Hotel News
- NSP Yield Contest winners announced Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:20AMNSP is proud to announce the winners of its 2008 NSP Yield and Management Contest. Contestants entered the contest in one of five production categories, and each entry must have harvested, for contest purposes, a plot of at least five contiguous sorghum acres.
- Area hospitals eye 2009 expansion Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:18AMAfter making much progress in 2008, Montgomery County hospitals will continue expansion projects next year.
- PSU has holes to fill Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:18AMHis white Penn State jersey in one hand and luggage in the other, Aaron Maybin walked slowly out of the Rose Bowl Stadium in a suit and tie toward the bus that would take the disappointed Nittany Lions back to their hotel.
- Cape Coral fugitive returned to Lee County Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:18AMA Cape Coral man — accused of taking a 16-year-old girl to Texas — has been returned to Lee County to face prosecution.
- SBI picks up 20% in Mayfair Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:17AMThe State Bank of India (SBI), the largest bank in the country, has picked up 19.7 per cent equity in Orissa-based Mayfair Hotels and Resorts (MHRL) through a private equity (PE) deal.
- Douglas Dispatch Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:16AMThere’s little doubt that 2008 was the most eventful year for the economy in quite some time. In December, we found out the national economy had been in recession for the entire year.
- Around Town Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:33PMNewcomers meet Friday The Maumelle Newcomers monthly coffee is at 10 a.m. Friday at the Jess Odom Community Center. Hostesses are Bonnie Fulks and Kathy Stanley.
- Indonesia’s West Papua Rocked by Quakes; One Dead (Update1) Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMJan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- One person died and an unknown number were injured when a hotel collapsed after two strong earthquakes struck Indonesia’s West Papua province early this morning.
- 2008 travel trends went in right and wrong directions Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMSeattle Times travel writer Carol Pucci reports on some of the highs and lows of 2008 for travelers.
- LAURA ORTIZ: Homes in lush, historic Fort Shelby Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMFort Shelby Tower Apartments are 56 one- and two-bedroom and penthouse-style apartments that range from 939 to 2,231 square feet and rent monthly from $1,630 to $4,355 in Detroit.
- Planned TIF raises concerns Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMEditors’ note The City Council’s decision on the proposed development downtown was too late for this week’s edition and for complete coverage, check online at www.nlrtimes.com and next week’s paper.
- Ask Travel | Lodging deals in Whistler Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMWhere to stay in Whistler
- Looking back: 2008 quite the year Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:32PMWhat a year 2008 was. So on the first day of 2009, let’s take a look back.
- Doctor Who? Unknown is latest incarnation of Time Lord Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:41AM The question became inevitable last night after it was revealed that 26-year-old actor Matt Smith had been cast as the latest incarnation of the most famous double-hearted Time Lord in the universe.
- Ex-NY Giant captured in Mich. after month on lam Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:38AMFormer New York Giant Mark Ingram has been arrested in Michigan, nearly a month after he disappeared on the day he was scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence for bank fraud and money laundering.
- Perfectly designed Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:36AMWhat most defines Indianness? The quintessential dhaba or the iconic seals from the Indus Valley Civilisation, the Ganga or the Taj Mahal by the banks of the Yamuna, Nehru jackets or Gandhi topis, the Lux beauty queen commercials or the revolutionary Nirma television ad?
- The Great wall of India Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:34AMFort Kumbalgarh in Rajasthan shines with all its legends and stories. Little-known Kumbalgarh in Rajasthan is a place full of ironies. This quaint spot in the wild lies at the foot of Kumbalgarh fort, the stature of which is by no means proportionate to the tiny and otherwise obscure town.
- Series of powerful quakes rock eastern Indonesia Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:31AMA series of powerful earthquakes in remote eastern Indonesia cut power lines, damaged buldings and sent panicked residents
- US envoy meets Chidambaram Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:30AMUS Ambassador David C Mulford today met Home Minister P Chidambaram here in the backdrop of Washington’s offer to collaborate with New Delhi following the Mumbai terror attacks.
- A series of powerful earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia and flatten hotel Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:30AMJAKARTA, Indonesia - A series of powerful earthquakes in remote eastern Indonesia cut power lines, damaged buldings and sent panicked residents running out of their homes Sunday.
- Trapped tourists to be evacuated Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:27AMAN EMERGENCY Qantas flight will fly home hundreds of Australians stranded by a takeover of Bangkok airport tonight.
- 5 Tata firms may sell shares for funds Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:45PMGroup’s steel, auto, hotels, beverage and chemicals cos eye market.
- A question of fire protection Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:44PMWhen the home of fellow Allegany residents went up in a blaze around midnight Monday, Howard Edwards grabbed his water pump. He rushed to protect neighboring houses.
- October Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:42PMFishermen, conservationists at odds
- New heights for western Queens Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:37PMChanges big and small dominated the news in western Queens in 2008. Hunters Point South and a 16-story CUNY dormitory in Long Island City were approved by the city, both promising to give historically low-rise Queens some serious height.
