Tour package for Dubai fete

Thiruvananthapuram: The Great India Holidays, the holiday arm of The Great India Tour Company, and the Airtsravel Enterprises have announced their tour packages for the Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 which got under way this week and will continue till February 15.

Priced at 1163 UAE Dirhams per person, excluding airfare, the packages include three nights accommodation in a three-star hotel, meet and greet assistance at the Dubai airport, daily breakfast, arrival and departure transfers, UAE tourist visa, health insurance and a-half-day Dubai city tour with half-a-day desert safari and dinner. Tourists can also choose hotels of two, four and five star categories.

The bookings can be made at all ATE and GITC offices located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Kozhikode besides their branches located across the country.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/18/stories/2009011856391500.htm

Fergie & Josh Duhamel Starting Honeymoon Off in Dubai

By Breanne L. Heldman

The Ferghamels have liftoff.

Less than 24 hours after their fantasy nuptials, Fergie and Josh Duhamel were at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday with bags in wedding-banded hand.

While the casually dressed couple appeared to be headed on a tropical honeymoon, E! News has exclusively learned from a source close to the newlyweds that the duo are planning to begin their husband-and-wife life in Dubai, before jetting off to an unknown island destination.

Meanwhile, it's already time to cue the baby rumors.

Despite the bride's tight, high-waisted jeans, a paparazzo dared to ask if The Dutchess was expecting.

"I'm pregnant with twins," Fergie, 33, joked.

The "Glamorous" star's mother, Terri Ferguson, talked to E! News' Ryan Seacrest this morning gushing about the event and saying her daughter has "never been pregnant," but that with all the rumors, "Josh's mother says, 'Would she hurry up and have that elephant,' it's such a long gestation period."

Uh-huh. We all know the truth is oft said in jest.

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b78599_fergie_josh_duhamel_starting_off_in.html

UPDATE 2-Qatar Air says Boeing 787 delay affects expansion

By John Irish

DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - State-owned Qatar Airways is in talks to revise delivery of Boeing Co's (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner jet and is seeking compensation after the manufacturer's latest delay affected the airline's expansion.

Ali al-Rais, the airline's executive vice-president, commercial, said no new delivery deadline has been set yet.

"They already know they have been at fault," he told reporters in Dubai. "They know that the standard clause will kick in."

Qatar Airways, which has a fleet of more than 60 planes and has been expanding rapidly, has about 200 planes on order including 30 787 Dreamliners.

Boeing pushed back the schedule for its troubled 787 Dreamliner for the fourth time last December, making its new plane almost two years late.

Qatar had originally expected a 12-month delay, but as of yet no new schedule was set.

"We have not banked totally on the 787 and do have an agreement with Airbus ... We will not be hassling our supplier, there is compensation and we are discussing the schedule."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKLB67571820090111