by Shivani Vora | Jul 15, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Paris- “Hôtel de Crillon is Paris,” the renowned French Caribbean musician Henri Salvador wrote in the namesake hotel’s guest book in 1984. “Paris is Champagne, Champagne is France and France is my heart so Hôtel de Crillon is my heart.” What would Mr. Salvador, a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2017 | Features
Mosul- When ISIS seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite — foreign fighters and suicide bombers seen as the group’s most prized members. The Iraqi army’s recent capture of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 25, 2017 | World
At least 13 people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Wednesday and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said. The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab...
by Noam Scheiber | Nov 7, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture
Chicago — If the entrance of a hotel is its own sort of stage, then few actors have commanded one quite like Gary Sykes, head doorman at the Thompson Chicago. From the time his shift begins at 3 p.m. till the time he gets off at 11, Mr. Sykes is a whirlwind of “Well,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2016 | World
Taliban militants yesterday carried out an attack on a hotel frequented by foreigners in Kabul by using a truck bomb. The attack was followed by clashes with the security forces that lasted seven hours. Kabul’s security situation is deteriorating and it is still...
