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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 ...

  • Cleanliness drive in Kashmir provide impetus to tourism

    Kashmir's Nageen Lake has got a new look following the construction of a state of the art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and due to a cleanliness drive that has attracted tourists and received applause from locals. The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) constructed the STP which has a capacity to treat 5.4 million litres of sewage per day. Saqib, a resident, appreciated the state ...

  • Emiratis encouraged to enrol in tourism camp

    Abu Dhabi: Young Emiratis aged between 15 and 17 are being encouraged to enrol in a three-week programme which will give them a better understanding of the tourism ...

  • Cityzenbooking Certified for ERevMax Channel Eco-System for Seamless Connectivity

    Cityzenbooking will be able to gain access to broader inventory supply, improve booking conversion and increase revenues as part of its growth plans across Europe. Cityzenbooking, a leading online sales channel dedicated to serviced apartments, has become an eRevMax certified channel following the creation of a two-way XML interface. Cityzenbooking will be able to gain access to broader ...

  • AHLA Applauds Committee Passage of Immigration Reform Bill

    Lodging industry emphasizes importance of final bill reflecting needs of today’s economy The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) commends the Senate Judiciary Committee for its 13-5 vote to pass the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) and issues the following statement: "With committee passage of this bill, the Senate is ...

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The Master [Blu-Ray]

The Master [Blu-Ray]

There is no questionnone at all, in my mind at leastthat Paul Thomas Andersons The Master is a magnificently ambitious film. The first feature production to be shot in 65mm since Kenneth Branaghs Hamlet in 1996, it mixes exquisite period recreation of the post-World War II Eisenh ... ...

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  • Maestro Launches Big Data Mobile Business Intelligence and Performance Management Dashboards for Faster Time to Information Decisions

    Maestro BI Gives Operators Real-Time On-The-Go Access to Comprehensive Performance Numbers for Single Hotels or Multi-Property Hotel ...

  • LBA Hospitality Increases Business for 72-Property Portfolio with Web Booking Pages and Corporate Sales System

    'Sales is All About Qualifying,' LBA Combines Savvy Web Strategy and Centralized Account Management to Qualify and Close New Business "LBA specializes in Hilton and Marriott properties that extend from the Carolinas to Houston and down to South Florida in primary, secondary, and tertiary markets. Our properties have strong leisure segments that use the internet to shop and ...

  • The secret benefits hiding in your frequent-flier points

    You would think moving up your frequent travel rewards program would make things easier. But if you want to take advantage of travel reward programs, you're going to have to work a little harder to get what you want, when you want it. Another "definitive" frequent-flier award-seat availability survey hit the media last week. As usual, most media types played it up. As usual, however, ...

  • Southwest adds Reagan National-Houston nonstop

    Southwest Airlines will start a daily nonstop flight from Reagan National Airport to Houston Hobby Airport. Southwest Airlines will start a daily nonstop flight from Reagan National Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, taking over slots given up by Spirit Airlines when it moved its Washington-area flights to BWI/Marshall Airport last year. While it will be one of the longer nonstop flights out of ...

  • Visa ease smooths path for savvy countries to benefit from Chinese tourism

    Visa procedures undoubtedly mirror the relationship between two countries. The more intimate the two countries are, the more efficient the visa procedures between them can be. But there is also another side of the coin: Visa issuance can also be a micro index of a country's own level of development and opening-up.I felt this deeply the moment I walked into the South Korean visa center in ...

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