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  Volume: XXII, Issue No. 19 May 16-31, 2013  
     
 
 

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First no-alcohol hotel opens in Egypt
_A Monitor Report Cairo : Egypt's first no-alcohol hotel was opened in the touristic city of Hurghada in late last April, with an entire floor for women only. Resort owner Yasser Kamal told the state news agency that the decision is not influenced by one ideology, but an attempt to promote a new approach to tourism. "Tourists have alcohol in their countries, and they can find other alternatives in Hurghada for the purpose of diversity," Yasser explained, adding that the hotel is open for all . More...
Flight attendants fly the plane while pilots nap
_A Monitor Report New Delhi : Two pilots have been suspended from an airline after they allegedly left an Airbus carrying 166 passengers on autopilot and air hostesses in charge while they slept in Business Class. The Air India flight was travelling from Bangkok to New Delhi when both the co-pilot and the pilot left the cockpit after having spent some time instructing two flight attendants how to fly. But the pair had to rush back and seize the controls of the A-320 after one of them accident. More...
 
 
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