Early next month Burger King will be introducing the Pizza Burger at its flagship location the Whopper Bar in NYC. This delectable "morsel" will weigh in with a whopping 2,520 calories under its belt and loaded with nearly 2 pounds of beef (4 whoppers), pepperoni, mozzarella, marinara sauce and will be served on a 9 1/2 inch sesame seed bun.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Bethesda firm Host chasing high-end hotels
Bethesda's Host Hotels & Resorts plans to raise $400 million by selling stock, giving the company even more ability to continue its recent run of acquisitions and join other hotel chains that are taking advantage of an industry full of buying opportunities.
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Disneyland Paris falls well short
There's a huge boot print embedded in the tarmac, a balsa wood aeroplane of lifelike proportions sitting beside it and, up ahead, a giant U-shaped piece of Hot Wheels track which brings back fond memories of childhood.
It sounds like a scene from Gulliver's Travels but the screams from riders hurtling up and down the track in a roller-coaster car give the game away. This is, in fact, a theme park ride based on the hit Toy Story movies and it is one of three new attractions which opened last week at the Disneyland resort on the outskirts of Paris.
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It sounds like a scene from Gulliver's Travels but the screams from riders hurtling up and down the track in a roller-coaster car give the game away. This is, in fact, a theme park ride based on the hit Toy Story movies and it is one of three new attractions which opened last week at the Disneyland resort on the outskirts of Paris.
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International credit card fraud syndicate busted
KUALA LUMPUR: City police have smashed an International credit card fraud syndicate with the arrest of three suspects on Monday.
In the bust, police also seized credit cards with a load value of RM23 million and several items believed to be used to produce the fake cards.
The success came after the Brickfields commercial crime police department received a report from a hotel following a fake credit card transaction on July 13.
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In the bust, police also seized credit cards with a load value of RM23 million and several items believed to be used to produce the fake cards.
The success came after the Brickfields commercial crime police department received a report from a hotel following a fake credit card transaction on July 13.
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One of South Africa's top chefs fills Ramsays shoes at One&Only
Riffel - who has gone from eating pig's head as a youngster to feeding well-heeled patrons his signature ginger and caramel pork belly - will replace famed UK chef Gordon Ramsay at Kerzner's One&Only hotel in Cape Town.
Ramsay's Maze restaurant was expelled from the premises following rumours of crisis talks earlier this month.
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Ramsay's Maze restaurant was expelled from the premises following rumours of crisis talks earlier this month.
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Chopotle Grill loses ADA suit
The revolution in tort liability has claimed another victim. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is now traveling lighter by around $140,000, thanks to a decision a few weeks ago by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That might not seem a king’s ransom. But the ruling could have major consequences for the way businesses in this country operate.
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Las Vegas Sands to pay down debt
Las Vegas Sands Corp. plans to pay off more than $1 billion in outstanding debt while extending the maturity of about 75 percent of its loans by at another three years.
The move, announced Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, gives Las Vegas Sands some financial breathing room as the company moves to restart stalled casino projects in Macau and explore other gaming opportunities
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The move, announced Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, gives Las Vegas Sands some financial breathing room as the company moves to restart stalled casino projects in Macau and explore other gaming opportunities
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Hotel guests evacuated during electrical fire
A small electrical fire in Boston’s InterContinental hotel early yesterday morning resulted in guests being evacuated for hours and threatened to postpone a wedding.
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Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel
RIO DE JANEIRO — Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.
The upscale, beachside neighborhood of Sao Conrado where the Intercontinental Hotel sits was transformed into a war zone as upward of 50 gunmen with high-caliber rifles, pistols and even hand grenades faced off with police.
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The upscale, beachside neighborhood of Sao Conrado where the Intercontinental Hotel sits was transformed into a war zone as upward of 50 gunmen with high-caliber rifles, pistols and even hand grenades faced off with police.
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