Top 5 Best Columbus Day Deals
Looking for a last minute deal to high-tail it out of town this weekend? Check out our top picks, for but don’t despair if you have to postpone your escape—several offers are valid through the end of the year.
Read More...Stelios Fastjet to take on long-haul market
Sir Stelios Haji-Iaonnou is working on plans to launch a transatlantic airline which would pit him head to head with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. But The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that Fastjet, the new airline operating company the Greek-Cypriot businessman has formed, is unlikely to compete head to head in Europe with easyJet, the [...]
Read More...World’s most beautiful museums
Canadians aren’t known for controversy, but Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum stirred up passions when it unveiled “The Crystal” addition in 2007. Architect Daniel Libeskind’s angled steel, aluminum and glass structure looks as if it crashed into the side of the Neo-Romanesque museum — which is either brilliant or appalling, depending on whom you ask. Beauty [...]
Read More...BA offers passengers courses in surviving plane crashes
British Airways is offering its frequent flyers the chance to trade in their air miles for a place on a course instructing passengers how to survive plane crashes. Members of the airline’s Executive Club will be able to benefit from a four-hour session on air safety, when the scheme begins next year. For around £125 [...]
Read More...Hotel Thoumieux in Paris
This is an elegant boutique hotel and it’s located in Paris. You’ll notice that Hôtel Thoumieux is a very distinguished creation with beautiful art-deco-inspired elements created by Thierry Costes and designer India Mahdavi. The hotel is situated above the popular Thoumieux Brasserie and it comprises 15 luxury rooms. Even though the name says so, Hôtel [...]
Read More...London to Sydney in two hours claims space tycoon
Sydney could be reachable in less time than it takes to take a train from London to Manchester thanks to space travel. A Formula One tycoon has teamed up with the Dutch airline, KLM, in a project which is set to rival Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. But his tickets, at £60,000 each will cost [...]
Read More...Holidays for singles can be almost double the price
The cost of a holiday for single travellers is up to 90 per cent higher, reports Oliver Smith. Solo travellers are being forced to pay up to 90 per cent more for a holiday abroad than people travelling in pairs, despite a growing demand for single-room accommodation. About one in 10 bookings for overseas trips [...]
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