Moscow excess hits new heights with luxury hotel
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Russia capped its journey from communism to capitalism on Sunday with the opening of a $1,000-a-night (500-pounds-a-night) luxury hotel on the site of an old Soviet hostelry best known for its surly service and bugged telephones.
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For decades, pilgrims to Red Square have first passed in the shadow of the stolid Moskva hotel and the elegant Manezh exhibition hall. Once they made it across the square's cobblestoned expanse, they found their view obscured by the modernist concrete hulk known as the Hotel Rossiya.
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Luxury air travel is reaching new heights but German passengers are to be treated to an opulent experience on the ground.
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The lure of Times Square, Rodeo Drive and points in between is stronger than ever to foreign tourists.
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MGM Mirage, the world's No.2 casino operator, opens a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players.
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Russia now boasts 53 billionaires, headed by oil tycoon Roman Abramovich, Forbes magazine says.
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More hotels are opening spas as the industry actively courts overstressed business travelers, both male and female.
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If your boss wants to transfer you to Moscow this year, he'd better offer you a fair sum to do so - or even a downright handsome one depending on where you live now. That's because Moscow has just been designated the world's most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Some Vermont resorts are reaping the rewards of stronger currencies in Europe and Canada and are attracting increased business as a result.
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Travel: Mark Oliver offers 10 tips for visiting the top galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow
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NIKOLAI DAVYDENKO and French Open champion Anastasia Myskina made it a double Russian celebration in Moscow overnight when they stormed to victory at the Kremlin Cup.
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By Tony Glover, The Business, London  Sep. 10--Work being carried out in Russia by companies such as Golden  Telecom and western European operators such as Pipex, herald a revolution in  wireless communications.
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Staff at the Millennium Hotel where Alexander Litvinenko held a meeting test positive for polonium-210.
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Hotel deals abound as foreign governments issue travel warnings to would-be visitors.
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The new enery-efficient headquarters for Russia's state-run gas company will dominate St. Petersburg's skyline. But the Gazprom building -- part of a complex to include a sports center, theater, and cafes -- has its critics.
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Hotel operator Marriott International Inc  said it planned to quadruple its hotels in China to 100 in the next five to six years to tap growing demand for tourism and business.
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The Russians take marketing to a whole new level Â one 200 miles above the Earth.