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Fawzia Al-Nafea A passion for fashion
Fall,
2002
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 At the tender age of 17, Al-Nafea began working in her father's boutique, which is where she took her first tentative steps toward a career in design. One of her responsabilities there was to choose the designs the boutique would stock. Realizing that designs for the Saudi market would need to be conservative, Al-Nafea constantly sat with designers, working on moifications that would suit Saudi tastes. "Spending time in the fashion houses, having that contact with so many designers was what really gave me a great love for fashion," she said. It is probably not surprising that when Al-Nafea fell in love and married, at age 27, it was to a player in the fashion industry - a supplier of haute couture textiles. Following fashion shows and studying the styles of various designers gave her still further insights into the world of fashion. "I was inspired by big names such as Valentino, Channel and Ferre," she said.
When Saudi fashion designer Fawzia Al-Nafea talks about her rising career, her passion and enthusiasm are impossible to hide. Success hasn't come without a struggle for Al-Nafea, but she has taken strength from the journey; now she needs just three words to describe herself - challenging, daring and loyal.
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Miss Platinum Janna 2002 is crowned
July
- August 2001
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Platinum Resorts International, in collaboration with Janna Restaurant, Beit Mery, recently selected the winner of the Miss Platinum Janna title for 2002, an annual tradition uniting the two enterprises. Beauty, in its most natural form, was resplendent in the jungle-style setting at Janna restaurant. Congratulations to Miss Karen Hanna, who took home the crown!
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"MEDillennium
2001" at the UNESCO Palace July
- August 2001
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MEDillennium
200, the ninth Arab International Hospitalization
and Health Congress and the International Medical
Equipments and Pharmaceuticals and Services
Exhibition, took place on April 20th at the UNESCO
Palace under the patronage of President Emile
Lahoud .
A panel of doctors and tourism industry
professionals gave addresses on health tourism in
Lebanon. Among the distinguished speakers were
Dr.Bernad Gerbaka, Mr. Serge Nader and Mr. Bassam
Nakad of Travelscape 360O,
who introduced an innovative package for Lebanon
called the Springboard Holistic Package which
offers short stays in two or three countries,
including Lebanon for various health and
well-treatments.
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Journalists
Check out Lebanon's potential May
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June 2001
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 A
delegation of Czech journalists consisting of a Czech
television crew and reporters from a daily newspaper and
social and financial magazines accepted an invitation to
try a taste of Lebanese culture and sightseeing on a
five-day-fact-finding mission. On March 13, the seven
Czech journalists, along with Mr. Ivan Korcak, Economic
and Commercial Counselor to the Ambassador of the Czech
Republic to Lebanon; Dr. Eva Fillipi; Mrs. Viviane
Boulos-Tolan, a major shareholder of Platinum began a
long day of meetings with representatives of several
ministries of Lebanese government.
The group met with Finance Minister Mr. Fouad Siniora,
who answered several questions about the current
financial sector of Lebanon, and Information Minister
Ghazi al-Aridi, with whom the journalists discussed the
controversial closure of Tele Liban, as well as Lebanese
censorship laws and the problem of illegal pay
television. 
Then they met Tourism
Minister Dr. Karam Karam, who agreed to work on
remedying the problems encountered by Czech nationals in
getting visas to enter Lebanon and discussed ways to
promote tourism from Eastern Europe.
Dr. Fillipi also attended a meeting with Transport
Minister Mr. Najib Mikati, and discussed new regulations
of car imports into Lebanon. At the final meeting, with
Economy and Commerce Minister Dr. Bassil Fuleihan, the
journalists learned about the economic state in Lebanon.
The day's meeting ended with a luncheon hosted by Dr.
Eva Fillipi at Al-Mijana restaurant in Achrafieh to mark
Czech-Lebanon Friendship Week.
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Czech-Lebanese
Friendship Week
May-
June 2001
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 Marking the inauguration of Czech-Lebanese Friendship Week and the ongoing link between the two countries, Platinum International CEO Mike Tolan presented a cedar tree the Deputy Chairman of the Czech Republic's Foreign Relations Committee, Dr. Jiri Payne, in the presence of the Lebanese Ambassador to the Czech Republic, His Excellency Mr.Zouhair Kazzaz in Prague.
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Wins hearts in Europe May-
June 2001
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 Spectacular
Prague, capital pf the Czech Republic, hosted the
Holiday World 2001 International Travel Exhibition on
February 8-11, where more than 500 exhibitors from
around the world boasted the benefits of their tourist
destinations to approximately 50,000 visitors.
At the exhibition, it was the stand hosted by 360
TravelScape that stood out among the crowd. This unique
display featured a typical Lebanese red-roofed home,
complete with ka'aadi (seating place) and all sorts of
traditional Lebanese items such as nargileh and water
pitcher. Visitors were astounded by the beauty of the
Lebanese landscape - many had not realized Lebanon
offered the benefits of both the mountains and the sea.
The 360 TravelScape staff were pleased to be able to
eliminate some of the misconceptions and stereotypes
that have persisted about Lebanon, and put the spotlight
on the country's tourism opportunities instead.
To make sure the interest generated by the stand was
translated into new visitors to Lebanon, a lottery was
drawn every hour, sponsored by 360 TravelScape, through
which more than 20 lucky winners won free accommodation
in Lebanese hotels. Mainly locals from the Czech
Republic, the lottery winners were all eager to get
their bags packed for a trip to Lebanon.
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Today's Outlook,
October 1999
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Questar
Group of Companies recently launched its
new project “The Vacation Membership”
and appointed Platinum Resorts International
to market Lebanon on a
worldwide basis. The project entitles
consumers to purchase an interval of
vacation time that they can use every
year. Mrs. Viviane Boulos-Tolan, founder
of the group, said, “We selected
Platinum Resorts International because the
company has successfully pioneered this
vacation concept in Lebanon for the past
five years.” The World Class Vacation
Club will promote Lebanon to all of its
prospective clients in its various offices
around the world. The holiday homes are
chalets in Feytroun and form part of the
World Class Vacation Club. There are over
three million families around the world
that are part of this vacation concept,
many of whom will be attracted to Lebanon.
For less than a price of a car, members
will be able to join World Class Vacation
Club and be awarded every year with free
accommodation for a week or holidays.
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