When that appearance got nixed by Armstrong's doping-related ban, "a friend of mine who had been No. 80 on the waiting list for a hotel room in Kona suddenly got a call that a room was available, " says Bob Babbitt, a pioneer of the sport.
Getting Bangkok under my belt would have given me the opportunity to take a shore excursion to Ayutthaya, the ancient Thai capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, when we were in Bangkok, and the chance to knock Hanoi (and the Colonial-era Metropole Hotel) off my bucket list.
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Last May, in a fit of bleary-eyed jet-lag, I made the mistake of checking into a hotel without running through the standard list of questions I normally ask at the front desk to ensure I get a good room.
Aside from a list of taxi phone numbers or hotel recommendations, little help is offered, say school officials and students.
Next, Murrow negotiated a contract with the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta and attached to the contract a list of the member colleges.
During the date at a London hotel, Mr Gray got to ask Britney a list of questions, but the meeting was far from intimate - in front of her 15-strong entourage and numerous television cameras.
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Roosevelt and Frank Sinatra to Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth Taylor, the hotel's guestbook reads like an A-list of twentieth century historical figures -- not to mention tens of thousands of well-to-do tourists and travelers.
With his partner, Russian-born billionaire Leonard Blavatnik, he has bought up four city blocks along South Beach's Collins Avenue, including the '40s-era Saxony Hotel, and enlisted a roster of A-list talent to construct another Faena district.
There are so many sights to see and things to do in New York City, but visiting a few of these classic hotel bars should not be excluded from any visitor's list.
The Travel Channel and hotel booking site Oyster.com worked together to draw up a list of the best hotels to find a room in which you can look Snoopy right in the eye.
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But the rest of the list of the least reliable sedans reads like the valet lot of a Davos hotel at convention time.
Next, make a list of the phone numbers and Web addresses for your travel agent, airline, hotel, rental car company, and any other travel related contacts.
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The iconic hotel sits on the ritzy Boulevard de la Croisette, and is also home to a lengthy list of stars who book rooms during the festival, including longtime guests such as Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino and Jude Law.
Portland Hotel, on Portland Road, has also been listed in Save Britain's Heritage's list of buildings at risk.
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