Word: hiltonization
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...hotel room in Melbourne was the same as one in Manila. Innkeepers were accused of rolling out design templates such that no matter where you awoke in the world, the features of your room-the bedside panel, the writing desk-looked identical. Indeed, the very words Holiday Inn or Hilton took on a pejorative connotation: they were globalization's earliest villains, blamed for destroying a sense of place with an imperialist approach to style...
...story as old as the Internet. Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, Paris Hilton's sex video and Britney Spears' unfortunate paparazzi photos have all led to instant online popularity explosions. The difference with Antonella is that prior to her public revelations, unlike those revealed before her, she was an unknown in a competition whose winners will be chosen in a phone-in popularity contest...
...hockey co-captain Julie Chu made the cut as one of three finalists for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by USA Hockey, announced Monday. The award, which honors the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, will be presented at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort in Lake Placid, NY on March 17. Joining Chu among the finalists are Mercyhurst forward Meghan Agosta, the first-ever freshman to make the top three, and Wisconsin forward Sara Bauer, the 2006 winner. Chu has 66 points this season, and leads the nation with 2.28 points per game...
...media companies like CBS and Univision. "And in 10 years, we could easily be at 50,000 channels from all over the world. You'll have a fly-fishing channel and a channel just for Lost." Warner Music exec Alex Zubillaga says he can envision a Paris Hilton channel and one each for the Grateful Dead, Diddy and Madonna...
...flexibility and services of upmarket leasing are, ownership of luxury goods is, for some, an investment that they expect will pay off in the future. But with tastes in fashion ever evolving, real estate markets in a slump and "it" vacation spots changing as fast as Paris Hilton's bff, there's less assurance that your investment will prove profitable. "If you want to go places, get looked after and have a real vacation, let somebody else make the profit on the real estate and take the risk," says Mitchell. After all, that's what the good life...