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ultras 2018 awards how to vote for your favourites

10/11/2018, 5:01:25 PM
Luxury travel is booming. ✔ Despite global political uncertainty, the sector has grown markedly in recent years and the prognosis for the industry remains buoyant ✔ The 2018 winners are due to be announced at a ceremony at Dubai’s Burj Al Arab on November 21 ✔ You’ll be able to see the full list of winners online on Telegraph Luxury and in Ultratravel magazine



300+ flights canceled at Charlotte Douglas International Airport

10/11/2018, 4:02:08 PM
Most of the affected flights are to and from cities in the region including Myrtle Beach and Charleston, South Carolina and Raleigh, N.C. ✔ The biggest trouble spot: Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, a major hub for American Airlines ✔ More than 300 flights into and out of the busy airport have been canceled, according to flight tracker FlightAware ✔ Winds, tornadoes, flooding and a storm surge are all possible in the southeastern U.S. (Oct



Opinion | We need to pursue justice for Jamal Khashoggi

10/11/2018, 8:00:44 PM
Our trade partnership with Saudi Arabia doesn’t absolve the kingdom of responsibility for its actions. ✔ By Ben Cardin October 11 at 3:48 PM Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ✔ The Trump administration, to its credit, promulgated an expansive executive order to implement the law and has employed it in several important cases



Charli XCX & Troye Sivan Released The Video For "1999," And It's Filled With So Much '90s Nostalgia I Might Cry

10/11/2018, 7:11:38 PM
It'll make you want to go back! ✔ So, just in case you missed this, Charli XCX and Troye Sivan dropped their nostalgic-filled duet, 1999, last week!!! We can ignore the fact that they were both basically ~babies~ back in 1999 ✔ Tap to play GIF ...to appearing as the man who would revolutionize the '00s himself, the late Steve Jobs circa 1998, holding the classic iMac (well in this case an XCX)



Ritz-Carlton cruise ship takes to the water in Spain; Service starts in late 2019

10/11/2018, 4:25:09 PM
Hotel chain Ritz-Carlton's much-awaited expansion into cruising marked a major milestone on Wednesday as its first vessel touched water for the first time. ✔ The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Fullscreen Ritz-Carlton's new vessels will have five restaurants, including a 140-seat main dining room, an Asian fusion restaurant, a pool bar and grill and a seafood grill ✔ Other announced features include a Ritz-Carlton Spa



Fake emergencies, theft and vandalism - the worst flight attendant behaviour ever

10/11/2018, 4:30:20 PM
CABIN CREW have the patience of saints – ready with a smile despite the jet lag, swollen limbs and ungrateful passengers. But it turns out they do have their limit. Over the years, there have… ✔ The reasons for the rage ranged from bags in the overhead lockers to particularly gruelling flight routes ✔ One on flight between Tokyo and Paris, passengers complained of missing around £4,000 of foreign currency ✔ The crew, working on a Sydney-to-London flight, went on the rampage after they found out they were being relieved by scabs in Bangkok



5 Mood-Lifting Museums

10/11/2018, 6:55:41 PM
From New York to San Francisco, these colorful, whimsical exhibits are happy hunting grounds for everyone, especially those with Instagram accounts. ✔ In between scoops of frozen dessert, visitors entertain themselves by jumping in a pool of sprinkles, taking selfies with a giant gummy bear and writing ephemeral messages on a wall blanketed in letter magnets ✔ thebroad.org More in Off Duty Travel Searching the Amalfi Coast for Long-Lost Family Ties October 11, 2018 A Traveler’s Guide to Oregon City, aka ‘Portland Without the Weird’ September 27, 2018 Monty Python’s Michael Palin on His Trip to North Korea and Fondness for Old Socks September 26, 2018 The New Outdoor Getaway: Landscapes That Have Been ‘Rewilded’ September 20, 2018 Escape to Bratislava: A Secret Charmer on the Danube September 18, 2018



This £200m Mirage superyacht can turn INVISIBLE in the sea

10/11/2018, 4:00:33 PM
SUPERYACHTS are often associated with the rich and famous. The Mirage is a new vessel that boasts plenty of exciting features. ✔ There are plenty of jaw-dropping superyachts docked around the world ✔ SOLENT NEWS A TOUCH OF GLASS: The Mirage is equally classy on the inside (Pic: SOLENT NEWS) The illusion will be surprising to many, especially when they find out what’s hiding inside the luxurious cabins



In Santorini, tourists who weigh more than 220 pounds are now banned from riding donkeys

