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Tom Cruise Says: Fear of Falling was the First Thought That Went Through my Head

Returning to the scene of the ‘crime’ was the mission for the Hollywood cast and crew of “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”, who are in the emirate with leading man Tom Cruise for the film’s world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival. Chatting with the international media as an industry veteran, Cruise recollected his first trip [...]

December 9, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

The Year for Royal Weddings

One of this year’s series of glamorous royal weddings took place on October 13 in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan when the fifth Dragon King, 31-year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, married Jetsun Pema, 21-year-old daughter of an airline pilot. The wedding took place in a 17th-century fortress-monastery in ancient Punakha and began at [...]

November 2, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

San Francisco’s “49 Hours of SF: Holidays” has the Season All Wrapped Up

The “49 Hours of SF: Holidays” packages feature deeply-discounted rates on hotels when booked at www.49HoursofSF.com, beginning Nov. 1, 2011. These packages include a Westfield San Francisco Centre VIP Passport to Savings for holiday shopping at Westfield San Francisco Centre. Visitors who book a “49 Hours of SF: Holidays” package with an American Express card [...]

October 24, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

Gogobot Brings Popular Social Travel Service to iPhone with New App

SAN FRANCISCO (October, 2011) – Gogobot, the world’s leading social travel site, announced its new Gogobot App for iPhone is now available on the App Store. Gogobot transforms how we explore new places and capture and share our travel experiences by allowing users to harness the power of their social networks to exchange trusted travel [...]

October 24, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

GoVoluntouring Aims to Change the Face of Travel and Empower Women Around the World

“The future of the world depends on women,” Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, October, 2011 – Many people believe that women are an untapped resource in today’s modern world and that investing in a girl’s education produces one of the highest returns in the developing nations. This year, the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

October 21, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

Ten Tips for Taking a Volunteer Vacation

These days, many travelers are forgoing traditional vacations in order to take part in a volunteer vacation. Volunteer vacations gives average travelers the chance to volunteer abroad by taking part in a worthwhile project such as helping to preserve endangered wild animals or ecosystems through wildlife conservation programs, often in remote parts of the world, [...]

October 21, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

How to Do Summer Better in Alberta, Canada

Jasper’s towering mountains, turquoise lakes and ancient glaciers draw visitors from around the world. What you may not know is how beautiful everything becomes when the sun has long set. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada recently designated Jasper National Park an official Dark Sky Preserve. At 11,228 sq km, the park is the second [...]

October 19, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56

Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

October 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

Happy International World Peace Day!

International World Peace Day is celebrated every September 21st. http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

September 21, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized

Climate Change Brings about Challenges in Many Areas Says Seychelles Tourism Professionals

The Seychelles Tourism Industry has made a point about the effects of climate change that has been taken up in many of the environment press right around the world. In the editorial of their last e-News, Louis D’Offay, the Chairman of the Seychelles Tourism Industry’s Association brings out the shark accidents in the Seychelles which [...]

September 19, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized