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Does the cocktail hour need any more womanizing bartenders like Sam Malone or grouchy waitresses like Carla Tortelli? Well, here's mud in your eye. The TV series Cheers, based on a cozy Boston bar, has inspired a chain of taverns that will be installed in airports and Marriott Hotels across the U.S. The hotel company's catering division and Paramount Pictures Television have struck a deal to open 46 bars modeled after the show's. The Cheers bars will be outfitted to remind patrons of the TV tavern, with dark paneling and Tiffany lamps. Customers will be able...
...labor force and a pent-up market of nearly 140 million consumers in the heart of Europe. Companies from Turin to Tokyo are setting up joint ventures with local firms, and as eager executives flock to the region, such grand hotels as the Budapest Forum and the new Warsaw Marriott buzz with high-stakes deals. "Learning how to invest profitably in Eastern Europe is the hot new game of the 1990s," says Paul Horne, chief international economist for Smith Barney...
...about 9:30 p.m., the situation grew tense as the demonstrators entered the hotel lobby, yelling anti-Cristiani slogans and criticizing the Marriott for hosting the Central American leader...
...cries of "Death squad hotel" rang out in the lobby, Marriott employees moved quickly, closing the gift shop a half-hour earlier than usual. For their part, hotel guests seemed interested but unconcerned...
Christian stopped in Cambridge after his visit to Washington, where he lobbied for continued aid to El Salvador. Secret Service officials at the Marriott said Cristiani was on a "private visit" and declined to release any details of his itinerary...