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'Everything is in ruins' (The New Statesman)
The war with Russia last August has devastated Georgia: work and even food are now scarce. And Georgians fear that worse is to come
Edinburgh's heritage status secured (Guardian Unlimited)
Edinburgh's ranking as a World Heritage Site, in line with the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, is safe after months of concern that new developments had put it at risk.
IKNOW-SCOTLAND.CO.UK - Embrace the Charm of Scotland Like Never Before (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
IKNOW UK launched the new travel portal http://www.iknow-scotland.co.uk earlier this year. The website is an online tourism resource for Scotland. With the tourism industry in Scotland booming further, this website steps in at the right time with its valuable and useful collection of resources for tourists.
Liverpool hotels facing slump as advance bookings fall (Liverpool Echo)
SIGNS emerged yesterday that Liverpool's hotels are facing a sharp downturn in trade next year with advance bookings for 2009 more than 37% below those seen for 2008.
Sir Bernard Feilden: Dynamic architect who led the post-war conservation of British cathedrals (Independent)
Bernard Feilden was an outstanding leader in the post-war conservation movement. St Paul's Cathedral, St Giles' High Kirk in Edinburgh, York Minster and Norwich Cathedral, all complex buildings, owe their continuing power to inspire in part to the courage and skill of Feilden and his partners in the firm he created, Feilden and Mawson of Norwich, London and Cambridge.
Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Stock as Loss Exceeds Buffett (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Warren Buffett of the Gulf is taking a bigger hit from the credit crunch than the original. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was lauded by Time magazine as the Middle East's answer to the Sage of Omaha after a 1991 investment in Citigroup Inc.'s predecessor helped make the Saudi billionaire one of the world's five richest people.
And the winners are... 9th edition of the Hospitality Awards (Hospitality Net)
For the 9th consecutive year, the Hospitality Awards, organised by MKG Group, have recognized the best achievements and the best initiatives of individual hotels, brands and hotel groups in the world. With over 700 participants attending, operators and suppliers of the industry, the 2008 awards were presented last Tuesday, November 18, at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe Paris. The ceremony was ...
Buck And Beaver Parties (RainbowNetwork.com)
The Civil Partnership Act which came into force on the 5 December 2005 is now one year old. This of course, gives us the right to register our same-sex relationships and have a civil ceremony to celebrate our unions with out nearest and dearest.
Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Stock as Loss Exceeds Buffett (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects current Alwaleed stake in 5th paragraph.) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Warren Buffett of the Gulf is taking a bigger hit from the credit crunch than the original.
UK hotels forecast: the bigger the boom, the bigger the bust | PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hospitality Net)
UK hotels forecast: the bigger the boom, the bigger the bust is our latest UK hotels forecast. After five years of unbroken revenue growth, September ushered in a period of volatile trading for the sector. The deteriorating economic environment and travel outlook seems likely to mark a change of fortune for UK hotels with buyers, not sellers, of hotel rooms very much in the driving seat again as ...
