Word: vips
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...trouble started on Aug. 4 when Venezuelan-American businessman Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson's luggage inadvertently went through standard scanning procedures, instead of being exempt from such an examination because he was a VIP returning from Caracas on a flight chartered by Argentina's state oil company. As a result of the scan, customs officials at Buenos Aires' Newberry airport found a bag stuffed with $790,550 in unmarked $50 bills. The other passengers on the plane were seven Argentine and Venezuelan oil officials who had been in Caracas negotiating the bond and gas plant deals...
...descend the stairs, it's as if they're watching a movie," says Starr. "People like to feel they're part of a group or party, and our tables achieve that." The shared table is so popular that even Drew Barrymore, whose celebrity status would surely merit more discreet VIP seating, has been spotted there...
Want to live the life of a celebrity? At the Hotel Sax Chicago, guests can buy the Celebrity Rider package and receive the same VIP treatment their favorite entertainers get in their contract riders when they travel for a performance. J. Lo's white-flower obsession? Madonna's need for workout equipment in her room? The hotel will research whatever the requested celebrity is entitled to and provide those extras to travelers, says Mark van Hartesvelt, president of Gemstone Resorts International, based in Park City, Utah, which owns the property. The cost per stay could be in the thousands, depending...
...allowed (in fact, they’re preferred). Every December, the Farnsworth Room declares an Earl and Duchess of Farnsworth, who are responsible for the upkeep of the room’s coffers and for all future coronation ceremonies. Just tell the bouncer you forgot your VIP pass at home. Morse Music and Media Library, Second Floor. If you find yourself in Morse, you’re either a) on your way to the men’s bathroom, or b) a super-nerd. On one side, the floor’s multimedia stations (where you can snuggle...
...Chief Justice himself, who remained stranded for eight hours at the VIP lounge of the airport along with many of his lawyers, returned to Islamabad after local authorities refused to allow him to enter Karachi by road...