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  • 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 ...

  • Tourism Workers In Luxor Threaten Protest Over New Governor

    Tourism workers in Luxor, Egypt, are threatening protest over the appointment of the region's new governor. Over the weekend Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi appointed Adel el-Khayat to lead Luxor. El-Khayat is a member of a political party strongly associated with the Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya, a group connected to attacks in Luxor in 1997 that killed 58 tourists. Parliament member ...

  • In Transit Blog A Symphony at Sea

    Foghorn Requiem on Saturday. Stationed off the northern England port of South Shields, the ships along with the shore-based bands and the Souter Lighthouse will sound a lament across the North Sea for the loss of foghorns in the age of satellite navigation.Written by the composer Orlando Gough to account for the distance the sounds will travel and their echoes within the landscape, the piece, ...

  • Irene Hoek Named Head of Global Development for Dorchester Collection

    Having worked in hotel development for the past 15 years, Hoek joins Dorchester Collection from IHG based in London, where she held the position of vice president of development, overseeing strategic investment and management opportunities for the InterContinental ...

  • Hotel Technology Experts to Meet in Hong Kong

    World-class speakers will discuss cloud computing, Big Data, digital media, wireless networking, green hotels, technology new builds, mobile computing, audio-visual and cyber security Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world’s hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, has announced agenda and speaker ...


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Mad Max [Blu-Ray]

Mad Max [Blu-Ray]

George Millers Mad Max is a B-movie pushing the limits of its potential. You can sense what the filmmakers were trying for--a post-apocalyptic road rage epic--and you can almost picture them counting the change in their pockets, trying to figure out how they could translate the visions in ... ...

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  • Destination Hotels Named Manager for Eden Roc Miami Beach

    Hotel investment group Eden Roc LLLP, the owner of the historic Eden Roc Hotel, announced today that Destination Hotels & Resorts will assume management of the luxury property beginning July 11, 2013. The 21-floor, 631-room hotel, formerly known as the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel, has been rebranded as the Eden Roc Miami Beach. "This transition marks the beginning of a new era for ...

  • Courtyard Miami Beach Announces New Oceanfront Tower

    Completing Miami's first expansion of this kind in more than five years, the Collins Avenue hotel is gearing up for opening of its new 93-room Oceanfront Tower this fall. Since 1940 the Courtyard Miami Beach Oceanfront, 3925 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Fla. formerly known as the "Cadillac Hotel," has graced the shores of Miami Beach providing guests with a stylish boutique ...

  • Hawaiian Airlines to open Taipei to Honolulu flights

    TAIPEI -- Hawaiian Airlines will start offering non-stop services from Taipei to Honolulu from July to cash in on increased passenger numbers since the U.S. began extending visa-free treatment to Taiwanese nationals, the company said ...

  • Egyptian tourism minister quits over Luxor governor

    CAIRO--Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...

  • Egypt’s tourism minister resigns over appointment of ex-terror leader

    Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ...

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