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Mega show World bill unveiled for Summerfest Abu Dhabi

September 13, 2015 • admin
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, organiser of SummerFest Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s seasonal destination extravaganza, has unveiled an action-packed line-up of 98 shows over 47 days during its flagship Show World family activation at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). Free-to-attend for all SummerFest Abu Dhabi general ticket holders, Show World – some of the core attractions on the festival’s ADNEC hub – will feature seven blockbuster acts performing twice-daily shows during week-long runs. Show World can be open during the 52-day festival, which runs 27th June – 17th August and spans the Holy Month of Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr and the emirate’s traditional EidFest celebrations. Designed to entice, engage and excite, the Show World bill kicks off with two consecutive regional premieres of 90-minute live action shows so...
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1/3 of american citizens less prone to travel this Summer as a result of economic outlook

September 10, 2015 • admin
Many people have fond memories of these summer vacations in their youth – hanging out on the beach with siblings, getting told by Dad to be quiet or he’ll pull the auto over, and just relishing the time with family and friends. But is it still a similar With most colleges now out for the year and Fourth of July round the corner, summer travel is decided to kick into high gear for this season. But actual plans for travel are mixed; while the share of american citizens indicating they plan on taking a minimum of one leisure trip this summer (64%) is up slightly from 2012 (60%), there are indications that more wish to accomplish that but feel held back. While just over two in five (43%) say that...
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Air ticket sales by U.S. travel agencies still run flat in 2013 vs. 2012

September 7, 2015 • admin
ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported today that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies stayed relatively flat at -0.58 percent year-over-year within the five months of 2013 in comparison with an identical period last year, totaling $39.0 billion vs. $39.3 billion in 2012 and $36.7 billion in 2011. Sales for May 2013 were down slightly at -0.27 percent to eight.1 billion in comparison to May 2012 at $8.2 billion. Ticket transactions for the 1st five months of 2013 also remained flat at -0.67 percent over a similar period in 2012 at 64.2 million. Year-to-date passenger segments decreased 2.0 percent to 147.3 million in comparison with 150.3 million within the five months of 2012 and 149.6 million in 2011.
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Celebrate the king of fruits at Trinidad and Tobago’s Mango Festival

September 4, 2015 • admin
The dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is thought for its superb cuisine and spectacular street food, but on July 4 and seven, the nation of foodies pays homage to the king of tropical fruit. Sweet, juicy and flexible, delicious mangoes of each size and sort would be the focus of Trinidad and Tobago’s fourth annual Mango Festival so that you can be hung on July 7. Featuring a mango market, mango products, grafting demonstrations, exhibitions, children’s activities, games, mango-eating competitions, and other entertainment, Trinidad and Tobago’s Mango Festival offers mangophiles every imaginable mango-made delight, from soaps and preserves to candles and gift paper. A highlight of the festival is the mango market where numerous the locally-grown fruit, including the sinfully sweet Julie, considered the queen of mangoes, which...
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‘Azzam returns’: Abu Dhabi sets sail on 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race campaign

September 1, 2015 • admin
Volvo Ocean Race entrant, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, and its history making Azzam (determination) Volvo 70 race yacht, will return to top level competition within the UK this August with a fortnight of educating and competitive sailing, culminating with the defence of its Rolex Fastnet Race title. Having made history because the first Arabian contender within the global, nine month 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, the team – lead by skipper Ian Walker, a British double Olympic medallist – gets its 2014/15 race campaign in full sail on the flagship Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week sailing festival (3-10th August), with crew selection on the programme’s core. Taking at the three Big Boat Races during Cowes Week, the team – so one can be based in Gosport at the UK South Coast...
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