The 40th UAE National Day celebrations at Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha concluded on a high note on December 3. As the country celebrated, Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha was an enthusiastic participant in the festivities which reflected the spirit of a land and its benevolent rulers. The festivities at Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha began from 15^th November and concluded on 3^rd of December 2011.

Throughout the festivities, the hotel which was competing with 30 other properties for the UAE Award, had various activities that enthralled guests, giving interesting insights into this young nation – its history and achievements. There was a distinctive spot to felicitate the rulers complete with the UAE regalia. A specially constructed museum reminded visitors how Emiratis lived before the formation of the United Arab Emirates, and before modernity.

The photographic art exhibitions on the local heritage, as well as UAE rulers were part of this museum which also hosted daily poetry readings. Staff dressed in traditional UAE attire received guests at the hotel. The employees also came together to create a human flag on November 24 in the car park area. Even the community clean up initiative on November 24, was linked to the UAE National Day celebrations with staff attired in UAE national colours.

“Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha feels honoured to be part of the landscape of UAE, a young, dynamic nation. Truly, the UAE is a microcosm of the United Nations. All of us take immense pleasure in living and working in this land which has embraced people from across the globe. We used the National Day celebrations as an opportunity to demonstrate our pride in this diverse nation that many call home; to celebrate as one with vigour and inclusiveness,” said Gilles Nicolas – Operations Director

As part of the celebrations, visitors to the hotel lobby were also treated to Emirati music, Kahava (traditional coffee) and Henna tattoos. A special Arabic menu was served in the all day dining restaurant– The Gem Garden.

For more information, please visit www.hialbarsha.com

Daily, News, Politics, Business, Technology, Innovations, Inventions, Entertainment, Sport, Health and many more recent happenings of the world from top notch news agents are represented en masse at a single website.

New York, NY 2011/01/03 – WorldProNews.com is that happening internet address for all the latest news from all over the world that originate from reputed news agencies worldwide. News from high caliber reporting agencies like CNN, MSNBC, BBC World News, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Reuters and many more are featured in this world news website.

If you are in search for the best news reports from some of the best news agencies this is the apt one-stop-shop that gives you access to a bundle of happening news and stories that are of general interest. A wide range of categories that encompass different aspects of life are found under a single roof at WorldProNews.com. These categories include politics, business, health, internet, celebrities, lifestyle, science, technology, inventions, travel, art and crafts, movies, music, games, books, stock market, Forex trading, gadgets, sports, horoscopes and country specific news as well.

Professionally placed categories in the subtly designed website helps the viewers to have ease in navigation and search for their particular news of interest. WorldProNews.com keeps you updated with the latest headlines and stories that are otherwise scattered in a plethora of news websites on the internet. This site is essentially devised for those who have tight time schedules and who need an all-in-one hub for news worldwide.

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WorldProNews.com makes it possible to gain quick access to all top stories that are constantly updated from top news agencies from around the world all at one place. A variety of news from carefully selected top notch sources are compactly organized in categories like politics, business, health, internet, celebrities, lifestyle, science, technology, inventions, travel, art and crafts, movies, music, games etc.

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Amar Ujala provides Top News Headlines and National news related to Politics, international news, and Astrology all available online on its website. Amar Ujala specializes in breaking news and has National and International coverage with more than 1,000 stories every day. Amar Ujala is one of the leading Newspaper Companies in India.

Amar Ujala is one of the top newspaper publishing companies in India. It expertise in every sphere of current affairs whether it is related to National news, International news, Crime news or public interest such as Astrology, Bollywood news, Sports news and much more. It has something for all with different taste of interest.

Amar Ujala was first published in 18^th April 1948 with an objective to promote social awakening and increasing the feeling of responsibility in citizens if India. It was then circulated as a four page daily Newspaper and was basically about Political, social issues and crime news. At that time the newspaper had its approach only in Uttar Pradesh and was circulated as a local newspaper with the name UP news.

But with advancement of time Amar Ujala has increased its circulation of 2576 copies to 1,700,000 copies and its readership to 2.87 crore in India. It now not only a part of UP news industry but also have acquired a place among top three dailies of India. It is now being published in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi. Also it has become a good source of latest business news headlines for National as well as International business society.

It provides its readers with truth worthy and up to date news so that the readers would get full knowledge of Top news headlines and National news. It offers a large amount of variations in its news services by providing matter of all interests from Social issues to Bollywood and political issues to Hollywood. With changing technologies and increase in competitors Amar Ujala has changed in accordance with time to cope up with the changing technology and is ahead of its competitors. It has launched its website www.amarujala.com to facilitate its National as well as International readers for getting latest News headlines.

With its website launched, now it provides online news update and live score of all types of sports. Also it provides other matter of interest of people like astrology, rashifal and much more. Aware of the fact that it has readers from all over the nation and of different interests, viewpoints and cultural backgrounds it has always been a impartial and balanced newspaper.

The website of Amar Ujala is an ideal place for whole community for getting up to mark top news, national news online and advice from professionals. This is the only hindi newspaper to have marked its leadership in all major markets with diversified leadership across various states all over India. Though the origin of Amar Ujala is in India and is rooted in India but its views and conduct are global. Amar Ujala is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multi-dimensional media group for its Breaking News and shaping opinion.

