Argophilia

Αργοφιλία: For the love of the journey.

Plateno Collection to Showcase Future Hotel Experience

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Plateno Group, the Chinese hotel entity sporting 20 brands, has just announced it will once again host the hospitality industry’s newest fashion show, Plateno Collection 2017. Running from December 9th through the 11th in Guangzhou China, the event is the second iteration of a “one of” concept envisioned by the group’s founder and CEO, Alex Zheng

TUI Russia Gets Cash Infusion

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In news from TUI in Russia, TUI Group announced last Friday announced having entered into an agreement to provide new shareholder funding in TUI Russia & CIS, via a joint venture with SeverGroup. Both TUI and SeverGroup will provide new shareholder loans in line with their equity participation ratios, which are 25% and 75%, respectively.

Crete Welcomes Russian Cosmonauts – Honors Yuri Gagarin

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If there ever were a more rigorous, dangerous, and demanding profession, the role of a cosmonaut is surely mission critical. News this week Russian ISS crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka are ending 172 days in space on Crete, it says a lot about the healing powers of our favorite island.

Ethiad Airways bailing out on Air Berlin

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Beleaguered airline Air Berlin is to cut its fleet by half and is all set to lay off 1,000 employees by the end of this year. The airline, which is in a tailspin caused by stiff competition, and the delayed opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, plans to reduce its fleet to about 70 aircraft and cut its workforce down to 7,600 employees.

According to the reports, Air Berlin’s biggest shareholder, Etihad Airways, was in talks with Lufthansa and travel company TUI over chopping up the dead weight and aircraft of the troubled airline. The reports paint a picture of a kind of midair rescue where TUI’s German airline TUIfly and Air Berlin’s Austrian subsidiary Niki might absorb unwanted parts of the business.

A Food Tour of Sighisoara, Romania

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The Transylvanian citadel of Sighisoara is famous for being the birthplace of Vlad Tepes (Dracula, anyone?), a still inhabited Medieval stronghold (UNESCO World Heritage Site), and for its Medieval Festival that happens every year in August or September. Yet beyond the culture, the history, and the Goth passion for vampires, there are restaurants, cafes, and […]

Sherpas: The People of the Mountains

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Sherpas are commonly known as people who live in the Himalayas and typically serve as porters on expeditions. Then there are the more experienced Sherpas who are chosen to be part of an expedition team.