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Tune Hotels Touches Down in Bangkok, Thailand

Aleksandr Shatskih

Following on from the runaway success of its Pattaya and Hat Yai properties, Tune Hotels has announced the grand opening of its third hotel in Thailand, and its first in the capital city Bangkok, on October 1, 2012.

14 years ago

Airline Consumer Protections Need Polishing

Aleksandr Shatskih

After almost 35 years after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, an advisory committee is established to review airline consumer protections, whose rights will be defended by the director of the Consumer Travel Alliance, Charlie Leocha.

14 years ago

Library Hotel Collection Moves With WIHP

Aleksandr Shatskih

Selected to reinvent all Library Hotel Collection’s websites, hotel marketing agency WHIP expands their already considerable brace of interdependent hotel clients with four extraordinary boutiques in New York, and more to come from Budapest to Toronto in the coming weeks. The hospitality sensation of ITB Berlin, WIHP Convert website design renders a result ending the way Every hotel website should look like, at least according to Robin Wauters at The Next Web.

14 years ago

Olympic Torch Passes Through Dumfries

Aleksandr Shatskih

The lovely Scottish town of Dumfries was this morning’s temporary host for the Olympic torch on its last leg through Scotland. Everyone in Dumfries along with tourists in town for the big event or just visiting got up fairly early in the morning to get down to the town center and see the torch passing by while […]

14 years ago

Travel IQ Quiz: Are You Ready for Vacation?

Aleksandr Shatskih

Ready to test your vacationability quotient? Okay, maybe you don’t have to be a professor of geography to take a trip, but tweaking your sense of wonder and place is not a bad idea, is it? We started a series of fun questionaires last week, and thought this week’s contingent should be a little more challenging.

14 years ago

Discovering Great Britain: Paxton Pits Natural Reserve

Aleksandr Shatskih

My good friends in Little Paxton have had a brilliant idea this Sunday. Take a walk starting on the small peninsula they live on (yes, amazing views from their apartment), go across the street and visit the Paxton Pits Natural Reserve. Think of it as a huge parks with several lakes, geese, swans and wild […]

14 years ago

5 Things Travelers Should Never Forget

Aleksandr Shatskih

Each person has a specific travel philosophy, or at least a particular travel style, relatively different from others. Sooner or later, life will teach us all that aside from doing something illegal, there’s no wrong way to travel, so let’s make our life fuller, let’s explore the world with a bit of style!

14 years ago

Where to Stay this Summer: Ireland’s Best Budget Accommodation

Aleksandr Shatskih

HostelBookers has recently revealed the best budget accommodations for tourists in search of booking a great value holiday in Ireland. Where will you stay?

14 years ago

Marriott’s Gay-friendly ‘Be You, With Us’ Campaign

Aleksandr Shatskih

Marriott International, Inc has recently announced the Be You, With Us campaign, a movement targeting lesbians, gay, bisexuals and transgender travelers.

14 years ago

Euro Crisis Takes Its Toll on Air Travel and Transport

Aleksandr Shatskih

British airports operator BAA stated fewer people are traveling by air between the UK and other nations when the crisis is more powerful, such as Greece or Spain, while the cargo moved between them is on a downward trend.

14 years ago

Summer of Magic at Marina Bay Sands

Aleksandr Shatskih

Entertainment is in the air at Marina Bay Sands this summer. Singapore’s most famous landmark and its leading business, leisure and entertainment venue, recently announced a fun-packed summer schedule of events for the months ahead.

14 years ago

Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Releases $10,000 Goodbye Winter Getaway

Aleksandr Shatskih

Launched by Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt as a celebration of summer season, the 2012 Hello Summer National Tour is giving away a $10,000 Goodbye Winter Getaway. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Hello Summer National Tour will travel all over the United States partaking in various events such as: festivals, races, carnivals, and other fairgrounds […]

14 years ago

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