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Russia has opened new air route to Cam Ranh
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There will be direct flights from Chelyabinsk Airport to Cam Ranh in Vietnam and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Interfax-Ural News Agency.
It quoted a press release from this airport as saying the monthly frequency of flights to popular tourism destinations in winter will increase by three times to Hurghada (20 flights) and by two times to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt (10 flights) –both in Egypt – as compared to last year.
In addition, flights to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Dubai in the UAE and Goa in India will also be resumed.
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Nov
15
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Vietnam leads Asian hotel growth list
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Vietnam takes the lead in the growth of the Asian hotel sector with a forecast annual rate of 15 per cent for the 2012-16 period, according to the World Travel Market's Global Trend Report 2012 in association with Euromonitor International.
Vietnam was followed by the Republic of Korea, India, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, China and the Philippines, the report said.
The hotel sector of Asia was expected to record strong growth with a compound annual rate of 7 percent thanks to increases in international and domestic visitors.
Notably, Asia had high potential for luxury entrants, according to the report, which points out that Tonino Lamborghini planned to open 40 additional five-star hotels in Asia, with the first nine opening in China.
The report also said that up-market car brands may successfully make inroads into the hotel sector, such as Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and Jaguar, together with several fashion brands.
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism's statistics, there were more than 5.3 million international visitors to Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year, an increase of 11.2 percent over the same period last year.
As of September 2011, there were 12,500 hotels of all kinds with about 250,000 rooms, 53 of which were of five-star standard, 127 four-star and 271 three-star./.
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Nov
15
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Take a look at the largest resort
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The Asian Coast Development (Canada) Limited (ACDL), the investor in the Ho Tram Strip Project, recently announced its largest tourist complex in Vietnam.
The first hotel tower with 551 rooms was completed ahead of schedule and will become operational in January 2013. Construction of the second five-star hotel tower was recently started ahead of schedule and it will include 559 rooms and an entertainment center to be linked with the first tower.
Project CEO Lloyd Nathan said the project had created about 6,000 jobs and had paid a large amount of taxes.
The project will cost over US$4 billion and take 10 years for completion.
It is expected that the project will be completed by 2020 including 9,000 five-star rooms, 2,000 gaming computers, golf courts and entertainment facilities such as a casino targeting foreign customers.
The Ho Tram Strip spans along the coast in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. As the largest tourist complex in Vietnam, the project will include five five-star hotels, two of which will comprise of recreation and golf facilities.
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Nov
15
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Spanish comtemporary dance will be open in Hanoi city
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(CPV) – Spanish artists will take their “Let’s face the music and dance” piece, a Spanish contemporary dance to the Au Co Arts Center, 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street, Hanoi on November 16.
“Let’s face the music and dance” is a compilation of several fragments from Teresa Nieto En Copanía latest pieces. Special moments portraying a representative synthesis of the work, style and ‘landscape’ of the company: a journey through its twenty year long history.
The show is meant to be an ode to the enjoyment of dance and its beauty, embracing the audience with an eclectic and vibrant music selection.
“The performance provides us precious moments, feeling the beauty of mundanca image in its calmness."
Teresa Nieto handles the aesthetic aspect well and it is clearly reflected in the layout of the show, the use of space as well as creating elegant and sexy dances. The selection of music also increases the dance’s depth and its humanity value.”
This spectacle has been organised by Instituto Cervantes and the Embassy of Spain with the cooperation of the Spain Vietnam Friendship Association and the sponsorship of Vitexco.
Teresa Nieto is a board member of Cía Bocanada Dance group, co-director and dancer for Cía Arrieritos dance group. She won the Special Certificate for the best choreographer in the first choreo Contest for Choregraphers in Festival Flamenco de Jerez in 1999.
Beside this, she won the stage director association award for the Best Choreographer “Estado hormonal”; Madrid’s Cultural Award in 2002; National Dance Award in 2004; Villa de Madrid Award in 2007 for the Best Choreographer; Max Award in 2007 and the Best Female Dancer in 2009…/.
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