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...Most of the works come from the Château de Ferrières, east of Paris, designed by Joseph Paxton for Baron James Mayer de Rothschild — the son of the dynasty’s founder — and his wife (and niece) Betty in 1862...
...The fantastical dragons and dynasties of Game of Thrones became so popular the internet sometimes buckled under the weight....
...“Many SOEs run their own hotel businesses,” Mr Thohir told lawmakers in December, pointing to as many as 85 hotels as examples, not including state-owned operator Hotel Indonesia Natour....
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...She has simplified the group, tidied up its structure and settled a commercial dispute over the family name with a rival branch of the 250-year-old Rothschild banking dynasty....
...They filled hotel rooms and office towers previously intended for US call centers, snapped up condominiums and boosted retail sales....
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...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on August 3, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved. Related stories Is Hun Sen’s dynasty built to last?...
...It has also invested in property and a hotel in Ivory Coast....
...The Italian dynasty behind the carmaker Fiat seemingly has little in common with China’s largest privately owned conglomerate....
...It involves a first-time tie-up between venerable southeast Asian dynasties (the Kuoks own the Shangri-La hotel group among other interests; Salim investments include telecoms, property, banking and food...
...The Chinese love of gambling is another – witness, for instance, the frenzied speculation of expatriates buzzing around the Chinese art sales at the Hotel Drouot in Paris....
...At a time when Italy needs all the manufacturing orders (and full hotel beds and busy restaurants) it can cope with, the fair is a key event to keep the wheels of Italia Inc turning....
...Next came Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation, which he built into Australasia’s largest hotel and resort chain in the 70s. Mr Munk came to gold late, in his mid-50s, when he founded Barrick in 1983....
...He engineered the 2006 buyback of shares from Belgian investor Albert Frère – which put the Mohn dynasty back in sole control – and the portfolio-pruning to pay off heavy debts....
...It is on the market with American-based agents The Realuxury Inc and is priced at €5.5m....
...55th Street, New York Cobb salad $36 Salade Niçoise $36 Two cookies $3 Mint tea $6.50 Iced cappuccino x2 $19 Bottle of Panna water $9 Total (including service) $144.22 ………………………………… The Lauder dynasty...
...The acquisition of a hotel and bar in 1903 proved to be a turning point in the family fortunes....
...“No recession in Chinese art,” chorused dealers, as works such as a Qing dynasty (18th century) carved throne made HK$76m (US$11m)....
...When Accor’s luxury brand, Sofitel, opened the Sofitel Wanda Beijing last year, its design blended Tang dynasty opulence with modern French style....
...Tall and broad-shouldered, Peter Georgiopoulos opens the door of his London hotel suite and offers a large, firm hand to shake....
...This month Hilton – the hospitality giant started by Conrad Hilton in 1919 with a small Texas hotel – agreed a $26bn sale to Blackstone, the private equity group....
...He describes how he helped Ali, improving the underdog’s chances by walking at night along the parapet of a seven-storey hotel....
...Giorgio Borlenghi, scion of a Milanese dynasty of builders and developers, and his Houston-based Interfin Companies turned their attention to a plot of land by The Loop that had long been occupied by a Cadillac...
...“Will there be new dynasties? Indubitably,” says Nick Tucker, head of global private clients in the UK at Merrill Lynch. “But the focus is now on philanthropy, not on the children....
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