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Formula one Race - Button wins drama-filled Budapest race

McLaren’s Jenson Button emerged the fairy tale victor in his 200th Grand Prix, after a gripping Hungarian race had seen Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton take turns leading early on before the 2009 champion pushed irresistibly to the fore.

Vettel led the first four laps on a track made super-slippery by drizzle, but had no answer to the forceful Hamilton who pushed ahead on the fifth as the German ran wide in Turn Two. Button jumped Vettel when they switched to slicks on Laps 11 and 12. For the next 29 laps Hamilton seemed a shoe-in for the victory with Button riding shotgun and keeping Vettel under control.

Cheers to screams as Caribbean Airline jet from NY crashes in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana—

Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong.

The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a deep ravine. Yet all 163 people on board survived.

In Syria, the government is the real rebel - Tanks enter

There have been many setbacks during the "Arab Spring". None, however, are more flagrantly obvious than in Syria. This leads to one question across the Middle East: Who is the rebel?

The protesters who peacefully demand civil, political and economic rights from monarchical republics and deligitimised ruling elites? Or the states which, such as in Libya and Syria, find themselves literally in a "state of nature", rendering life for the citizen dangerous?

How Google+ will reshape search, social media and travel

How will Google+ reshape search, social media and the travel industry? Here are some solutions for quick wins and strategic planning 

The impact on search
Google doesn’t tell you about their algorithm, but they’ve dropped enough hints to suggest that they’re now using human factors to determine the quality of content with their recent Panda updates. The introduction of the +1 button, and its presence in search results suggests that a combination of “+1”, “like” and other sharing tools will play an increasing role.

Edinburgh gets ready for royal wedding: Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall

Scotland's first royal wedding in almost 20 years is set to draw crowds in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Zara Phillips is to tie the knot with England rugby star Mike Tindall at the Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh and other royals will join Zara's parents, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, at the ceremony.

HOTELIER TV - Latest newscast from the Savoy Hotel in London with Nicholas Gecks

HOTELIER TV - Online video news channel for hotel management Latest newscast from London -  Interview with Mr Brett Perkins, Communications Manager of The Savoy Hotel London

Hotels use RFID chips to keep linens from checking out

The plush robe in your hotel room now comes with an electronic leash.

To keep robes and towels from checking out, a small but growing number of hotels are starting to use new radio frequency chips to keep track of their inventory.

The RFID technology — which stands for radio frequency identification and requires an installed chip that can be read by an electronic reader — has been used by various industries for several years to organize product storage and tally shipments.

With cotton prices rising and fewer employees in housekeeping, hotels are using the tech to monitor the whereabouts of bathrobes, bed sheets, duvet covers, bathmats, pool towels and banquet linens.

German court seizes Crown Prince’s private Boeing

The Thai and German governments are at loggerheads over an impounded Boeing 737 airliner that belongs to Thailand’s Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, the heir apparent to the throne.

A German court seized the plane as a result of a long-running dispute between the Thai government and a German construction company.

Top ten hotels win dubious honor: Dirtiest !!

It’s here again: America’s dirtiest hotels. And reviewers found dirt-caked bathtubs and mysterious stains at the grand champion of the top ten: The Grand Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

It led the list of the ten filthiest hotels, according to reviewers at the website TripAdvisor.

Hospitality student wins place at The Devonshire Arms Country House

At a prestigious ceremony at the House of Commons, Hospitality Student of the Year, Jonathan Davies, received his award from BBC presenter Martin Roberts. The event was hosted by Lord Snape and attended by the Speaker of the House, John Bercow, and other politicians. The award is presented each year by the Institute for Travel & Tourism for outstanding technical achievement in the hospitality sector.