The major anthropogenic impacts on the coastal waters of the study area are due to the intensification of tourism, fishing and urbanization by discharging sewage from hotels and settlements directly into the sea.
Marriott International and Host Marriott, two closely related companies that manage and own Marriott hotels, signed the settlement late on Wednesday evening with lawyers representing thousands of limited partners who had sued the companies.
During the week, another bomber set off his charge in a hotel in the Ariel settlement, and two others were stopped before they could explode their bombs.
Flagler's establishment of "the Styx", a settlement for hotel and rail line workers across the river from the barrier island containing Palm Beach, became West Palm Beach.
Mr. Laura, of the E.E.O.C., said the settlement required the hotel to report regularly to the commission on those practices.
Dominique Stheuss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, is said to have reached a settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her.
In the first case, prosecutors dropped the case against Mr. Strauss-Kahn and he reached an out-of-court settlement with a hotel chambermaid he was accused of assaulting.
Now, in a departure from its initial position, which was to proceed with the convention as planned, the board plans to urge hotel executives to reach a settlement agreement with the Justice Department, in a telephone conversation scheduled for tomorrow.
Where to stay Palazzo Radomiri (palazzoradomiri.com, 00382 8233 3172), a baroque palace hotel in the ancient seafaring settlement of Dobrota with ornate gold chairs, calm rooms and an elegant terrace with bay views.
President Mbeki of South Africa, the mediator in the conflict whose own reputation as a peacemaker has become entwined with the violent, intractable conflict in Zimbabwe, spent the past four days making a last-ditch push for a settlement at a hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital.
