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LCL wins RM93mil Dubai joint-venture contract
KUALA LUMPUR: LCL Corp Bhd said its associate LCL Interiors in a joint venture with LCL Mice Kraftwork has secured a RM93.2mil contract for the supply and installation of guest rooms, suites and corridors, and associated works component of the east and west towers of The Atlantis resort in Dubai.The Atlantis is a 1,532-room resort with a water theme park at the crescent of The Palm, a luxury resort project in Dubai, which is scheduled for opening in early 2009.
The contract was expected to commence this month with expected completion in 13 months, the company said in a statement.
The joint venture was awarded the contract by resort developer and operator, Kerzner Istithmar Ltd, whose other projects included the 2,317-room sister resort, The Atlantis in The Bahamas.
Year to date, LCL has secured contracts worth over RM300mil from West Asia alone.
BODOG HEADS FOR THE BAHAMAS
You can't keep a good online gambling group down! The Bodog group's conference organisers have made a remarkably fast recovery following the postponement of the company's popular marketing conference in Vegas last month following Department of Justice activities in the BetonSports case (see earlier Online-Casinos.com and InfoPowa bulletins)The 2006 Bodog.com Marketing Conference has a new date (still to be confirmed), and a proposed new home that's spectacular to say the least.
Atlantis in the Bahamas is an epic resort development on Paradise Island that has a way of turning business into pleasure and the everyday into the extraordinary. Conference-goers will become thrill seekers, sun worshippers, archeologists and adventurers at Atlantis.com, a stunning fantasy land devised and built with no cost spared by international entrepreneur Sol Kerzner.
PCL tapped as general contractor for The Blue Rose
PCL has considerable experience overseeing the construction of large projects. Previous projects include Toronto's Air Canada Center, The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, Minneapolis' Mall of the Americas, Edmonton's West Edmonton Mall, Niagara Falls Casino Resort and The Staples Center in Los Angeles. .Katrina Survivors Meet Miracle Dolphins
Nowhere are they more abundant than with the "Miracle 16" dolphins, giving reason to smile to some of the hurricane's human victims.As the hurricane approached, half of these dolphins were evacuated from their home at the Gulfport, Miss., Oceanarium to hotel pools on high ground.
Eight had to stay behind, and eventually they disappeared.
"From all the stories and accounts of the way the storm hit, we believe the water rose and a big wave knocked out their show pool," said Teri Corbett of the Marine Mammal Operations at the Atlantis hotel in the Bahamas.
"How they got out, who knows?"
Two weeks later, all eight dolphins, including two mothers and their babies, were spotted alive and together.
"A few of them got beat up," Corbett said.
The Blue Rose Moving Ahead Rapidly, Orlando's New Billion-Dollar ...
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--CMA Companies, the developer of The Blue Rose, Orlando's tallest and most spectacular new condo hotel, has selected PCL Construction Services, Inc. to be the official general contractor for the 1,500-room property. PCL has built some of the world's most famous entertainment destinations, including: Toronto's Air Canada Center, The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, Minneapolis' Mall of the Americas, the world's largest mall, Edmonton's West Edmonton Mall, Niagara Falls Casino Resort and The Staples Center in Los Angeles. "We selected PCL because of their expertise in building world-class entertainment facilities," according to Camilo Aguirre, principal at CMA Companies. "We want to deliver the most unique and well-built resort hotel in Florida...
One Year After Hurricane Katrina Devastated the Gulf Region, Displaced Children and Dolphins Connect for the Future
It has been one year since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf States and changed the lives of thousands of families. It has also been one year since the former Gulfport, Mississippi residents of the destroyed Marine Life Oceanarium, known the world over as the "the Katrina Dolphins", were rescued from the Mississippi Sound by their trainers and dozens of volunteers. Of the many who were relocated after the storm, seventeen children and their families came together at the dolphins' new home, Dolphin Cay at Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas, to adopt the Katrina Dolphins, during what was both a moving reunion and unforgettable experience. These special dolphins have become a symbol of hope, having adapted wonderfully, living in their new home on Paradise Island in The Bahamas and exploring a new life.