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easyHotel London Coming Soon
Ever tried to book a reasonably priced hotel room in London? Failed miserably? Well, look no further. easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has come up with a new idea (although we’d like to know what happened to easyCruise?) – he has bought a 12-room hotel in Kensington, London and plans an easyHotel brand which is hoped…
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International Summer Music Village
If you are in London in June/July you might want to check these events out, you can get free tickets from culturalco-operation.org, Cultural Co-operation is an independent arts charity that promotes cross-cultural contact, dialogue and understanding. Their main activity is the international summer Music Village, Europe’s longest running festival of world culture.
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Conde Nast Traveller's Next Seven Wonders of the World
According to Conde Nast Traveller’s, the “Next Seven Wonders” of the world feature two concert halls, a museum, two stores, a church and a hotel. They are: Tenerife Auditorium, a curving, soaring concert hall on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Kunsthaus contemporary art museum in Graz, Austria, a blue, other-worldly building…
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Spotlight on St Helena
Where? St Helena is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, 5° 43' west and 15° 56' south, 1,200 miles from the south-west coast of Africa, and 1,800 miles from the coast of South America. The nearest land is Ascension Island, which lies 703 miles (1,125km) to the north-west. Cape Town lies some 1700 miles to…
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Cut Price Transatlantic Fares?
Plans are afoot to cut transatlantic fares to as little as £66 return. Passengers travelling to the U.S. and Canada could enjoy the type of low-cost fares that have revolutionised European air travel. Executives at Cologne-Bonn airport in Germany say they are in 'serious' talks with several American airlines to offer budget return flights to…
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Top Ten travel Tips by Silja Swaby
Silja was our roving correspondent at the ITW show in London in January. We asked what were the most important travel tips she came away with after having attended some of the talks and walked around the show several times. This is what she reported back on: 1 Insecticide evaporates quickly, so reapply frequently in…
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Internet Café Travellers Tips by International Travel News Spotted by Mac:
One reader suggested going to a university and sign up to use the net, then try the local library, and then a net cafe. Try visiting internet cafes in the morning and early afternoon (not quite so busy). You could also ask at your hotel if they have free internet access. In one of the…
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Virgin Atlantic P's People Off
Virgin Atlantic Airways scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women's open lips at New York's John F Kennedy Airport, saying it had received complaints they were offensive. “Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns about the design of the 'Kisses' urinals to be fitted into our clubhouse at JFK Airport. …
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Cooking for the Prime Minister of Tanzania by Jean Milnes
Although, now perhaps ‘old news’ to those of us living and working in Mikindani we couldn’t let this event pass unreported. Last November The Old Boma’s reputation had had yet another shot in the arm! The District Commissioner invited us to prepare lunch for the Tanzanian Prime Minister and 30 of his party; approaching election…
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Letter from Cascais, Portugal by Sally
In this, Sally talks about her return to the UK for Christmas 2003 after having started a new life in Portugal. It was very strange to be back in the UK. I flew on 19 December. At check-in at Lisbon airport, I was furious to be charged excess baggage by BA especially when the flight…
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easyHotel London Coming Soon
Ever tried to book a reasonably priced hotel room in London? Failed miserably? Well, look no further. easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has come up with a new idea (although we’d like to know what happened to easyCruise?) – he has bought a 12-room hotel in Kensington, London and plans an easyHotel brand which is hoped…