Rezidor launches new corporate website www.rezidor.com

April 13, 2012

(TRAVELWIRES) : The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world\?s fastest growing hospitality companies, has launched its new and dynamic corporate website: www.rezidor.com. The site is developed by Thomson Reuters, the world\?s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. : Fast, stylish and packed with essential information, www.rezidor.com is designed to ensure the [...]

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Part 3: Maison de Répos (A French Hospital Story)

April 12, 2012

By Jeanne Feldman When they released me from Hôpital Bichat on April 8, 2011 where I had been since February 4, and had been diagnosed with cancer, I didn?t go home right away because I was still recovering from hip replacement surgery. I was sent to a ?Maison de Répos? or convalescence home. I was [...]

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Hansa Festival of Legends set to rock Johannesburg this weekend

April 12, 2012

(TRAVELWIRES) : The latest update regarding the Hansa Festival of Legends, featuring Usher and taking place at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. Please note No under 18s will be granted entry into the concert. : Hansa Festival of Legends set to rock Johannesburg this weekend With just days to go before Grammy award-winning [...]

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World Food: the winning picture

April 11, 2012

We have spent the holiday break reviewing all the submissions to our World Food Facebook picture competition and we are ready to announce the winner! We were very impressed with the array of foods and dishes that you have snapped in your travels ? our stomachs were grumbling by the end of the day. Before [...]

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Le Figaro in English France News of the Week for April 7

April 11, 2012

Le Figaro in English France News of the Week for April 7 By BP Editor France News of the Week by our news partner, Le Figaro in English ____________________________________________________ Candidates launch their presidential agendas On Wednesday, Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande unveiled his official agenda if he is elected. In the first trimester, he would [...]

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Climbing Mt Agung

April 11, 2012

?  For our 2004 book Rice Trails – A journey through the ricelands of Asia & Australia –photographer Richard I’Anson and I wanted an iconic photograph of Balinese rice farmers working on their fields with the island’s holy mountain, Gunung Agung, towering over them in the background. Of course you need all the elements to [...]

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Holland Travel: Floriade 2012 Quick Guide

April 10, 2012

The Floriade 2012 is a horticultural expo held once in every 10 years in the Netherlands. It was officially opened last April 5 and is set to run thru October this year. This big floral event is the 6th edition of Floriade and is open to the public everyday. Visitors will be able to see [...]

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Safaris Made Easy

April 10, 2012

(TRAVELWIRES) : Travel Industry?s First Online Safari Planning Tool Created by Natural Habitat Adventures : A century ago, when Teddy Roosevelt went on safari in Africa, it was a logistical nightmare with 250 porters and guides. Today?s safari-goer doesn?t have to worry about quite so many details, but because Sub-Saharan Africa is so vast ? [...]

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Yamamoto’s Aircraft Wreck

April 9, 2012

The Japanese advance across the Pacific had been turned round at Guadalcanal in the Solomons and the Americans were now advancing north. On 13 April 1943 from his base at Rabaul on the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto set out on a morale boosting tour of Japanese front line positions. [...]

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Introducing Cotonou, Benin, as The Latest Addition to South African Airways?s African Route Network

April 9, 2012

Johannesburg ? South African Airways has introduced yet another route to its African route network as part of plans to focus growth in Africa. Effective 17 May 2012 the airline?s new route to Pointe Noire in the Congo - which was introduced from 26 January ? will be extended to also include Cotonou in Benin. Cotonou will be served [...]

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