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Don Draper, distant and sad, slinks off from the forced reverie of the wedding party and explores the venue – an opulent, labyrinthine Long Island country club. In the club lounge, he finds a charming, grey haired Southerner behind the cocktail bar. Draper offers to fix an Old Fashioned for each of them and the…
The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, opened the resort yesterday. The 52-acre private resort joins the nearby Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as part of Hilton’s ongoing expansion in the Maldives. “I am delighted to be here for the inauguration of this beautiful resort and am sure that the Hilton family will continue to set…
Who didn’t grow up believing that Hilton hotels were the last word in luxury and sophistication? It seems strange that this famous name has gone so far down market, but fear not: perhaps the Conrad brand, named after the chain’s legendary founder and purporting to fill the vacuum with luxury and a “contemporary attitude”, is…