This is One Pool That You Wouldn’t Want to Swim In

Would You Swim in This Glass-Bottomed Hotel Pool ? Luxury comes with a price and in this case…Danger. The Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kanqiao’s indoor swimming pool comes complete with its own exterior extension, which  is designed by a Singaporean architectural firm, happens to be suspended 24 floors above the ground. “We wanted to provide […]

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Using Orbitz to Book Your Hotel? Have A Mac? Orbitz May Not Be Showing You the Cheaper Deals….

   If your Using Orbits to book your next trip, you’ll want to consider carefully before closing the deal from your iPad, all things are not equal between Mac and PC  users are shown the more pricey hotels first while the travel site assumes PC users are less concerned about where they stay and more […]

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Christian Revolution in Indonesia: Religion Spreads

They flocked to the open field by the hundreds to praise Allah. In a village in central Java, just a few miles from where Indonesian special forces shot dead an Islamic terrorist linked to the fatal July bombings of two hotels in Jakarta, worshippers raised their hands to the heavens.

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Paris Hotel Wars

For nearly a hundred years, the Htel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels — the Crillon, George V, Meurice, Plaza Athne and Ritz — have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries .

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Pakistan Police: Plot Foiled on Hotels, Diplomats

Pakistan Police: Plot Foiled on Hotels, Diplomats Pakistan police say they foiled Taliban terror attack against diplomats, top hotels Two highly experienced Taliban militants were arrested while planning to attack top hotels and kidnap diplomats in Pakistan, and one of the men claimed to have helped plan previous strikes. The two men, both deserters from […]

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Police: Train carrying Rahul Gandhi stoned

A train carrying Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of India’s ruling Congress party, was pelted with stones Tuesday night, police said. Gandhi was traveling on one of India’s Shatabdi Express trains — fully air-conditioned, speedy trains preferred mostly by India’s wealthy and upper-class travelers

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Police release sketches of suspected Jakarta bombers

Authorities in Indonesia released sketches Wednesday of two men believed to have carried out last week’s bombings at two luxury hotels in Jakarta. One was about 40; the other 17, officials said. Analysis of their DNA matched that obtained from a homemade explosive found in a room at the Marriott Hotel where they had checked in, police said.

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Police may have found Jakarta bomber’s laptop

Indonesian police have recovered a laptop that they believe belonged to one of the bombers of Friday’s twin hotel attacks in Jakarta, the country’s official news agency said Sunday. The laptop contained information and codes that the attackers may have used to communicate with each other, the state-run Antara News Agency said.

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