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- Tourism is a major source of foreign exchange for Burma, despite the military regime's brutal human rights record. The junta has been actively promoting tourism since 1995. Since then more than a million people have been displaced by 'beautification' schemes near tourist attractions while others have been pushed aside for...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Speak with other shareholders about: (OTC: IPZI), (OTCBB: UPBS), (NASDAQ: ROFO).
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2008-Stockwire.com: Speak with other shareholders about: (OTC: IPZI), (OTCBB: UPBS), (NASDAQ: ROFO).C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25022008 AUSTIN, TX -- Are you looking to speak with other investors about your favorite stock in real-time? Stockwire.com, ranked in...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Revived and thriving: New York, New Orleans and San Francisco are keeping their reputations as eating destinations alive after facing natural and economic disasters
- It takes more than horrific natural and man-made disasters to keep three of the nation's most beloved restaurant cities down. New Orleans, New York and San Francisco have largely recovered from tremendous losses that threatened their economies and their very survival. Today, all three cities have made tremendous strides...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Travel Business News
- Jan 28, 2008 Cambodia has reached out to Angelina Jolie to become the country s ambassador of tourism. Jolie filmed Lara Croft, Tomb Raider in Cambodia and subsequently adopted a Cambodian boy. If Jolie accepts, it would immediately raise Cambodia s tourism profile in the U.S. Cambodia is also...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- … And the hill becomes a mountain!
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The title of last year's Tennessee Valley outlook article was "The Bump in the Road Becomes a Hill." For 2008, that hill has become a mountain. The overwhelming influence on the Valley's economy for 2008 will be the national economy, and the national economy quickly deteriorated as...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Cambodia gets first PGA-standard golf course
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's first PGA-standard golf course will bring in much-needed tourist dollars to the impoverished nation, a company official said Wednesday. Designed by and named after golfing legend Nick Faldo, the "Faldo Course" will be a boost to Cambodia's economy by attracting well-heeled tourists, said Adam...
- Research articles 2007-12-26
- Hopeful Bethlehem abuzz for Christmas celebrations
- BETHLEHEM, West Bank AFP — Thousands of the faithful flocked to Bethlehem on Monday, as the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ hoped for a better Christmas after years of deadly violence. Several thousand people filled Manger Square in front of the Church of Nativity, built on the site of...
- Research articles 2007-12-24
- Global warming may soon see Santa don shorts
- ROVANIEMI, Finland AFP — If the most dire climate forecasts come true the tourism industry in Europe's far north, already feeling the effects of global warming, may find itself promoting a Santa in shorts and a camel-drawn sleigh. Each year at the end of autumn, residents, shopkeepers, travel agencies,...
- Research articles 2007-12-16
- Spanish company mulls game hunt in Cambodia: official
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia is considering allowing a Spanish company to set up a game park with five-star facilities for well-heeled hunters in a remote northern province, officials said Tuesday. Madrid-based NSOK Safaris has proposed opening the game reserve on more than 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) in Ratanakkiri...
- Research articles 2007-12-11
- European Las Vegas planned for Spanish desert
- MADRID AFP — Europe is set to get its own version of Las Vegas in a desert region of eastern Spain where developers plan to build 32 hotel-casinos, two theme parks, a racecourse and stadium over the next decade. The project, approved last week by the regional government of...
- Research articles 2007-12-03
- Pests, migration threaten 2,000-year-old Philippines rice terraces
- BATAD, Philippines AFP — After putting his seedlings to bed in the world-famous Banaue rice terraces in the northern Philippines, farmer Gabriel Balicdon works as a tourist guide and buys rice from the grocer. Built by Ifugaos -- illiterate mountain farmers and woodcarvers -- at about the same time...
- Research articles 2007-12-03
- Ho ho ho! Santa expects 120,000 visitors in Finnish Arctic
- HELSINKI AFP — Santa Claus is expecting to welcome some 120,000 visitors from around the world in Finnish Lapland above the Arctic Circle this holiday season, the local tourism office said on Monday. Hordes of tourists are due to start arriving in the far north this weekend to take...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- TOURISM : FORUM EMPHASISES COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
- The Sixth European Tourism Forum met in Portimao (Algarve, Portugal) on 26 October to discuss the sustainable management of tourism destinations. Commissioner Gunter Verheugen enterprise and industry was on hand to present the new Agenda for a sustainable and competitive European tourism', adopted by the...
- Research articles 2007-11-02
- Special Supplement: Dominican Republic - Holiday Spirit - The Tourism Industry Is Attracting Foreign Investors As Well As Holidaymakers.
- Tourism is the Dominican Republic's ace-in-the-hole. The country is a major tourist attraction in the Caribbean, with its highly competitive hotel prices against a background of security at least in the resort areas and political stability. The tourism industry expansion took off as early...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Work tees off on Cambodia-Vietnam cross-border golf course
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Golfers will soon be able to tee off in Cambodia and finish their round in Vietnam following the start of construction on a cross-border resort that officials say is the first of its kind in Asia. The 100-million-dollar project, which is being backed by Malaysia's...
- Research articles 2007-08-09
- Cambodia tourist arrivals up 20 percent in first half of 2007
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Tourist arrivals to Cambodia continue to soar, up 20 percent in the first half of 2007 compared to the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Wednesday. Some 980,000 visitors were recorded in the six months to June, putting the country on track...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Cambodian tourist arrivals up 20 percent in first four months
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Tourist arrivals to Cambodia rose 20 percent in the first four months compared to the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Kong said Tuesday. Some 710,000 arrivals were recorded between January and April, he said, boosted by an increase in travellers from neighbours Thailand...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- Fed sees sluggish auto sales, 'weak' housing market
- WASHINGTON -- The economy expanded at a modest pace in February, though there was evidence of slower growth in the New York, Boston, Dallas and St. Louis areas, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. In its beige book, an anecdotal review of U.S. conditions named for the...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- United States Among Top Five Most Competitive Countries In Travel and Tourism Sector
- -- World Economic Forum releases in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton its first-ever international report on travel and tourism competitiveness -- Switzerland scores highest and the U.S. is fifth out of 124 countries ranked -- Report explores travel and tourism sector as a driver of economic and social...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Bank of Hawaii: A Different Kind of Offshore Account
- Sure, the locals call it "Bankoh," but this company is no coconut stand. The Bank of Hawaii came into some unexpected cash recently and now has a new president – hopeful signs for the regional bank.
- Videos 2008-05-30
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