hyatt retreats” |
| 2008-01-27 23:57:00 |
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has launched Hyatt Retreats, a new collection of value-added packages available worldwide. Whatever mood strikes, Hyatt’s Amour, Balance, Awaken and Explore packages offer the solution, accentuating the special offerings and distinct location of each participating Hyatt hotel in over 45 countries.
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| Emaar MGF to open hotels chain with Global Hyatt |
| 2008-01-21 01:12:00 |
MUMBAI: Real estate and hospitality company Emaar MGF has agreed to enter into a joint venture with Global Hyatt Corporation of the US to set up a chain of business hotels in India under the brand name Hyatt Place. Emaar MGF is jointly owned by Emaar Properties, PJSC of Dubai and India’s MGF Developments.According sources, both the parties have recently signed an MoU to this effect. A detailed agreement will follow soon. When contacted, the Emaar MGF spokesperson confirmed the development, but declined to give further details.
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| Kauai hotels see occupancy jump |
| 2008-01-12 18:25:00 |
Kauai hotel room bookings grew at a much larger rate than other Hawaii hotels while Big Island room rates jumped nearly 30 percent in the first week of the new year.For the week ending Jan. 5, Kauai hotels posted a 19.4 percentage point increase in occupancy to 80.1 percent, compared to the same period last year.Maui was the only other island to see a percentage growth in bookings -- up 2.7 percentage points to 83.7 percent
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| Opening Announcement: The Duane Street Hotel |
| 2008-01-07 10:23:00 |
With 45 rooms, the six-story hotel evokes the unique style of Manhattan'sfashionable loft living, complete with clean modern decor. Designed byarchitectural firm Gene Kaufman Associates and renowned interior designer PaulVega, the Hersha Hospitality Management property integrates the uniquecharacter of Tribeca with the needs of sophisticated travelers.
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| L.A. Real Estate Co. Adds New Wireless Service to Its Resorts |
| 2008-01-01 01:03:00 |
Destination Hotels & Resorts--which is owned by Los Angeles-based Estate">real estate investment, management and development firm Lowe Enterprises, Inc.--has added new wireless connection service to three more of its locations.The newest Destination locations to receive Broadband network provider Telkonet Inc.'s EthoStream wireless services include Santa Fe’s luxury Inn at Loretto, the Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center in Tarrytown, N.Y. (pictured) and the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif. EthoStream is now used in 10 Destination resorts.
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| Hotels heir pledges $1 billion |
| 2007-12-28 13:53:00 |
Hotels heir Barron Hilton has earmarked almost $1 billion for the foundation created by his father and plans to give all but a sliver of his remaining net worth at his death, the foundation said Wednesday.The plans of 80-year-old Hilton are good news for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which is based in Reno but operates primarily from Los Angeles. It said it expects to have received 97 percent of his net worth by the time he dies. Given his current net worth of $2.3 billion, the foundation ultimately could receive a total of $2.2 billion from the man who now chairs its board.
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| Kerala hotel set for a cake record |
| 2007-12-20 02:57:00 |
A hotel in Kerala has set out to bake its way into the record books. Uday Samudra Leisure Resort here will make the world's largest cake on Christmas Eve.Raja Gopal Iyer, director of the hotel, told reporters here Wednesday that the cake would be 30 feet long, two feet wide, would weigh nearly 2,500 kg and will be cut into 22,000 pieces.
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| Tourists may pay more for hotels |
| 2007-12-13 04:16:00 |
The Cabarrus County Tourism Authority board of directors unanimously voted to request an increase in the occupancy tax charged to visitors who stay in hotels.Raising the tax from 5 to 6 percent should increase the Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau’s budget about $400,000 to $2.7 million next year.The tax, which funds the CVB, is levied in addition to the standard 6.75 percent sales tax.Wednesday’s request, which was approved with little discussion, requires approval of County Commission.
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| San Diego hotels on sale from $60/night |
| 2007-12-06 12:39:00 |
If you’re heading to San Diego for beach fun under the Southern California sun, we have some fabulous hotel deals you positively can’t pass, for every budget and taste. Pick between swank downtown luxury for $194/night; a tropical Hawaiian theme of a Mission Bay property for $138/night; or a cozy bargain overnight a short drive from San Diego’s attractions for only $60.
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| Starwood's Westin Brand Adds 3 Hotels In India |
| 2007-11-29 12:40:00 |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT) said it continues to expand in Asia Pacific with the addition of three new Westin hotels in India.The White Plains, N.Y., hotel and resort operator said it will open Westin hotels in Hyderabad, a biotechnology hub; Pune, an emerging destination for banking/financial services; and Kolkata, a commercial and trading center.Starwood said the hotels provide an opportunity for the Westin brand to gain a stronger foothold in India, which it described as "the fastest growing market in Asia Pacific for international tourist and corporate spending."
