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6 April, 2008 | No comments

The hotel in jen style has opened in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong the new hotel under name Jen, intended, under the statement of owners, for exacting travelers, who do not want to pay easy money for high quality, has opened. Jen is located in the West of city, nearby to the Hong Kong University and the entertaining centers.
The hotel totals 280 spacious room-numbers, including - suits, equipped with LCD TVs, iPod connector, high-speed Internet access, personal safes and hair driers. Suites include sitting room, kitchen, a wardrobe, shower and bathroom.
The design of all numbers is sustained, according to the name of hotel, in Jen style: wooden floors, high ceilings and light colors. In hotel also there is cafe “Jen”, where Asian dishes are offered; bars on first and last floors (from 18.00 till to visitors drinks free of charge submit); pool on a roof, gym and business center. Between hotel and the main stations of city the free-of-charge shuttle plies.

2 April, 2008 | No comments

New resort complex in Vienna

The new resort Central Garden has appeared On the Danube channel in Vienna. The new vacation spot is located near to other Viennese sight - the unusual ship. The former cargo ship is 76 m length and 11 m width, moored in the region Schwedenplatz - Urania, is equipped by every possible pool and plank beds and another necessary accessories for qualitative beach rest. Onboard the ship numerous cafes and small restaurants with excellent kitchen are located. The new attraction Central Garden, which is including a mix of sports, culture and cookery, will be opened on May, 31st on the Danube channel in Vienna. Here athletic fields, solar terraces with plank beds and chaise lounges and weight of small cafes and restaurants are built. Also platforms for work of artists are planned. The new zone of rest will be opened on May, 31st, - directly ahead of the beginning of the football championship of the Europe. In Central Garden sports should play the important role. On the area in 200 square meters fields for mini-football, badminton and volleyball are built. The good entertaining program, so the organizers of new attraction are assured, is also stipulated and new leisure place will not be empty.

28 March, 2008 | No comments

Warsaw is the most inhospitable Polish city

According to the interrogation, lead by Internet-portal TripAdvisor, tourists have named Warsaw, Bruxelles, Zurich, Oslo and Zagreb the most boring European cities. The opinion was also confirmed with participants of interrogation, which results were published by the newspaper Życie Warszawy.
As a rule, tourists complain about pure service at the restaurants in city, rough security guards at the night clubs, shortage of information items and small number of interesting galleries and museums. So, the German tourist has told, that having had a rest on arrival to hotel, in the evening he went to Old city to have supper at any restaurant with national kitchen. But everything was closed.
Other tourist, who has arrived to the Polish capital from France, has complained that he has found out only two galleries, where the Polish modern art is presented. He has not found the information on other showrooms. In the guidebook, bought at the airport, there was only a detailed story about the city and several monuments.
Tourists, who have spent Saturday night at the night clubs, have also remained dissatisfied.

23 March, 2008 | No comments

Eiffel tower will be decorated with 1,2 ton “flower”

Architects have decided to give original gift to Parisians in a year of Tour d’Eiffel 120th anniversary. On the occasion of forthcoming anniversary on top of a tower the viewing platform, which design reminds a graceful flower will be added.
On one hand, the design of “flower” can cause various censures, both inhabitants of Paris, and its visitors, and on the other hand, the new platform will allow a tower to accept up to 1700 tourists per hour. Tourists should not wait long for the turn any more to see Paris from height of the bird’s flight.
Those who nevertheless oppose changes of traditional shape of a tower, calm that the expanded platform will crown a construction only temporarily.
Elegance of design will add openwork interlacing of metal beams which, on a plan of experts, will organically be entered in design of Tour d’Eiffel. Easy and strong material will make its very easy - only 1,2 tons. The probability is great, that the time platform in cost of 1,3 million euro will pay back quickly enough.
Authors of the project have not received the official consent to design yet. It is necessary to note, that in due time Tour Eiffel also became object of dispute of artists and writers of Paris, however, in due course the tower became not only an ornament of city centre, but also a pilgrimage place for millions people.
 

15 March, 2008 | No comments

Hong Kong will become “wine capital of Asia”

Hong Kong wishes to get reputation of “wine capital of Asia”: authorities of this independent administrative area of China have declared about complete canceling of tax gathering on wine. Before this its size made 40 %. In result of tax gathering cost canceling for wine in Hong Kong is to become the lowest in Asia. Such measure is undertaken to transform Hong Kong into the large international center of wine trade, alongside with London and New York.
The annual market of wine in Asian-Pacific region, except for Japan, is estimated in $7 billion. According to experts’ forecasts, consumption of this alcoholic drink in Asia will grow by significant rates, first of all in China: till 2017 the volume of import of wine in China will increase up to 50 million boxes a year from present two millions.
 

