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Readers of Porthole Cruise Magazine awarded Windstar "MostRomantic Cruise Line" and "Best Tall Ship" in the 2008 10th Annual Readers'Choice Awards. For moreinformation including rates and itineraries contact a professional travelagent or call Windstar at 1-800-258-7245.Visit Windstar Cruises online at http:// is a division of Ambassadors International Cruise Group, LLC, awholly-owned subsidiary of Ambassadors Cruise Group, LLC. For More Information: Vanessa Bloy 206.733.2970 SOURCEWindstar CruisesVanessa Bloy of Windstar Cruises, 1-206-733-2970,. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 20 (MARKET WIRE) Passport Resorts LLC announces it has sold its ownership interest in theHotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa Effective Jan.

6, 2009, Passport Resorts isno longer associated with the management of the Hotel Hana-Maui & HonuaSpa and has transitioned all operations of it to Arden Grove HospitalityLLC.Passport Resorts first took over the management of the venerable HotelHana-Maui in August 2001. Under Passport, the hotel was significantlyupgraded and graciously restored in a way that honored its Hawaiianheritage and the beauty of Hana.Since the reopening in 2002, the hotel garnered over 22 industry awards.Most recently it was named by Travel Leisure among the World's BestHotels 2008, ranked by the 2008 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice pollamong the Top 25 Hawaii Resorts and honored with a AAA Four Diamond. Thehotel became known as a luxury Maui retreat whose quality and service wason par with Passport's other properties.Passport Resorts LLC, or its affiliated companies, currently manage thenewly opened Cavallo Point - the Lodge at the Golden Gate, theaward-winning Post Ranch Inn, Sea Ranch Lodge and the Jean-Michel CousteauFiji Islands Resort.Media Contact:Kate RapsonGraham & Associates(415) 986 -7212Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. MUMBAI (Reuters) - "Slumdog Millionaire" was meant to capture Mumbai's "lust for life," director Danny Boyle said on Tuesday, reacting to criticism that the film glamorized poverty in India. Entertainment FilmThe cast and crew of the Oscar hopeful returned to the bustling financial hub on Tuesday in the run-up to the Indian premiere of the critically acclaimed film, a rags-to-riches story of a boy competing on a TV gameshow."The thing that I wanted people to take away from the film was ... this breathtaking, breathtaking resilience of people and the joy of people despite their circumstances, that lust for life," the British director said at a press conference."What we tried to do in the film was include as much of the city as possible," he said.About half of Mumbai's 17 million people are homeless, and many of those live on the streets or in slums that lack even basic facilities such as running water and toilets.The unpaved alleys, open sewers and tiny shacks of a teeming Mumbai slum are faithfully reproduced in the film, which swept the Golden Globe awards this month.But some Indian newspapers and TV channels have criticized Boyle for romanticizing slums and peddling such grim realities as begging rackets, prostitution and crime as "Indian exotica."The film has sparked a debate on whether such "poverty porn" reinforces Western stereotypes about the country."If SM (Slumdog) projects India as Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations," Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, arguably India's biggest superstar, wrote on his blog (bigb.bigadda ) last week."Slumdog Millionaire" opens in Indian cinemas on January 23, a day after this year's Oscar nominations are revealed.But Boyle, who made the acclaimed "Trainspotting" in 1996, is not holding out for a sweep at the Academy Awards."You can't expect anything really," he said.(Writing by Tony Tharakan; Editing by Louise Ireland and Matthias Williams) Entertainment Film.

CHICAGO, IL, Jan 20 (MARKET WIRE) The Obamas are not the only Chicago family doing their part to spread theword about pet adoption. Thecampaign being created by Draftfcb Chicago intends to make shelters andrescue groups the first place people go to find a pet. Draftfcbhas worked with the Ad Council since its inception, having created theiconic Smokey Bear campaign in 1944 to combat wildfires. The agency hasalso worked with EarthShare, a nationwide network of America's leadingnon-profit environmental and conservation organizations, via the AdCouncil since 1993. As a member of the Ad Council's board of directors,Draftfcb Chairman and CEO Howard Draft helped initiate this newpartnership, bringing his enthusiasm for pets and pet adoption to theorganization."Our Chicago agency has worked with no-kill animal shelters such asP.A.W.S. to execute campaigns on a local level, so this is a wonderfulopportunity to educate a national audience on this important issue," saidDraft.It's a sentiment shared by colleagues throughout the agency."This is an amazing opportunity to do something for perfectly healthy,wonderfully friendly animals desperate for someone to care for them," saidMark Modesto, president of Draftfcb Chicago.As part of the agency's commitment to pet adoption, Modesto and hisChicago leadership team decided to go above and beyond just creating a newmarketing campaign.The agency adopted three dogs who were in need of a good home, and who arenow spending the workweek at the agency's offices at 101 E. Erie inChicago: Piper, a Labrador/Golden Retriever mix; Brody, a Labrador/Sharpeimix; and Payton, a Pug/Beagle mix, each now belong to a primary employee"parent" with whom they go home each night and over weekends.

During thebusiness day, a team of approximately 40 volunteers takes turns caring forthe dogs' every need.Contact:Joshua DysartDraftfcb312-425-6011Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. PLANTATION, FL, Jan 20 (MARKET WIRE) Storkie Express, the quintessential source for America's custom printedInvitation needs, announced today the launch of their new blog, "SpecialDelivery," an all inclusive look at all their latest news and updates,fun information for visitors, and details about Storkie's latestinvitation designs, collections, and more."With the new year comes a new means for Storkie Express to share fun andinteresting information with our visitors including the inside scoop onour wonderful card and invitation designs," said David Gudai of StorkieExpress. "We are very excited to expand our presence on the web with thisnew blog."Special Delivery will feature ideas and advice for creating fun andinnovative Party Invitations, Cards and Announcements with entriesfocusing on specific events as well as everyday occasions. SpecialDelivery will also post "baby of the month" and "gorgeous newlywed coupleof the month" entries which will showcase exquisite baby announcementsand wedding announcements."The new blog is one of the first of its kind in our industry," saidGudai. "And we're excited to add the wonderful features of a blog to thegreat list of features and functionality currently provided on Storkie:from our extensive invitation collections to our great browsing interfaceto our iDesign system, Storkie's fun and easy to use state-of-the-artInteractive Design tool."Special Delivery will allow readers to help forge connections and shareinformation with the special community of visitors that patron Storkie'ssite.