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  • Uttarakhand Tourism Minister expresses concern over bad weather conditions

    Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Amrita Rawat and Lok Sabha MP Satpal Maharaj, who were to make an aerial survey of rain-ravaged areas in Uttarakhand today could not fly because of bad weather. Rawat said the chopper had to return as the weather is bad and there is no visibility "There is fog everywhere. There is no visibility and so they (pilots) have brought us back. If there is improvement in ...

  • 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 ...

  • S.Korean airlines ban shark fin as cargo

    SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, said Thursday they had both decided to ban shark fin from their cargo flights as part of a growing global campaign against the Asian delicacy.Korean Air, which flies to 45 countries, said in a statement that it had stopped shipping shark fin from June 10."Korean Air has joined a campaign to protect an ecological ...

  • Chinese tourism delegates showcase beauty of Yangtze River

    A Chinese delegation seeking to boost tourism at China's Yangtze River has taken aim at several key cities in North America, including Canada's Toronto.Thirty delegates, from the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), arrived in Toronto Wednesday on their last stop in North America. They also visited New York and Washington.Urging the audience to explore "Magical ...


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The Horror of Frankenstein [DVD]

The Horror of Frankenstein [DVD]

In the late 1960s, Britain-based Hammer Studios, having gained fame and fortune in the late 1950s by reimagining old Universal horror flicks as gaudy, full-color Gothic shockers, was in trouble. The mood in horror and science fiction films had shifted to either dense psychology (e.g., Repulsion, 1965), increasingly explicit gore (e.g., Night of the Living Dead, 1968), or irony (e.g. ... ...

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  • Oman Air cockpit window damaged in mid flight

    An Oman Air flight with 106 people on board was forced to return to Muscat airport on Monday following damage to one of the cockpit window, the carrier has ...

  • Frst ever global study Spa Wellness Tourism

    The Tourism Observatory for Health, Wellness and Spa proudly announces the first ever Global Spa & Wellness Tourism study. This path making report was prepared in cooperation with Danubius Hotels Group and enjoyed endorsement from over 50 global companies (e.g. Mandarin Oriental, Thermarium), and national and international organizations (e.g. PATA, ETC or Hungarian Bath Association). The ...

  • BRIEF-Rolls-Royce to deliver engines worth $1.4 bln at list prices to Philippine Airlines

    LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:29am EDT LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC : * Selected by Philippine Airlines to deliver Trent 700 engines, worth $1.4 billion at list prices * Source text for ...

  • BRIEF-Rolls Royce wins order worth $880 mln from United Airlines

    LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:13am EDT LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC : * Won order worth $880M from United Airlines for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB-1000 aircraft * Source text for ...

  • Emirates cuts business class fares by 30

    Business Class customers can relax before their flights in one of Emirates' 35 global Business Class lounges including the world's largest in Terminal 3 at Dubai International, it ...

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