TV was filled with fireworks on New Year’s eve, but the biggest display was in Abu Dubai — here’s the video. Next Charlie Leocha talks about what might be coming for travelers in 2011 and finally, Travel and Leisure talks about their top hotels for 2011. A look forward into the coming year.
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Dubai has had some significant financial turmoil the past few months, but that has not deterred cruise vacationers to the embattled emirate as it is quickly becoming a must-see port of call. More cruise lines are placing ships in Dubai for the winter season, but no cruise line has dedicated more ships in the region than Costa Cruises.
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Take two Italian cruise ships, Italian food, Italian wine, Italian luxury and over-the-top Italian pomp and circumstance in the Italian city of Genoa and what do you get? A ‘fantastico’ experience. Such is the life when “Cruising Italian Style” aboard the brand-new Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica.
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Citing the downturn in the economy and a drop-off in demand for its route between New York and Dubai, Emirates will stop using the Airbus A380 Super Jumbo and will instead use the Boeing 777 for the flight. The change will be effective June 1.
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Travel and politics seem to be constant but uneasy bedfellows. Consider the United Arab Emirates’ denial of a visa to an Israeli tennis player for a championship event.
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If you want to buy it all without paying sales taxes, the Dubai International Airport is the place to go. It may be a bit of a trek for Americans. But some people will do anything for a bargain. Even though many are reeling from the overt signs of a recession, it clearly isn’t impacting others who are born to shop and have the funds.
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Accompanied by her replacement, the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Elizabeth 2 set sail for the last time last week out of New York bound for Dubai. There she will live out her life as a hotel, like the Queen Mary, now berthed in Long Beach, Calif.
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