Favourite Hotel
I now have a home there, but when I did stay in hotels, I had two favourites. The Westin Melbourne is a beautiful hotel, right next to Flinders station and close to lots of restaurants and shops. The bathrooms — for people who like their bathrooms — are the best in any hotel in Australia. The Crown Promenade is also beautifully located, on the banks of the Yarra river. The Crown casino complex is next door; besides, it has lots of nightclubs, restaurants, bars, and a multiplex.
(This story appears in the 03 July, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Fortunately, a committee has been formed to rationally address concerns about the welfare of students, who had been lucky to flee India and get to Aust. Its chief, Yadu Singh, estimates that the number of attacks in the last one year may have crossed the 100 mark. "There is a term 'curry bashing' for such incidents... and it is used as 'let's go curry bashing'. They (local ruffians) are targeting these students as they are easy targets," Melbourne
on Jan 11, 2010