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Questions about the attacks at the Marriott as well as the Ritz-Carlton just across the road, where a second bomb went off just minutes after the first explosion at the Marriott, are still being answered. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested that the bomb blasts on Friday morning may have been related to disgruntled parties unhappy with his landslide re-election victory on July 8 or terrorist groups that the country was not familiar with. In an emotional speech in front of the Presidential Palace, Yudhoyono showed photos of his picture being used as a target by unidentified masked...
...Friday afternoon, the death toll from the attacks on the Marriott and the Ritz Carlton remained at nine with at least 50 injured, including foreign nationals from India, Norway, the U.S., Great Britain, Australia and South Korea. Police now believe that the bombs may have been made on the 18th floor of the Marriott where they found - and defused - a device on Friday afternoon. "This was very well-planned and it would be really hard to protect against this kind of attack," says terrorism expert and security consultant Ken Conboy...
Spring Break. The Orlando Ritz-Carlton's Family Fun package gives you two connecting rooms with a lake view. Upon arrival your cranky kids will get "ice cream passports" to cheer them up, entitling them to unlimited ice cream all weekend (the State Department might want to consider that perk as well). Kids 12 and under also eat dinner free when you dine as a family. At bath time, you'll find that each room has a signature rubber duckie - a spa duck, chef duck and golf duck - to collect. Rates starts at $478 per night for two connecting rooms...
...Ritz-Carlton Chicago is offering a suite of rebates with its "Experience More" package. Stay in a deluxe room, and get a $150 rebate for one night or a $325 rebate for two nights. Stay in a suite and get a $200 rebate for one night or $425 for two nights. Rates start at $425. The offer is good through Dec. 31. 160 East Pearson Street, Chicago...
Emerald Isle. Celebrate St. Paddy's Day the way it was meant be. Sceptre Tours' seven-day package to Ireland includes round-trip airfare from New York City or Boston to Dublin for $799 per person, a night at the Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt (just south of Dublin) and a stay at the four-star Strand Hotel in Limerick. While you're on the road (the car rental is also included), you can stay four nights at any of 1,200 Irish Farmhouse Bed & Breakfasts. The same package is available from Chicago or Washington, D.C., starting at $949, and from...