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| Here's to your 'healthtel': 8 wellness hotels |
| 2007-11-22 01:13:00 |
What do the president of Iraq and your grandmother have in common? In a growing number of cases, it's a continuing concern and focus, not just on the quality of their own life, but in the state of their own health as well. And where do they go to get thoroughly checked out?Welcome to the world of the wellness hotel — or the "healthtel" — a destination with a dual purpose: a resort as well as a full health maintenance facility. And, if necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then wellness hotels is a concept that easily fits that definition.
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| India's 10 Top Luxury Hotels |
| 2007-11-17 02:59:00 |
Ten years ago, budget-minded backpackers traipsing through India in search of pampering might have treated themselves to a meal or cup of tea in a "fancy" hotel.That couldn't happen in today's India, where fancy hotels really are fancy. It's hard to imagine anyone entering the immaculate Four Seasons lobby in Mumbai wearing muddy Tevas and a bulky backpack.
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| Five Best: Railway hotels |
| 2007-11-13 09:50:00 |
The Great Victoria, BradfordThe Grade II-listed Great Victoria was built in 1867 as a railway hotel, and has retained its good looks – unlike Bradford's Interchange across the road. The hotel re-opened last year after a £5m revamp by the new owners, the Tomahawk Group. The interior designers Browning & Baize were in charge of the recent overhaul, and opted for a contemporary design scheme.
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| Disney World hotels land on 'green' list |
| 2007-11-08 11:09:00 |
Walt Disney World's Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground earned spots on the Florida Green Lodging Program.The locations are the 45th and 46th to receive the state designation.Florida's Green Lodging Program, launched in March 2004, sets environmental guidelines for hotels and motels for conserving natural resources and preventing pollution.
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| Pretty prices at three central Paris hotels |
| 2007-11-01 12:57:00 |
Stay at historic Hotel du Louvre for $366/nightFor location, history and top-end facilities, this four-star property is your best bet. Frommer’s writes, “When Napoleon III inaugurated the hotel in 1855, it was described as ‘a palace of the people, rising adjacent to the palace of kings.’ In 1897, Camille Pissarro moved into a room with a view that inspired many of his landscapes.†Situated across the street from the Louvre, this elegant hotel features up-to-date amenities inside the rooms, exquisitely blended with its illustrious past. Rates here have now come down to just $366 a night
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| Historic hotels get second chances |
| 2007-10-27 15:58:00 |
ATLANTA — Elaine Hernando planned to stay in one of the city's big-box hotels, but when she saw The Ellis, she canceled her reservation and booked a room at the renovated historic hotel instead.On the outside, the 15-floor hotel retains its stately 1913 Chicago-style architecture, complete with a traditional open-air balcony on the second floor that was a must for elegant Southern hotels in the age before air conditionin
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| Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Offers Four Holiday Packages |
| 2007-10-21 07:33:00 |
To help travelers keep their minds on their families and off their wallets this holiday season, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts offers four value-oriented packages in popular destinations including Orlando, St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Playa del Carmen.The first package, called Wyndham Weekender, offers a choice of 50 percent off a second night or 50 percent off a second room at participating Wyndham properties. This package is available Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights through Dec. 31.
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| Domina Hotel Group has renovated its brand |
| 2007-10-17 05:57:00 |
“Passion, empowerment, attention, trustworthiness and coherence are the values that make Domina Hotel Group emerge and that link and guide the Group’s people to work together aiming towards a common goal.†says Massimo Galli, Managing Director of the group. “Domina Hotel Group’s personality, it’s tone and behaviour, demonstrate its being Italian, generous, citizen of the world and timelessâ€.The three sub-brands, Domina Prestige, Domina Hotel and Domina Inn, are all characterized by the same graphical element that takes the evocative Italian symbols to reflect the rising sun over the Mediterranean waves or the flowing Chianti hills, creating an image of Italian art, design and hospitality that is appreciated acros
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| Hotels getting smelly |
| 2007-10-12 16:33:00 |
A trend is emerging across the world of hotels taking on various distinctive odours, according to reports.However the phenomenon is not the result of poor standards of cleanliness among hotel operators but an intentional ploy designed to enhance a customer's stay and convey the character of a destination.A number of major chains have begun to use the technique, including Sofitel Hotels and the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Australia's News.com reports.
