Belfast Celebrates the Centenary of the ‘Titanic’ Launch

One hundred years ago on Tuesday, the Titanic — then the largest and most luxurious ship in the world — slid down the greased slipways from her building berth and into the waters of Victoria Channel in Belfast Harbor. It was a moment of enormous pride and emotion for the men who had built her, and the euphoria of the cheering crowds was reflected in contemporary accounts of the launch.

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Paris Hotel Wars

For nearly a hundred years, the Htel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels — the Crillon, George V, Meurice, Plaza Athne and Ritz — have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries .

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