Police and security staff jostled with reporters as the first bodies were removed from the J.W.Marriot Hotel in central Jakarta, located in a circle of buildings, shops and restaurants frequented by foreigners.
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In one of those bars, at the central Speke Hotel in Kampala, Uganda's capital, he learned how to brew coffee.
Plans to build flats, shops and a hotel on Central Promenade near the Midland Hotel were submitted to Lancaster City Council by developers Urban Splash.
They tend to prefer the high-rise glamour of the Melia Hua Hin Hotel next door, though Thai families do enjoy the bungalows on the Sofitel's adjacent property, called Central Hua Hin Village (Central comes from the hotel's management by the Central Group).