Virgin Galactic to launch tourism and scientific research space flights from the United Arab Emirates capital. In July 2011, Aabar invested a further to develop a program to launch small satellites into low Earth orbit, raising their equity share to 37.8%. Virgin announced in June 2014 that they were in talks with Google about the injection of capital to fund both development and operations. The New Mexico government has invested approaching $200m (£121m) in the Spaceport America facility, for which Virgin Galactic is the anchor tenant; other commercial space companies also use the site. In February 2007, Virgin announced that they had
Seoul Tourism Awards Seoul Tourism Awards The Seoul Tourism Awards event was established in South Korea by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2008 to showcase Seoul as a tourist destination and to recognize the contributions of individual members and companies of the travel industry in developing Asia Pacific tourism. The Seoul Tourism Organization organizes the annual gala event which is expected to draw over 500 participants. Awards categories include Best Overall Contribution, Best Tourist Service Provider, Best Tourist Service Business, Best Travel Business Promoter, Best City Tourism Policy and Promotion, Best Tourism Business, Best Online Tourism Promotion and Best Convention Hosting. To further