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Destinations Travel Show
Discover the world in a day at Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, the essential event for travel inspiration. Get tips from the travel experts while experiencing Destinations Sensations, demonstrations of global culture, culinary delights and live entertainment on the World Entertainment Stage. Meet the Expert Theatres feature inspirational talks to fuel your imagination, experts…
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Being Careful: Vanuatu
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise all travel to the island of Ambae, where the Mount Manaro volcano is threatening a major eruption. The Government of Vanuatu has begun evacuating people from the centre of Ambae, and is considering a wider evacuation of the entire island. We advise caution when considering travel to the…
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Chiang Mai Safari
The Chiang Mai Night Safari Park, part of a huge project aimed at turning the area into “Chiang Mai World”, has received a boost with Kenya agreeing to provide Thailand with 135 African wild animals. Thailand in turn has pledged to provide financial assistance worth 20 million baht to Kenya so it can set up…
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Globetrotters Travel Award
A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a �1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have �1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested? Then see our legacy page on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip and…
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US Muslims Urged to Register BeforeAir Travel
The head of civil rights for the US Department of Homeland Security is urging Muslim air travellers to register with the federal government before flying to reduce the chances they might be stopped at an airport because their name is on or similar to names on an anti-terrorism watch list. Registering by completing a two-page…
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Garuda
UK based Neil wrote in to the Beetle warning travellers about Garuda. This is what he says: Garuda have a reputation for being unreliable. On a recent trip to Indonesia and East Timor I had first hand experience of this. At check-in at Heathrow I found I was not on either the flight to KL…
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Travel Facts
Travel Facts Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America. Australians have a huge 380,000 sq m of land per person – and yet 91% live in urban areas. Nearly a quarter of people in Monaco are over 65. Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation. Almost the entire Cook Islands are covered…
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US Crime Rate Drops
The FBI recently released crime figures in the USA. Murders across the United States fell for the first time in five years, while rapes increased slightly last year. Overall, the number of violent crimes, which also include aggravated assaults and robberies, fell by 1.2 percent last year. Property crimes such as burglaries, larceny/theft and car…
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SatellitePhoto
Spotted by Webmaster Paul, here’s a satellite photo from Google of Hampton Court
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Virgin Blue Ageism
Sir Richard Branson’s Australian budget carrier Virgin Blue was found guilty of discriminating against older women who applied to become air hostesses. Eight women aged between 36 and 56 took their case against the budget carrier Virgin Blue to a tribunal, after being put through job interviews that required them to sing and dance. Despite…
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