That can generate a downward spiral of service quality where slow speeds lead to low ridership, low ridership leads to low revenue levels, and low revenue leads to service that's infrequent as well as slow. Closing the loop, a slow and infrequent bus …

A chronic shortage of über-luxury hotel rooms has plagued the Hamptons for generations, narrowing the lodging options for affluent guests who often have to bed down in hoary motels, weather-beaten inns and threadbare if charming B&Bs. But over the past …

But just north of San Diego — in the affluent beach hideaway of Del Mar — you can have a taste of Italy without leaving North America. The Grand Del Mar Resort has all the majesty of an old world Mediterranean estate. Opened in 2007 as California's …

In admittedly less-affluent Philadelphia, the 24-year-old Rittenhouse replaced an area of retail space with five Park Suites, featuring 4m ceilings and a private gallery. "We want to be thought of as one of the best hotels in the US – and maybe one of …

we need to attract tourism but let us first do the ground work: take initiative to improve our Airport-which is dying, make good road so that tourist have positive image of our land, improve health service– govt is not only for promoting music!, and ya …

The organisation, which was recently commissioned by ministers to put forward plans for civil service reform, has previously recommended that voting should be made compulsory – as is already the case in Australia. But in its latest report, released …

It offered a distinct union of self-service shops and catalogues – the convenience of shopping at home, with the face-to-face contact of a local shop. A was for Argos, the start of … Argos is, predominantly, a store for the less affluent. When …

It is no secret that medical care in the United States is overpriced. But as the tale of the humble IV bag shows all too clearly, it is secrecy that helps keep prices high: hidden in the underbrush of transactions among multiple buyers and sellers, and …

During the week of pre-planning for teachers, some speaker at an in-service meeting will invariably trot out the list of rules for teachers in the 1800s or early 1900s. According to snopes.com, these lists may not be authentic, but they show a …