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Incentives Fall With Global Slowdown
Popular business incentives such as overseas trips for high octane salesman are currently falling dramatically due to the global financial crisis. UAE travel agents are reporting a severe dip in 2009 bookings for incentive packages to and from the UAE.
The bookings for these trips are falling due to a spending freeze on non-essential trips being implemented by banks and property companies.
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Fine Arts Museum of Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Fine Arts Museum of Uzbekistan: Contains art from over 1500 years ago. Location: Movarounahr 16, Tel: 2367436. Opening Times: Mon 10AM to 2PM, Wed to Sun 10AM unto 5PM, closed Tue. ...
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Venice, Italy
Locally called San Zanipolo, this Dominican church is very large and contains valuable works of art. Near the side entrance is a 15th-century stained-glass window in which brilliant colors have been used to give life to the beautiful drawings by Bartolomeo Vivarini and Gerolamo Mocetto. After San Marco, this is the second official church of the Italy and is the Venetian conterpart of London's West...
Lucerna Passage
Prague, Czech Republic
A 1920s Art Nouveau shopping arcade that runs below the Lucerna Palace this place has a cafe and club but the biggest sight here is a quirky sculpture by renowned artist David Cerny. If you want to see his sculpture, just look up: it is hanging from the atrium, depicting King Wenceslas astride the belly of a dead, upside down horse. Location: Stepanska 61 {load...
Old Stone House
Washington DC, United States
Built in 1765, the Old Stone House is the oldest standing building in the city and was also Washington’s last Pre- Revolutionary Colonial building on its original foundation. Local folklore preserved the house from being demolished. The house was constructed in three phases during the 18th century and since then it has been a boarding house, tavern and shop. The small garden along with the hous...