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Outrigger to manage China resort
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Outrigger to manage China resort - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
President and CEO David Carey announced Thursday that Outrigger has been chosen to develop and manage the Outrigger Qingshui Bay Resort, Sanya on Hainan Island in the People’s Republic of China. The full-service luxury hotel will have more than 500 rooms.
Canada hates me, says bear bite victim
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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I’m going to have to make a category called, “only in Cananda” soon. For that matter, I think that the news from everywhere is becoming nutz. NUTZ!
Canada hates me, says bear bite victim | NEWS.com.au
AN Australian tourist bitten by a bear in the ski resort of Whistler says he would never have reported the attack if he had known the bear would be shot dead.
A multi-million dollar resort to be built on Saipan’s beachfront
Friday, September 26th, 2008
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Saipan Tribune
Gov. Benigno Fitial approved a Korean firm’s plans to build a multi-million dollar resort on Saipan’s beachfront Friday, signing a provisional lease that now requires approval from local lawmakers.In a press conference, Fitial and Department of Public Lands Secretary John S. Del Rosario presented plans for the Flame Sako Resort and Spa with Kang Dae Sik, the resort’s president. The plans call for a 9-floor, 357-room resort on 10 hectares of land on a site north of Palms Resort Saipan. The project carries an estimated price tag of $50 million to $60 million, Del Rosario said.
Chinese tourism may be the answer for Hawaii
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
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Wall Street crisis quickly hurts Hawaii | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser
…….. little comfort to the visitor industry, which is projected to endure its second straight year of falling visitor counts this year. In July, visitor counts were off 14 percent, while average hotel occupancy slumped to a 10-year low at 74.2 percent.
MORE RELATED: The emerging Chinese and Korean visitor markets may well be the future of Hawaii’s tourism industry
Tourism development possible: Qalovaki
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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Tourism development possible: Qalovaki - Fiji Times Online
Tourism development possible: Qalovaki
Hawaii visitor arrivals up 5.9% in February from year ago | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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By Robbie Dingeman. Advertiser Staff Writer. Visitor arrivals posted a solid gain in February from the same month a year earlier. Leap year’s extra day helped inflate the numbers, but arrivals were still up modestly even with the added day factored out.
Fake Blood? Protest as entertainment?
Monday, March 24th, 2008
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AP PHOTO/YANNIS PETRIDIS
Mar. 24, 2008 Protesters disrupted the Beijing Olympics flame-lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia on Monday and a Tibetan woman covered in fake blood briefly blocked the path of the torchbearer.
Thai police: Briton accused of child sex abuse arrested a 4th time
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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CANOE — CNEWS - World: Thai police: Briton accused of child sex abuse arrested a 4th time
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai police have arrested an elderly British man in the resort town of Pattaya on charges of sexually abusing an eight-year-old boy.
US warns travellers to avoid southern Thailand amid increasing rebel attacks
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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CANOE Travel - News- US warns travellers to avoid southern Thailand amid increasing rebel attacks
BANGKOK, Thailand - The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to postpone travel plans to restive southern Thailand following a weekend attack on a hotel that was popular with foreigners.
Canadian Tourist killed in Thailand
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
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The family of a Canadian man shot and killed in Thailand last weekend says his body should be returned to Calgary by Saturday.
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