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Working swirl: Married acting couple
Melanie Griffiths and Antonio Banderas are
welcomed to the new Atlantis The Palm
resort by managing director Alan Leibman
OPERATORS.
Cadogan Holidays has expanded its Middle East product
range for this winter, taking in Fujairah, Ajman and Abu
Dhabi in addition to Dubai. Properties offered for the first
time include Le Meridien Al Aqah, Shangri-La Abu Dhabi
Qaryat Al Beri and the Kempinski Hotel Ajman.
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Ticket specialist Attraction World has added a new
golfing package in Dubai, including a round on the Majlis
championship course at the Emirates Golf Club. Packages
cost £182 including hotel transfers and green fees but not
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club hire, and players are required to bring a handicap
Just deserts Getting away from it all in Oman,
certificate with them.
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attractionworld.com p84; Frankin-sense Soaking up the sights,
Jetlife has introduced Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Jordan
sounds and aromas of southern Oman, p86;
in its worldwide brochure. The operator offers more than 20
City slickers Abu Dhabi looks to the future after
hotels and a range of tours, and has teamed up with Etihad
Airways to offer flights from Heathrow and regional airports. Manchester City buyout; Dubai hotels We round
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up the latest developments, p88; Hot Property
Hotel reviews and news, p92
FLIGHTS.
Oman Air has launched a Sunday flight from Gatwick to Muscat. The
move means the carrier now offers a daily service on an Airbus A310 with
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BMI is to double its service to Riyadh from January 15. The Heathrow link
will rise from three services a week to six. Flights on Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday will go on to Dammam, while flights on Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday will continue to Jeddah, replacing the current direct services.
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Pure gold: Gold Medal’s Pure Luxury team
gave agents a taste of the high life on a fam Etihad has added a third daily flight from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi. Star appeal: Christina Aguilera
to Dubai which took in the Burj Al Arab, The emirate’s national carrier recently unveiled plans to fly 25 million wowed fans in Abu Dhabi when
Rolls-Royce transfers and a helicopter ride passengers a year and double the cities it serves from 50 to 100 by 2020. she appeared live in a concert
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