News Archive: travel and tourism

31, 2009 July:

Watch this space

Talk about a long-haul flight - being unable to fly direct and entering the world of connecting flights is always something of an annoyance, but when your destination is outer space it is even harder to stomach - where on earth would you stop off en -route to the stars?..

19, 2009 June:

The height of luxury

The brand new Airbus A380 ‘superjumbo' is the largest civil aircraft ever built and can carry up to 853 passengers - and now one lucky Middle Eastern client will have more space than he could ever possibly need - as he has commissioned a private A380 VIP jet for his personal use...

18, 2009 June:

Boobie prize

Half of all women who sunbathe topless risk prosecution by failing to check if it is against local laws, the Foreign Office warned this week...

18, 2009 March:

Films in development

Milan will put the spotlight the Middle East during an upcoming African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, organisers have said...

07, 2009 January:

Cheap tickets in 2009

Airlines in Abu Dhabi have cut their ticket prices to around 40 per cent to cope with the drop in demand at this time of the year...

06, 2009 January:

Watch this space

The future has arrived - come 2011, the world's first private space-liner Virgin Galactic will begin its first commercial flights into space and 300 passengers have already booked their seats...

04, 2008 December:

Spaced out in the Gulf

The United States is planning the development of space centres in the Middle East.

24, 2008 November:

New museum for UAE

Preoccupied with size and height (and yield), rulers and town planners in the Gulf have come up with an uninspiring collection of hotels, towers, freeways and shopping malls that have more in common with Basildon or Houston than the Middle East...

04, 2008 November:

Taxi for one

As part of Ras Al Khaimah's strategic plans for improving the public transport system to meet the demands of the rising population, the Ras Al Khaimah Transport authority is gradually introducing new taxis in the emirate...

29, 2008 October:

Emirates takes off with Tourism Oz

Emirates is the first airline to partner with Tourism Australia on co-operative advertising with the new Destination Campaign...

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