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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Hainan urged to promote good faith in tourism industry

    China's tourist industry has been urged by a senior official to promote practices of good faith. Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the comment during a four-day inspection tour, that ended on Monday, in south China's Guangdong and Hainan provinces. When visiting Hainan, a popular tourist destination, Liu urged for ...

  • Hainan Airlines to receive 1st Dreamliner in mid-June

    "We will deploy the Dreamliner on the Beijing-Guangzhou route for a soft launch before expanding to other domestic destinations," the South China Morning Post reported ...

  • Haitang Bay promotes rapid growth in Sanyas hospitality industry

    Sanya is likely to see the highest rate of growth to date in its hospitality industry as its hotel expansion has been at a rate unprecedented in China. The city has attracted over 40 international hotel operators to open new hotels in the city. Compared with Yalong Bay, there is far more potential within the luxury hotel market in Haitang Bay. The first phase of the newly built Haitang Bay ...

  • Sanya Nanshan Tourism Zone receives over 9000 visitors on May 19

    On May 19th, the 3rd China Tourism Day, Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone received over 9,000 visitors, 800 of whom were from Hainan province. Even though Sanya summers fature strong ultraviolet rays outside and maximum temperatures can reach up to 33 degrees, Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone still attracts many domestic tourists to enjoy the charming tropical ocean scenery and attend ...


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Phantasm [DVD]

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A modest hit in theaters in 1979, Don Coscarellis Phantasm, a clever, if slightly incoherent horror/sci-fi hybrid made on a shoestring budget, became a cult phenomenon due to the advent of home video and cable in the early 1980s. Its success on television may be ... ...

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  • New frontiers new risks How safe is space tourism

    When choosing between two evils, Mae West quipped that she always picked the one she’d never tried before. Had the actress been ovulating at the time, however, a new study suggests she’d ...

  • Cableway to lift tourism says alliance

    THE president of the new Gold Coast and Hinterland Business Alliance believes Mount Tamborine has the edge over Springbrook in the cableway stakes.Bob Janssen said his alliance supported a cableway to the Hinterland and he said Mount Tamborine had the advantage because it already had extensive infrastructure."It has Gallery Walk, a lot of retail stores, other attractions and it is already ...

  • Total Revenue and Profit Growth for European Hoteliers During April 2013

    European Chain Hotels Market Review - April 2013 Total Revenue and Gross Operating Profit growth was achieved throughout Europe from Amsterdam to Warsaw, according to the latest HotStats survey. Amongst the eight cities surveyed this month, the biggest year-on-year profit gains (+76.7%) were experienced in Cologne followed by Dublin (+50.2%), Paris (+20.8%) and Amsterdam (+19.1%). Whilst ...

  • Middle East instability means tourism growth for Oman

    This year, hotels in Muscat have witnessed the strongest growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR), STR Global said in a statement. Regional instability has caused revenues in the Omani capital's tourism industry to grow by more than 15 per cent in the first four months of 2013, according to data released by STR Global. "Due to various reasons, tourists do not prefer Egypt and ...

  • Group discusses safety of space tourism

    The spacecraft SpaceShipTwo, center, carried by cargo aircraft WhiteKnightTwo, circles over Spaceport America Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 in Upham, N.M. Space-industry watchers expressed concern this week that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers. (AP Photo/Matt ...

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