Hurghada

HEPCA, Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association, announced today that the Red Sea is now officially a TBT-free zone. Following a decree from H.E. Eng. Magdy El Qubaisy, Governor of the Red Sea, it is now prohibited to sell or use any kind of paint materials containing the chemical compound Tributyltin (TBT).

At the beginning of this month Egypt’s leading mobile operator Mobinil launched 3G services, covering large cities, tourist, industrial and corporate centres in Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, Taba, Safaga, Marsa Alam, Luxor and Aswan. Mobinil has been hard at work revamping its network in preparartion for the launch 3G earlier this month

The Wikimedia Foundation, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, announced today that it will stage its 2008 Wikimania conference at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.

A new report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization has said that tourism is rising in Egypt. The report also said that investing in property in the North African nation "could be good news." According to the U.N. tourism organization, tourism in the country increased by 20 percent during 2007, which in turn has seen a rise in property demands.

Egypt Revealed a premier real estate agency in the UK has been appointed as International Marketing Agents for the prestigious Paradise Gardens Golf & Beach Resort , Sahl Hasheesh.

  First Lady Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak opened Monday 5/5/2008 a library in El Gona village in Hurghada that will offer a chance for Hurghada visitors to get acquainted with Bibliotheca Alexandrina activities. Mrs. Mubarak also laid the foundation stone of a nursing school in Gona. The Sawiris Foundation for Social Development established the two institutions. The foundation [...]

Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone [...]

Thomas Cook Airlines has added two destinations to its Birmingham International airport summer programme, which starts on Thursday. The programme will offer direct flights to Skiathos in Greece and Hurghada in Egypt for the first time. Thomas Cook Airlines has three Boeing 757-200 aircraft, each carrying 235 passengers, based at the airport. Over the summer period, the [...]

The world's top two players Amr Shabana and Ramy Ashour will contest a dream all-Egyptian men's Hurghada International final after prevailing in similar four-game semi-finals in the $61,250 5-star PSA Tour squash event in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

A WEEKLY service between Glasgow and the popular resort of Hurghada in Egypt is being launched by FlyGlobespan. The service, which starts on November 5, is in addition to the airline’s weekly service to Egypt which flies from Edinburgh to Sharm El Sheikh. Flyglobespan has recently appointed 128 staff, all of whom will be based in Scotland, [...]