Word: hotel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...record as a "real world" businessman that he claims makes him appealing as a prospective Governor. Fresh from Harvard's M.B.A. program (where he sported hair down to his shoulders), the twentysomething Checchi rose quickly through the ranks at Marriott by arranging clever financing for hotel developments at home and abroad. Hired in his 30s by the secretive Bass brothers of Texas, he helped them acquire a 25% stake in then troubled Disney, pocketing a reported $50 million for himself in the process. His work with Disney helped him befriend Hollywood heavyweights like Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz...
...sector where synergy is working well for Alwaleed is hospitality. He has quietly become one of the largest private investors in, and owners of, hotels. And not coincidentally, hotel values and returns are soaring, as the recent battle for ITT Corp. (Sheraton) has demonstrated. His goal is to create, with international partners, a web of four- and five-star hotels around the world. He currently owns 50% of the Fairmont group, 30% of Movenpick, a Swiss chain, and 25% of the upmarket Four Seasons chain. He is the sole owner of the deluxe George V in Paris and owns half...
...herself. You know, after she was found guilty, she said, "How can you do this to me? I'm only 19." Well, my response was, 'How could you do that to Matthew? He was only 8 1/2 months.' Now Louise is living in a presidential suite in that hotel. She is a convicted felon, and it has turned into the biggest opportunity in her life...
...Baghdad's al-Rasheed Hotel, meanwhile, staff members were busy polishing the marble entrance where guests walk over a mosaic of the American President who bombed the city in 1991. The inscription: BUSH IS CRIMINAL. Inside was a more traditional welcome, with the same editorial message. Waiters served cups of coffee in a Bedouin tent next to a sign that read DOWN DOWN AMERICA. USA COUNTRY OF TERRORISM...
...Price of the cheapest room at the Hyatt Hotel where she stayed upon her release...