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...basic cable or a bare-bones cell-phone plan, or (if you can't do that) got rid of your landline entirely? Perhaps this summer you could vacation at home instead of spending $2,000 for a week at the beach, or trade two weeks for a seven-day getaway...
...reopening of the eight-year-old Hotel Maya, after a $10 million makeover, may change that. The hotel is in the busy heart of the Malaysian capital, but top local architect Sonny Chan?a specialist in tropical architecture?has managed to give it the air of a chic, beachfront getaway. Earth tones and black and white predominate, with splashes of crimson and fuchsia. Cast iron and natural-looking materials such as rope and bamboo are liberally employed in the public areas and in the 207 rooms, which come with luxe, 250-threadcount linens and espresso machines. Executive chef Adam Haywood...
...reopening of the eight-year-old Hotel Maya, after a $10 million makeover, may change that. The hotel is in the busy heart of the Malaysian capital, but top local architect Sonny Chan - a specialist in tropical architecture - has managed to give it the air of a chic, beachfront getaway. Earth tones and black and white predominate, with splashes of crimson and fuchsia. Cast iron and natural-looking materials such as rope and bamboo are liberally employed in the public areas and in the 207 rooms, which come with luxe, 250-threadcount linens and espresso machines. Executive chef Adam Haywood...
...Fazio-Fiorani phone call was "appalling" but not necessarily surprising. "There is no accountability. We really must change the [banking] rules. It even comes before changing the person." Only once the playing field is leveled will Italy begin to attract foreign business leaders for something other than a Chianti getaway...
...much for a summer getaway. A new survey by online travel company Expedia reports that a record 421 million vacation days will go unused this year; 31% of us will not use all our vacation, and the average worker will leave three days on the table (up from two in 2003). For one-third of the work force, the longest vacation will be seven days or less. That's good news for employers, who will save about $54 billion. But that's not so great for the travel- and-leisure industry, which is scrambling to reverse the trend. Expedia...