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InterContinental Hotels Group has developed virtual plans for what could be the world’s first ever 100% ecologically-friendly hotel. The solar powered ‘Innovation Hotel’ outlines the latest technology in energy and water conservation and recycling. Among the ‘green’ features of the futuristic hotel: – The forwarding of all unused non-perishable food to charities or food banks [...]

The latest foreign firm to expand in China amid the country’s economic boom is luxury hotel group, Marriott International Inc. It hopes to open 24 more hotels in China over the next three years. Marriott Hotels which launched its first hotel in China in 1989, says with the pending Olympic Games, it will add over [...]

As local gaming industry continues to prosper, Macao registered a substantial GDP growth of 31.6 percent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2008, according to the figures released Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service(DSEC). The figures indicated that major GDP components, private consumption expenditure in the period increased by 9.6 percent, but lower [...]

Changes are coming … this out-of-the-way place is not so out-of-the-way anymore. 1) New International Airport (Costa Rica’s third) is being built in Palmar Norte 2) New 80,000 square foot Hospital is currently under construction 3) Costanera Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) is in the final stages of road improvement. Costa Rica has been the buzzword [...]

The solid-state lighting product from Act One provides a warm and inviting atmosphere for Starlight Casino in New Westminster near Vancouver, Canada. The alluring lighting effect is generated by dispersing the color light from 200 LED lighting tubes for a total length of 700 feet over the draped mesh-screen curtains. The Starlight Casino located in [...]

Ha Long bay is very picturesque with many magnificent landscapes and seascapes. Nowadays it sparkles even more with the appearance of big sea sails printed with the letters Indochina Sails. In the immense atmosphere permeated with sunlight and wind, one suddenly feels lonely. In the distance, ranges of mountains emerge from the sea. The Indochina [...]

A fifteen minute flight from Antigua, island trekkers can be cruising on Barbuda’s Pink Sand Beach. Barbuda Bike Tours offers bicycle, tent & canopy rentals on the gorgeous beaches of Barbuda. They also offer guided mountain bike tours. Twenty-eight miles north of Antigua lies Barbuda, an island of sixty-two square miles of unexplored beaches and [...]