Word: interes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Even business men tend to shun outposts where the hot water runs cold, the cold water may be undrinkable, or the food too bacterial for tender Western stomachs. Nearly a score of underdeveloped countries have overcome the problem of sleazy accommodations - and so bolstered their economies - by turning to Inter-Continental Hotels Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pan American World Airways...
...Though Inter-Continental also operates sumptuous establishments on such beaten paths as Geneva, Dublin, Frankfurt and Vienna, most of its 36 hotels have altered the skyline of such places as Abidjan, Amman, Bali, Bangkok, Djakarta, Monrovia and Dacca. The formula-an oasis in the ham-and-egg-less desert-has proved so successful that last week workmen were busy with major expansions of six InterContinental hotels. Completely new additions to the chain were rising at Lahore and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, Nicaragua's Managua, and Auckland, N.Z. This month the company will break ground in Manila, and architects are drafting...
...wildest places," says Inter-Continental Chairman John Gates, "because we concentrate on areas where tourism needs to be developed. In the back of the house, we crank in all the American know-how and labor-saving efficiency, while in front we try to achieve the personalized standards of European service...
...tired and we's taking a break. Looks like wall-posters for the duration of inter session...
Minor mishaps aside the Inter-Harvard Paper Airplane Grand Prix is shaping into a major event. The Quincy House dining room will be a-flutter next Wednesday and Thursday evenings with the varied creations of paper pilots...