Much of the work is to update old infrastructure (heat, air conditioning, electrical, room technology), but the Ritz is also reducing the number of rooms and combining some of the smaller ones to add and enlarge suites.

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Choudhury, who publishes the independent newspaper The Weekly Blitz, was summoned to court on May 25 and made to stand on a dais in a room without air conditioning for several hours, and not permitted to sit.

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"So the air conditioning is trying to cool the room, while the heating is trying to heat it up, " Mr Tibble observes.

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Mike Bagshaw of Arriva Trains Wales said his company could do better, but trains with more leg room and better air conditioning were on the way.

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Norway has just emerged to say the air conditioning is switched off in the room because it makes too much noise when the recording equipment is switched on.

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I'm continuously amazed by the technology here, as the hotel I am staying at includes a 52-inch flat screen TV, wireless broadband Internet, and a remote control that operates all the lighting, air conditioning, all in my own room.

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He renovated the property to include a basement media room and added air-conditioning to the cabana by the pool.

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Americans may put children in the back, but Chinese companies put their bosses there, so the rear seats were raised, given their own radio and air-conditioning controls and a bit more leg room.

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At the set time, the room's lights and air-conditioning switch on automatically.

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On one occasion, the air conditioning had been turned down so far and the temperature was so cold in the room, that the barefooted detainee was shaking with cold.

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