In Brief | May/June 2010

Ritz-Carlton will open its first Israeli property at the marina in Herzliya, a coastal suburb north of Tel Aviv, in March 2012 … The Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas’ CityCenter has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the first Mandarin Oriental hotel to receive a LEED rating … Heathrow Express, which runs trains from London to Heathrow Airport, now has kiosks in the Paddington Tube station where passengers can print boarding passes and view flight information before they arrive at the airport.