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Swire Hotels to open 2nd hotel in Hong Kong in Jan  
... will be available for private parties. Beast, the hotel's fitness center, will be on the fourth story. East is the third property developed by Swire Hotels, which opened its first hotel in Beijing in 2008 and will put its second hotel into operation in Hong Kong in October this year.
China Knowledge Online - 65 days ago

Olympic Stadium Struggles  
... of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Finding new events for the 80,000-seat venue is a constant problem, said Zhou Bin, the stadium's director of research and development.In August 2008, the stadium was the scene of the spectacular Olympic opening and closing ceremonies and the three world records...
Home and Away Magazine - 8 days ago

Making five stars shine brighter  
Raffles Beijing Hotel General Manager Riaz Mahmood has seen some of the best of times and the worst of times for Beijing's hotel business. But he's enjoyed his experiences in the city all of the time. 'The city is clean and beautiful,' he says. 'The people are warm and friendly.' And he...
CHINAdaily - 45 days ago

Italian cyclist Rebellin to be stripped of silver medal fr...  
ROME - Cyclist Davide Rebellin of Italy will be stripped of the silver medal in the road race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of doping. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said it received instructions from the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. Secret Beijing Olympics...
Yahoo! Canada - 3 days ago

Italian cyclist loses Olympic silver for doping  
ROME -- Cyclist Davide Rebellin of Italy will be stripped of the silver medal in the road race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of doping. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said it received instructions from the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. Rebellin was one of five...
Washington Post - 3 days ago

Kookaburras out to avenge Olympic loss  
... in a two-Test hockey series in Perth this weekend. Spain knocked Australia out of gold medal contention at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and star Kookaburras striker Jamie Dwyer said that failure still haunted the team. "It still hurts that we lost to them in Beijing, especially after being...
The Age - 1 day ago

NBC Taps SocNets to Generate Olympic Buzz  
... generate interest in the games and boost video views of the events. NBC is aiming to build on the success of its live and taped online video offerings during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which attracted tens of millions of users. As an added feature to its existing high-definition video player,...
MarketingVOX - 15 days ago

On the Auction Block: 5,000 Leftover Condoms From The Olym...  
Hot date this weekend? Impress with your sports memorabilia collection by snatching up these 5,000 condoms leftover from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With inscriptions like faster, higher, and stronger, they're a bargain at a starting bid of $730. The tale behind the auction is that somehow,...
Gizmodo - 14 days ago

Securing the 2012 Olympics  
... plausible information security threats the Olympics organisers need to consider is broad. A very real threat One of the lessons learned from the 2008 Beijing Olympics is that the threat of a direct attack against the events IT infrastructure is real. The Beijing organisers had to deal...
Infosecurity Today - 1 day ago