Thursday, December 2, 2010

Dump explodes under luxury hotel

Dump exploded in luxury hotel - 7 dead!
11/15/2010 - 07:40 UHRPlaya del Carmen (Mexico) - Horror in the vacation paradise!

In a gas explosion at a hotel in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen killing 7, 17 were injured. Among the dead: five Canadian tourists.

What had happened?

Enlarge photo gallery dump in hotel-lobby-gas explosion in a Mexican luxury hotel: 7 dead, 17 VerletzteFoto: Reuters1 of obviously were in the lobby of the luxury hotel "Grand Riviera Princess Hotel" organic waste rots. This is a 120 square meter large cavity had formed and filled with gas.

According to Attorney General Francisco Alor, the organic matter had decomposed in the ground. The dump exploded.

The effect - devastating.

In the ground floor of a building of the 12 came the explosion - so intense that parts of the floor were thrown through the roof. Windows shattered, debris flying up to 50 meters in the garden.

An eyewitness told the Canadian broadcaster CBC, under the Canadian death toll was a teenager at the age of 14 or 15 years. The explosion had blown off her "half face" and caused her severe burns, a hotel guest Jeff Zimmerman was quoted as saying.

The explosion had torn into the floor of the hotel lobby, a huge crater.

The hotel with 676 rooms is located in Playa de Carmen, to the east of the country, about 90 miles from Cancun. The region attracts millions of tourists, mostly from the United States, Canada or Europe.

Among the guests of the hotel is also a Canadian wedding party had found.

In the Mexican death toll is the head of security of the hotel and a tour guide.

Steigenberger builds luxury hotel in Bremen

Are you currently in a news search engine the term "Steigenberger" which is so consistently by expansion through startup or expansion of the question. In fact, the hotel chain currently has a tail wind and plans to open 15 luxury hotels a year. Writes the Frankfurter Neue Presse and is in addition to various inter-city hotels are mainly a new 4-star superior hotel in Bremen.

Over here write with the "image" and the local paper two reliable sources and then call the same in 2013 as opening date. The new luxury hotel will be immediately on the western shore and be in close proximity to a vaudeville theater.


The Weser Tower gets a new neighbor - Steigenberger plans to open a luxury hotel in Bremen.

The plan is the Steigenberger to sit next to the Weser Tower and to buy the hotel has seven floors. Enough space for about 140 rooms and suites and a comprehensive spa and numerous conference rooms.

The building will stand out in the first place by a transparent glass facade and be connected directly to the Weser Tower. In this way, this could actually be planned as an office district area also enlivened the evening. It also means that the building stands on pillars to allow a better view of the Weser.

Building will start next year and if everything goes smoothly, the Hanseatic city may soon look forward to a new luxury address.

More luxury hotels in Kenya planned

In Kenya, to be built in the next two years, several new luxury hotels and lodges. In the capital Nairobi, the number of beds in four-and five-star hotels until the end of 2012 of 3000 increased to 4000th

Even in the national parks to be built. In the three parks of Tsavo Conservation Area offers the Kenya Wildlife Service to investors 13 new building lots for luxury lodges. This will create 422 new beds for safari tourists. In addition, new roads and bridges open up parts of the parks, go to the previous few tourists. In the remote areas also increased patrols will ensure the safety of the guests. This is indicated by the Kenya Tourist Office in Mettmann, near Dusseldorf.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

looking for 5 star hotels

We are looking for 5 star hotels we can discuss on this site. Also subjects relating to hotels are welcome for publishing.