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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Four Seasons

Four Seasons stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - The recession is igniting new hotel wars: not battles for customers, but between owners of luxury hotels and the properties’ operators, the New York Times reports. The owners are often struggling to keep up with big debt payments, hindered by a more than 16% average drop in hotel bookings across... More »

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travel • hotel • Four Seasons • luxury hotels • Jay-ZTV

Glossies

 Proposing? What Not to Do 

Chefs dish on the pitfalls of proposing in a restaurant

Feb 2, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Maître d’s obliged to play cupid warn that there are a surprising number of pitfalls when proposing at a restaurant. Swallowing the ring in the crème brûlée is a classic, and a surprising number of proposals are turned down, they tell Gourmet. Their best... More »

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restaurant • chef • Four Seasons • Valentine's Day • marriage proposal • Maitre d' • Babbo

TRAVEL

 For Hotels, Upgrades
 at Top Boost Bottom Line 

Making suites even sweeter has trickle-down effect to lower income brackets

May 29, 08 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Luxury hotels are spending money to make money, but the dollars aren’t flowing into the average traveler’s quarters, the Wall Street Journal reports. With competition growing and demand for rooms lacking, hotels are burnishing their top suites—some costing $30,000 a night—hoping the added glitz will... More »

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Dubai • Ritz Carlton • Four Seasons • hospitality • luxury travel • luxury hotels • business travelers • Setai

Hotel Tell-All Book Muzzled
Before Release

Four Seasons acts
to keep ex-concierges' celeb dish off shelves

Mar 21, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A book by ex-concierges at Chicago’s Four Seasons Hotel has been dumped just before the celebrity tell-all was go on sale, the Chicago Tribune reports. The hotel complained that confidentiality agreements made the tales of "celebrity bad behavior" in Great Reservations off-limits. Despite a publicity blitz ahead of... More »

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Chicago • gossip • John Cusack • Four Seasons • Madonna • book • concierge • Demi Moore • Random House • Three Rivers Press

10 Most Expensive Hotel Suites

Where you can shell out $53K a night (breakfast not included)

Aug 29, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When New York's Four Seasons opened a new penthouse suite costing a cool $30,000 a night, they boasted that it was the world's most expensive hotel room. Think again. The Times of London lists the world's most astronomically priced hotel rooms.
  1. Royal Penthouse Suite, Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
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travel • New York • Las Vegas • list • vacation • hotel • Four Seasons • Geneva • Sardinia

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