Hurghada (Egypt)

Type: City

Name: Hurghada (Egypt)

Country: Egypt

Latitude: 27.23

Longitude: 33.830002

population: 95,689

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

EgyptAir

EGYPTAIR Resumes operation after the Ground Services' Strike

An EGYPTAIR official declared that EGYPTAIR is working hard on serving all the delayed flights’ passengers due to the strike of the loading staff at Cairo’s Airport TB3.The official confirmed that Egypt’s flag carrier has operated 52 international and ... [Published Focus on Travel News - May 19 2013]

Entities: EgyptAir, Sharm El Sheikh, Aswan (Egypt), Amman, Hurghada (Egypt)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

GB Auto SAE

Secretary of the Jemaah Islamiyah in Hurghada and lawyer Manal Fathi يتناقشان in, polygamy

France's Hollande signs bill allows gay marriageDozens injured in head-on train crash in New York Iranian director's taut family saga rivets critics at Cannes Shots fired at Cannes, actors flee for cover This was my worst season, says Real Madrid's Mourinho ... [Published Masress.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Jemaah Islamiya, Hurghada (Egypt), Egypt, David Beckham, GB Auto SAE

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Underwater adventures

, DHNS :HurghadaThe ride from Aswan to Hurghada was different from what I had experienced so far. The city of Aswan soon gave way to tiny villages. The outskirts of the city were dotted with palm trees and an occasional farmer was tilling his land in ... [Published Deccan Herald - May 18 2013]

Entities: Hurghada (Egypt), Red Sea, Adventurer

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Tourist Traffic Jumps Up By 17.4 Pct in 2013, Says Prime Minister Kandil

The tourist traffic to Egypt has increased by 17.4 percent in 2013 compared to 2011, Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Thursday.The government supports tourism which provides 11.3 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country and 20 percent ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Gross Domestic Product, Egypt, anarchy, Hurghada (Egypt)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hosni Mubarak

Egypt: Prime Minister Says Only Tahrir Square Is Unstable

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Thursday that "one kilometer only is responsible for the instability in Egypt," referring to Tahrir Square where a popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was centralized.He insisted that other ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada (Egypt), Hisham Qandil, Hosni Mubarak

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Alcohol-free destinations unpopular with British holidaymakers

A poll of more than 10,000 British adults, undertaken in the wake of the opening of an alcohol-free hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada last month, has revealed that nearly two-thirds would avoid holiday destinations where they couldn’t drink alc ... [Published Compare Prepaid - May 15 2013]

Entities: Alcohol, Egypt, Prepaid Card, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, TripAdvisor

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Most Brits would avoid an alcohol-free destination, study finds >

Going to the pub is part of the fabric of British life and a new study has revealed that this thirst for alcohol also extends to holidays.A poll of more than 10,000 British adults found that 60% would avoid staying in a destination where they couldn't ... [Published Opodo - May 15 2013]

Entities: Alcohol, TripAdvisor, Arab Spring, Hurghada (Egypt), Red Sea

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Most Britons would avoid alcohol-free destinations

Poll of 10,000 Britons follows the opening of dry hotel in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada last month. ... [Published Telegraph - May 15 2013]

Entities: Hurghada (Egypt)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Egypt resorts to orthodox travel

Since the 2011 uprising, Egypt’s coastal resorts have begun courting the conservative Muslim tourist.Red Sea segregation: The first hotel catering for religious conservatives has opened at the popular holiday destination. (Amr Dals, Reuters)The owners ... [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 10 2013]

Entities: Egypt, Hurghada (Egypt), Hosni Mubarak, Religion

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Egyptian voices – conservative and progressive – clamour to be heard

'Amazing effervescence of art' ... graffiti depicting the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/REUTERS Last weekend, the owners of the 4Win hotel in Hurghada uncorked the entire contents of their drinks cabinet, and poured it down ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 03 2013]

Entities: Hurghada (Egypt), Abdallah Dalsh, Salafi, Red Sea

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 5 reports

Alcohol-free hotel opens in Egyptian town

Fears grow that ruling Islamists are seeking to impose a strict version of the sharia Cairo: The first alcohol-free hotel in the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada opened this week in the presence of many Islamists, reported local media on Monday. Some ... [Published Gulf News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Egypt, Alcohol, Shariah Law, Salafism, Hurghada (Egypt)

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Hurghada slum relocation

Slums near Hurghada in the Red Sea governorate will be “relocated away from touristic areas", said Red Sea Governor Mohamed Kamel.“The construction starts next July [for relocated areas] with infrastructure then compounds for the relocated residents," ... [Published Masress.com - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Hurghada (Egypt), Red Sea, CAPMAS, Ras Gharib (Egypt)

Quotes

Yasser Kamal, the owner of the hotel, Le Roi, told the MENA state news agency: "The idea of launching a hotel without alcohol is not to adhere to any particular movement but rather to provide a new kind of tourism" . The hotel's aim is therfore to attract more conservative Muslims to a region which mostly attracts western tourists

Brits avoid alcohol-free destinations [Published Easy Voyage - May 17 2013]

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Thursday that "one kilometer only is responsible for the instability in Egypt" referring to Tahrir Square where a popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was centralized

Egypt: Prime Minister Says Only Tahrir Square Is Unstable [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]

..." In 1980, Anwar Sadat amended the constitution to say: "Islam is the religion of the state and Arabic its official language. The principles of shari'a are the principal source of legislation." Sadat's change represented a step in the direction of Islamizing Egypt's political institutions, which matched some of the measures the Egyptian president...

Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia Are All Slowly Islamizing [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 13 2013]

Avnish then combined his passion for hospitality and uncovering the depths of the water world and began working at " Jumeirah Beach Hotel 's' diving center as a guest service executive."

Mövenpick Hotel Ibn Battuta Gate Opens its "Gate" to New Chief Concierge [Published Zawya.com - May 12 2013]

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Hepatitis A outbreaks in travellers returning f... [Published Cambridge Network - May 08 2013]
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Explore New Destinations In Egypt With Travel E... [Published Prlog - May 07 2013]
Teetotal tourism [Published Daily Star Egypt - May 06 2013]
The Bank Holiday Update: Ryanair, Thomas Cook, ... [Published E-Tid.com - May 06 2013]
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