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Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline that has won over 400 awards for innovation and service excellence, has further raised the bar by redefining "shopping made easy". To help busy travellers make the holidays a memorable success or remember a special birthday or anniversary, the airline has created The Emirates High Street - now delivering to over 60 countries worldwide.

Emirates Holidays has announced a range of special packages to Nice, coinciding with Emirates Airline’s recent increase of services to five times a week between Dubai and this gateway to the French Riviera. These special packages were unveiled this week at the UAE media workshop organised by the French Riviera tourism organisation.

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing international airlines, this week (December 16th) marked the arrival of flight EK225, its first non-stop service between Dubai and San Francisco, at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

Emirates, the Official Airline of the Dubai Ladies Masters, will be sponsoring British golf pro, Danielle Masters throughout the final tournament in the Ladies European Tour of 2008 which tees off on Thursday, 11th December at the Emirates Golf Club.

On 15th December, Emirates Airline, with one of the world’s youngest fleets will trial a new environmental programme as it executes the longest green journey. The programme, to be analyzed and reviewed on the airline’s inaugural flight from Dubai to San Francisco, will represent the world’s first cross-polar green flight.

Emirates is bringing its very own brand of double-decker to London with the arrival of its industry leading A380. Starting this month, flight number EK001, which departs Dubai daily at 07.45hrs and arrives in London Heathrow at 11.35hrs, is to be served by the giant airliner.

Emirates is to double its services between two of the fastest growing cities on earth - Dubai and Lagos. The airline will increase its seven-times-a-week Lagos service to twice daily from February 1st next year, further supporting trade in Nigeria and expanding channels of investment between the west African nation, the UAE and beyond.

The 50th edition celebrations of the Hong Kong Open this year, held at the Hong Kong Golf Club from 20th – 23rd November, have been further boosted by the news that Emirates Airline will extend its sponsorship deal to 2011.

Emirates moved lock, stock and barrel to its new home at Emirates Terminal 3 – Dubai International last week, thrilling more than a million passengers who have explored and made this ultra-luxurious, colossal facility their own lifestyle destination.

In a move aimed at facilitating travel for thousands of pilgrims, Dubai-based Emirates Airline has announced the addition of extra flights to Jeddah for the forthcoming Hajj pilgrimage.

Emirates is not known for lounging, but the award winning carrier will encourage you to do just that after launching the 21st executive lounge on its global network in Zurich, Switzerland.

Emirates threw open the doors of its swanky new home – Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport – to its passengers, in a phased operation that commenced earlier this month (October 14).

With the first phase of flight operations from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International proceeding smoothly as planned, Emirates is ready to launch the next phase from the new terminal on 21st October at 14:00 hours.

Emirates is to begin daily flights to Cyprus from December 1st, representing a further ramping up of the airline's services in Europe. Emirates has flown to Cyprus since 1994 and currently offers a five-times a week service from Dubai. As of December, EK 107 will depart Dubai on a daily basis at 0815, arriving in Larnaca at 1025, making the Mediterranean island even more attractive to passengers from the UAE and beyond.

Emirates Airline will host the 4th World Airline Bowling Championship (WABC), to be held at the Dubai International Bowling Centre from 30th October–1st November. Thirty two teams from more than 11 international airlines have already confirmed participation and will compete for trophies in the singles, doubles, masters and team events as well as the coveted World Airline Bowling Cup Champion Team accolade.

Continuing its support of key golfing events across the world and its commitment to India, Emirates, the Dubai-based global airline, will once again be the Official Airline of the Hero Honda Indian Open.

Designed with the capability to handle 43 million passengers a year when fully operational, Emirates Terminal 3, scheduled to open on 14th October 2008, promises travellers the perfect start to an amazing journey from this avant-garde airport.

Emirates Holidays is announcing a range of tailor-made packages to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the first Emirates Airline flight to Brazil on 1st October 2007.

Emirates Airline has recently won the prestigious international award ‘Best Global Airline Website’ in the 2008 ‘WebAwards’. WebAward, now in its 12th year, is an annual awards event organised by the US-based Web Marketing Association, which recognises the best websites across 96 industries in 47 countries around the world and sets the standard of excellence for all website development.

September 30th was a momentous day at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai as the 10,000th cabin crew graduated from the international airline’s intensive training course.

Emirates Airline has unveiled an exciting new offer in partnership with the fabulous Atlantis, the flagship resort and water park recently opened on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah. Passengers flying Emirates Airline’s First Class or Business Class to or via Dubai over the coming months will receive a complimentary stay in this magical hotel and enjoy its incredible world of aquatic wonders.

Emirates Holidays is offering a range of tailored-made packages to California, with just a month to go before Emirates Airline launches its non-stop flights from Dubai to the West Cost. John Felix, Senior Vice President of Emirates Holidays said: “To coincide with the launch of Emirates’ first non-stop flights to Los Angeles on October 26, and San Francisco on December 15, Emirates Holidays is offering unique holiday packages to these must-see destinations.”

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has added another set of highly coveted accolades to its impressive trophy collection, winning the ‘Best Middle East/African Airline’ award at the 2008 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards, Hong Kong, and the ‘Best First Class’ title at the Golden Wing Awards 2008, Shanghai.

Emirates Airline continues to be recognised for its excellence in passenger in-flight entertainment, with the recent acquisition of four international accolades from the World Airline Entertainment Association’s (WAEA) Avion Awards at an event hosted in California, U.S.A.

Emirates Airline has announced a number of flight deals to a range of destinations, enabling passengers to travel for less over the coming weeks. The offers include destinations like New York, London, Paris, Delhi and Manila, with prices starting at just AED 1,490 return.