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Easter Island: The Essential Guide

Aleksandr Shatskih

The Easter Island Foundation has recently released Easter Island: The Essential Guide, a book by Kay Kenady Sanger. This is the most complete and up-to-date guidebook to Easter Island.

14 years ago

Fly Skycouch, Who Would You Cuddle?

Aleksandr Shatskih

Unless you want to cuddle sheep, a survey by Air New Zealand for their Skycouch cuddle class may give you some ideas into what (or who) is cool to cuddle.

14 years ago

Oyster Bay Oyster Festival: More than a Tradition

Aleksandr Shatskih

The proceeds from the Oyster Festival will benefit 27 non-profits within the confines of the Oyster Bay – East Norwich School District.

14 years ago

Social Media: Does Your Hotel Speak It?

Phil Butler

In news from Paris, Concorde Hotels & Resorts has apparently become one of the first hotel chains to really take social media seriously. Beyond the lip service most businesses pay to the social channels, Concorde shows the way to true engagement, or so it appears. Let’s find out about something I call “integrated messaging” – the power of coordinated efforts in social media – or the lack thereof.

14 years ago

Bangkok Travel Warning – Flood Deluge Imminent

Aleksandr Shatskih

As Thailand battles against the worst flooding its seen in more than 50 years, local officials and foreign embassies alike are warning tourists that Bangkok’s flood defences could be overwhelmed in the next few days. Speaking to reporters earlier this afternoon, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Rong explained that it was looking more and more likely that […]

14 years ago

Travel Alert: Anti-U.S. Actions

Aleksandr Shatskih

The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens late on Tuesday. The alert can be found in full on the official U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs website.

14 years ago

Netherlands Tourist Boost with Floriade 2012

Aleksandr Shatskih

Netherlands may see a non-adult tourism boost in 2012 with Floriade, a global exhibition of horticulture, that takes place every ten years.

14 years ago

Best Days to Travel this Thanksgiving

Aleksandr Shatskih

According to Priceline.com reports, the best days to travel this Thanksgiving are 19 and 20 November, and 25 November, the very Thanksgiving Day 2011.

14 years ago

Singapore’s Tiger Spreads Wings

Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from Singapore based Tiger Airways, the airline has proposed the purchase of 33 % of PT Mandala Airlines of Indonesia. The latter is currently undergoing financial restructuring according to Indonesian law. The restructured airline also announced plans to adopt the highly successful Tiger business model for future operations.

14 years ago

Madeira To Feature as Luxury Destination with Jet2Holidays

Aleksandr Shatskih

The Portuguese island of Madeira is set to be featured as a luxury destination in a new brochure launched by Jet2Holidays for its 2012 Indulgent Escapes selection.

14 years ago

Miss Universe 2011: Eastern European Candidates

Aleksandr Shatskih

Eastern Europe is cradle for some of the most beautiful women on earth, and in this case, in the Universe – or at least, they hope to be. If one of them is crowned Miss Universe this year, the people of Eastern Europe will have a lot to celebrate. These are the Eastern European ambassadors […]

14 years ago

Countdown Begins for Oktoberfest 2011

Aleksandr Shatskih

This year, the festival opens officially on September 17th, with the mayor of Munich tapping the first keg of Oktoberfest beer. The festival will last until October 3rd, 2011.

14 years ago

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