Sadly for us, the ride to the airport Holiday Inn took only minutes.

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One of the chefs intimately involved in the project is Mitchell Kaldrovich of Sea Glass, in the luxury Inn by The Sea resort in Cape Elizabeth, just minutes for downtown Portland.

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Check into the comfortable Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi (31st Street Airport Rd) - highly rated for its business facilities and just 15 minutes from the airport - then head straight into Abu Dhabi, the calm capital city of the United Arab Emirates, where mosques, parks and skyscrapers mingle comfortably.

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