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...Doubles at Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, in the palace gardens, cost from €2,308 (airelles.com); or try the Waldorf Astoria Versailles (doubles from about €290; hilton.com)....
...The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills and The Beverly Hilton are among hotels to have invested in robots, in this case the Xenex Lightstrike, which costs about $125,000 per robot and, according to the manufacturer...
...The sharp-suited, soft-spoken 64-year-old is a regular speaker at the Beverly Hills Bar Association, close to the Beverly Hilton, venue for the Golden Globe awards....
...The property, built in the 1960s as the Britannia Hotel, is being managed by LXR Hotels and Resorts, the latest of Hilton’s collection of 17 sub-brands....
...Hilton, which acquired the hotel in 1949, sold it in 2014 to the Chinese insurance group Anbang for $1.95bn but will continue to manage the hotel once it reopens....
...Virginia Guests at Hilton hotels will soon be able to check in online and use digital floor plans and photographs to select their exact room....
...The scene at the Anaheim Hilton was like Beatlemania for the YouTube generation....
...But there are also large works of art by photographers Jane Hilton, David LaChapelle, Terry Evans and William Eggleston....
...Jumeirah, Kempinski and Hilton opened properties late last year; Marriott’s JW Hotel Absheron has its official opening next month; and a Fairmont launches early in 2013....
...Hilton hopes that with restaurants, spa and shopping facitilies, the hotels (a Hilton and the cheaper Hilton Garden Inn) will attract leisure as well as business travellers....
...Rates start at $1,950 per person for three nights, full-board. www.tierrapatagonia.com Paris The Hilton Arc de Triomphe has opened a Narnia-inspired “bubble bar”, a 16ft-tall clear plastic sphere that can...
...Tom Robbins was a guest of Inside Japan Tours, Japan Airlines and the tourist boards of Niseko and Furano …………………………………………………………….....
...Selections by Tom Robbins … FOOD Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans, by Lolis Eric Elie, Chronicle, RRP£18.99 / $29.95 This collection of recipes from US chefs, many working in...
...“The big growth area over the coming years will be the Chinese and Asian markets,” says Shafar Jamaludin, director of business development for the Hilton Niseko Village....
...(The Sky Bar at the Hilton hotel, which occupies the first 23 floors of the 171 metre-high Beetham Tower, serves drinks named after Manchester United footballers.)...
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