Archive for February, 2008

Feb14

Passengers’ luggage will be marked with chips

Technical innovations are being actively introduced at London Heathrow airport. This time the British company BBA, engaged in management of the airports, has decided to mark travelers bags with special radio-chips.
Now both the passenger, and workers of the airport, and representatives of security services can constantly trace, where there is a luggage and to whom [...]

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Feb13

Season of straw wine manufacture has begun in Czech Republic

In spite of the fact that even it is still February now, many wine makers of Moravian region should work. They do straw wine In the middle of winter - one of the most expensive wines, made in Czech. Grapes lay on straw for four long months. For this time it has finally dried up [...]

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Feb13

Huge flying hotel will look like a whale

By 2020 all people, wishing to make round-the-world travel can make it on comfortable flying hotel-dirigible balloon in length of more than 200 meters. The huge air ship under name Manned Cloud can accept aboard 40 passengers (not including 15 members of crew). It will have 20 comfortable room-numbers, spa-centers, and also platforms for a [...]

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Feb12

Saudi enamored are forbidden to give roses

As local newspaper Saudi Gazette informs, police of Saudi Arabia has forbidden trade in red roses and other goods, which are often given on the eve of the Valentine’s Day. Observers of the Islamic order in this country officially ordered to withdraw from sale of flowers and gift packing.
According to the newspaper, the prices for [...]

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Feb11

Transport system of China is restored after snowfalls

Agency Sinhua, referring to the ministry of public safety of China, informs that transport system of the central, east and southern China, paralyzed because of strong snowfalls, is basically restored, and movement on high-speed highways, except for separate areas, is normalized.
The strongest for last 50 years snowfalls in 19 provinces of the Peoples Republic of [...]

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Feb9

Town of Flowers in Tunis

Information on creation of the most scale building project for all history of Africa in Tunis has been recently disclosed.
Bled El Ward (Town of Flowers), settling down on 5000 hectares, will be constructed by Sourouh Real Estate SOR.AD and Aldar Properties ALDR.AD.
As the operating director Al Maabar International Investments has told, that their company is [...]

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Feb8

Uruguay will entice tourists with discounts and privileges

Uruguay is measured to attract more tourists by means of various privileges and discounts. The ministry of tourism of Uruguay will offer free of charge up to 20 liters of gasoline, supper for two and excursions with guides for local and foreign tourists, who will be registered in any hotel of the country in second [...]

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Feb7

New superfast train in France

French company Alstorm has presented the new train AGV, capable to get the speed up to 360 kilometers per hour. On novelty of technical decisions and importance of a novelty for railway branch AGV may be compared to well-known airbus A380.
AGV is calculated on overcoming of distance in one thousand kilometers for three hours per [...]

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Feb5

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 [...]

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Feb4

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 [...]

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