In this image released by the Pera Palace hotel shows Pinar Kartal Timer, general manager of the Pera Palace, seen in her office in this undated but recent photo, in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war. On Sept. 1, the Pera Palace will re-open after a two-year restoration that cost euro23 million ($30 million), seeking to capture the lost sparkle of what was one of Istanbul's most prominent landmarks.(AP Photo/Pera Palace,HO)
