The complex in Doha City Center contains the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriot and a Marriott Executive Apartments with 132 serviced luxury units.

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Temporary flood control barriers are protecting two medical facilities, a hotel and the city's conference and convention center, said city spokeswoman Sheri Rabb.

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But perhaps a little more than coincidentally, Roski was pursuing a second case against the city at the same time over a hotel he had built next to Industry's convention center.

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If a break from the water is what you're after, the hotel is near a golf course and within walking distance of Lagos' historic city center, where you can settle in on one of its many restaurant patios for fresh fish.

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But for me, the Carracci restaurant in the Grand Hotel Baglioni--Bologna's most elegant stopping-place--is the city center's most impressive restaurant.

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