Scandal shakes up the Cipriani empire (CNN Money)
On a cold January night, Giuseppe Cipriani steps out of a Rolls-Royce and into the side entrance of what once was the Bowery Savings Bank. His family converted this ornate 1923 building opposite Grand Central Station into one of New York City's leading event spaces in 1998. A scrum of paparazzi jostle for position beneath the four-story archway, hoping to catch a glimpse of the boldface names - ......more...MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: FDA links plastics chemical to recalled pet food VIDEO (Kansas City Star)
The Food and Drug Administration has found a chemical used to make plastic in samples of wheat gluten imported from China in pet food made by Menu Foods....more... Spacey's `Moon,' Killers on Tour, Dali's Decor: Global Arts (Bloomberg.com)
March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Spacey brings his Old Vic production of Eugene O'Neill's epic romance, ``A Moon for the Misbegotten,'' to Broadway from London for a limited run starting this week....more... Homestead native Tunie returns here from Broadway to produce (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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MARCH 01, 2007 -- If you are not thinking globally, you are living in the wrong century?as in the last century. Retail brands are now extending their reach around the globe, and retail design firms have steadily seen more and more of their business migrate to overseas developments....more... Unique Collaboration (Hospitality Design)
-- The Hotel Puerta America is an industry?and historical?first: Twenty-three internationally renowned architects and designers from 19 firms spanning all disciplines (some are even hotel neophytes) collaborated to create the 342-room, 5-Star hotel in Madrid....more... MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: Hallmark sees 5 percent bump from ongoing businesses (Kansas City Star)
Hallmark Cards Inc. today said revenue from continuing businesses in 2006 was $4.1 billion, up 5 percent from a year ago. During the year, the company sold subsidiaries....more... Bobby Flay'S Mesa Grill Opens at The Cove Atlantis in his First Foray Outside the United States (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Award-winning chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author Bobby Flay brings the vibrant Southwestern cuisine of his nationally-acclaimed Mesa Grill to The Cove Atlantis on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, beginning March 28, 2007....more... The Plaza: The Most Famous Hotel in the World? | By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC (Hospitality Net)
The famous Plaza Hotel is scheduled to reopen at the end of 2007 with a 100 year anniversary celebration. This $350 million renovation will contain 130 rooms and 152 condo-hotel units. Prices for the 152 condominium suites range from $1.6 million to more than $9 million which works out to $3800 to $6000 per square foot. Mike Naftali of Elad Properties, which is redeveloping the Plaza Hotel, is ......more... |