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The tourism department of The Gambia has signed a deal with a firm in Qatar to develop facilities for tourists in the nation. The department has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Katara Hospitality in Qatar to develop a resort in Gambia. The minimum capital investment for the project is $250m. The MoU was signed by Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie, minister of Tourism and Culture in Gambia, and Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani, chairman of Katara Hospitality. The terms of the MoU will require the Gambian government to provide Katara Hospitality with 18 hectares of land to develop…
An artwork by Damian Hirst has caused controversy while being erected on the pier of the Devon seaside town of Ilfracombe in the UK. Hirst’s bronze statue is a 65-foot high, 25-ton depiction of a pregnant woman, standing and holding a sword aloft. She is naked, and viewed from her left side she appears in standard human form. The right side view, however, has her skin peeled back to reveal her muscular and skeletal structures and the foetus. The sculpture, named Verity, was hauled into the seaside town on a flatbed trailer. It was cast in more than forty pieces…
If you’ve ever queued to check in your luggage at one end of your flight and waited, nervously, for it to reappear on the baggage carousel at the other, you’ll appreciate what a stressful experience it can be. Furthermore, if you exceed the baggage allowance of the airline in question, you’re faced with the choice of paying excess-baggage charges on the spot or leaving some of your luggage behind. In an effort to make life easier for business travellers, many companies now offer door-to-door luggage courier services, whereby they collect your luggage from anywhere in the world and deliver it…
Amazon’s Kindle range has now expanded beyond simple e-book readers and entered the territory of full tablets. The latest Kindle Fire models show that Amazon is keen to take on rivals such as Apple in this competitive area of the market. The original Kindle range became a popular choice for travellers since it allowed them to take their entire library of books with them on holiday without relying on any physical copies. Now the Kindle Fire HD has arrived, almost a year after the introduction of the first Kindle Fire, allowing UK customers to experience what the device has to…
Are you one of those people who always catch a cold when they’ve been on a long flight? It’s well documented that airplane cabins are an excellent place for the cold virus to live. But why is this and what can you do to combat the effects of germs? Many people believe that you’re more likely to catch a cold on flights because of the re-circulated cabin air. However, this isn’t actually true. Fresh air is constantly being drawn into the cabin. As this is pressurised and then cooled down before passing through filters, most of the germs are removed.…
If you’re planning a winter break this year, you might be interested to learn that many Brits are shunning the winter sun in favour of cosy staycations. As consumers look to make the most of their holiday budgets, many parts of the UK are seeing a boost to their winter season. From country walks in the Lake District to cosy pubs in the Welsh valleys, Britain has plenty to offer for a winter holiday. “The UK is the destination of choice now for many people”, according to travel-industry expert Simon Gardner, of Wirral spa hotel Thornton Hall. If you’re looking…
Malaysia Airlines, a Malaysia-based airline, will be expanding its services to the UK. The airline is offering double daily Airbus A380 flights for the service from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to London Heathrow, UK, from November 24, 2012. The route was launched in July 2012, and since then has seen an increase in demand for the service. The new expansion will increase its weekly capacity by 16 percent. The company expects to add two more Airbus A380 aircraft to the route, once the expansion takes off. Encik Ahmad, the group chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines, said, ‘Ever since our A380…
British Airways, a UK based airline, has reported a post-Olympic surge in passenger traffic in September this year. The airline has reported a 5.1 percent increase in traffic for September 2012, following a post-Olympic campaign that it conducted. The increase in traffic has been mostly from premium cabin sales, which have seen an increase of around 8 percent for the month when compared to the same month in 2011, while economy class traffic has increased by 4.6 percent during the period. IAG, the parent company of British Airways, said in a statement, ‘British Airways has been engaging in heavy promotional…
Those travellers intending to use the London Underground on routes that involve Grange Hill, Newbury Park, Woodford, and Leytonstone stations, should be prepared for detours due to a planned maintenance programme. Transport for London (TfL), a UK-based government agency responsible for the transport system in Greater London, UK, will be closing the Central Line between Grange Hill and Newbury Park, and between Woodford and Leytonstone, for maintenance work. London Underground (LU) will be closing the line closed between Grange Hill and Newbury Park on weekdays, and between Woodford and Leytonstone for two weekends (October 27 and 28; and November 3…
A flare up is expected between government agencies and local residents in northern New Mexico, with locals opposing the Santa Fe National Forest’s travel management plan. The area has been used by Hispanics for centuries, for ranching and collecting firewood from the forests. Government agencies have now revealed a plan to build new roads and to allow off-road vehicles into the area as a part of new travel plans. The US Forest Service was given a time frame of four years to decide which roads and trails throughout the nation’s vast network of forests should be designated for travel by…