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Hotel Atlantis, The Palm: Opens at Palm Jumeirah Artificial Island of Dubai

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 11:44 AM CST

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Hotel Atlantis, The Palm is now open. The grand opening party at a cost of US $20 million was attended on November 20, by over two thousand film stars, pop stars, super models and billionaires from around the world.

The inauguration was followed by the largest display of one million rocket firework display with 100 computer guided rockets, seven times bigger than Beijing Olympics.

The US $1.5 billion mega resort with 1,539 rooms is located in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah artificial island.

Some of the interesting features of Atlantis, The Palm are:

  • the first resort to open on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah artificial island. atlantis_the_palm
  • the resort encompasses a 46 hectare site.
  • the water experiences available are:
    • Aquaventure: a water amusement park with 18 million litres of water.
    • The Ambassador Lagoon: an 11 million litre marine habitat with over 65,000 sea creatures.
    • The Lost Chambers: offering underwater views.
    • Dolphin Bay: a 4.5 hectare dolphin education and conservation centre.
  • has seemingly endless stretch of beach.
  • has luxury boutiques.
  • has numerous dining choices including four celebrity chef restaurants, an exciting nightclub, a Spa and Fitness Club.
  • has 5,600 sq metres of meeting and function space.

Here is the layout of Atlantis, The Palm resort as pdf document.

Here is an amazing video clip of the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai on November 20.

Here is another video clip that highlights the features of Atlantis, The Palm.

Read more about the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm from Times Online.

For more information log on to Atlantis, The Palm.

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View Interactive Sri Lanka Battle Progress Map

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 07:09 AM CST

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Here is the ‘Battle Progress Map’ issued by Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka as on November 18. This interactive map gets updated regularly. This is the battle in progress in all three dimensions: land, sea and air. The Sri Lanka Navy, in particular, has played a vital role in patrolling the coast and destroying the LTTE’s supply ships, making the groundwork of the troops more easy.

Click the map below, to view it in interactive mode.

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In the above map, in addition to Zoom in/Zoom out features, some of the interesting information like the area liberated, location of defence forces, LTTE main bases to be liberated including a grid to calculate the area are available.

For more information, log on to Sri Lanka News - Ministry of Defence.

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