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| Marina Hotel Kuwait - Best Performed Hotel Worldwide |
| 2007-10-07 04:14:00 |
The Marina Hotel Kuwait has been named ‘Best Performed Hotel’ in the world and in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region for 2007 by WORLDHOTELS, the 11th largest global affiliate hotel group for independent hotels. The Safir managed beachfront property received the two prestigious awards at the second WorldHotels Leadership Forum last week in Rome. The objective of the programme is to ensure outstanding hotel quality and travel experiences for guests. The Marina Hotel Kuwait emerged triumphant from a pool of 500 WorldHotels properties worldwide after an evaluation of up to 1,692 criteria of its services and quality, of a mystery shopper surveys conducted under the
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| MGM Grand opens luxury casino-hotel in downtown Detroit |
| 2007-10-04 06:14:00 |
DETROIT - Casino officials and celebrity chefs showed off $800 million worth of Las Vegas glitz amid Motown grit Tuesday as the MGM Grand Detroit made its public debut with a flashy, fireworks-studded gala. Billed as the first Vegas-style resort built in a major metropolitan area, MGM Grand includes 400 rooms and suites, a full-service resort spa and an 18-storey hotel with electronic concierges in each room. It sits a block from the temporary casino it opened in 1999. Celebrity chefs Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina will operate three restaurants in the new facility: Puck's Wolfgang Puck Grille and Mina's Saltwater and Bourbon Steak restaurants. Puck also is providing a 24-hour in-room dini
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| Hotels popular in upcoming China National Day holiday |
| 2007-09-30 08:04:00 |
The National Day holiday is both an occasion for celebrating the birth of the country and a time for people to travel. However, crowds of people have always tend to push up hotel prices. During this year's golden week, as far as hotel prices are concerned, will there be any relief for weary travelers? The week long National holiday starts next Monday. It's a golden chance for Chinese to spend and a week for hotels, and retailers to receive. Last year, 150 million people travelled during the National Day holiday. Zhang Wei works for online travel service Ctrip.com. He says hotels in some popular tourists city such as Sanya, Hangzhou, Guilin, and Xiamen will raise their rates during the u
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| Berlin hotels promote budget vacations with style |
| 2007-09-27 03:33:00 |
Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit once famously described his eternally broke city as "poor, but sexy." A new crop of sleek budget hotels are betting that economy minded tourists and business travelers like it that way. On a cloudy autumn morning, the breakfast buffet is buzzing at Motel One, which has been booked solid since it opened near the city's tourist hub Alexanderplatz in June — the newest addition to a growing number of design-oriented budget hotels. The breakfast of German bread, cold cuts and cheese before Marilyn Stotts seems rustic in contrast to the hotel's minimalist gray interior accented by flashes of color in the turquoise seating and silver globe light fixtures.
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| Can I Stay Longer? |
| 2007-09-23 05:43:00 |
Hotels are getting more fabulous. With even mid-tier rooms sporting Egyptian cotton linens, granite baths and Wi-Fi, the bar is being raised for upscale spots worldwide. U.S. luxe hotels have higher occupancy rates and are raising prices more rapidly (7.3 percent this year) than any other category, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Developers are responding with new hotels offering top amenities, says Steve Joyce of Marriott International.
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| Boutique hotels in Singapore |
| 2007-09-18 05:23:00 |
We stopped in Singapore a couple of years ago and stayed in a very large hotel near Orchard Road. Do you know of any smaller hotels that we could try on our next trip this November, which are still comfortable, but more individual and more designer in style? Our budget is up to about £120 a night.A real stunner is the Scarlet Hotel (00 65 6511 3333) in the heart of Chinatown. Splashed in rich red decor, with gold and black trimmings, it's gone for a designer boudoir effect. Some of the 84 rooms are very small, and some are even windowless, but there are larger and pricier rooms if you prefer. Either way, you won't be able to resist ending each day with a nightcap in the rooftop Breeze bar, with wooden decking, sultry
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| Ten hotels that made history |
| 2007-09-13 14:49:00 |
It was a Saturday evening like any other. And as the crepuscular light fell on Paris, a pair of lovebirds dined on what would soon be their last meal at the legendary Ritz Hotel. The evening was, of course, August 30, 1997 and just after midnight the couple—Dodi Al Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales—would perish in a car crash in a tunnel along the Seine. The Ritz, which for more than a century had cultivated a devoted following among the world’s elite and well-known including the likes of Marcel Proust, the Shah of Iran and Coco Chanel, was suddenly thrust into the public consciousness and became synonymous with the death of a larger-than-life royal: Diana Spencer.
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