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Main Category: Travel and Tourism
Country : United Kingdom
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Virgin Galactic to monitor environment from space

Space travel group to use its spaceships for research into climate, environmental change.

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Orion Congress will tackle new frontiers

Virgin Galactic test pilot to highlight evolution of hospitality industry at key educational conference coming to Dubai.

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Virgin's Branson reveals 'space mothership'

Virgin Galactic unveils carrier aircraft, set to ferry spaceship and astronauts into space.

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Hats off to mavericks

They say he who dares wins - and when it comes to a company that likes to take risks there's no better example than Virgin.

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Space man

The man in charge of Virgin Galactic's mission to send tourists to space discusses the company's plans.

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Virgin to launch space flights from UAE

EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Galactic to launch flights to space from UAE spaceport - president.

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Saudis lining up to blast off into outer space

ATM: Tourists in kingdom showing most interest in taking space holiday - Virgin Galactic.

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Virgin Galactic seeks space agents

Virgin Galactic will be looking to appoint sales agents for its space flights at ATM.

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Arab company charters space craft in world first

EXCLUSIVE: Dubai firm first in world to charter Virgin Galactic for top management.

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Dubai will be underwater in 50 years, alerts Branson

LEADERS IN DUBAI: Virgin chair warns The Palm and The World could disappear.

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Sharaf creates a new travel group

Dubai-based Sharaf Group has restructured its travel and tourism companies to form a new entity - the Sharaf Travel & Tourism Group.

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Packages to space to be an agent reality

It's only a matter of time before travel agents start selling holiday packages to space and Dubai-based Sharaf travel aims to be at the front-of-the-queue when the opportunity arises.

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Space dust

Branson's dream of tourists in space has been shattered by a tragic accident. Is it the end for the commercial space tourism industry?

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Bookings open for rocket men (and women)

Virgin Galactic opens the doors for $200,000 trips into space.

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Dubai gets a travel agent for space

Virgin Galactic has appointed Sharaf Travel as its 'accredited space office' for the Middle East region.

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And for my next trick, you'll think you're in space

Sir Richard Branson may well have pulled off another great marketing stunt.

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First Emirati space tourist confirmed

Live from ATM: Ibrahim Sharaf, chairman of the Sharaf Group, has been confirmed as the first UAE national to go 'galactic'.

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Cosmic faith

Rob Corder examines the additional challenges that face Muslim astronauts.

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Virgin territory for UAE's first space traveller

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Richard Branson will announce the first Emirati to fly into space this Wednesday.

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Ready for take-off

Space Adventures founder Eric Anderson on the Middle East's role in space tourism.

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Advertising space

Eric Anderson, chief executive of Space Adventures, has arrived in the region and is looking for Arab investors to send to the stars.

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UAE set to witness commercial "space race"

Britain's Virgin Galactic and America's Space Adventures could both fly to space from UAE.

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Virgin: Space flights will circle globe in an hour

Virgin's Branson predicts that spaceships will fly passengers from London to Sydney in 30 minutes.

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