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  • Tourism Protests Keep New Luxor Governor Away in Egypt

    LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ...

  • Tourism Minister announces new campaign to promote Himalayas

    Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi today announced the launch of a new campaign to publicise the tourism potential of the Himalayas and promote this incredible tourist product internationally. To be called "777 days of the Indian Himalayas", the campaign will have a twofold objective, one to attract more international tourists to India during the lean summer season, and second, to remind ...

  • Pinnacle Airlines changing name to Endeavor Air

    "We're going through the steps necessary to prepare for the change on official government and regulatory documents, thus the Aug. 1 date," said Pinnacle spokesman Joe Williams in an interview ...

  • Emirates Qantas named top world airlines

    While Emirates was honoured as the world’s best airline, new alliance partner Qantas has made a return to the top ten in the annual World Airline Awards 2013. Qantas jumped five spots from ...

  • United Airlines 787 in latest setback

    A month after Boeing's 787 Dreamliner returned to the skies after a four-month grounding, a United Airlines 787 flight from Denver to Tokyo has been diverted to Seattle due to an oil-filter ...

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À Nous la Liberté [DVD]

À Nous la Liberté [DVD]

One of the great ironies of Ren Clair's Nous la Libert is that it is widely considered to be a groundbreaking movie in pioneering the use of sound, yet Clair had initially been one of the staunchest opponents to making the movies talk. ...

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  • Art Series Hotels finds inner muse with Toben campaign

    Toben Design and Art Series Hotels have sought to move away from the typical decor shots of hotel marketing and instead visualise the feelings of its guests. The campaign ‘Find Your Inner Muse’ focuses predominantly on digital with a 20 second video and is complemented by an image series. Toben’s co-founder Katja Hartung says the campaign is an interesting illustration in ...

  • GAO The American Airlines-US Airways merger will reduce competition on more than nonstop routes

    Should we consider the issue of connecting flights when we consider whether a merger will damage competition in the airline industry? Usually, airlines and regulators focus on nonstop flights, where the two merging airlines offer nonstop service between the same two cities. US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker and American Airlines officials have repeatedly pointed out that out of 900 routes ...

  • Google for Hotels Q+A with David Zammitt Google Travel Industry Manager.

    Not just a search engine anymore, Google has dramatically extended its presence and influence in the online travel space in recent years. New features include Hotel Finder, Google+, a revamped Maps application and Local pages, greater prominence of reviews and ratings, and redesigned YouTube brand ...

  • What is So Awesome About Hotels

    The new release 'Heads in Beds' pretends to be an insider-tells-it-all book; Is it really? We did find only old ...

  • Virgin Hotels announce New York location.

    Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...

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