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Last Updated: Oct 11, 2008 - 8:26:07 AM |
The $400-per-night luxury hotel boasts rooms with either ocean views
or balconies; feather beds with duvets, 300-thread count Egyptian
cotton sheets and a choice of 100% goose down or non-allergenic foam
pillows; marble bathrooms with separate shower and bathtub; and plush
terry cloth robes.
AIG, which received an $85 billion loan from the U.S. government last
month and in exchange ceded a 79.9 percent ownership interest, borrowed
another $37.8 billion from the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to "replenish
liquidity."
Speaking of liquidity, the Ritz Carlton spa offers a:
NAVAN Body Cocktail massage..Indulge in your favorite cocktail
while your body is buffed and rubbed to perfection. This happy hour
starts with a vanilla sugar exfoliation for the entire body designed to
remove dead skin and stimulate circulation. Next, a refreshing Vichy
shower rinse is followed by a thirty-minute massage of hydrating shea
butter. After your treatment, choose from one of three new cocktails
using NAVAN Vanilla liqueur - the latest contribution to the spirit
world from the House of Grand Marnier.
If that $180 massage is too intoxicating, AIG's the taxpayer's guests
can have the $125 "Make Today a Sundae" Pedicure which:
starts with a choice scoop of "Me! Bath Ice Cream" dissolved in
the footbath to soften and nourish feet...either a rich chocolate or
roasted marshmallow foot mask is applied for ultra hydration and
toning...a whipped cream peppermint lotion is massaged into the feet
and legs. As an extra indulgence, an ice cream sundae or sorbet medley
is served during this luxurious treatment.
Last month's $440,000 hotel tab included $23,000 for spa services,
according to Rep. Henry Waxman. During Tuesday night's presidential
debate Barack Obama said, "The Treasury should demand that money back
and those executives should be fired."
In a letter written Tuesday to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson AIG's
Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy said:
This sort of event has been standard practice in our industry for
many years. Let me assure you that we are reevaluating the costs of all
aspects of our operations in light of the new circumstances in which we
are all operating.
AIG's spokesperson Nicholas Ashooh said he didn't know the cost of
October's Ritz Carlton retreat or how long it would last, but it had
"more of an educational component" than September's $440,000 orgy of
gluttony.
Because really a $97 per person tasting menu is so educational when
paired with optional $70 wine flights
Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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