by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 30, 2011 | Business
Although the 2008 Financial Crisis threw a wrench into their plans, Hard Rock International is focusing again on launching three hotels in the Middle East with Beirut among the candidate locations: Hard Rock International, the US café and hotel chain, will kick-start...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 26, 2011 | Regional News
Three political parties in Armenia (the Social Democrat Henchag Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Ramkavar Liberal Party) have recently condemned an agreement reached by Beirut and Istanbul authorities to twin their cities: …the three parties released a joint...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 23, 2011 | Environment
The Green Prophet has interviewed Wassim Melki, owner of the company StudioInvisible, (pronounced in French) who is trying to push the local authorities to mandate rooftop gardens across Beirut. The plan is to turn this: Into this: StudioInvisible plans to implement...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 17, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Illinois, USA A comment by a Chicago Cubs (baseball) fan has really got me fuming this morning: My wife asked me how much the 2012 Chicago Cubs will differ from previous models. She asked the question because she has heard so much about the new “Cubby Way” of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 16, 2011 | Society
Hotelier Middle East has a collection of photos provided by the Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel in celebration of IHG’s 50 years in the region. The photos show the hotel from its opening, through its destruction and finally to its reconstruction and grandeur...