Archive for April, 2008

Apr28

New York hotel offers rest in style “Sex and the City”

After travel agency in New York, which will organize round in the places connected with a plot of a serial “Sex and the City”, hotel Mandarin Oriental offers the visitors the special package, also devoted to this film. For $1988 tourists can stop for one night at the hotel, to visit places of shootings of [...]

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Apr25

Biometric scanners at the EU airports this summer

This summer in a number of the airports of the world the passport control system, equipped only by scanners (without control service employees) for recognition of biometric data of the air passenger and its overlapping with those in the passport will be already established. , authorities consider that powerful machines will make passport control more [...]

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Apr24

Winter has come to Southern Africa

This year winter has come to Southern Africa unusually early. Contrary to ordinary statements about “eternal heat in the countries of this continent, already today in Dragon Mountains on border from Lesotho the first snow has fallen.
According to meteorologists today the average temperature made about zero and in the central province of the country two [...]

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Apr21

Russian tourists have found new vacation spot

Indonesia has come on change to Cyprus, Turkey and Egypt. The number of the Russians, who are having a rest on Bali, grows year from a year.
For first two months 2008 13,4 thousand Russians have visited Bali. It is on 37 % more, than for the similar period of 2007 (9,8 thousand tourists). In general, [...]

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Apr19

Starwood opens magnificent hotel on Mauritius

On June, 1st, Hotel group Starwood Hotels and Resorts opens hotel Grand Mauritian Resort and Spa in the northwest of island Mauritius.
As it has become the hotel will have 193 room-numbers, including - suits and junior suits. This hotel will become the first hotel of mark Luxury Collection in Indian Ocean. The architectural decision of [...]

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Apr18

The most severe countries of the world

This year China has reduced number sentenced to death penalty in comparison with 2007, however, all the same China remains the world leader on number of executed people. The Amnesty International group has informed on it in the annual report.
Iran with 377 executions including the person, hammered by stones for matrimonial change is on the [...]

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Apr14

The day time club will be open in Las Vegas

Well-known company MGM Grand will open the first club under name Wet Republic, which will function only in the afternoon, in Las Vegas. It is intended first of all for glamour beach parties’ fans: Wet Republic will offer eight pools, including two sea water pools, VIP-bungalow pool, dancing pool, waterfalls, tropical bar and magnificent restaurants, [...]

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Apr10

Free-of-charge Wi-Fi will appear in Madrid buses

Madrid transport company EMT is going to enter new service for passengers in city buses. They can shortly use free-of-charge access to the wireless Internet.
Points of access will be equipped on the most popular routes prior to the beginning of summer and if the project will be successful Wi-Fi will appear in all buses of [...]

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Apr7

Nepal authorities have forbidden selling alcohol

Tourists, who plan to visit Nepal within the nearest week, should consider that in connection with forthcoming elections in legislative assembly in the country sale and manufacture of alcoholic drinks and movement on the country on public and private transport is forbidden.
Such unprecedented measures have been accepted by authorities in order to prevent flash of [...]

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Apr6

The hotel in jen style has opened in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong the new hotel under name Jen, intended, under the statement of owners, for exacting travelers, who do not want to pay easy money for high quality, has opened. Jen is located in the West of city, nearby to the Hong Kong University and the entertaining centers.
The hotel totals 280 spacious room-numbers, including [...]

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