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FOUR SEASONS OCEAN CLUB

Mary Gostelow

In 2014, it passed, via Brookfield Asset Management, to Len Bravatnik, and since he already partners with Four Seasons in the South of France, The Ocean Club passed to its present management. Resort Manager José Ortiz showed Girlahead some of the lush grounds (she had stayed here, in 2004, in #1042, which led out on to grass).

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HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts and Hotels.TV enter Partnership as Hotel Video Views Rocket Globally

HotelREZ

also has full media production services including professional presenters. to produce superior, more engaging presenter-led video for numerous hotels around the world. HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts was founded in 2004 by Mark Lewis, an experienced hospitality industry. Harrison Brown , CEO of Hotels.TV

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The surprising history of Whitbread

Hotel Owner

In July 2004, Whitbread acquired another hotel chain, Premier Lodge, for £536m. In the present day, Whitbread is best known for its largest division, Premier Inn, which has a large footprint in the UK consisting of more than 840 hotels and in excess of 83,500 rooms. It was subsequently sold to a private investor.

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‘Martha Stewart’s Christmas’ Was a Book, a Fantasia, and a Target

EATER

Some people are so full of themselves that they present an irresistible target,” wrote a reviewer in the Boston Globe. She even had a philosophy, though perhaps not as radiant and intricate as Spinoza’s: “Presentation is important,” she informed the Boston Globe during the publicity tour for Martha Stewart’s Christmas.

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Criton, HotelREZ & Best Loved Hotels enter into partnership as demand for mobile technology soars

HotelREZ

As restrictions are starting to ease in the UK and many hoteliers are preparing to reopen, the partnership aims to ensure the sector embraces the change needed to overcome the challenges that the pandemic has presented and use technology to reduce operating costs, increase incremental guest spend while safeguarding guests’ wellbeing moving forward.

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Fast Food’s Retro Glow-Up

EATER

In general, aesthetic choices turn into either an acceptance or rejection of the present moment, and by returning to retro logos, fast-food brands can distance themselves from the present, which by all accounts sucks. In 2004, Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me was released, and in 2006 Michael Pollan published The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

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Haven’t We Told Julia Child’s Story Enough?

EATER

Julia Child may be one of America’s most recent, her celebrity only growing since her death in 2004. With some notable exceptions, the people who dominate food fame remain white, straight-presenting, and all manner of other identities that let them read as “non-threatening” to white audiences. “It’s the strangest thing,” she says.

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