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Pace Beijing is a 22,000-square-foot space in a former munitions factory. The place is located in the heart of the city’s gallery neighborhood, the Factory 798 District. The $20 million project is scheduled to open on Aug. 8, in time for the Summer Olympics.

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The Chambers Hotel is sitted in the heart of the Historic Theatre District in Downtown Minneapolis, just on 2 miles of all major theatres, museums and sports arenas.

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This university is named Cyberport, located at the edge of telegraph bay on western shores of Hong Kong island. Cyberport is a major project that has been developed by Pacific Century Group working in a partnership with the Government of Hong Kong to attract people which would like to be in the informational technelogy in the future.

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Not awhile ago the famous USA magazine – “Forbes” announced its “The 50 most popular tourists attraction in the world”. The most impression in this chart is given to the “Tiananmen Square” by placing it at one of the not so foreseen position. According to the newspaper “China daily” during 2006 in the capital of China arrived 3,9 millions foreign tourists and 132 millions tourist from country side (after all we are talking about for most populated capital in the world). It is hard to believe that a Chinese living in the country side would come to the capital and won’t visit the square where the Forbidden City and the Memorial Hall of Mao Zedong still stand tall. Even if we assume that half of the city guests would do that this account to more that 68 million people. Hance the great square once again rose up by taking the first place.

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Dubai Shopping Festival started on February 15 1996, as a retail event intended to revitalize retail trade in Dubai. It has since been promoted as an tourist attraction. This yearly month long event is usually scheduled during the first quarter of the year. If there is such a thing as an international shopping is in Dubai. The next annual pilgrimage has been schedule. Initially, was conceived as a pure retail event, the primary aim of which was to revitalize the retail trade in Dubai. It was later developed into a comprehensive tourism product in line with Dubai’s far-sighted stance to set global standards in every field.

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Toni & Guy is a British hairdressing company, the London-based company, founded by Italian brothers Toni and Guy Mascolo, is known for its fashion-forward designs that work equally well on the runway and the street. Toni and Guy was founded in 1963 by businessman Toni Mascolo and his brothers Guy, Bruno and youngest Anthony. There are more than 400 salons internationally in the chain – in the UK, Germany, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Australia, which has won many hairdressing awards including London Hairdresser of the Year 2005.

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It has become customary for people who put premium in traveling to different places in the world to at least schedule some time to have the family stop over at Disneyland in Anaheim California. This world-renowned amusement and theme park has become one of the necessary trips for kids to at least experience what this much ballyhooed place has to offer. Disneyland is topical an amusement Park, made by the animator Walt Disney and discovered, of 17 juli,1955 in Anaheim, California, USA. The park was built in one year at a cost of $17m. The opening ceremonies were televised, with Art Linkletter, Bob Cumming, and Ronald Reagan, acting as emcees.

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All eyes will be on Valencia later this year when the Spanish city hosts the coveted America’s Cup, the world’s biggest and most prestigious yachting event. Valencia is the first city in Europe to stage the race, despite the event’s long history. Already a popular short break destination with savvy travellers, Valencia benefits from a great location a short hop from the resorts on the Costa Blanca and is well served by no-frills airlines. But it is a charming city in its own right, home to the original paella, and it offers an exciting mixture of old and new, with cutting edge modern architecture and traditional baroque barrios. Check out the futuristic looking Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (the City of Arts and Sciences) designed by local architect Santiago Calatrava, featuring Europe’s largest state-of-the-art marine park, complete with a 30m- (98ft-) long shark tunnel, a dolphinarium, huge fish tanks, a colony of Humboldt’s penguins, and a very surreal underwater restaurant . The harbour area, Europe’s largest urban regeneration project, will be at the centre of the action during the Cup.

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Really nice photo of Hong Kong’s tallest building, the Two International Finance Centre. It is the 6th tallest building in the world behind giants like 101 Taipei, Petronas Towers, Sears Tower and Jin Mao Tower.

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In Dubai, space for hotels and beachfront villas is being created on four artificial islands being constructed off the crowded coastline. The first and smallest was completed in 2004 and is shaped like a palm tree. A phase under construction will comprise 264 smaller islands forming a vast map of the world. Altogether, four of these huge new projects are to be crafted out of rock and sand. Once building construction begins, concrete will flow in huge amounts.

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