Archive for March, 2008

29 March, 2008 | No comments

Concern “Airbus” will deliver new planes to Russia and the CIS

In the nearest years West-European aviabuilding company “Airbus” will deliver 111 planes to Russia and the CIS countries. Such information has been given by the vice-president of the company on sales in the Europe, the Central Asia and Pacific region. According to his words only within 2007 “Airbus” has received firm orders for 22 liners A-350 XWB and five of them were from А-231 “Aeroflot”, 25 - from А-320 airline S7, seven - from “Uzbekistan Airways”.
Besides in December, 2007 “Airbus” has signed the memorandum of mutual understanding with the Kazakhstan airline “Air Astana” about purchase of six planes A-320.
Earlier it was informed that the general portfolio of orders for 111 liners of various types and passengers capacity from the Russian airlines and the CIS countries is distributed as follows: “Aeroflot” - 50 planes, S7 - 29 machines, “Air Astana” - nine, ” the Ural Airlines” - nine, “Uzbekistan Airways” etc.
Now already 12 airlines of the CIS countries maintain 92 “Airbus” liners. Two-impellent А-310 became the first plane of the western manufacture, which in 1991 have received the Russian type certificate.
Under the forecast “Airbus” since 2007 till 2026 the demand of the Russian aviation market will make not less than 921 planes in the total cost for the sum of 79 billion dollars.

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.

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.

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.
 

21 March, 2008 | No comments

Transparent hotel has been built in Spain

Now owners of restaurant Les Cols Pavellones offer a unique hotel, which basic material is glass. Five magnificent pavilions were placed in territory of family manor of the chief-cooker of the restaurant.
Walls of hotel are absolutely transparent, and transparent room-number is protected from another’s looks by panels of matte glass and metal fence. Suite has a mini-bar, a small case and the wide stove bench.

20 March, 2008 | No comments

Marriott is to open 150 hotels

Strategy of Marriott hotel network development provides creation of 500 hotels till 2011. Only in 2008 the network assumes opening of 150 new hotels in 48 countries.
First of all Marriott wants to get hotel market of Asia and the Near East. Besides, till 2010 six hotels will be put in operation in Scandinavia.
In 2007 Internet-portal Marriott.com has got in first ten of web-sites, engaged in sales, owing to what the proceeds, which the companies have brought room reservation through the Internet, have made $5,2 billion
Marriott International - is one of the largest hotel operators in the world, operating 2900 hotels in 67 countries of the world. The company was created in the USA in 1927.

19 March, 2008 | No comments

Pilot of the passenger plane has overslept landing

American airline Go! airlines has dismissed one of the pilots and his assistant after careless employees have fallen asleep during short-term flight between Hawaiian islands, having flown by the airport on 24 kilometers. During 30-minute flight from the airport in Honolulu on island Oahu in a Sickly on the Big island, made by passenger plane of company Go! airlines from Arizona, offering tickets for a reduced price, even a half 40 passengers had no time to fall asleep. However, the main pilot and his assistant have decided to take a nap, having put the plane on the autopilot at height of 6,3 thousand meters above Pacific Ocean.
At that time, when the plane should lower speed, air movement controllers have noticed, that the machine flies were at the same speed after what they have started to call to the pilot cabin. Eleven attempts of employees of control service to phone to sleeping pilots have appeared unsuccessful, and only on 32-nd minute of flight it was possible to contact the pilot’s assistant, who, on the question about any emergency, has answered that everything was OK.
Some minutes later the plane has landed at the airport. Incident has got in sight of Federal management of aircraft of the USA, which has asked Go! airlines to tell about the details of accident. Representatives of airline refuse from comments.
 

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.

15 March, 2008 | No comments

Majorca and Menorka are Europeans’ favorite vacation spots

Results of the sociological interrogation, lead by German magazine Urlaub Perfekt, have shown, that Spanish islands Majorca and Menorka are favorite vacation spots of inhabitants of the Western Europe.
Turkey takes the second place among the countries, where the majority of Europeans prefers to spend the holiday.
In a rating of the most popular directions the European tourists have given the third place to Greece. And resorts of Italy and Tunis have appeared right at the end of charts, on 133 and 120 places accordingly.
Research is based on the statistics, given by 1 208 tour operators, working on territory of Germany.
Research has shown amusing paradoxes. Having become the second favorite country of the European tourists, Turkey has also become one of leaders by quantity of negative responses about its hotels. In participants opinion the worst resorts are in Tunis.
In 2007 Turkey has received about 23 million visitors, half from which was made by citizens of Russia and Germany. This year the tourist industry of the country has already got 26 million visitors.

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.
 

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