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  • Marilyn Monroe voted passengers dream flight attendant

    Passengers of American Airlines have chosen Marilyn Monroe as their dream flight attendant and George Clooney as the ideal pilot, in a survey. Monroe was voted the first-choice fantasy flight attendant with 22 per cent of the overall votes, followed by Audrey Hepburn at 20 per cent, News.com.au reported. The survey was done in two categories - Hollywood's golden age and the modern-day ...

  • Railways to launch ticket booking through non-internet based mobile phones

    With an aim to further facilitate the passengers, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC),a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, will launch a pilot project of ticketing through non-internet based mobile phones with effect from July 1. This will enable people using non-internet based mobile phones to easily access Railway ticketing services through ...

  • Airline satisfaction climbs a bit hotels fare better

    Marriott, Hilton are tops for satisfying stays Satisfaction with airlines has increased slightly, but poor airline service remains a problem, an annual survey of travelers released Tuesday shows.Travelers rate airlines 3% higher than last year in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which measures travelers' satisfaction with products and services during the first quarter of each year. ...

  • Taiwan county opens tourism office in Xiamen

    Taiwan 's Penghu county has opened a representative office in China's coastal city of Xiamen. At the office's founding ceremony on Sunday, Wang Chien-fa, head of the county, said, "Xiamen's tourism industry has seen fast development, and we hope more people in the mainland will be attracted to visit Penghu with our promotion." Xiamen is a coastal city in ...

  • Bakers Graduation Cake Mix-Up Ends in Purr-fect Mistake

    Courtesy Laura Gambrel When Laura Gambrel, 22, of Zionsville, Ind., graduated from Indiana University in May, she wanted to keep the celebration pretty low key. She didn’t walk at the ceremony, nor did she have a party because she planned to go right back to the university this coming fall for grad school. It seemed only filling then that the one thing her mother attempted to do to ...


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In Good Company

In Good Company

In Good Company is a feel-good dramedy about the power of honesty, decency, and good ol' fashioned belief in what one is doing to overcome the perils of faceless corporate hegemony. To fully enjoy the movie, of course, one must overlook the fact that it was produced and distri ... ...

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  • Report gives tourism power

    Shire of Augusta-Margaret River tourism stakeholders say the district has the green light to demand more money and resources for local tourism projects following the release of a State Government industry development strategy last week.The South West Development Commission released its finalised Tourism Futures South West report on Monday in which Margaret River was the centrepiece for driving ...

  • Airbus Boeing rivalry on display at Paris Air Show

    Few rivalries pack the corporate punch of Boeing vs. Airbus. The latest chapter in that storied aviation rivalry ramped up at the Paris Air ...

  • Nyungwe women’s cooperative benefits from tourism income

    (eTN) - The Rwanda Development Board's (RDB) Tourism and Conservation Department, led by Ms. Rica Rwigamba, is the country's custodian body to not just promote the country abroad but also to manage the country's three national parks and tourism attractions and conserve the precious wildlife, foremost, of course, the prized mountain gorillas. Ms. Rica was, in fact, saying ahead of ...

  • Rocky Mountain National Park Peaks trails and wildlife galore

    With a fresh blanket of pure white snow coating the 14,000-foot heights of Rocky Mountain National Park, Australia native Carmen Major swings her arms wide to encompass the glistening mountains."It's even more awesome than I expected," said Major, 38, who was driving across America and in mid-April became one of the 3 million people who visit the 415-square-mile park ...

  • Intl. Seminar on Journalism and Tourism Starts in Cuba

    Havana, June 17 (Prensa Latina) An International Seminar on Journalism and Tourism started today in this capital with a study of routes and cultural proposals in Havana and the potentials of the tourism industry in Cuba. At least 48 communications professionals from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Cuba have gathered for a week for this ninth seminar at the Jose ...

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