Small exclusive boutique-hotels became more popular among rich tourists than large hotel brands. Unlike popular comfortable hotels, differing by their common design and services, boutique-hotels are ready to offer an individual approach to the interests of their lodgers.
The income from booking of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) in 2006 has grown on 25 [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Boutique-hotels have become more popular than large brands in luxury segment
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Finnish scientists have found dependence between region of residing and propensity to a healthy lifestyle
Interesting supervision has been made by experts of National Institute of public health services of Finland: their researches have shown that there is a certain interrelation between a place of residing of the person and the propensity to a healthy lifestyle.
For example, scientists have come to conclusion that big cities inhabitants in a greater degree, [...]
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New magnificent hotel in St. Moritz
New smart five-stars hotel Carlton located in not taken place Swiss residence of last Russian Tsar Nikolai II will be opened in ski resort of St. Moritz. The castle has been constructed in 1913; however, imperial family has not managed to visit it. The hotel will accept the first lodgers on December, 7th, 2007.
The magnificent [...]
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Air tickets refunding rules have been changed in China
The Chinese airlines have changed principles of the refund at delivery of air tickets. Now they will be similar to the accepted all over the world: the volume of the refund will depend on the tariff, instead of from time of the ticket return. Chineses have explained this step by necessity to make rules more [...]
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Erotic tourism in Poland
Representatives of tourist industry of the Polish city of Lodz are measured to invest in development of erotic tourism and to involve foreign tourists with night entertainments. They lean on experience of Prague, in which night clubs are being visited mostly by foreign tourists - Englishmen, Germans and Belgians.
Lodz is not measured to lag behind [...]
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Rains have flooded northeast India and Bangladesh
Plentiful rainfalls have caused flooding, which have destroyed a crop and have left hundred thousand people without a roof over the head. Because of strong rains in August the Brahmaputra river has overflown banks proceeding on territories of India and Bangladesh. But pictures from the satellite show, that on scales this flooding is much less [...]
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Hundreds of short flights have been cancelled in the different countries
Hundreds of regional flights have been cancelled worldwide on Thursday, September, 13th, after the recommendation of company Bombardier to deduce temporarily from operation the planes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 produced by this company. This week two turbo-propeller planes of 60-70 passengers’ capacity, which were in SAS airlines possession, have got in unpleasant situations, when the [...]
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Morocco expects for new tourists
Tourism - is one of the main sources of the income for Morocco, therefore the government plans to attract new tourists to the country, having increased their quantity from 6,5 million in 2006 up to 10 million in 2010.
The country is well-known for its picturesque beaches and east markets, but the increase in quantity of [...]
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Wild pleasures of Kenya
Tourists should pay more at visiting national parks of Kenya.
at opening of a symposium of heads and scientists in hotel Kisumu on September, 6th, Julius Kipng’etich, director of the organization, which is dealing with problems of the wild nature of Kenya and serving national natural parks, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), has informed, that it is [...]
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Ryanair has entered new rules for luggage registration
Since September, 20th, 2007, airline-discounter Ryanair will raise a payment at the rate of 2 euros from each passenger, registering the luggage at the airport. The same procedure, lead independently through the Internet, will manage absolutely free of charge.
Thus the flight, for the passengers, who are not trusting to the WorldNet or do not know [...]
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