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This October, room rates for all star properties are set to soar by 10 per cent due to increased tourist inflows on account of business travel, festival season and the upcoming F1 in India.
As the industry grapples with slowdown in sectors such as auto and real estate, hotels are staging a different tale by piggybacking the spurt in demand for rooms. For the last two consecutive years hotels avoided increasing room rates owing to the downturn in the hospitality industry.
The SNACK GOD who invented DORITOS has passed away ... but TMZ has learned his funeral is nacho average ceremony ... 'cause the guy will be buried with 3 FLAVORS of his prized invention.
Arch West -- the 97-year-old ex-Frito-Lay legend -- died last week, and his daughter announced the family plans on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn" when he is buried.
Such is the evolution of in-flight entertainment that travelers can now fulfill their own needs on flights. One-flick-suits-all journeys are relics of the past.
But what exactly is that person watching next to you? And why are they getting so excited? And now why are they crying?
Orgasms and tears are on the menu for some airplane movie watchers, it seems -- but they arrive with warnings.
A new TV show filmed in Dubai goes behind the scenes on the lives of people working in the emirate's hotel industry.
Gulf News reports that the new show - entitled Checking In - is written and directed by 21-year-old film-school graduate Naim Zaboura and set in the fictional Mina Grand Hotel.
The show revolves around the lives of 11 characters employed at the hotel, each of whom has a "dark secret" which unravels as the episode progresses.
The multinational character list features a head concierge from India, a British hotel manager, a Colombian cleaning lady, and a Middle Eastern head of security. The filmaker said he was keen to capture the "truly international" nature of a Dubai hotel.
British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has accused his wife's father and brother of hacking into his private emails and plundering $2.2 million of company cash -- including a luxury trip to Melbourne.
The restaurant owner is suing Chris Hutcheson, father of his wife, Tana, and Adam Hutcheson, her brother, for millions in compensation. One of the claims in the writ, served at London's High Court this week, is that Adam splashed business money bringing a female ``friend'' to Australia.
Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London, it has been reported.
The Back To Black singer was apparently found at the property in by emergency services at 3.54pm this afternoon, according to sources, and her death is being treated as 'unexplained' by police.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: 'Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.
Passing: Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home this afternoon
'On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.
'Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.’
Picture of health: Amy was spotted out and about in London earlier this month
It is not known whether Amy’s father Mitch actually knows about his daughter’s death and Sky News have confirmed that he is currently on a plane to New York to take part in a Jazz festival.
Winehouse had been seen with her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield earlier this week as the teenager took to the stage at the iTunes festival.
She refused to join in for Mama Said, but did support the 14-year-old with a few dance moves before urging the crowd to buy Dionne's new album Good For The Soul.
A source said: 'Amy staggered onstage and grabbed the mic to beg the crowd to buy her protege’s new album.'
Winehouse's appearance at the concert came after she cancelled her European tour following a disastrous performance in June when she stumbled onto the stage in Belgrade and gave an incoherent performance appearing very disorientated and removed from reality.
Following the concert which saw fans enraged and the subsequent video that circulated to millions she cancelled the remaining dates of her European tour.
A statement released by the troubled singer's spokesperson said that the singer would be given 'as long as it takes' to recover.
Daddy's girl: Amy was very close to her father Mitch, who is believed not to know about his daughter's death
The statement read: 'Amy Winehouse is withdrawing from all scheduled performances.
'Everyone involved wishes to do everything they can to help her return to her best and she will be given as long as it takes for this to happen.'
Winehouse had been working on her long-awaited new album, the follow-up to her 2006 breakthrough multi-million selling Back To Black, for the past three years.
Singing sensation: Amy had huge hits with tracks including Rehab and Back To Black and is seen here performing at Glastonbury in 2008
Winehouse has had a troubled life which has included various stints in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction.
In an interview in 2008, her mother Janis said she would be unsurprised if her daughter died before her time.
She said: 'I've known for a long time that my daughter has problems. But seeing it on screen rammed it home. I realise my daughter could be dead within the year. We're watching her kill herself, slowly.
'I've already come to terms with her dead. I've steeled myself to ask her what ground she wants to be buried in, which cemetery. Because the drugs will get her if she stays on this road.
'I look at Heath Ledger and Britney. She's on their path. It's like watching a car crash - this person throwing all these gifts away.'
Vanilla Ice knows what it's like to grow up as a teen artist rapidly thrust into the spotlight then have it fade away just as fast. As a result, the 'Ice Ice Baby' creator is giving some advice to another young entertainer who has all eyes pointed in his direction: Justin Bieber.
When the rapper-turned-home improvement expert was 16, he came on the seen with his famed hit 'Ice Ice Baby,' but the attention he garnered fogged his view. "Sold over a hundred million records," Ice tells the Huffington Post. "And I had a weekend that lasted about three years, and I didn't know who I was, what's my purpose in life."
As for where Ice, born Rob Van Winkle, thinks the 17-year-old 'Baby' crooner will be in a few years, it seems he believes Bieber will get tossed to the side much in the same way he did when his one-hit wonder faded into oblivion.
"So my prediction about Bieber is that he's going to go through one of those weekends that lasts a few years because he's had such success as a child act," he admitted. "You know, then something else new will come along and he'll be forgotten and he can try to put all the pieces back together, so it's going to be entertaining to watch."
On the music front, Vanilla Ice is reportedly crafting a new album. In his personal life, the 43-year-old Texas native recently split from his wife, Laura Giaritta after 14 years of marriage due to allegations she was unfaithful.
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