Archive for March, 2008

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.
 

13 March, 2008 | No comments

New hotel in Italy entices clients tasty breakfasts

In February, 2008 in the heart of the Italian Venice, hardly to the south of the city of Udine, hotel Holiday Inn Udine North 3* Superior, which is entering to the Express hotel network, has opened. All120 room-numbers of hotel have the TV and Internet access (through a cable or Wi-Fi), and also qualitative furniture, the electrical engineer and the menu of pillows are given to lodgers. There is a pool and fitness-center in the hotel.
Experts of hotel business equate a breakfast in Holiday Inn Udine North hotel to the work of art. Staff Breakfast includes a house batch (rolls and biscuits), fresh fruits, yoghurts and porridges - it ideally will approach for those, who take care of figure and health. Those lodgers, who prefer a dense breakfast, will be offered American Breakfast - fried eggs with bacon, cheeses, meat cutting, a pizza and bread.
The free-of-charge transfer between hotel and railway station Udine is given to lodgers Holiday Inn Udine North. The lodgers, who have arrived on the cars, can take advantage of a spacious parking. The hotel is located in 40 kilometers from border with Slovenia and in 90 kilometers from border with Austria.
 

12 March, 2008 | No comments

InterContinental will open 2 hotels in Indonesia

InterContinental Hotel network plans to open two new hotels in Bali till 2009: one, brand InterContinental, at Sanur resort, and the second one - Holiday Inn - in Tuban.
InterContinental Bali Sanur Beach Resort will be located at the sea side and will offer 104 room-numbers, and also 54 country houses. The hotel will become the second property of InterContinental on the island (together with earlier opened InterContinental Jimbaran Bay).
Holiday Inn Tuban with its 200 room-numbers will be constructed on three hectares of the ground covered by blossoming gardens with the sea-side. Under the statement of representatives of the company, more and more travelers choose Bali, and new hotels will be quite popular.

8 March, 2008 | No comments

Turkey will cancel visas to citizens of Estonia

Estonian foreign policy - Permalink Foreign Minister Urmas Paet has informed that since this spring Estonia and Turkey have agreed upon a canceling of visas to citizens of Estonia for entrance to Turkey.
on Thursday  Urmas Paet met with Turkish colleague Ali Babakan with whom he discussed last details of the contract about visas regime facilitation between two countries and terms of negotiations about Turkey’s entrance to the European Union.
The arrangement has been successfully reached.
Now owners of service and special passports of Turkey can entry Estonia without the visa.
 

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.
 

6 March, 2008 | No comments

Rating of the most interesting tourist routes

According Forbes magazine version, which has published a rating of the most interesting routes of travel, trip from Peking to Hong Kong is recognized the most popular tourist route in the world. Walk on the Chinese wall will be offered to you just for 1.5 thousand dollars.
You will be offered to take pleasure in the wild nature during a trip to Kenya for 2 thousand dollars.
If you like winter and white snow, than you may make a trip to Alaska, and also through steppes of Mongolia where it is possible to try the present mutton.
That who loves loneliness in everything can travel to South Pole just for 10 thousand dollars.
According to Forbes round the world trip, during which it is possible to visit Mali, Ghana, Zambia and other countries within 22 days, is named the most important tourist trip.
 

6 March, 2008 | No comments

The largest pub in the world is to open in Czech Republic

In the end of March the largest pub Na Spilce in the world will be opened in Czech Republic. The pub will have 550 sitting places.
Before becoming the biggest pub, as czechwalker marks, the premise has been for 124 used as a warehouse. Pub Na Spilce belongs to joint-stock company Plzensky Prazdroj invested in painting and decorating and the newest equipment under the control over pouring of beer for more than 2 million of the Czech crones.

4 March, 2008 | No comments

Paris - is a favorite city of Europeans

Reader’s Digest Magazine has interrogated 4 thousand people in 19 countries of the United Europe with the purpose to find out opinion respondents on neighbors on the European Union and also to define the most favorite city of the Europe.
Paris became the indisputable winner (25 % of interrogated people has named it as the best city of Europe), London and Rome (13 %) - are on the second and the third place, Prague and Barcelona (6 %) - on the fours and fifth. Europeans like Italians for their sexuality, British - for their humor, and Dutchs - for their tolerance. Thus Germans were recognized the most “unloved” nation: so   22 % of interrogated have declared.
Inhabitants of Germany are considered unfriendly, though they are also the best businessmen. The majority of Europeans laughs at jokes of British: 30 % of interrogated consider, that Englishmen have a good humor. In the given nomination Italians are on the second place, having received 15 %. Great Britain has got the top line of rating in one area: 28 % of respondents hold the opinion, that British earn a lot of money.
According to interrogation, Italy is the most desired country for residing. Spain and France are on the second place of a scale of preferences. Poland, Russia, Hungary and Slovakia close the list of “the most desired countries”.

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.
 

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