5-12 Aug. 2008 (week 32)
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London has been compared with New York 10 Aug. 2008 |
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The authors of the research affirm that it is not about the competition. But if it would be, New York would win because of it's accessibility and consumer opportunities and London would win for the climate change prevention programs. |
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"British Airways" is the worst European airline 10 Aug. 2008 |
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"British Airways" loses more suitcases and detains more planes than any other big airline in Europe. |
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Ryanair refuses to accept tickets bought on other websites 10 Aug. 2008 |
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The largest European budget airline Ryanair has declared that it will refuse transportation to passengers who have bought tickets through foreign sites. The company has declared that such sites caricature the monitoring of the tariffs of its own site and |
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Notebook on holiday can break a family 10 Aug. 2008 |
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Psychologists warn that because of the growing number of people who leaves with laptops during their holidays, the family relations fall. The actual credit crisis has forced many people to think how to keep work even on vacations. The last research has sh |
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Smoking will be prohibited in parks of Dubai 9 Aug. 2008 |
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Dubai authorities are continuing their large-scale anti-smoking campaign. The smoking ban will soon be active also in the parks of the Emirate. Recently is was only prohibited to smoke in hotels, restaurants, cafe and malls. The violators will be fined. |
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The most luxury Bali hotel opens in September 9 Aug. 2008 |
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Like the other St. Regis hotels, this one will also serve the millionaires and billionaires. The hotel will most probably be the most expensive at Bali and will attract the attention of wealthy Russian tourists according to the prognoses of the tour opera |
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To the clouds with a train 7 Aug. 2008 |
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A private company has opened a route called "The Train of the Clouds" in the Argentinian province of Salta. Now everybody can travel by train over the Ands for 140 dollars. |
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London does not attract tourists anymore 5 Aug. 2008 |
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Each year the amount of the foreign guests that come to visit London decreases and in last year it was 4% smaller than in 2006. |
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Pillows and blankets are sold in the airplanes 5 Aug. 2008 |
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A low budget airline has introduced charge for the usage of the sleeping accessories during the flight. |
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Spain is the most popular country this summer 5 Aug. 2008 |
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According to the information of the touristic research companies, the most popular resort among the European tourists this years is Spain. |
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10 most "ethic" touristic countries 5 Aug. 2008 |
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Nowadays tourism is the most highly-developed industry on the planet that brings more income than the oil industry. |
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The European online touristic market has grown up to 50 billion euro 5 Aug. 2008 |
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The total amount of money spent for the touristic product in the Internet last year has reached 50 billion euro - this indicator has been increased five times in comparison with 2002. Currently about 20% of all the touristic sales in Europe are processed |
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Atlanta airport is the busiest in the world 4 Aug. 2008 |
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According to the results of the year 2007, the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, USA became the busiest one in the world, having served 89 million passengers. |
