Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration has ordered private developers not to talk about plans for a huge new resort near Pinckneyville until Blagojevich himself can announce it, sources say.
Some lawmakers who support the project say that public relations directive could be endangering the proposal.
“People have asked, ‘If these (developers) are credible, why don’t they answer the [...]

As a single parent I am of course responsible for hoodie culture, the disintegration of society and the rise of global warming and so I was relieved to find that some institutions are rooting for me. To be more precise: travel insurance companies.
Just read the following from AA insurance’s website:
“Single parent families sometimes find it [...]

Marriott will open its third Renaissance branded hotel in Paris in 2009, under a management agreement with Empire SAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altarea SA, a publicly traded French company.
When opened, it will be Marriott’s eighth hotel in the Paris metropolitan area.
The 118-room Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe will be located on Avenue Wagram [...]

The Fairbury City Council will move forward with a federal grant application that ultimately could lead to a hotel or motel.
“The city conducted an economic study about 10 years ago and it indicated a motel or hotel was a high priority, said city superintendent Leroy McPherson. “It was on a list of projects the city [...]

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed eleven new franchise agreements with ITC Limited. As a result, travelers in India will soon have access to 23 hotels in the country under the Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection and Le Méridien brand umbrellas.
As part of the agreement and following significant renovations in recent months, seven existing Sheraton [...]

After just three weeks of public marketing, 104 of the 314 units in the first large condo building planned for Lincoln Park since the 1970s are under purchase agreements with 10 percent deposits, said the developer, John T. Murphy, co-principal of Ricker-Murphy Development LLC.
Despite a slowing housing market elsewhere, the units at Lincoln Park [...]

Chanting “Trump’s gotta go!” 150 hearty Soho and Hudson Square residents braved the cold and wind last Sunday to raise their voices against against Donald Trump’s Soho Condo-Hotel.
They sang “Stop the Trump” to the tune of taps. They blew “Trump whistles.”
And they sincerely hope that City Hall heard them.
They gathered at the corner of Spring [...]

Ampal-American Israel Corporation announced the results of its special meeting of shareholders held on February 7, 2007.
The Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation increasing the authorized share capital of the Company from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 shares of Class A Stock, par value $1.00 per share.
The Company’s shareholders also approved the [...]

ProLogis, the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it has leased more than 750,000 square feet of distribution space in central New Jersey to LG Electronics, USA Inc., the North American subsidiary of the global consumer electronics, appliances and mobile communications company. Terms were not disclosed.
Under the agreement announced [...]

Kathy Steyerman likes the idea of luxury condo and hotel towers going up near her beachside home.
“Are they going to have a nice restaurant and cocktail lounge?” she asked. “I think it will be a good addition to the neighborhood.”
Sam Morris, who lives in the nearby Halifax Villa Apartments, is critical.
“I’m not much for [...]

The 2006 Tea Festival started Thursday night in the highland Lam Dong province, Vietnam’s largest tea-grower, with thousands taking part in parades and music shows.
At the resort Da Lat Town’s main square, a parade to launch the festival started at 8pm, featuring 36 famous Vietnamese tea brands, including green and the less common black tea, [...]

GIRDWOOD — As the foreign-owned Alyeska Resort slides into another long, dark Alaska winter, the news that the economic and recreational nucleus of this community is on the verge of being sold to an American ski fanatic appears to come as a welcome revelation.
Residents of Alaska’s only ski ‘burb might have distinctly different views of [...]