- 4 hurt in fire at downtown hotel Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:37PMFour people have been hurt, one very seriously, in a fire this morning at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Ottawa.
- Trip Down Memory Lane Becomes Weeklong Odyssey for Don Larsen Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:36PMAn excursion that Don Larsen figured would take about 60 hours turned into a six-day odyssey because of brutal weather on both coasts.
- Arvind Singhal: Getting back to work Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:36PMAs we enter another new year today, many may wish to forget the one that has just gone by. Perhaps no other year in recent memory would have started with so much optimism as 2008 did, and perhaps no other year in recent memory would have finished with so much anxiety as 2008 did.
- Man who died after being hit by ambulance named Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:35PMA 23-year-old man who died after being hit by an ambulance on New Year’s Eve was named by police today.
- Karin Badt: Christmas in Cairo: A 48 Hour Story Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:27AMSurprisingly, neither of the two taxi drivers I asked to take me to the pyramids understood my destination -- despite the fact that I would think these large stone edifices are a mainstay of Cairo tourism.
- Development and Design: Boutique Housing Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:26AMFor the past century, the fashion industry has been capitalizing on the idea of couture—the designing, making, and selling of high-quality, custom-designed clothing. In the past, only the social elite could afford to buy high-quality custom-designed products.
- Sunil Sethi: Remembering the dead Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:25AMLondon: I was coming out of Harrods at lunch time last week when I found barricades set up on a side street and a posse of policemen guarding a large cordoned-off area.
- 36 Hours in Siem Reap, Cambodia Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:22AMThe town that lodges and feeds Angkor?s million annual visitors has evolved into a chic haven of rest and relaxation.
- Outlet-mall tenants sought for Pavilions Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:17AMPavilions gets $7 million in upgrades, seeks high-end outlets.
- Bedbugs creeping up in Q-C homes and businesses Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:17AMQuad-Citians are not immune to the growing number of bedbug infestations reported nationwide in recent years, and even a premier Bettendorf hotel found itself victim to the problem this fall.
- Austin engagements, anniversaries Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:07PMMarquardt-Henslin Couple: Jennifer Marquardt and Peter Henslin Parents: David and Patricia Marquardt and Steve and Libby Henslin, all of Dodge Center. Occupations: Jenni is an early childhood special education teacher in the Owatonna public schools. Pete
- A muted Christmas this year Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:07PMInsiyah Vahanvaty pens her thoughts regarding the low-key festive celebrations in Mumbai, in the wake of the terror strikes.
- Luxury brands a tough sell in wealthier India Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:05PM On a recent evening at a luxury Mumbai hotel, shoppers tried on sequined sandals and handmade moccasins at Joy Shoes, an Indian family business that has sold out of its only shop for nearly 70 years.
- Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:04PMAmerican
- Slow sales could hinder tax revenue Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 7:58PMSales tax revenue in Newport Beach is down about 20% from the same time last year, city officials said Friday.
- New Stoney’s to open in Summerlin Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 7:56PMResidents in the northwest Las Vegas Valley soon will have a place close to home to don cowboy hats, kick up their boots to country music and maybe even ride a mechanical bull.
- Readers shed light on bay name mystery Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 7:55PMCapt. Joe Kent shares the story of how Christmas Bay got its name, thanks to some helpful Reel Report readers.
- Joint chiefs chairman in Pakistan as suspected U.S. missiles kill 8 Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:59PM Associated Press - December 22, 2008 11:43 AM ET DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - The top U.S. military officer is in Pakistan today to meet with senior government officials, amid reports of 2...
- Glass blowers of Murano smashed by crisis Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:59PM Their centuries-old workshops sell intricate curlicues of glass fantasy to the smartest shops in the world. But now the winds of crisis howling through the world are rattling the doors of the glass blowers of Murano.
- Summer fun in the winter Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:59PM I always feel a little stressed out around this time and this year was no different. I hadn’t yet planned my son’s birthday party when the opportunity to visit Cherry Valley Lodge and CoCo Key Indoor Water Resort was presented to me.
- Joint chiefs chairman in Pakistan as suspected U.S. missiles kill 8 Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:58PMDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - The top U.S. military officer is in Pakistan today to meet with senior government officials, amid reports of 2 more suspected U.S. missile strikes in northwest Pakistan.
- Parisians Protest Changes To Landmark Hotel Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:58PM"The venerable Hôtel Lambert, a 17th-century mini-mansion in the heart of Paris, was recently sold to the Gulf royals, but the change is more than one of atmosphere.
- Amy Winehouse Gives World the Christmas Present It Never Wanted: Pictures of Her Boobs Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:57PMAmy Winehouse was spotted cavorting naked while holidaying in the Caribbean.
- Ground to be broken for Dodge City casino Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:56PMDODGE CITY - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and legislative leaders are expected to brave frigid temperature ...
- Homelessness an issue facing area Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:53PMMT. VERNON — As the economy remains uncertain and companies begin to either lay off or schedule seasonal curtailments, more families are finding it difficult to make ends meet.
