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Mihaela Lica Butler: Travel Writer, Recipe Developer

Mobile Travel Bookings to Reach $39.5 Million by 2015

2013-11-26 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Mobile travel applications

Mobile travel bookings counted for only 2% in 2011, but they are expected to reach one quarter of the U.S. online travel market in 2015. Not being prepared to compete on this market is wasted opportunity.

Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hotel Deals 2013

2013-11-14 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Black Friday sale.

It’s that time of the year again, time to plan your shopping schedule for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. If you are looking for good hotel deals, here are the best choices, handpicked by Argophilia Travel News staff, and recommended by our readers on various social media channels. The Trump Hotel Collection offers substantial savings […]

Subway Tickets Cost 30 Squats in Moscow

2013-11-13 by Mihaela Lica Butler

squat

It may sound like a joke, but it’s not. Instead, this is a marketing strategy to promote the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Travelers who take time for a brief fitness session in front of a vending machine, will end up paying 30 squats for a train ticket. In other words: keep the train ticket fee […]

Romanian Heritage Railway, Oravita-Anina, May Soon Be History

2013-10-27 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Anina-Oravita

CFR Calatori continues to cancel trains on this route, instead of figuring out ways to make it profitable by attracting tourists.

Ryanair Cabin Crew Strip for Charity in Chania

2013-10-25 by Mihaela Lica Butler

calendar

Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY), the low cost Irish airline, selected the Cretan pearl Chania to shoot its 2014 charity calendar. The company thanked the Cretan people, and the tourist boards, for the welcome. Ryanair’s cabin crew have raised over €600,000 for charity through calendar sales since 2008, and its calendars were sold […]

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