Archive for February, 2008

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.
 

28 February, 2008 | No comments

The most ancient on the continent palace has been found in Peru

It is a really valuable find of the Peruvian archeologists! Scientists from Germany have found out, probably, oldest building of the South-American continent. It is a huge palace, which age totals more than 5 thousand years. It is the coeval of the Egyptian pyramids.
Construction is extraordinary spacious. It settles down to the north from the Peruvian capital Lima. The Project head has expressed, that excavation of a palace, built in 3500 year B.C., more than convincingly prove, that the world civilization simultaneously developed both in the Old World, and in America.

27 February, 2008 | No comments

Cyprus wishes to attract tourists in summer and in winter

Cyprus continues to undertake efforts to be all-the-year-round direction for tourists. In order to increase the number of tourists during winter time, Cyprian organization on tourism (CAT) has developed the program, realization of which will require almost 30 million euro within three years.
In particular, the CAT will participate in advertising actions, organized by foreign tourist operators, and it will also continue own campaign on promotion of island as all-the-year-round tourist direction. The organization plans to take part in all tourist exhibitions abroad. Besides, the CAT is going to offer airlines to enter more flights to Cyprus in winter months.
In experts’ opinion, seasonal prevalence is one of the main painful points of Cyprian tourism. Even in Pathos, traditionally mass winter tourist place, the number of tourists has considerably decreased in the winter of 2007-2008 - so, that some hotels had to be closed prior to the summer season.

26 February, 2008 | No comments

New Hungarian resort hotel will offer wine therapy and wine tourism

In March in the Hungarian city of Tartsal located in northeast of the country, the wine resort hotel will be opened. Four-star Andrassy Kuria Hotel Wine&Spa with 42 room-numbers, incorporated with wine factory Andrassy, is located in the centre of the city. The hotel has its own wine storage and a hall for wine tasting with distillery. The vineyard will give opportunities for any kinds of wine tourism both for professionals, and for amateurs: visiting wine cellars, wine tasting, vintage, excursion on wine producing factory and reception of the information on process of winemaking.
The wellness-center of the hotel will offer lodgers unique wine therapy procedures with application of cosmetic preparations on the basis of extracts of grapes and germs of wheat grains. Visitors can have a rest and relax in the swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and the fanned special atmosphere to underground swimming bath.

25 February, 2008 | No comments

“Boeing” has been fueled by vegetable oil

Passenger Boeing 747 has made the first-ever regular flight with biofuel. However, for safety reasons, there were no passengers onboard the plane.
The liner of the company Virgin Atlantic has taken off from London airport Heathrow and in an hour it has safely landed in Amsterdam. One of tanks of “Boeing” has been fueled with a mix on the basis of vegetative raw material.
Combustible “cocktail” has turned out rather exotic: its structure included coco and the Brazilian nut babassu oil.
In Sir Richard Branson’s opinion (President of Virgin Atlantic) the flight has shown that the passenger aircraft can pass to ecologically pure fuel much earlier, than it was expected.
Sir Richard Branson has given such comment to this pleasant occasion:”This breakthrough will help Virgin Atlantic to fly its planes using clean fuel sooner than expected.”
 

23 February, 2008 | No comments

Business-ladies will be offerred special services at Tokyo Hilton

Tokyo hotel Hilton has developed a special package under name Urban Girls Escape for the business women, who are wishing to relax and to forget about work. Price of the offer makes $313. The package includes one hour aromatherapy session with use of exclusive oils, and also relaxing massage. Then the guests will be offered the refined supper at Executive, Deluxe room-numbers or Suites. Besides, all visitors will receive a set of elite means for a bath as a gift.

23 February, 2008 | No comments

Conrad: the client has the right to mix cocktails

World famous company Conrad Hotels&Resorts has entered new offer Conradtini, which allows visitors to create own cocktails.
If the majority of bars and restaurants have the limited menu of martini and cocktails, this new bar from Conrad gives to the client an opportunity to mix cocktails from the favorite components. Each of Conrad’s resorts will offer the own menu Conradtini, reflecting cultural features and traditions of region, in which the hotel will be located.
The client is offered a place at bar, where he can mix cocktails on his own or with the help of the most professional barmen Conrad.

22 February, 2008 | No comments

Budgetary hotels become more popular

According to data of last researches, the number of budgetary hotels in the world promptly grows: inexpensive, but qualitative hotels are in demand both at students, and at business tourists. For last four years only in the Great Britain the number of budgetary hotels has increased on 38 % and by 2027, under forecasts of analysts, the quantity of similar hotels will reach a quarter from total number of hotels. The boom of budgetary hotels is marked in China: visitors of the country prefer to pay for accommodation no more than $50 per night.  Home Inns, the constructed 400 hotels for last five years, remains leading Chinese budgetary network. In the Europe Hoxton, Big Sleep, base2stay and Yotel remain the most popular inexpensive brands.
Analysts prove that modern businessmen prefer to stop in medium-class new hotels instead of unfairly expensive and badly repaired hotels.

21 February, 2008 | No comments

Exhibition of sex has opened in Mexico

Six-day exhibition Expo Sexo y Entretenimiento has opened in capital of Mexico. Action passes in the Palace of sports of Mexico and occupies the area in 25 thousand square meters. Exhibition organizers assure that it will not promote distribution of prostitution and will not offend public morals.
The organizers of exhibition have noted that the film-industry in the country is facing a lot of problems now, first of all, because of a piracy and the Internet. It has been also informed, that business was more focused on manufacture of erotic toys and growth of the “adult content” offer through the Internet with payment by credit cards.
Alongside with sale of the goods connected with sex and entertainments for adults, at an exhibition the well-known quarter of red lanterns in Amsterdam has been recreated. Also at an exhibition there is a place under the name of the Banana Bar, in which it was possible to observe erotic show with water and soap.
It was the first time that at an exhibition the zone intended only for women, in which entrance to be forbidden, had been organized. Special show for ladies was shown there.
It is expected, that more than 105 thousand person will visit this exhibition.

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