In 2006 Las Vegas was eclipsed by Macau as the gaming capital of the world. Not far from Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macau attracts millions of visitors from mainland China keen to wager their bets at legal casinos. In fact, The Wall Street Journal reports that gambling revenue in Macau just hit an all-time record high- at $3 billion in the month of May. Little wonder then that casino mogul Steve Wynn has been investing heavily in his resorts there. (Wynn Macau looks hauntingly similar to its Vegas predecessor.) The latest?
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Driftwood Hospitality Management began $400 million joint venture with a real estate investment fund managed and advised by affiliates of Apollo Global Management on July 12. Through their collaboration, the companies have launched a broad acquisition strategy pursuing the purchase, renovation, and reflagging of full-service hotels across the United States.
DHM’s current portfolio consists of 27 hotels comprising over 5,900 rooms in major resort destinations and top business travel and convention markets in the United States, the Bahamas, and Costa Rica. T
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The turbulent times for Australia’s national airline Qantas are continuing, with pilots threatening to strike for the first time in 45 years.
The pilots overwhelmingly voted for their first walk-out since 1966, alleging the company will replace them with cheaper pilots from countries such as New Zealand.
Some of the 103 Kiwis employed by a Qantas shelf-company registered in New Zealand called Jetconnect, are being paid a lot less than their Australian counterparts.
“Currently they’d get about $A103,000 and the difference would be around another $A50, 000.
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Someone tells you not to do something, you want to do it, you see something you want, you got to have it – basic psychology, not that we’re experts like Freud or Jung.
Coquet Island is a – wait for it, this is a lumpy sentence – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds-managed natural reserve, one mile off Amble.
Yep, it’s one of those.
You can go and visit the island when you’re on a cottage holiday in Northumberland but you can’t go on it.
We know – we have that feeling too.
You see, it’s a natural reserve, a safe haven for super cute puffins, terns and seals. Any hum
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If youre a medical tourist in New York, chances are that youre going to need a special hotel or package that caters to the specific post-surgical needs of recuperating patients.
Whether it is orthopedic surgery at HSS or a quick nip/tuck session with a cosmetic surgeon, the Manhattan hotels listed here are your best options for a relaxing and comfortable recovery.
The Pierre Hotel, NYC
The Pierre Hotel: If youre a cosmetic surgery patient of Dr. Robert T. Grant, then he has an exclusive partnership with The Pierre Hotel.
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