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Posted in News on Sep 21st, 2008
The board of Hawaii Tourism Authority will meet on Sept. 29 to discuss the fate of its chief executive who used his office computer to send racist and sexist emails, the Honolulu Advertiser reports.
Among the questionable emails that CEO Rex Johnson forwarded emails were those that used racist terms to describe Sen. Barack Obama, and [...]
The medical facility at the Olympic Village that offers comprehensive health care primarily for athletes and officials.
(BEIJING, July 4) — The Italian football team’s coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has chosen his 22-man squad for Beijing 2008. The squad includes Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi.
Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the squad. Rocchi is joined by Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Both players are returning to national duty after not being [...]
(BEIJING, July, 5) - World No. 2 Rafael Nadal cruised past Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 to set up a third successive Wimbledon final against Roger Federer yesterday in the second semifinal on Centre Court at Wimbledon.The first set was a one-sided one in favor of the Spaniard since he broke the [...]
By Keriann Hopkins and Michael Gryboski
CNSNews.com Correspondents
July 03, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - For Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu, the politics of the Beijing Olympics are a “temporary issue,” and efforts to boycott the Olympics are “in this moment impossible.” But the eyes and ears of the world, Wu said, should still be focused on human rights [...]
Mayor of Jiayuguan Ma Guangming closes out the Jiayuguan leg of the Olympic Torch Relay after lighting the cauldron atop Jiayu Pass.
The Jiayuguan leg kicked off at 8:15 on Sunday as Yu Haiyan, director of a local iron&steel company, ran as the first torchbearer.
A total of 208 torchbearers participated in the 13.8 km-long relay.
Haoyuan, deputy [...]
Posted in News on May 10th, 2008
Theo Francis wrote an article on WSJ. Here is the article:
The number of people traveling the globe for medical treatment likely is far lower than commonly assumed, but there remains potential for huge growth in the industry, according to a study by consulting firm McKinsey & Co.
Just 60,000 to 85,000 patients a year travel to [...]
Posted in News on Apr 25th, 2008
Eastern Airways is ramping up its schedule from Monday 7 April on several key business routes.
The airline says it will increase from three to four flights a day its services from Leeds Bradford to both Aberdeen and Southampton. At the same time, its Newcastle to Cardiff service goes from two to three flights a day [...]
Posted in News on Apr 24th, 2008
Australia’s tourism minister has signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea for improved bilateral cooperation on tourism.
The document was signed by Martin Ferguson and his PNG counterpart, Charles Abel, during the Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum in Madang.
Mr Ferguson says the tourism framework “signals a new commitment to closer cooperation in a sector of fundamental importance” for [...]
Posted in News on Apr 24th, 2008
2006
rank
Country
Arrivals (millions)
Percent
change
2005/2004
Percent
change
2006/2005
2005
2006
1.
France
75.9
79.1
1.0%
4.2%
2.
Spain
55.9
58.5
6.6
4.5
3.
United States
49.2
51.1
6.8
3.8
4.
China
46.8
49.6
12.1
6.0
5.
Italy
36.5
41.1
-1.5
12.4
6.
United Kingdom
28.0
30.7
9.2
9.3
7.
Germany
21.5
23.6
6.8
9.6
8.
Mexico
21.9
21.4
6.3
-2.6
9.
Austria
20.0
20.3
3.0
1.5
10.
Russian Federation
19.9
20.2
0.2
1.3
(international tourist arrivals)
Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO)