To get top news headlines and National news you can go through its website http://www.amarujala.com

Dallas, located in the north central part of Texas, is the third largest city in the state and the ninth largest city in the United States and will now be served by an exciting new web project called Dallas News Hound.

DallasNewsHound.com will aggregate Dallas and North Central Texas news all in one place. The site will cover news from Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving and other cities around the DFW metroplex.

According to Arbitron, Dallas-Fort Worth has a 12+ population of 5,216,100 people, making it the 5th largest radio market in the United States. Nielsen considers the DFW Metroplex DMA to be the 5th largest television market in the country as well.

Currently, Dallas news is provided by one major daily newspaper, and several ethnic and weekly papers.

Numerous area television stations affiliated with the major broadcasting networks, produce news content for the web as well. Some sixty-three (63) radio stations operate within range of Dallas. WRR licensed in 1921, is the oldest commercially operated radio station in Texas. Other news-talk stations include WBAP, (owned by Citadel), KRLD (owned by CBS Radio, Inc), KERA (operated by North Texas Public Broadcasting), KLIF (owned by Cumulus Media, Inc.), KSKY (owned by Salem Communications Corp), and KFXR (owned by Clear Channel Communications)Dallas News Hound will gather and curate content from many of these sources.

For more information, visit http://www.dallasnewshound.com/.

San Francisco, CA- June 21, 2010 – Attack! is announced as the recipient of the 2010 Summit Creative Awards Gold (SCA).

The 16^th annual Summit Creative Awards Gold is presented by the Summit International Awards organization. The SCA recognizes and celebrates the creative accomplishments of small and medium sized agencies. All submitted entries are evaluated based on strength of campaign idea, quality of execution and campaign communication abilities.  The program internationally identifies outstanding advertising performances in over 25 categories. Each year, thousands of entries are submitted and are judged by industry professionals worldwide.

Attack!’s “Green Day: Straight-Up-Down” experiential program is awarded in the SCA integrated/mixed media advertising category. The three-part guerrilla marketing campaign used to promote Green Day’s album release, “21^st Century Breakdown” is recognized for original execution of street postering, sidewalk stenciling and guerrilla projections.

“To be recognized by the Summit Creative Awards is a true honor,” said Andrew Loos, Managing Director at Attack!. “We are committed to continuing this level of excellence and high standards in the years to come.”

Award recipients are chosen based on their ability to overcome challenges, find creative solutions, execute quality campaigns and communicative effectively with target audience.

For more information on the Summit Creative Awards and the Summit International Awards, please visit www.summitawards.com. To learn more about Attack!, visit www.attackmarketing.net.

About Summit International Awards

The Summit International Awards (SIA) organization dedicates itself to furthering excellence in the communications industry by administering rigorous awards competitions, supporting comprehensive training programs and disseminating pertinent industry information.

Visit the Summit International Awards at http://www.summitawards.com.

About Attack!

Attack! partners with Marketing, Advertising and PR agencies to provide nationwide event staffing, field support and guerrilla services focused on developing successful brand experiences.  At the core of our success is turn-key field services, enabling agencies to deliver the best in event staffing, guerrilla, non-traditional, and out-of-home media.

Visit Attack! on the web at http://www.attackmarketing.com.

A combination of projected heat wave for the summer of 2010 and the lingering effects of the volcanic ash still coming out of the Iceland volcano has meant that record numbers of British holiday makers have chosen to make the UK their holiday destination this year.

According to the Smooth Hound hotel directory spokesman Simon Haughtone, hoteliers across the UK are quietly thanking Iceland’s volcano for changing people’s holiday plans. And although the British public are traditionally sceptical about weather forecasts, there is good news that predictions are for higher than average temperatures during the summer months.

Mr Haughtone said “Deep down, we’d like to believe the forecasts after last year’s wash out summer and people are voting with their feet and booking British hotels for their summer holiday. For a lot of people, the uncertainty of the British weather has been outweighed by the uncertainty of flights if the Icelandic volcano erupts again. They’d rather be in a picturesque British town than sitting around an airport”.

Last year, the predicted heat wave turned into a downpour. But expectations for 2010 are that the UK will benefit from high temperatures and lots of summer sunshine. This means that anyone planning to make the UK their destination of choice for their summer holiday should book soon. Mr Haughtone said, ”Popular hotels are filling up fast. So if you want your first choice, you should book your hotelsooner rather than later”.

Whether people stay at home or go abroad for the summer, there is every indication that they will be using the holiday season to get over all the recent uncertainty that has dogged the country for the last few months.

You can book UK hotels at Smooth Hound’s hotel directory.

A 3 year old girl has survived a fall from a packed tourist train yesterday near Cairns. Shocked tourists say the girls father jumped from the moving train to rescue his daughter late yesterday.

It is beleived the girl fell from the window of the Kuranda Scenic Railway about 2 km from Kuranda Station about 3.35pm yesterday afternoon. Paramedics were called to the scene and the girl was taken to Cairns Base Hospital with minor abrasions and a fractured collarbone.

