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...finding a hotel room in delhi or bombay these days and the chances are that, unless you booked weeks in advance, you will be turned away. India's cities are packed with international businessmen keen to sell in one of the world's most important emerging markets. Multinational conglomerates eagerly seek local partners. And nearly every corporate head of consequence makes the now-obligatory pilgrimage to Bangalore to pay homage to the country's booming software industry. As far as the urban middle class is concerned, there has never been a better time to be Indian. After decades of being...
...part of a synagogue, now houses a fun cinema museum. Even Fiat's onetime central auto factory, the Lingotto, has been converted by architect Renzo Piano into a spiffy cultural and consumer mecca that includes an Agnelli art museum, a theater, a shopping mall and a five-star hotel. The Games have gone a long way toward updating Torino's Baroque-era cityscape with a new subway system, colorful Olympic housing that breaks with the predominant gray, and a scattering of shiny new sports venues. Most striking is the glass Oval Lingotto, which will house speed skating now and conventions...
...about Jason Hartford, majoring in hotel management at Cornell...
Hosting a major sporting event is big business, and the Super Bowl is no exception. From a purely financial standpoint, the influx of fans, teams, and support staff brings in considerable revenue for the catering, hotel, transportation, restaurant, and other tourism-related industries...
...Russell Crowe: Duck! This thespian threw punches as boxer James Braddock in Cinderella Man, then threw a phone at a hotel clerk in New York City last spring...