11.   Meditation and prognostication with tarot cards are so much a part of the culture that some upscale hotels offer them as features of their spa programs.

12.   Next is cyclo-taxi driver Hai, who becomes obsessed with a call girl servicing the tourists in the upscale hotels most Vietnamese never see inside.

13.   No upscale hotel these days is fashionable without a spa.

14.   Now, with profits soaring for upscale hotels on a surge in business and leisure travel, companies are scrambling to add such properties to their portfolios.

15.   Some business travelers appear to mix pleasure with business, to judge from the fact that Walt Disney World Resorts finished third among upscale hotels.

16.   Sonicblue, for example, an electronics company in Santa Clara, Calif., is helping to introduce wireless Web pads to cruise ships and upscale hotels.

17.   Starwood, a real estate investment trust and hotel management company in Phoenix, has been rapidly snapping up upscale hotels throughout the country.

18.   The acquisition comes amid expectations by some analysts that upscale hotel operators will forge alliances to boost revenue.

19.   The company will benefit from strong demand for its upscale Doubletree hotels and Red Lion brand, Venezia said.

20.   The chocolatier is known for creating gastronomic art for chefs to use in gourmet desserts served at upscale hotels, restaurants and cruise ships.