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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 ...

  • Accor Group Launches Android App

    The Android app's new design, rethought Interface and simplified navigation let users perform searches geared to each situation, even if they momentarily lose signal. The Apps goal: to offer an enhanced experience allowing them to easily find and book rooms at one of the Group's hotels any ...

  • Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg Sold For €113m

    As part of its asset management strategy, Accor announces the sale of the Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg in Paris, under a sale and management-back agreement, for a total value of €113m (€769,000 per room), including a €13m renovation program. Open in 1979 at the heart of Paris, a few steps away from the Champs-Elysees, the Louvre Museum and the Opera Garnier, this 147 rooms & suites ...

  • 426 Room Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta Opens

    Sonestas second hotel in this market, this full service hotel is located in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, and was formerly known as the Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place. Sonesta International Hotels Corporation announced the opening of its newest hotel in the Atlanta area, the 426-room Sonesta Gwinnett Place. Its second hotel in this market, this full service hotel is located in the Atlanta ...


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Written on the Wind [DVD]

Written on the Wind [DVD]

Written on the Wind is by far the most sordid of director Douglas Sirk's 1950s social dramas. The debauched tale of an uberwealthy, but deeply troubled Texas oil family, it reaches near hysterical melodramatic proportions, dealing as it does with alcoholism, nymphomania, sterility, adultery, and murder. Audiences in 1956 ate it up as a lurid, but straightforward soap opera of familial ... ...

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  • Wyndham Hotel Group’s Terry Sanders Appointed to LHRA Board of Directors

    LHRA is non-profit association dedicated to increasing Latino participation in the hospitality industry, to include ownership, leadership and commerce. The organization provides education, international and regional conferences and networking opportunities with leading hotel and restaurant companies in the world. Terry Sanders, senior vice president of development ...

  • Austin firefighter seeks niche in online vaca home listing industry

    Matt Thomson founded Wavecation LLC in 2011 to reach vacationers looking for homes to rent where the surf is up. An Austin firefighter is building a business on the hope that people looking for vacation rentals where they can surf or at least enjoy beaches where others do will surf the Internet to his online listing service. So far things are trending positively for Matt Thomson, who founded ...

  • United set for Dreamliner takeoff Monday Video

    May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg "Street Smart" anchor Adam Johnson previews the return to the skies of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as he prepares to take a ride on one of the refurbished airliners to speak with the CEOs of Boeing and United Airlines. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." Boeing Co.s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner is set to return to the ...

  • Gambia Incorporating Tourism in Education

    As the world economy continues to grow, so also is tourism. It is worth noting that tourism was already reaching new heights in 2012 and continued to grow robustly in 2013. The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) noted that in 2012, arrivals grew more rapidly in the emerging than in the advanced destinations. Worldwide tourism is considered to be a viable and income-generating ...

  • United Airlines No discounted fares for Aspen folks

    United Airlines, which last year offered discounted airfares for residents of the Roaring Fork Valley flying out of the Aspen airport, won't be repeating that promotion this year, the Aspen Daily News reports. The airline isn't saying why, and won't say how many people took advantage of the specially priced tickets last summer. To buy the tickets to Denver, area residents had to ...

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