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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Officials delighted with changes to Nevada tourism website
Wednesday19 June 20139:30 p.m. An expanded Nevada Tourism Commission was feeling a little better about TravelNevada.com 2.0 Wednesday after its brand consultant told members they'll be tweaking the state's tourism website after a lukewarm response to its mid-April debut. Representatives of Burson-Marsteller, the New York-based consultant the state is paying $3.2 million over two ...
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A tour of the South’s civil rights sites
Key events in 1963, from organized protests in Alabama to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, galvanized the civil rights movement that eventually toppled Jim Crow laws in the South. The 50th anniversary of those events is a great time to visit sites pivotal to the end of Southern segregation and that reflect on key events in African-American ...
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Moneyball
Moneyball takes the underdog sports genre, one of the most fabled of Hollywoods fabled story arcs, and turns it inside out by taking us off the field of play and into the back offices of major league baseball, giving us a fascinating glimpse into all the managing, strategizing, tradin ... ...
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Singapore Airlines finalizes order for up to 50 more A350 XWBs
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its orders for the A350 XWB with an additional 30 A350-900s, plus options for a further 20 aircraft. The agreement firms up a commitment announced last month. Under the terms of the agreement, Singapore Airlines will be able to select either the baseline A350-900 or the larger A350-1000 when exercising the options. This is the third order from Singapore ...
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KTF speaks out on attempt to rob Kenyas tourism through budget cuts
(eTN) - The Chairperson of the Kenya Tourism Federation, Mrs. Lucy Karume, wasted no time to go on record and condemn the attempts by the parliamentary budget and appropriations committee to rob the tourism sector by diverting half the allotted budget to other, non tourism related purposes. The Chairman of the Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association, seasoned hotelier Mohammed Hersi, too let fly ...
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspends first deputy director general
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - The administration of Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspended Deputy Director General Andrei Kalmykov, who is under investigation on suspicion of abuse of authority. "Andrei Kalmykov has been suspended for the period of the investigation into the criminal case opened by the Moscow regional investigation department on the transport. The company's press service ...
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Hainans duty-free sales help boost tourism income
2013-14 soybean imports predicted to weaken Soybean imports by China, the world's biggest buyer, are predicted to be lower than official US forecasts, deepening a glut and weighing down prices as global reserves reach record highs. Inbound shipments will be 63 million metric tons in the 12 months starting Oct 1, less than the US Department of Agriculture's June 13 projection of 69 ...
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Hainan Airlines wins two awards at SKYTRAX 2013 World Airline Awards
SKYTRAX, a global provider of professional aviation evaluation services, announced the winners of "2013 World Airline Awards" at the 2013 Paris Air Show held in Paris, France on June 18th. Executives from around the world assembled at the World Airline Awards to receive their accolades, which were handed out by SKYTRAX chairman Edward Plaisted. Winners of all the awards, including ...