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11 May, 2008 | No comments

Most dangerous beaches of the world

Rest on a beach usually associates with lying on warm sand and hardly causes images of death. However, Forbes Magazine has published the next annual list of the most dangerous beaches in the world.
1. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. On this resort within the last year the tourists have for more than hundred times faced sharks, but, fortunately, only one such contact has lead to death, and 17 people have been bitten.
2. Hacks Point Beach, District Kent, state of Maryland and Beachwood West beach in state of New Jersey were included into group of the most polluted beaches. Both coastal zones do not answer ecological standards of the USA since 2006.
3. Northern Australia. All coast of Northern Australia is captivated with Chironex fleckeri, known as jellyfishes-boxes. This fatally dangerous jellyfish possesses one of the strongest animal poisons. Its burn can cause death within several minutes owing to respiratory standstill, infringement of intimate rhythm and arterial pressure falling. For last 100 years 60 people died from this poison.
4. Beaches of state of Florida are dangerous because of lightning. During the period since 1997 till 2006 71 people died owing to lightning attack.
5. Beaches of Florida are also dangerous due to accidents on water.
6. Beaches of District Brevard in Florida are also known as a place with strong streams. In 2007, 10 people died, not having coped with the stream.

27 March, 2008 | No comments

Shopping in London is on 26 % more expensive, than in New York

According to the research, lead by economists of Swiss bank UBS, the European cities become the most expensive in the world. The three leading cities are London, Copenhagen and Oslo, and the fourth place has been given to Dublin. The American cities, on the contrary, hand over positions because of easing dollar: New York has borrowed only 18th place, having conceded to Tokyo and Bruxelles.
As researchers approve, shopping in London will manage on 26 % more expensive, than in New York. Concerning the Asian cities, here the first place has been given to Tokyo; it is followed by Seoul, Singapore and Hong Kong. Cheap cities are Kuala Lumpur, Buenos Aires and Mumbai. For local residents the rating looks a little in another way: London, Oslo and Copenhagen and New York: cost of real estate rent in these cities is very high. The highest salaries are noted in Zurich, and the lowest - in Jakarta, Deli and Mumbai.

17 March, 2008 | No comments

Most unusual hotel room-numbers

Development of hotel services market promotes lodgers requirements. Owners of hotels should search for new ways of attraction of clients. Someone does the rate on exclusive service, someone - on unique interior design. Internet-site Web Urbanist investigated design development has prepared rating of 20 most unusual hotel room-numbers.
In rating rooms for all tastes, capable to amaze even the most tempted visitor, are presented: from room-number decorated in children’s style with a bed in the form of the fantastic lock, up to the room-number-prison with the beds located by the cascade, from a room-number-museum up to the orbital station developed by Bigelow Aerospace together with NASA.
It is remarkable, that 20 most unusual room-numbers, which have got in the rating, except for orbital station, belong to only three hotels: German boutique-hotel City Lodge which is in Berlin and is a part of project Propeller Island, Dutch Philosopher’s Hotel in Amsterdam and Danish Hotel FOX in Copenhagen.

14 March, 2008 | No comments

The cheapest hotels of the world are in the USA

One of the cheapest hotels of the world are in the USA. Such information has been represented in research of the hotel market on site Hotels.com.
According to the report, but for New York, the prices for hotels on all country have decreased for last year on 2,2 %. It is also informed, that on the average under the prices, hotels of the USA are usually cheaper at least on 15 %, than on the average in the Europe.
Thus, hotels in the American city Orlando have appeared the cheapest among all large cities of the world with average price in $55 for room-number a day.
In turn, New York is the second city of the world, which has the most expensive hotels, with average by for number in $143. Thus, the price for number has risen on the average in the past to year on 5 %, in comparison with 2006.
Meanwhile, the most expensive hotels of the world are located in Moscow. It is informed, that in the Russian capital the average price for number in day makes $194, what is on 22 % more expensive than during the year’s period in Dubai and Venice. These two cities have taken the third and fourth place in research, and London with average price of $115 for room-number a day is on the fifth place.
In 2007 of the price for hotels in London and Paris in comparison with 2006 have risen, while the prices have significantly reduced in Tallinn and Prague. The biggest falling of the prices for room-numbers in hotels in 2007 has appeared in Cape Town.
 

8 March, 2008 | No comments

Victoria-Jungfrau Collection - a symbol of traditional Swiss hospitality

Victoria-Jungfrau symbolizes traditional Swiss hospitality for more than 150 years. Within long years Victoria-Jungfrau is the legislator in the field of hotel business and by the right carries a rank of one of the best five-star hotels of the Europe. Not so long ago Victoria-Jungfrau has expanded the activity, having included in the structure 3 more hotels in Switzerland. Now the brand Victoria-Jungfrau Collection has such hotels as Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel and SPA, Palace Luzern in Lucerne, Eden Au Lac (Zurich) and Bellevue Palace, in Bern.