13 March, 2008 | No comments

New hotel in Italy entices clients tasty breakfasts

In February, 2008 in the heart of the Italian Venice, hardly to the south of the city of Udine, hotel Holiday Inn Udine North 3* Superior, which is entering to the Express hotel network, has opened. All120 room-numbers of hotel have the TV and Internet access (through a cable or Wi-Fi), and also qualitative furniture, the electrical engineer and the menu of pillows are given to lodgers. There is a pool and fitness-center in the hotel.
Experts of hotel business equate a breakfast in Holiday Inn Udine North hotel to the work of art. Staff Breakfast includes a house batch (rolls and biscuits), fresh fruits, yoghurts and porridges - it ideally will approach for those, who take care of figure and health. Those lodgers, who prefer a dense breakfast, will be offered American Breakfast - fried eggs with bacon, cheeses, meat cutting, a pizza and bread.
The free-of-charge transfer between hotel and railway station Udine is given to lodgers Holiday Inn Udine North. The lodgers, who have arrived on the cars, can take advantage of a spacious parking. The hotel is located in 40 kilometers from border with Slovenia and in 90 kilometers from border with Austria.
 

6 March, 2008 | No comments

The largest pub in the world is to open in Czech Republic

In the end of March the largest pub Na Spilce in the world will be opened in Czech Republic. The pub will have 550 sitting places.
Before becoming the biggest pub, as czechwalker marks, the premise has been for 124 used as a warehouse. Pub Na Spilce belongs to joint-stock company Plzensky Prazdroj invested in painting and decorating and the newest equipment under the control over pouring of beer for more than 2 million of the Czech crones.

2 March, 2008 | No comments

New resort complex will appear in Hungary

Construction of large thermal improving complex with an aqua park will shortly start in the Hungarian city of Gyal, located in the Central Hungary. The resort complex, which area will make 100 hectares, will include hotels, restaurants and apartment houses.
Terms of carrying out of civil work are not informed. It is known only, that, the sum of investments of the project will reach 8 million euro, a part of which will be received from the budgetary funds.
It is necessary to note, that region, where the complex will be placed, is known for picturesque woods and lakes, and also various bicycle routes.
 

29 February, 2008 | No comments

Cuba is going to lead currency reform

New Cuban leader Raul Castro has started discharge of duties of chairman of state council. First of all he will forward his forces and attention to the economy sector, which requires serious reforms. The new leader considers as one of the major problems the decision of problems of monetary system within the limits of which on Cuba, as a matter of fact, relies in two currencies.
Alongside with usual peso, so-called convertible or foreign currency is being used in the country. Cuban peso (quoted at the rate $1, 08) is used by foreign tourists and is accepted in the shops, where it is possible to buy qualitative products, clothes and the household goods. The usual peso is used by local population and exchanges at the rate of 24 national pesos for one convertible peso.
After Raul Castro has mentioned necessity to enter uniform currency, having thus hinted on possible increase of a rate of national peso twice, ordinary Cubans have rushed to exchange offices. On Monday and Tuesday in the center of Havana huge queues of people, wishing to get off hands convertible peso and to exchange them on usual, was standing near the banks.
Authorities even had to calm citizens: the state radio and TV called people not to not hurry up, and state council has officially declared that currency reform will be gradually spent.
 

28 February, 2008 | No comments

Monument to gays in Berlin

The monument has been designed by Norwegian-Danish artist-duo and it will remind of the tens of thousands of homosexuals, who were killed by Hitler’s regime.
The decision on construction of a monument was accepted the Bundestag several years ago under the initiative of public figures of Germany. The government has allocated 450 thousand euro for these purposes. Since then the jury under direction of minister of culture of Germany was engaged in consideration of memorial’s projects.
The form of memorial will represent a concrete cube. A window, in which it is planned to show serially two video projections, will be cut out in it: the first episode will represent a kissing men and the second one - lesbian couple. Authors of the project emphasize, that during with 1933 for 1945 lesbians were also exposed to persecutions.
Let’s remind, in 2009 in Berlin the first hotel for gays of Spanish hotel group Axel Hotels will be opened.
 

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