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Could This be the Bus of the Future?
Whilst looking around the internet compiling research for my blog posts I usually come across a few interesting stories, usually with attention grabbing headlines. However, occasionally there are a few that provide me with images that just demand at least several looks like this amazing bus concept from Chinese company Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment [...]
Ryanair to Pull out of Belfast Airport
Budget flight company, Ryanair, have announced they will be ceasing their services from Belfast Airport on 31st October. The Irish company is pulling out of the airport after plans promising to extend the runway a further 600m, which would enable Ryanair to serve a wider range of routes, faced yet another delay until 2012.
Further London Underground Strikes On The Horizon
It seems that not a week goes by now without a threat of strike action from one corner or another of Britains workforce. Having narrowly avoided strike action from BAA workers last week, there is now talk of further strikes by employees on the London Underground.
Flyers Choosing to Upgrade Again
Travellers are starting to gain confidence in the markets again as the number of passengers choosing to buy premium airline tickets increased in June. The economic recovery has been slow but is now beginning to make strides as travellers kept first and business class seats occupied.
Sun 4 U Direct enter administration
As of 21:00 hours on Wednesday the 11th of August Sun 4 U Limited has ceased trading leaving many holidaymakers stranded whilst alternative arrangements are sought. Amongst those affected are 1200 travellers stranded in Spain.
Anyone covered by the ATOL scheme, which is run by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), will be able to finish their holiday and [...]
Not all GPS helps
An Australian family ran into trouble last week after ignoring warning signs and keeping faith in their GPS which led to them being stranded in their ute, Australian for utility vehicle, for 3 nights in the outback of New South Wales. The family of four, including 2 teenage boys and their dog, had been travelling [...]
Vienna keeps hold of most liveable city title
Vienna has kept hold of the title for the worlds most liveable city in the 2010 Mercer study. Vienna was closely followed by Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva.
The study takes into consideration a number of factors affecting the living standards across 221 cities using New York as the base city. Mercer revealed that the financial [...]
A trip to Weeze…
Weeze is a small town on the north-west border of Germany located within the Düsseldorf region. Lying between Goch to the north and Kevelaer to the south the town which incorporates the village of Wemb has a population of 10,500.
Weeze is rich in history and steeped in tradition offering visitors an unspoilt view of rural [...]
Praise for easyJet…..yes, praise!
Budget airlines always seem to get the rough end of the deal when it comes to reviews and handing out compliments and in the past I have had some not so favourable experiences with the ‘cheaper’ airlines of this world, but I am about to hand out praise to easyJet for their handling of the [...]
Sixt and Design Hotels introduce “Roadtrips”
For many people when visiting a country tour guides can only get you so far, but a new service being provided by Design Hotels and Sixt will give customers a local perspective when visiting by providing them with custom designed tours already uploaded onto their in car satellite navigation. Working in partnership with Design Hotels [...]
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