Lyon has confirmed the hiring of Paulo Fonseca as its new coach. Fonseca is replacing Pierre Sage, who was fired despite leading the French league club out of a crisis last season and having the team ...

Ted Thornhill checked in to hotel Fahrenheit Seven in the ultra-lofty French ski resort of Val Thorens. The Wi-Fi password is 'hangover'. Which is a strong clue to one of the ...

France regained its title as the world's best haute cuisine chefs on Monday evening when the French team won the prestigious ...

An under-construction luxury hotel property in Colombo has come under the scanner as part of a money laundering probe linked to a Gurugram-based realty company, Indian media reported today.

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At the end of February, the Rue Lacépède hôtel particulier will begin a new chapter: it will become a luxury hotel with a restaurant, café, coworking space and yoga studio. The project is ...

Prominent Sydney developer Lyon Group has struck the first ... Virtical companies – one of which owned the Hotel Australasia and another that owned a nearby site meant to be developed into a $100 ...

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“The quicks’ running gag the whole summer was that they were putting me on ice for Sri Lanka,” Australian spinner and All Abilities Cricket ambassador Nathan Lyon said. “They understand I ...

In the past three years, Sydney has experienced a luxury hotel boom, raising the stakes in a city that once got by on good (out)looks alone. The uplift in investment has brought blockbuster builds ...