From London and Paris to Marrakesh, Monaco looks for windows on the world (Independent)
Monaco's casino and wedding-cake-style hotels group Société des Bains de Mer is defying the gloom and looking to open luxury hotels in London and Paris as part of a big international expansion programme over the next few years.
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HostelBookers.com introduces videos of properties, teams up with TripAdvisor (eyefortravel.com)
HostelBookers.com has rolled-out videos of its properties, offering users as well as agents and operators a better experience on the website. The UK-based budget accommodation website says it has set an industry first in the budget accommodation sector in doing so.
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U.K. Stocks Rise, Led by Commodity Producers; Tullow Oil Gains (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks rose for the first time in four days, led by commodity producers as UBS AG recommended shares of Tullow Oil Plc and crude oil climbed.
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U.K. Stocks Rise, Led by Commodity Producers; Tullow Oil Gains (Bloomberg.com)
Tullow Oil, the U.K. explorer with the most exploration licenses in Africa, rose the most since May. BHP, the world's biggest mining company, advanced 4.5 percent, and Rio Tinto, the third-largest, had its steepest gain in four months.
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