CANNES, France - Crisis or no crisis, the usual cast of A-list stars, hot directors and Hollywood studios are jetting in for the Cannes Film Festival on May 13-24, the world's biggest media event after the Olympic Games. Seventy percent have frozen their room rates compared to last year.
ISTANBUL - The Fatih district in Istanbul is delivering "starred flags" to restaurants for maintaining health and safety standards. The project aims to award restaurants for monitoring food safety, quality, hygiene standards and reasonable prices. Mustafa Demir, mayor of Fatih district, said they have been working on this project for two years.