The fall was witnessed by a number of shocked tourists. Passengers said the victim’s father appeared very shaken by the incident, however he declined to comment. Witnesses say the girl was in surprisingly high spirits immediately after the accident.

Queensland Rail declined to speculate on how the incident may have occured, however a full safety investigation will be launched. All the regular announcements regarding safety and not to put any part of ones body outside the train were made as usual.

The train returned to Kuranda before departing at 4.15pm and finally ending it’s journey 1 hour late at Freshwater Station. The  railway runs 2 services daily between Cairns and Kuranda. The Kuranda Scenic Rail service has only been running for 8 weeks after a derailment on March, caused by a landslide dumping tonnes or debris over the tracks injured 6 people.

The  death of a Cairns man has led to calls for the lifting of alcohol bans in Aboriginal Communities. The Man aged in his late 40′s, died after consuming an alcoholic home brew made from Vegemite.

The Cairns Base Hospital reports there have been a number of admissions from ‘Bad Grog”. A local Politician, Mr. Katter, yesterday called for a relaxating of the tough alcohol laws. He believes that the prohibition has increased the use of illicitly brewed alcohol as well as leading to a marked increase in the numbers of “sly groggers”.

A spokesman for the dead man said he had been drinking at home alone. He also added that what the government has done is “a breach of our civil rights which is not working”. He also believes bootleggers are not brewing the alcohol for long enough, making their concoctions extremely dangerous.

Vegemite, as well as sugar and orange juice seem to be the main ingredients. As well as all forms of alcohol, commercial home brew kits and ingredients are also included in the Indigenous Alcohol Management Plans.

Times Private Treaties has a strong portfolio of companies in the increasingly favoured Media and Entertainment Space. These include companies like Manhattan Communications, Ok Play India, Percept Picture Company and Nimbus Communications (through it Nimbus and its associate company NEO Sports Broadcast).

Blackstone, a private equity fund, recently paid Rs 225 crore for an undisclosed stake in the Rs 846 crore Jagran Prakashan, the publishers of Hindi daily Dainik Jagran.

In turn, Dainik Jagran has acquired Midday through a shares swap. The recent action underscores the growing interest in media vehicles. This interest and investments in media and entertainment space is, of course, not without a reason. According to Farokh Balsara, Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Private Ltd. in India, “The media and entertainment industry in India has been, and will continue to be, one of the biggest beneficiaries of India’s favorable demographics.” He further adds, “Volumes of content consumption, vibrant indigenous content creation and a favorable regulatory framework, make India an attractive investment destination for global media and entertainment companies.”

“Global media and entertainment companies are increasingly focusing on the role emerging markets play in content consumption and creation. Leading global companies that fail to understand and optimize the opportunities in emerging markets may lose out on significant revenue growth,” said John Nendick, Global Media & Entertainment Leader for Ernst & Young.

A recent report released by Ernst & Young “Tune in to emerging entertainment markets: spotlight on Brazil, Russia, India and China,” highlights that in India, there is an increase in the number of channels and adoption of digital distribution platforms; the country has also become a hot bed for media content outsourcing and is the largest film-producing nation in the world. Satellite television subscribers in India, which currently account for 15% of the total 130 million television sets, are set to double in the next 2 years.

Houston, Texas – Brian Beckcom, a Houston maritime attorney, sends his thoughts and prayers to the maritime workers, their families and rescue crews who have been impacted by the recent Transocean oil rig explosion off the Gulf of Mexico. Beckcom knows the devastation that such an accident can cause, as he represented a young man who was on a Transocean rig that blew up near Galveston, Texas, over six years ago.  One person died in that explosion and many more were injured.

The story of this recent Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident has reached national headlines.  The tragic oil rig explosion involving a vessel owned by Transocean, has critically injured seven workers and has left 11 others unaccounted for.  Rescue crews are frantically searching the waters for these missing maritime workers.

The accident occurred at about 10:00 PM on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, approximately 41 miles off the Louisiana coast.  It has been reported that the majority of the 126 people on board the rig are safe, but the rig is burning and listing.

The cause of the explosion is still unclear at this point.  Crews were apparently performing routine work right before the blast occurred, but a Transocean executive stated that there was no sign of trouble.  Seventeen oil rig workers had to be airlifted to local hospitals for treatment of their injuries.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, three helicopters, four cutters and an airplane have been deployed as part of the rescue operation and a safety zone has been set up around the rig, restricting access to the area by air and sea. Transocean and British oil major BP PLC have also sent out emergency response vessels, as a Transocean spokesman has stated that they are in a search and rescue operation.

Anytime there is a report of an oil rig explosion, it is devastating, as this type of maritime accident can lead to critical injuries.  What makes this particular accident even worse is that it has happened before on a Transocean rig.

“You would assume that after the rig explosion six years ago, Transocean would have taken significant measures to improve the safety of its workers,” says Beckcom, who has represented many injured Transocean employees.  He says that he will be closely following this case.

Beckcom is offering free copies of his maritime books for injured workers and their families who have been affected by this event.  According to Beckcom, “there are no strings attached.”