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30 June, 2011 Around the UAE

French store offers free foot rubs

A mall in Paris came up with an innovative way to attract customers and sales during the summer shopping season. The "Les Quatre Temps" shop at the "La Défense" in Paris features large comfortable seats and offers fruit juices, light snacks, coffee, tea and finally a foot massage by a professional massage therapist. According to "Al Hayat" newspaper in London, all these services are offered for free for the female passersby who shop at the store. This 'trick', invented by the mall's administration, proved successful in grabbing additional customers to the store during the sales season, particularly since it is the only mall in the French capital that offers these services for free.

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9 July, 2011 Around the UAE

Rezidor Adds Two New Hotels

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Tunnel bus for Chinese traffic

Young Chinese inventor Shenzhen Huashi propose an innovative solution to Beijing's traffic problems. Huashi says the 'tunnel bus' will decrease traffic by 30%. The large bus can accommodate 1400 people on a top secured level, and on the ground there is a vacant space in which cars pass through normally. The bus will be powered by solar energy and is environmentally sound with no carbon emissions...