Author: News Team
If you find climbing the Eiffel Tower leaving you feeling sleepy, the French have come up with the perfect place for a quick nap… but it’ll cost you £10. It’s thought to be the first city to create a ‘siesta venue’ where the tired out tourists can have a quick power nap. The Zen bar allows people to have either a 15-minute power nap for 12 Euros (£10), or up to 45 minutes is 27 Euros (£23) if you fancy a snooze before dinner. Large vibrating beds are provided that massage as you slumber, or try out…
Thomson Airways are the first to provide this more environmentally friendly service. Flying from Birmingham to Arrecife on Thursday, using a mixture of waste fat and jet fuel. The service was meant to take flight last July, but has seen setbacks over testing processes and safety clearance. Thomson maintain that green biofuel has the potential to decrease aviation emissions by up to 80 per cent in the future. The airline giant has already planned its whole fleet to use bio-fuel over then next three years. Thomson Airways managing director Chris Browne said: ‘Sustainable biofuels offer us…
Compassion&Choices, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life, and the Hawaii Death With Dignity Society (HDWDS), a local organization with similar goals, today announced the findings of a panel discussion on aid in dying. Experts on Hawaii law, medicine, elder care, legislative, and end-of-life issues concluded Hawaii physicians may already provide aid in dying subject to professional best-practice standards. “Hawaii law, through a number of statutory enactments, and a provision in a 1909 law unique to Hawaii, already empowers terminally-ill patients with significant freedom to determine their course…
The Seychelles islands tops the list of journalists Andrea Ege’s top ten honeymoon destinations for celebrities. In her article entitled “The Celebs’ Top Ten Honeymoon Destinations,” Andrea has come out with 10 of the best celebrity destination, and Seychelles is listed as the best place to go for a romantic honeymoon followed by Turks and Caicos, Maldives, Mexico, California, Bora Bora, Hawaii, Fiji, Barbados, and Bahamas, respectively. Many dream about some really romantic places where they could spend some valuable time with loved ones, and many people have visited different places around the world to find the perfect place for…
Membership of the national trust has soared to four million for the first time ever. The trust was created in 1895 when it had just one hundred members, and a years membership cost ten shillings. The National Trust now look after an impressive 700 miles of coastline, 300 historic houses and more than 600,000 acres of land. Membership totalled one million in 1981, two million in 1990 and reached three million in 2002. The trust gave £120 million in support to ‘vital’ conservation projects across the whole of the UK. Around 90 million visits were made…
Abu Dhabi Airports Company today released the traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport for the month of August 2011, recording a robust 14% growth over last year’s figures with passenger traffic reaching 1.09 million. Cargo traffic was also on the rise reaching 39,841 tons, with an increase of 5% compared to the month of August 2011. The double-digit growth recorded at Abu Dhabi International Airport during August is mainly attributed to the healthy growth of all airlines operating at the airport, while also supported by the Eid holiday. Being one of the fastest-growing airports in the region, Abu Dhabi…
Money can’t save you from a plane crash… but now it can give you a better chance of surviving. Richer passengers will now be able to take part in a British Airways course. But only members of BA’s elite executive club will be given the opportunity by exchanging air miles for the training session. The four-hour course costs around £125 and focuses on the aftermath of a plane crash. According the research by the Civil Aviation Authority, its is after the crash that many deaths occur – people panic or freeze and cant undo their seatbelt. The…
Extra large seats are now provided on many of Thorpe Parks most popular rides. The Surrey-based theme park realised it had a problem when numerous visitors were left embarrassed when they could not fit in the seats. One of the more popular rides Nemesis Inferno can now provide small and larger people with the adrenalin rush their seeking. The theme parks website now states that there is a ’51 inch torso restriction’ on this roller coaster. The ride now features two larger seats for super size visitors, and there are plans to create larger seats on…
France has over taken the once very popular Spain, for the top spot when it comes to Britons choosing a holiday home abroad. Offering easy access and a perception of market stability – France makes for a more desirable holiday home destination. Spain has also been receiving a lot of attention regarding illegally built properties and a nationwide property crash. Many Brits are finding it hard with house prices at home, the more traditional holiday home destinations have been more resistant to the down-turn – benefiting wealthy second home buyers, according to the research by Savills International…
The Know Before You Go Campaign will be at the A Place In The Sun Live show in Birmingham this weekend. Stephen Jones and Zoe Woodward from the British Consulates in Spain and Cyprus will be taking questions from the public. They’ll be on panel sessions throughout the three days, and available the rest of the time at Know Before You Go stand (stand number B13) Brits remain one of the biggest ex pat groups overseas, with over 5.6 million living abroad. Research is key to planning to move or buy property abroad. Property laws in other countries often…