San Diego, with its famous beach culture, is the epitome of laid-back California. Now it has smart restaurants and hip hotels, while new flights make it easier to get to, says Jo Fernàndez... more
Royal Bank of Scotland has taken control of 42 Marriott hotels across Britain and has appointed Ernst & Young as receivers of the £1 billion portfolio, the Financial Times has reported... more
A manager with British Transport Police has spoken of her shame after admitting defrauding the force's expenses system to spend £82,000 on holidays... more
The restoration of the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, King's Cross is finally complete. Richard Godwin is the first to check out this new £200 million gothic fantasy... more
Marks & Spencer's online customers are among the millions of internet users who could be besieged by spam emails after a massive security breach... more
Ian Schrager has made millions out of knowing what we want before we do. Now he's bringing his new design philosophy to Fitzrovia, and it doesn't involve Philippe Starck, says Edward Helmore... more
InterContinental Hotels says revenue from China will exceed $1 billion for the first time this year, as it prepares to double its hotel count in the fast-growing market... more
London Eye and Antony Gormley’s fourth plinth project in Trafalgar Square nare among the shortlisted entries for the BT Visit London Awards 2010... more
Nick Clegg surely did himself no favours in the final TV debate by referring to the “chancellors and vice-chancellors” of the three main parties being involved in post-election talks on the economy... more
A suicide squad shot its way past guards and set off a massive blast outside a hotel popular with wealthy Pakistanis and foreign workers, killing at least 15 people and wounding 70... more
The Islamist extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba was immediately identified as the prime suspect in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team... more
An Indian politician who has been blamed for allowing thousands of people to be killed in riots has been invited to speak at a London business summit... more
It can’t be much fun being John Mack at the moment. The famously aggressive boss of Morgan Stanley — “There’s blood in the water, let’s go kill,” is one of his exhortations — is clearly struggling to come to terms with the dire situation that confronts him... more
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