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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Chiranjeevi to inaugurate incredible India exhibition at Cannes today

    To promote India as a " Filming Destination", Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi will inaugurate incredible India exhibition at the 66th Cannes film festival in France today. The joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the festival is consequent to their entering into a Memorandum of Understanding to promote Cinema of India as a sub ...

  • Shikaras in Kashmir to promote culture and tourism

    Around 50 Shikara boats in Jammu and Kashmir lined up in the renowned Dal Lake on Sunday to participate in a race, which was organised to showcase the culture of the state and promote tourism in the valley. The participants in the race, comprising of owners and operators of Shikaras, said boat racing was a prominent attraction in the region 20 years ago, but had faded over time. "This ...

  • Digital Traveler Gwyneth Paltrow as tour guide

    Gwyneth Paltrow has created city guides for London, Los Angeles and New York City as an extension of her lifestyle website, goop. More are being developed, she ...

  • EarthCheck Members Featured On Discovery Network - Green and Sustainable Tourism

    Green and sustainable tourism is a badge that most tourism operators wear with pride, but there is a big difference between those who say they do and those who actually do. Over upcoming months, the Discovery Channel is showcasing the sustainability achievements of a number of EarthCheck members around the world to an audience of more than a quarter of a billion people. EarthCheck is the ...


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Almost as soon as it was possible to record motion pictures on flexible celluloid, someone had the idea of using it to record people having sex. Primitive one-reel stag films date back to the very beginnings of the cinema in the 1890s, thus the idea of depicting actual sex acts on film is nothing ... ...

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  • Kuoni Receives National Tourism Awards From Indian Ministry of Tourism

    The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, presents National Tourism Awards to various segments of the travel and tourism industry every year. Kuoni has received three of these prestigious awards, which recognise outstanding performance as inbound tour operator For the 21st time, Kuoni Destination Management India was awarded the National Tourism Award 2010/11 for 'Outstanding ...

  • lindbergh smith The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism SuperBowl Add was...

    If you were watching the Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday, chances are you saw the primetime debut of a $4.5 million advertisement by the Ministry of Tourism. But since then, the 61-second commercial, intended to encourage visitors to come to The Bahamas, has received both good and bad reviews from Bahamian citizens. Viral comments flooded both Facebook and Twitter as some locals reveled in the ...

  • Ask the Captain Can an Android device hack a flight computer

    Rest assured: The FAA says it is not possible for an Android phone to hack into a Flight Management Computer and certainly not into a Flight Control Computer. Here, United Airlines First officer Mike McCann sits in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 ...

  • United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights

    United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...

  • Culture Ministry launches village tourism project

    Manama, May 20 (BNA) - The Ministry of Culture is to launch the village tourism project in cooperation with Arab Tourism Organization and a number of Arab investors. The Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa told (BNA) the tourism village project is considered an important one which will enhance culture and tourism in the Kingdom of Bahrain and will be positively reflected on ...

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