The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about the security situation in Mexico. The authorized departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from U.S. Consulates in the northern Mexico border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros remains in place. However, based upon a security review in Monterrey following the August 20, 2010 shooting in front of the American Foundation School in Monterrey and the high incidence of kidnappings in the Monterrey area, U.S. government personnel from the Consulate General in Monterrey have been advised that the immediate, practical and reliable way to reduce the security risks for children of U.S. Government personnel is to remove them from the city. Beginning September 10, 2010, the Consulate General in Monterrey will become a partially unaccompanied post with no minor dependents of U.S. government employees. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Mexico dated July 16, 2010 to note the changing security situation in Monterrey.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Arabella Starwood Hotels And Resorts now extinct
(eTN) - The hotel brand Arabella Starwood Hotels & Resorts no longer exists, and the long-term management contracts with Starwood were dissolved this week.
In view of changes being made to international financial reporting standards, the executive board of the holding of Schörghuber Corporate has decided to confine its porfolio in the future exclusively to its own hotel properties and no longer conclude management or lease agreements for third-party hotel properties.
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In view of changes being made to international financial reporting standards, the executive board of the holding of Schörghuber Corporate has decided to confine its porfolio in the future exclusively to its own hotel properties and no longer conclude management or lease agreements for third-party hotel properties.
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Wahington Convention center hotel can move forward as lawsuits set aside
The lawsuits that hogtied construction of a convention center hotel in the District have been set aside and the Washington Convention and Sports Authority plans to issue bonds to finance the project in the coming weeks.
The $550 million, 1,167-room Marriott Marquis hotel has long been cited by city officials as a needed boost for the District's convention business, but it was sidelined first by the frozen credit markets and later, in September of last year, by a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court by an entity of JBG arguing that the city had conducted an illegal procurement process in choosing another development team for the project.
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The $550 million, 1,167-room Marriott Marquis hotel has long been cited by city officials as a needed boost for the District's convention business, but it was sidelined first by the frozen credit markets and later, in September of last year, by a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court by an entity of JBG arguing that the city had conducted an illegal procurement process in choosing another development team for the project.
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