Among the international five-star hotels with business in the region include Hyatt, the Marriot and Intercontinental.

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Cities have been cleaned up, and previously lacking international five-star facilities are sprouting up, helping to make the island a more potent competitor in the regional meeting and event business.

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In search of an answer, Ms Boo spent nearly four years visiting Annawadi, a small slum surrounded by imposing five-star hotels near Mumbai's international terminal.

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You and a fellow adventurer will receive five nights in five-star accommodations, daily breakfast, domestic airfare from Tikal at the Munda Maya International Airport to Guatemala City, round-trip airport transfers, and guided tours of a Guatemalan coffee farm, Lake Atitlan, and Tikal National Park.

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Trump International Golf Links, Scotland, is to feature two championship-caliber golf courses and a five-star luxury hotel.

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