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Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor.
Blakes Hotel in South Kensington, London, designed by Anouska Hempel, and the Bedford by Bill Kimptom in Union Square, San Francisco, both founded in 1981, may have started the trend. The term "boutique hotel" was coined by Steve Rubell, who compared Morgans Hotel to a boutique as opposed to a department store, to which chain hotels were ...
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. was one of the largest companies that owned, operated, franchised and managed hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties. It was acquired by Marriott International in 2016.
Fritz Balduin Lickint (1 October 1898 – 7 July 1960) was a German internist and social democrat, who investigated scientifically health problems and social problems related to alcohol and tobacco, described in the 1920s cancer of the lung from smoking, and the cancer pathway alongside the respiratory and upper digestive tract. In 1925 he ...
Complications may include pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure, pneumothorax, and lung cancer. [2] Causes include environmental pollution, certain medications, connective tissue diseases, infections, and interstitial lung diseases. [1] [3] [6] But in most cases the cause is unknown (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis).
Preferred Hotels & Resorts was founded by 12 North American hoteliers in 1968, originating as a referral organization for hotels. [3]In 1981, the association rebranded under the name Preferred Hotels Worldwide, and ended the personal referral system previously used for membership.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality is a hotel and restaurant company based in San Francisco, California, and the second-largest operator of boutique hotels in the United States. [5] Due to its ownership by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts , it is currently branded as JdV by Hyatt , under which five further sub-brands also operate.
New hotels have been announced for Indianapolis, Los Angeles, [3] Paris, Barcelona, Charlottesville, [4] Frankfurt, Grenada, Bali, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, [5] Rotterdam [6] and Sanya. [7] [when?] While most Kimpton properties are marketed under their own names as boutique hotels, the company launched two sub-brands in 2005, Hotel Palomar ...