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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 offers wide opportunities to foreign film producers in India

    Asserting that India is a complete film making destination Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi has offered wide opportunities to foreign film producers in the country. Speaking at the Cannes International Film Festival at Cannes, France, yesterday, the Minister said " We try constantly for creating new opportunities for the international filmmakers, to access diverse Indian locations, and ...

  • Civil Aviation Minister takes action against erring DGCA officers

    Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has taken a decision to award minor penalty of censure to four officers of DGCA namely James George, Assistant Director (Airworthiness), V.P. Massey, Director (Airworthiness), R.K. Yadav, Assistant Director (Airworthiness) and Rajiv Gaur, Assistant Director (AE) for non-intimation of employment of their dependents in the private airlines or any sector under ...

  • Mexicos tourism sector goes up

    Economic activity associated with tourism grew 4 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, Mexico's INEGI statistics service said. Spending by foreign and domestic tourists increased by 4.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter of 2012, tourism activity topped the same period in 2011 by 4 percent, INEGI said Monday. By segments, spending by domestic tourists rose 4.8 percent, while ...

  • Muscat the focus of Omani tourism push

    Muscat is an enticing one for any visitor. Men and women in traditional dress chat and pose gracefully around the souk, one of the oldest marketplaces in the Arab world, often seen with scarcely a guidebook -wielding tourist to get in the way of a camera shot. But all that could be about to change is an aggressive plan ...


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Outside Providence

My hunch is that a lot of people are going to see "Outside Providence" under the misconception that, because Peter and Bobby Farrelly were involved with the screenplay, the movie will be filled with "Dumber & Dumber" antics and "There's Something About Mary" outrageousness. And, my hunch is that a lot of people are going to leave the theater mad because what they will find instead is a clumsy, un ... ...

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  • Domestic airlines post core business loss in April

    /enpproperty--> The nation's three major airlines all saw a revenue slump in April due to declining seat-kilometers and ticket prices, sources said. Domestic carriers booked 1.4 billion yuan ($228 million) profit in April, a decline of 30 percent year-on-year, and their core businesses continue to run deficits, chinanews.com reported on May 16, citing unnamed sources from the Civil ...

  • TripAdvisor announces Travelers Choice Destination awards

    TripAdvisor, the crowd-sourced mega site that lets travelers rate hotels, restaurants and attractions worldwide, has crunched the numbers for the fifth year running and will announce its 2013 Travelers' ...

  • Southwest Airlines sets date for new Houston-D.C. service

    Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has set the date for its new nonstop service from Houston to Washington, D.C. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has set the date for its new nonstop service from Houston to Washington, D.C. One daily roundtrip flight between Houstons William P. Hobby Airport and D.C.s Ronald Regan Washington National Airport will begin Aug. 4. The Dallas-based airline received ...

  • Top 10 most dangerous countries for tourism

    There are countries in the world where local people and even more so tourists feel uncomfortable. These are mostly countries with high level of crime such as murder, robbery in the streets, corruption, hostage-taking, terrorism, and so on. But tourists enamored by local beauty sometimes do not even think about ...

  • Turkish Airlines says sorry for flights mix-up

    Turkish Airlines has apologised to an American couple after they were flown to the wrong city - on different continents - when it mixed up the airport ...

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