St. Regis Mumbai offers touch of spice

As a tourist visiting Mumbai of India for the first time, I found the St. Regis Mumbai as exciting as the city itself.

Having a ball with the Roaring Twenties

Dorian Rommel, general manager of the Shangri-La Hotel Dalian, is proud of the grand charity ball the hotel hosted on Dec 4.

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Militant links sought in California mass slaying

The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California had amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs, authorities said on Thursday as they sought clues to the pair's motives and whether they had links to Islamist militants.

Report: IS plans attacks targeting Russia

Ten Syrians linked to the Islamic State group entered Thailand in October to attack Russian interests, Thai police said in a leaked document citing information from the Russian Federal Security Service.

Altered government photo of Modi riles critics on Internet

A doctored photo released by the Indian government showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi surveying severe flooding from a helicopter has been deleted, and his office promised remedial action after criticism on social media.

Fate of Taliban leader remains undetermined

Conflicting reports have deepened uncertainty surrounding the fate of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, after the insurgent Islamist group repeatedly denied he had been wounded in a gunfight after a dispute with other senior leaders.

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A gasoline-bomb attack on a Cairo nightclub killed at least 16 people and wounded three others in the early hours of Friday.

Luxury goes back to the future

The legendary Peninsula Hong Kong was built with the vision of being "the finest hotel east of the Suez", and from the moment it first opened its doors to guests in December 1928, it has welcomed the rich and famous, the titled and tycoons.

Service with a smile gives competitive edge

After managing hotels in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland for more than 20 years, Vincent Chan was not expecting the challenge that awaited him running a hotel in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, when he transferred from the China National Travel Service Group Corp's headquarters in Beijing in September 2013.

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