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China Tries To Create Its Own Las Vegas On Hanain
March 31, 2010 | China, Travel News | Read More
According to a recent New York Times profile, an end-of-the-year memorandum from the Chinese cabinet has set off a real estate boom on Hainan Island just south of the Chinese mainland. In the memo, Hainan was designated a “test case” in developing an “internationally competitive tourist destination.” ...
Ongoing Strike at British Airways and Potential Troubles from Other Airlines
March 31, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
With no sign of any negotiations to be resumed any time soon, the second round cabin-crew strike at British Airways went as planned on Saturday. The walkout has caused further disruption and frustration among passengers. British Airways has been taking a hard line against the strikes and the Unite union...
American Motels Upgrade to Budget Chic
March 31, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
“Budget” doesn’t have to equal “basic.” Just ask the guests at any updated Holiday Inn.
Call it the IKEA-ization of American chain motels. A growing number of the nation’s biggest economy lodgers, including Super 8, Motel 6 and Red Roof Inn, are investing in spiffy...
Travel Around Alaska with Sarah Palin
March 31, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Sarah Palin, the former governor and current native of Alaska, will be featured in an eight part travel documentary on TLC highlighting the wonders of the northern state, called “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”. Some are referring to it as a reality show centering on the state’s traditions and...
NileGuide 5 with Kim Mance of GoGalavanting.com
March 31, 2010 | NileGuide 5 | Read More
This week’s NileGuide 5 interview features Kim Mance, host of Galavanting.tv and editor of the online travel magazine GoGalavanting.com. She also writes a bunch of travel stuff around the internet and is host of TBEX ’10, a gathering of travel bloggers and new media writers (we’re attending,...
Survey: Pilot’s Accent, Sex Affect How Safe UK Travelers Feel
March 30, 2010 | Travel News, UK | Read More
Four out of five British airline passengers feel most safe if their pilot has a “standard Oxford” accent, according to a survey taken by sunshine.co.uk, which bills itself as “a low-cost travel agent.” The survey of 2,043 people also found that an even higher percentage (83%)...
5 Unique Passover Traditions
March 30, 2010 | Around the World, Culture/History | Read More
The Passover story is a biblical classic. It’s got everything from murder to slavery to infanticide to plagues of epic proportion. The short version is that the Jewish people were freed from being slaves in Egypt. If you want more juicy details check out a retelling of the story here.
Every year...
New Discovery Series “Life” Finds a Large Audience
March 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
For eleven Sundays in a row and two hours at a time, Discovery will air their new series called Life. Beautifully composed of different nature photographs and narrated by Oprah Winfrey, Life is a visually unprecedented new program.
Life uses photographs that are created using state of the art cameras...
Airport Body Scanning Violates Modesty
March 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
A London Heathrow Airport employee plans to sue her bosses after she accidentally stepped into a full body x-ray system, reports the Daily Mail.
The employee, Jo Margetson, was unaware of naked photographs taken of her breasts by another security guard. Additionally, Margetson, is deeply disturbed by...
Video: Little People Theme Park In China Sparks Controversy
March 30, 2010 | China, Travel News | Read More
Last September, the Kingdom of the Little People theme park opened in Kunming in southern China. The park currently employs over 100 little people, all between 18 and 48 years old and no taller than 4 feet 3 inches. For an admission fee of about $12, tourists can see the little employees perform...
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