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Travel: You are now officially cattle (with some airlines)
While we all could not really get rid of the feeling that something is wrong with air travel since years - ever watched a young guy (most of them are now much taller than 6 feet at least in Europe and the US) fold into one of the Economy class seats after being “herded” into the airplane.
Well now one so called “no frills” airline in Europe laid the truth bare.
“…A round of applause for easyJet.com today for confirming many passengers’ suspicions as to how airlines view their customers. Some questions regarding “assistance” to elderly passengers are categorized as an inquiry about “livestock.”…
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Travel: Pillow that hugs you through the night
In response to customers who find it difficult to sleep on their own when traveling solo, Travelodge has created “Cuddillow” a bespoke cuddling pillow which is two and half feet in length and has two arms for guests to snuggle into. The “Cuddillow” will be trialled in selected hotels of the chain throughout the UK and will be free of charge for guests to hire. A survey of 2000 solitary travelers by the European budget hotel chain identified 57% of respondents felt lonely, sleeping without their partner when away from home. Sixteen per cent found it difficult to fall asleep and…
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Travel for the Super-Rich: First images of the A380-800 VIP (Flying Palace) interior
Business plane traffic is on the updraft as recently shown again with private plane “traffic” after the Superbowl this year. With 10,000 private jets flying in the U.S. alone typically these airplanes carry between 6 - 20 people. But a few billionaire travelers are looking for something with “a bit more space”. Recently, a new trend has emerged at the very top of the market: the conversion for private ownership of much larger and much more expensive jets - some that are normally associated with commercial airliners. These “private” planes now even include twin-aisle wide-bodies such as the 747, 767 and 777 and the soon to be available 787 and the biggest of them all the new Airbus A380-800. A U.S.-based design company is nearing completion of an interior design for a prospective customer for the VIP version of the Airbus A380 “Flying Palace” and has released the first images to the public…
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Multimedia: Learn basic Arabic phrases online
The Egyptian Tourist Authority has put a multimedia game online to learn basic Arabic tourist phrases. It includes the usual ones from Airport, Taxi, Hotel to Souk and Restaurant. Nicely done…
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Travel: Around the world in (more than) 80 days
In our societies where spending time on things you enjoy has become the ultimate luxury a couple from the UK has gone on a year long journey to do exactly this. Ed Gillespie and his girlfriend Fiona King have just begun a year-long travel around the world. On their trip they will visit 20 countries and cover around 40,000 miles, but will at no point travel by plane. Mr Gillespie, 34, and Miss King, 28, have mapped a route using 19 trains, seven ferries, five buses, three container ships and a banana boat. Mr Gillespie, who worked as environmental manager for…
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USA: “The Day I Got Deported From the US”
There is a very interesting description of what an UN Aid worker had to experience when he tried to enter the US with his EEC passport.
Also read the comments - even more insights…
The story is at the The Road to the Horizon blog.
Air-Traffic: Crowded Skies are soon to come
When you look at the image created by “Smartskies” you see how many so called “corporate jets” were leaving the Miami area after the Superbowl earlier this week. And this is just the beginning. Today these private and business jets are only available for the top percentile. But as reported earlier “Very Light Jets (VLJ)” that will cost a fraction of the price…
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Winter: Ski-Cams around the World
Good old web site “Earthcam.com” has a section with ski cams around the world online. The selection is a bit limited, but for the most popular ski resorts a link to the…
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Virtual Reality: Fullscreen Panoramas
Hans Nyberg from “panoramas.dk” and Marco Trezzini of “VRMAG.org” have teamed up to create the web site “Fullscreenqtvr.com”. Together they have collected and created ten thousands of QuickTime Virtual Reality and Java panoramas…
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Winter: Ice hotels around the world
Since 17 years now a temporary hotel is build from ice every winter in Sweden. The ICEHOTEL is situated in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. It started off with an Igloo and developed into a hotel with more than 60 rooms and suites each different from the other. With the exception of the beds, the entire hotel is made completely out of ice blocks - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. The ice is made from water…
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