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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 ...

  • United Airlines resumes 787 flights after 4-month halt with flight from Houston to Chicago

    United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are flying again after being grounded for four months because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. Federal authorities lifted the grounding order on April 19 but it has taken Boeing, which makes the plane, and the airlines a few ...

  • N.M. In-state Tourism Should Increase in 2013

    More New Mexico residents will be hitting the road this summer and fall to destinations in the Land of Enchantment, according to the 2013 Garrity Perception Survey. In the survey, New Mexico residents were asked how many non-business in-state trips they plan to take over the next 12 months. Fifty-five percent of them said they plan to take more than three trips, while seven percent are ...

  • Sacked Indian Airlines officer jailed for 4 yrs in DA case

    A sacked Indian Airlines officer has been jailed for four years for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 63.06 lakh, double his known income, by a Delhi court which said he failed to maintain the "purity" of public office.Special CBI Judge Kanwaljeet Arora awarded four years rigorous jail to Greater Kailash resident Rohit Sehgal, son of a retired DCP in Delhi Police, and also ...


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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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  • In Transit Blog Walkabout – 520 Dreamliners Lift Off Post-Sandy Beaches Surveyed

    a look at the region's battered public beaches , in a survey covering three states and hundreds of miles of coastline, from Margate, N.J., to Stonington, Conn., and to the tip of Montauk, on Long Island. (New York ...

  • Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels selects MICROS Technology for its Solaire Manila Resort Casino

    Solaire Manila Resort and Casino occupies 18,500 square meters of aggregate gaming space, 500 rooms, suites, and bayside villas, seven specialty restaurants, and a host of Food and Beverage outlets including bars and food ...

  • Starwood to Develop Solar Power at Hotel Properties

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) and NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) on Friday announced a new global alliance to expand the use of renewable energy systems at Starwood properties. The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installation of a 1.3 megawatt (MW) solar array at the Westin St. John in theU.S. Virgin Islands where NRG will build, own and ...

  • Global Factors Are Strong Drivers of Asia Hotels Revenues

    A study of global and local factors that drive changes in hotels’ revenue per available room (RevPAR) in eight major Asian cities found that the revenues for the hotels in these cities are strongly subject to global forces. The study, ...

  • Michael C. Coolidge Appointed SVP Real Estate Lodging Development for CSM Lodging

    CSM Lodging, a division of CSM Corporation, has named Michael C. Coolidge senior vice president, real estate & lodging development for the company. Bill Upshaw, president of CSM Lodging, made the announcement. "It is a pleasure to welcome Michael to our company," said Mr. Upshaw. "He brings extensive experience, skill sets, and business relationships to this new role that ...

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