Archive for the 'Asia' Category

Najaf Airport In Iraq

Nowadays airline carriers are struggling to do whatever they can to keep their customer base, never mind increasing it. Unfortunately most of these companies are met with the realization of workforce cuts and for some, even bankruptcy.
Despite the rising oil prices and the job cuts that have lately become a natural phenomenon for the many […]

Philippines Typhoon, Ship Lost

As a result of a horrible typhoon in Philippines, a ferry sailing from the capital Manila to the central island of Cebu, sank. More than 800 passengers are missing with only four people so far known to have survived. Four bodies were found in San Fernando, but the remainder are considered lost.
As REUTERS reports , […]

Terrorist Themed Restaurant

Nowadays entrepreneurs are looking for new ways to make the restaurant businesses more visitor-oriented. They might give them new catchy names, for example, or create new menu items and make them theme-related.
A Lebanese theme restaurant, “Buns and Guns” (a sandwich can kill you), is really proving a success. As What Were they Thinking reports, the […]

Beijing’s New Airport Terminal Opening This Week

Beijing today opened a new $3.6 billion massive glass-and-steel airport terminal which will welcome all the visitors for Olympics 2008.
The airport will house 64 Western and Chinese restaurants, 90 retail shops, and a state-of-the-art-baggage handling system. The airport will also provide a high-speed commuter train which will transport passengers into the city quickly.
The new terminal […]