US hotel operator Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide yesterday received a higher buyout offer from a consortium led by China’s Anbang Insurance Group that could derail Marriott International’s planned takeover of Starwood.

Kanye West wants to have his stag party in Dublin.

Left it late to book a summer getaway? Don’t panic. There are plenty of deals left, particularly if you book fast.

Is your bedroom is boring you to sleep?

An interim examiner has been appointed to the five-star Ritz Carlton Hotel in the Powerscourt Estate in Co Wicklow.

THEY soothed our senses, purified our pores and massaged the nine-to-five from our system.

THEY DON’T come much more royal than the acting dynasty that is the Redgrave/Richardson’s, the family which has dominated the English stage and the Hollywood screen for nearly six decades and counting.

PERFECT restaurants don’t exist.

A COUPLE who met on a skiing holiday in Italy two years ago have landed a dream wedding prize worth e46,000.

Ronnie Drew was buried today after a funeral ceremony that brought together many of Ireland’s finest musicians.

IRISH soccer captain Robbie Keane enjoyed the best match of his life over the weekend as he married his long-term girlfriend, model Claudine Palmer, in a lavish, star-studded ceremony.

THE luxury Ritz Carlton group is to open a hotel in Ireland for the first time next year.

A chagrined Russell Crowe apologised for throwing a telephone at a hotel concierge this week, saying he reacted poorly to being a lonely family man away from home.

Kylie Minogue is working on a book to hit the shops in time for Christmas.