Word: oberoi
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...mutineer with shoulder-length hair and a handlebar moustache, jogging with the futuristic metallic torch, was undeniably arresting. The newspapers went front page with pictures of an equally unlikely torchbearer?actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, kitted out in a white tracksuit, giggling with her boyfriend, actor Vivek Oberoi. It was a perplexing spectacle. Watching the decidedly un-Olympian figure of former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev paunchily puffing his way past New Delhi's Red Fort, I found myself wondering: Does India, nation of a billion, really have no sports stars...
...result, nearly every high-end chain is expanding. The Shangri-La, Oberoi, Le Meridien, Hyatt and Taj chains are either upgrading or searching for new properties. In Rajasthan, for example, which shares a border with Pakistan, the ritzy Amanresorts International is opening two exclusive destinations, one a tented camp near a famous tiger reserve and the other, a hotel inside a palace in the so-called Blue City of Jodhpur, where virtually all the buildings are painted the same bright...
...foreigners, who it can be argued have been safer there than in New York City. European tourists have begun to return to Egypt, but they don't use luxury hotels and river tours to the extent that Americans do. "And when Americans dine," says Atef Goubran, an executive with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, "they drink wine and cognac...
...Cairo The Mena House Oberoi (oberoihotels.com) is one of the world's exceptional resorts, built in 1869 as a royal lodge for a khedive. The interior is a spectacular blend of Moorish, Ottoman and Coptic design. Most striking is the site?half a mile from the Great Pyramid of Cheops...
CAIRO. The Mena House Oberoi (oberoi hotels.com is one of the world's exceptional resorts, built in 1869 as a royal lodge for a khedive. The interior is a spectacular blend of Moorish, Ottoman and Coptic design. Most striking is the site--half a mile from the Great Pyramid of Cheops...