Christmas 2005... Pictures From Hotels Throughout The World
22 December 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand
Chef Max Huber, executive chef of a hotel, makes a chocolate Christmas tree at a hotel in Bangkok December 16, 2005. Few Asians are Christian but people across the vast continent are embracing the holiday as a great excuse for shopping, partying and even romance. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Dressed up in Santa Claus outfits and ride on Segway standup motorized scooters, Thai women hand over gifts to a motorcyclist and pedestrians on a street in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 16, 2005. Four of a Bangkok hotel staffs in Santa outfits roam the streets in the capital and distributed presents and gifts to pedestrians and motorists in an event aimed at promoting tourism and celebrate the festival. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Carollers sing as guests relax at the lobby of Hotel del Coronado on the island of Coronado in San Diego December 17, 2005. Built in 1887, the historic hotel is transformed into a winter wonderland each holiday season with over 50,000 twinkling white lights and Christmas decorations. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Two Turkish women chat in the lobby of a five-star hotel which is decorated for the Christmas and the New Year in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. Even in predominantly Muslim Turkey, Christmas has also evolved as a prime time shopping season as Turks joyfully celebrate New Year's Eve with special dinners and exchanging gifts with their loved ones. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
Workers decorate a hotel building with Santa Claus to celebrate the arrival of Christmas, in Bombay, India, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. Christians number less than 2 percent of the population in India, a secular country of 1 billion people where Hindus form the overwhelming majority. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A group of Christians sing Christmas carols at the Hyatt hotel lobby in Amman December 22, 2005. The hotel was one of three targeted in suicide bombings that killed at least 56 people in Amman hotels in November, in attacks claimed by al Qaeda. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
Employees from a Jakarta hotel dressed in Santa Claus outfits conduct a security check on a guest using metal detectors in Jakarta, December 23, 2005. Santa isn't just filling stockings in Indonesia. He's also checking packages for bombs in the world's most populous Muslim nation where authorities are gearing up to prevent possible militant attacks. REUTERS/Dadang Tri
A Muslim woman walks past a Christmas display in the lobby of a five-star hotel in Cairo December 22, 2005. Christmas in the mainly Islamic Eqypt is not celebrated by the majority of the population. REUTERS/Tara Todras-Whitehill