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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 ...

  • South Australian Tourism Commission using short films to show new side to city

    THE secret Adelaide night life that rivals Sydney's; Chinatown's hidden treasures; chef Simon Bryant joining the new food-truck culture - these windows into Adelaide life are part of a South Australian Tourism Commission campaign using films made by independent film-makers. The SATC commissioned 10 filmmakers to shoot a short feature showing why they love the state - and the results went ...


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Movie Review

Small Soldiers

With its computer-generated toys that move and speak like real people, "Small Soldiers" will most likely be compared to 1995's "Toy Story." However, what it most closely resembles is "Battlefield," a 10-page short story by Stephen King that appears in his 1978 anthology "Nightshift." "Battlefield" is an ironic, grisly little tale of a professional hitman who receives a package filled with G.I. Joe ... ...

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  • Sanya farm tourism attracts large amount of foreign investment

    Sanya, a famous tourism city at home and abroad, has great investment prospects in the tourism industry in its agricultural areas, which have been attracting a great deal of foreign investment in recent years. At the recent Pan-PRD Regional Economic & Trade Cooperation Fair in Changsha, the Hainan State Farms Bureau signed off on 9 tourism industry projects, and all of them are located in ...

  • Upcoming Hotel Activity Looking to Stay Flat

    Hotel Industry Leading Indicator - HIL - Up In April Future business activity in U.S. hotels increased in April according to the latest reading of the Hotels' future business conditions (HIL) indicator. e−forecasting.com's HIL, a composite indicator that gauges future monthly overall business conditions in the U.S. hotel industry, went up 0.2% in April to 113.2, after staying ...

  • Urban Commons Acquires Two Hotels

    , LLC, together with Brighton Management, announced the purchase of the Radisson Plaza in San Jose , with plans to convert to Four Points by Sheraton® San Jose. The property is a full service, 5-story, 196 room hotel situated on 2.75 acres of land, located just one mile east of the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and two miles north of downtown San Jose. Known as the ...

  • The Redbury South Beach to Open Fall 2013 in Miami

    sbe and Larry Levy, Founder and Chairman of Levy Restaurants, and Bob Heyat today announced their partnership to launch The Redbury Hotel South Beach. The partnership heralds the first hotel collaboration between leading hospitality industry innovators, Sam Nazarian, Founder, Chairman and CEO of sbe, and restaurateurs/developers Larry Levy and Bob ...

  • Westin Jekyll Island to Open September 2014 in Georgia

    Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel, LLC (JOFH) and New Castle Hotels & Resorts today broke ground on the $41 million Westin Jekyll Island, a 200-room, convention-class, beachfront hotel that will open in September 2014 as part of the Jekyll Island Beach Village project. The ceremonies were held at the construction site, 110 Ocean Way, adjacent to the new Jekyll Island Convention ...

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