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...foliage in the Ambience Lounge has been lacquered white?so this is not a hotel for lovers of old-fashioned opulence. Still, everyone else should be happy with the 61 guest rooms and suites, where glass and white granite create an expansive feeling in what are actually quite compact spaces. Excellent lighting, free wireless Internet access and bathroom amenities from sought-after Czech brand Botanicus are other pluses. Dining is limited to snacks and light meals, but the nearby central business district offers plenty more options. You can expect to pass socialites and models on your...
...foliage in the Ambience Lounge has been lacquered white - so this is not a hotel for lovers of old-fashioned opulence. Still, everyone else should be happy with the 61 guest rooms and suites, where glass and white granite create an expansive feeling in what are actually quite compact spaces...
...nationalism and protectionism meant that as many of 85% of cars sold in Italy were Fiats. Now the company needs a genuinely global approach, which probably includes pursuing one-off, local alliances to build specific products, much like a November deal inked with Ford to jointly turn out new compact cars in Poland. The company, which is particularly strong in Brazil, has been looking for expansion possibilities in India and China. Elkann may be especially suited for these global challenges, having lived all around the world as a youth. "Moving around, you adapt quickly to environments," he says...
These days, no brand is complete, it seems, without its own hotel. Volkswagen has Hotel Fox, a 61-room Copenhagen property named after the automaker's compact runabout. Italian jeweler Bulgari has lent its name to a hotel in Milan. And in Barcelona, Spanish shoemaker Camper has its own venture, Casa Camper, www.camper.es, set on a street off the city's famed Las Ramblas...
...outrage in Congress at the idea that a U.S.-backed government was going to forgive those who have killed more than 2,500 American soldiers highlights the sensitivities facing Prime Minister Maliki: He needs to forge a new political compact with the Sunni nationalists who make up the bulk of the insurgency - as distinct from the minority aligned with al-Qaeda - while maintaining the support of the skeptical Shi'ite parties of his own coalition and avoiding making life difficult for the Bush administration...