Lebanese cabinet in denial and excuses simply won't wash

The National

It was reported in the Lebanese press last week that the Hilton hotel group had allegedly planned to shut down the Metropolitan Palace, one of two adjacent hotels it runs in the Beirut suburb of Sin El Fil. This, if it was true, was news. It was the biggest nail in Lebanon's tourist coffin to date and further evidence that Lebanon's bling-fuelled renaissance was losing its lustre.

Source: The National
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