In opening remarks at an isolated hilltop hotel, the bank's chief economist, Nicholas Stern, urged rich nations to increase development aid and dismantle trade barriers against poor countries.
Kuoni (01306 747002; kuoni.co.uk) has a four-night package, taking in the lodge and the Hilltop hotel in Kigoma, from £2,499, including flights, sightseeing, trekking, fees and transfers.
ALGIERS — Algeria's governing party strengthened its rule in parliamentary elections this week, officials announced Friday, dampening hopes that the vote might bolster the standing of opposition voices and eliciting audible gasps of skepticism from many of those who heard the results at a hilltop hotel here.
In the country's southern half, dominated by the Pushtun ethnic group to which the Taliban leaders belong, it is still much less clear who America's natural allies are.Talking in BonnMeanwhile, attempts to find common ground between northerners and southerners were being tested at a conference in an isolated hilltop hotel near Bonn, in Germany.
At the Villa Therese, a hilltop hotel that has been reduced to a pile of limestone rubble, the loss of life included two Americans — a college student and the hotel's cook — and two Dutch couples and the Haitian children they had just adopted.
Sitting in a parked, black BMW sedan at a hilltop hotel here, with aides thrusting papers at her, Mrs. Clinton worked two cellphones at once as she tried to resolve differences between the Armenian foreign minister, Eduard Nalbandian, and his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.
To help, several travel writers and editors of The New York Times slept on 13 Caribbean islands, from Aruba to Vieques, to uncover the beachside bungalows and hilltop hotels that won't sink your budget, many for under $100 a night.
The hilltop Everest Hotel, next to the small Israeli settlement of Har Gilo, had been a convenient base for Mr. Boaz, situated in an Israeli-controlled zone on the outskirts of Beit Jala, which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
Another hilltop perch is Hotel Mocking Bird Hill (off the A4 between Boston Bay and Port Antonio 876-993-7267 876-993-7267 876-993-7267l.com), a 10-room hotel wwwh a focus on sustainable tourism and island-breezy rooms starting at $125 until Dec.hotelmockingbirdhill.comwinter high season.
Guests stay in a waterside hotel, a hilltop castle, or individual rooms in the buildings that make up the village.
For little her: daughters love the Bharatanatyam dance performance in the hotel's hilltop amphitheater; kayaking on the Ganges; spotting tigers in Rajaji National Park; and sessions incorporating Hatha, Kriya and Raja yoga.
