Sheraton Park Hotel to join Earth Hour campaign

August 28th, 2009 Yosemite's hotel still closed after rock slideYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Scientists are trying to determine if a boulder avalanche that forced the closure of a historic Yosemite hotel was a one-time event or a precursor of more rockslides to come.

August 27th, 2009 Yosemite rockfall forces Ahwahnee evacuationYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Geologists are monitoring the cliffs behind Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel after tumbling boulders from the Royal Arches formation forced the evacuation of all 300 guests beginning at about noon Wednesday.

August 26th, 2009 New park offers X-rated views of NYC hotel guestsNEW YORK — Some guests at a New York City hotel near an elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standard Hotel in Manhattan keep failing to close the curtains as they frolic naked in front of their rooms' floor-to-ceiling windows, easily viewed from the High Line park below.

August 8th, 2009 Conn. youth group evicted from KC hotelKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Connecticut youth group is blaming race for an early-morning eviction from a Kansas City hotel.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many parts of the capital are expected to go dark as the clock strikes 8.30 p.m. Friday with Delhiites planning to voluntarily switch off non-essential lights for one hour to save power.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Historical monuments, several government buildings and many households turned dark Friday evening as Delhi voluntarily switched off the lights for an hour to save power and become environment friendly. Exactly at 8.30 p.m., the Delhi secretariat, old secretariat, Humayun's Tomb, the Archaeological Survey of India building and several other government offices went for a voluntary blackout, abiding a call from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to save power.

July 6th, 2009 Free hotel stays for community serviceNEW YORK — Some 50 hotels across the country are giving away a free night to guests who can prove that they completed at least eight hours of community service between July 1 and Dec. 20. To qualify, you must provide a letter on the nonprofit organization's letterhead proving that you've completed the volunteer work at a 501c3 organization such as Meals on Wheels or Habitat for Humanity.

June 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian telephony and internet services provider Tata Communications Tuesday announced its partnership with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide to roll out its video-conferencing facility in the hotel giant's properties. Under the agreement, Tata will increase its network of public Cisco Telepresence rooms by opening 10 new facilities in Starwood's hotels by the year-end, the company said in a regulatory statement.

April 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - If you think hot food comes out of a five-star hotel kitchens and only drinks are served 'on the rocks', it is time for a re-think. Now, you can get 8x8 inch square volcanic stone slabs heated up to 400 degree centigrades right on your table so that you can cook your favourite dish and have it piping hot! Using sun-heated searing rocks is an ancient form of food preparation.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government has proposed to hold an Earth Hour on the last working day of every month, urging residents to switch off non essential lights to save power on the lines of the recently held global campaign. 'The Earth Hour will continue.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the clock struck 8.30 Saturday evening, students and activists, corporate professionals and housewives in India joined those in 84 other countries and switched over to candlelight dinners - marking the Earth Hour and showing their concern for climate change. 'My entire family sat in one room for a change.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's a different weekend that many people, especially youngsters, are looking forward to Saturday night. Keeping in mind the 60-minute Earth Hour global campaign against climate change, most are going to turn off their lights and hold candle-light parties and get-togethers instead.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There will be candle-light dinners, special movie screenings in cinema halls and dance performances on a lamp-lit stage, as Delhi - along with 2,000 other cities across the world - switches off its lights for an hour Saturday evening to send out a strong message against climate change. A global initiative that aims to send out the message that people are concerned about climate change and that policy makers should make it their foremost priority, Earth Hour - between 8.30 p.m.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A major power supplier in the national capital has urged consumers to switch off electricity for an hour at 8.30 p.m. March 28 during the Earth Hour to lend support to the global initiative against climate change.

March 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian branch of international NGO World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling upon every resident of Delhi and Mumbai to switch off their lights and all electrical appliances for an hour at 8.30 p.m. March 28 to convey their support for action to combat climate change.