Word: plusher
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...will see more movies in plusher theaters and pay more for them -- all because of a 39- year- old Canadian, Garth Drabinsky...
When business executives check into hotels these days, they quickly notice that the red carpet being rolled out is longer and plusher than ever before. Never has competition in the lodging industry been more fierce. As construction of new hotels has outstripped demand for rooms, average occupancy rates have dropped, from 70% in 1981 to a basement-level 65% last year. In | that tough climate, innkeepers are going all out to woo the customers who account for more than 70% of all hotel stays: business travelers. Many of the major hotel chains are giving corporate clients an office away from...
...backdrop, Lopata, 45, has unveiled some half-dozen eateries in the past year alone, each in a distinctive style. Foremost among them are the reserved restoration of the haute cuisine Lutece; the playful deli-diner that is Lox Around the Clock; Casino Pascal, a barren redo of a plusher, earlier Lopata work; and Extra! Extra!, in the New York Daily News Building, a stylish cafe with a black-and-white newsprint theme and "spilled ink" glazed onto floor tiles. On the drawing board for next year: a face- lifting for that theater-district landmark, Sardi...
Hardly. Eastern renamed its service "The Shuttle Plus." New frills: free food and drinks, plusher waiting areas, assigned seating, additional legroom, newspapers, magazines and renewed zeal. "Nobody is going to make or break a shuttle on a bagel," Eastern Spokeswoman Paula Musto said stoutly. She added, "Of course, we don't want to lose anyone over a piece of cream cheese...
Wider and plusher than standard airline seats, TWA's lounger has a little padded footrest and reclines up to 40 degrees. Says its developer, TWA Industrial Designer Daniel Sauter: "It's a kind of mixture between a barber seat and a La-Z-Boy chair." The design redistributes weight to the legs and back, putting less of it on the buttocks. TWA expects that its lounger will keep it flying high in transatlantic business, where it now leads all other airlines. Says Jesse Liebman, a TWA vice president: "Passengers vote with their feet." With other parts of their anatomy...