7 March, 2008 | No comments

Cheap air tickets

Advertising actions during a discounts season look rather tempting. However, in experts’ opinion, it is not so easy: even such favorable offers have their nuances.
Airlines - discounters are not so numerous. Besides, the tickets, which are on sale at a discount, are, as a rule, in the limited quantity. And any more it will not be possible to exchange or return the air ticket bought for the special price.
Besides, it is possible to face the problem that at the repayment of the ticket its price can appear much higher, than in advertisements. The matter is that for greater attraction of clients, the prices in various actions are specified without taxes, fuel gathering and commissions. And in fact their size can change within the limits of from 50 up to 500 euros, depending on direction and quantity of changes. Certainly, buyers are informed on it in advance, but - a fine font.
You should remember that any sum should be spent at buying the air ticket, due to converting currency at the rate of the seller. However, even having paid all taxes, and gathering, the ticket bought under the action will be essentially cheaper in a high tourist season.
However, time frameworks for the trip can be named the greatest minus of similar sales. The period, when it is possible to take off and return back, is also rather short. For example, company Lufthansa offers clients to fly to India for 250 euros, but limits terms of a trip are from April, 15th till May, 15th, with one-week minimal stay in the country.
 

3 March, 2008 | No comments

Shangri-La waits for business tourists

Five hotels of the well-known network Shangri-La, located at Chengdu, Guangzhou, Xian, Suzhou and Chiang Mai offers business tourists to take advantage of a special offer. The visitors, who have ordered carrying out business-negotiations in one of the hotels (from 8.00 till or from 13.00 till), will be offered free of charge IT-experts service, mineral water, drinks during coffee-break, and also a stationary for each participant.
At carrying out of negotiations for more than 50 people the participants will be offered free-of-charge audio record of conference, service of the professional photographer, snack during coffee-break and a free-of-charge lunch or dinner for two for organizers. Business centers in Shangri-La hotels are equipped with the ultramodern audiovisual equipment, projectors and screens for carrying out of presentations, LCDs and Internet access. The area of each center deviates from 209 up to 312 square meters. The special offer is valid from April, 1st, till June, 30th.
 

5 February, 2008 | No comments

New service from Air New Zealand

Company Air New Zealand is going to change radically service of passengers by introduction of innovative service International Airline Concierge Service.
Ed Sims, Group General Manager at Air New Zealand, has declared that the air carrier will employ about 90 employees, whose duties, as special service, will rely in organization of passengers’ trip during and after the flights.
Mr. Sims has also noted, that he did not hear about practice of offering similar services by any other airline of the world and, that the given service will allow Air New Zealand favorably to differ from the competitors.
Mr. Sims speaks that International Airline Concierge Service will be a combination of services of the travel-adviser, the expert in the field of various bonus programs and special offers, and also the expert in particular tourist direction, whose problem will be support of each of our clients.
Problems of the given experts can include, for example, passengers’ support to gangway of the plane, the recommendation to tourists in occasion of preferable excursions, assistance in booking hotels, rounds, transfer, support of passengers in case of flights’ delays owing to non-flying weather, consultation in the field of accumulation and use of bonus miles or assistance in tasting and choice of vines onboard.
New service will be introduced, since April, 2008, first of all, on the international flights from Oakland to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and Hong Kong.

4 February, 2008 | No comments

Asia is paradise for shopping

In a rating of the greatest shopping centers of the world, made by Forbes, Asian shops are holding leading positions. The first place in the list is given to South China Mall from the Chinese city of Dunguan. Its total area is more than 650 thousand square meters. The territory South China Mall, besides set of shops, is really huge and it also possesses parks, windmills and even an exact copy of the Triumphal arch.
The second place in a rating is given to Peking mega-mall Golden Resources, which occupies 500 000 square meters territory. More than 1000 shops are located on the five levels of this center. Golden Resources Mall has one small lack- it is located on the suburbs of city.
Pride of Philippines - Mall of Asia, being the city of Pasay (suburb of Manila), takes the third place in the list. Here the pool of the Olympic size and first cinema IMAX in the country are located. The trading complex occupies four buildings with a total area in 390 thousand square meters. Special small trams are transporting buyers from one part of the Mall to another one.
The fourth line in a rating is borrowed with shopping center Cevahir in Istanbul. It occupies the territory in 350 000 square meters. Besides shops, it has also some cinemas IMAX, attractions and pool with artificial waves. Canadian West Edmonton Mall, taking the fifth place, is well-known for the aqua park, more than 800 shops, attractions and casino.

15 December, 2007 | No comments

Gays’ favorite cities

American magazine The Out Traveler, which is having the largest circulation among the gay-editions of the USA, has lead interrogation of the readers and has made a rating of the cities chosen by gays.
As it has become known, Amsterdam and Barcelona are the most attractive city for the gay-tourism has appeared.
Amsterdam, favorite city of The Out Traveler’s readers, allocates hospitable reception of all minorities. Among other reasons of love to this year the museum of handbags and purses is mentioned.
The reasons, why gays love Barcelona, relies in its atmosphere of freedom, which has appeared after acceptance of the law on marriages between unisex people, Antonio Gaudi’s creativity and Barcelonian holiday LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival).
The third place in preferences of tourists with no conventional sexual orientation was given to London - basically because of it two hundred gay-bars.
New York, San Francisco and Chicago close this “star” five.
Axel has been recognized the best hotel network for gay, whose director on marketing has drawn a typical portrait the gay-tourist: well brought up, solvent city traveler, who is spending on trips more than other tourists”.
 

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