Category Archives: Travel and Tourism

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Amazing Roadless town, I love it!!!

Giethoorn in Holland is a beautiful and quiet little village unique in that you will not find a single road in the entire town. 

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What can’t be expressed only by Words!

A collection of pictures which describes a set of interesting news and events that took place in the past week. Enjoy what i consider GOOD news in pictures! 

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Tourism minister

Restaurants must designate adequate parking space

Restaurants in major cities are now obliged to designate sufficient parking space for their customers in a bid to lessen traffic jams in popular areas, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said in a statement Friday.

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Some Hotels with Amazing view :)

When i see such amazing views, i don’t think i can comment or say anything , the pictures would describe what i felt without even mentioning it ! 

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Beirut Hotels

Occupancy at Beirut hotels down to 55 percent !

Ernst & Young’s benchmark survey of the Middle East hotel sector indicated that the average occupancy rate at hotels in Beirut was 55 percent in the first 9 months of 2011, decreasing from 68 percent in the same period last year.

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Dreamliner carries its first passengers and Boeing’s hopes

The Boeing Co Dreamliner, the world’s first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers on Wednesday in a flight that could set a new benchmark in air travel.

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Air Show in Beirut !

Seven jets took to the sky over Beirut Saturday afternoon for a synchronized air show.

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2 New Hotels in Beirut !

Hilton Worldwide has partnered with the Al-Habtoor Group to convert two hotels in Beirut to the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand and to develop the very first Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts property in Dubai, UAE.

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What do you think about live TV on aircraft ?

Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned carrier, took delivery of the world’s first aircraft to be fitted with communications and entertainment technology that allow passengers to watch live TV, receive text messages and access social-media networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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NASA handout image of the ISS and the Earth

What do you think about space taxi to fly in test next summer?

A seven-seat space taxi backed by NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will make a high-altitude test flight next summer, officials said on Tuesday.

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