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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 ...

  • Why is it so much nicer to fly foreign airlines

    Flying foreign airlines can be so much more pleasant than our domestic options. On a recent KLM flight to Amsterdam, the Dutch airline behaved as if it was in the customer-service industry, not merely transporting a bunch of people from one point to another. I’ve flown enough non-U.S. airlines to know this situation to be true, but I do it so occasionally that it amazes me every time. ...

  • Coast Guard evacuates passenger from Carnival Splendor

    WTKR , the ship was about 150 miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C., when the vessel called for help with a male passenger in need of medical attention.A crew from the Coast Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City, N.C., dispatched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft to medevac the passenger.The Hercules provided navigation, and located and contacted the ship. At about 8 p.m., the ...

  • United lands first Dreamliner in four months

    United Airlines flew a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time after a four-month grounding due to battery problems. United Flight 1 started its voyage at 11 a.m. at Houston Intercontinental and landed ...


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Two Girls and a Guy

James Toback's "Two Girls and a Guy" is a thoroughly cynical look at modern romance and the general state of contemporary interaction between human beings. Although the film ends on an arguably positive note -- suggesting that the immature, selfish brats with whom the audience has spent the last two hours might have the possibility of redemption in the form of belated maturity -- the majority of t ... ...

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  • United Airlines welcomes back Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    CHICAGO, Ill. - United Airlines today welcomed back its Boeing 787 with the re-launch of commercial service from the airline's hub in Houston. United's Flight 1 departure from Houston Intercontinental at 11 a.m. to Chicago O'Hare marked the return of regular service using the world's most advanced and efficient aircraft on domestic and international routes. "The 787 ...

  • Seychelles tourism pledges support to Qatar Airways

    Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister of Tourism and Culture, met Mr. Akbar Al-Bakar, the CEO of Qatar Airways, at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Qatar Airways stand when he was in Dubai for the 2013 ATM tourism trade fair. Since his appointment to the Office of Minister in Seychelles, this was the first opportunity for Minister Alain St.Ange and the CEO of Qatar Airways to discuss ...

  • Dominos Brazil Tests Smellvision in DVDs

    YouTube If you’re traveling in Brazil, pop in a DVD and find yourself crazing pizza, then Domino’s has you right where they want you. Domino’s independent franchisees in the South American country have partnered with an ad agency there to use DVDs embedded with the scent of pizza to lure in movie watchers. Ten discs available in ten video rental stores throughout Sao Paulo ...

  • Hot-air balloons collide near Turkish tourist hotspot 1 dead 24 hurt

    By Ece Toksabay, Reuters ISTANBUL- A hot-air balloon flying over a tourist destination in central Turkey crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, the Anatolian news agency reported.A Brazilian passenger was killed and 24 other people were injuried when the accident occurred near the city of Nevsehir in Cappadocia, an area famous for its geological features called fairy chimneys. ...

  • Official urges good faith in tourism industry

    /enpproperty--> BEIJING - China's tourist industry has been urged by a senior official to promote practices of good faith. Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the comment during a four-day inspection tour, that ended on Monday, in south China's Guangdong and Hainan provinces. When visiting Hainan, a popular tourist ...

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