¨ The secretive three-day summit of the political and economic elite kicks
off on Thursday in heavily guarded seclusion at the Westfields
Marriott, a luxury hotel a short distance from the Oval Office. The
hotel was already on lockdown on Wednesday, and an army of landscapers
have been busy planting fir trees around the perimeter, to protect coy
billionaires and bashful bank bosses from any prying lenses. ¨
The Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, where the 2017
Bilderberg conference will take place. Photograph: Charlie Skelton for
the Guardian