10/11/2018, 5:37:20 PM
If you weigh more than 220 pounds and want to ride a donkey in Greece, you may be out of luck. Santorini is putting weight restrictions on rides. ✔ The island of Santorini has officially banned tourists who weigh over 220 pounds from riding local donkeys ✔ Tourists wishing to take a ride on Santorini's famed donkeys must now weigh less than 220 pounds (100 kilograms), or one-fifth of the donkey's body weight, according to CNN and HuffPost ✔ Getty Images/iStockphoto Fullscreen Santorini, Greece



Searching the Amalfi Coast for Long-Lost Family Ties

10/11/2018, 6:22:03 PM
Tracing their lineage along the Amalfi Coast, an Italian-American clan finds past glory—and infamy. ✔ Guardia Lombardi town clerk Luigi DiSanto, who is married to a Siconolfi, pulled out registries of our ancestors’ birth records, written in flowery Italian script ✔ More in Off Duty Travel A Traveler’s Guide to Oregon City, aka ‘Portland Without the Weird’ September 27, 2018 Monty Python’s Michael Palin on His Trip to North Korea and Fondness for Old Socks September 26, 2018 The New Outdoor Getaway: Landscapes That Have Been ‘Rewilded’ September 20, 2018 Escape to Bratislava: A Secret Charmer on the Danube September 18, 2018 Getting Cozy With Coco: Touring the Private Homes of Fashion Icons September 13, 2018



A Fake Hotel Review Claimed Refugees "Slaughtered Goats" In A Hotel. This Newspaper Helped It Go Viral

10/11/2018, 4:18:20 PM
"Radisson Hotel Toronto East can confirm that the claims of goats being slaughtered in the public bathrooms are completely false statements," the hotel told BuzzFeed News. ✔ In late September, three far right YouTubers, including white nationalist Ronny Cameron, visited the hotel ✔ The company requires that reviews describe a first-hand experience by travelers ✔ With more than 15 years’ experience tracking reviews, we can spot what is normal reviewer behavior and what is not



Blue Planet II to return next year – with a live version

10/11/2018, 7:00:34 PM
The four-part series will run across a week in March and see presenters Chris Packham, Steve Backshall and Liz Bonin give updates on the discoveries made by David Attenborough’s landmark natural history series in 2017 ✔ And at the Great Barrier Reef, Bonin will take a look at how the turtles and birds are faring as well as examining the challenges being faced by all marine life because of plastic pollution ✔ She made five key promises to help secure the future of the BBC: nurturing new talent, looking after established talent, offering programmes for young audiences and diverse audiences and promising to work harder than ever for the country



Photos show life in East and West Berlin at the height of the Cold War

10/11/2018, 6:50:26 PM
The haunting, eerie city of Berlin at the height of the Cold War is captured in a series of fascinating pics by British photographer Allan Hailstone, who shot the east and west sides between 1959 and 1966. ✔ Photographer Allan Hailstone said he came upon this remarkable scene in Gendarmenmarkt in the east of Berlin on September 11, 1959 ✔ Haus Vaterland, built in 1928, was a major entertainment centre housing among other attractions Cafe Piccadilly, the largest cafe in the world



From Katie Price to Kim K and Essex yummy mummies: The 'bad b**** Barbies' who say you're just jealous of their 'tacky' pink Range Rovers

10/11/2018, 4:59:34 PM
They recline on monogrammed Chanel seats (pink, natch), pose provocatively on the bonnet and just love to turn heads. Meet the self-professed ‘bad b**** Barbies’ who are fuelling the fa… ✔ They recline on monogrammed Chanel seats (pink, natch), pose provocatively on the bonnet and just love to turn heads ✔ Blac Chyna, former best friend of Kim Kardashian, also has the flashy 4×4, treating herself to the wheels following her split from Rob Kardashian last year



It's two royal weddings for the price of one as Windsor gears up for the big day... again

10/11/2018, 5:55:56 PM
It is the curse of being the younger cousin in a big family. ✔ It is the curse of being the younger cousin in a big family ✔ 2) Check Mummy and Grandpa not sitting near each other ✔ Notably absent will be the Duchess of Cornwall, who will be at a harvest festival in Scotland, while Prince Philip is said to be planning to decide on the morning whether or not to go



Helen Skelton on THOSE shorts at Rio 2016 and breastfeeding in work meetings

10/11/2018, 4:59:33 PM
HELEN Skelton’s ‘revealing’ outfits were the talk of the Rio 2016 Olympics, but the woman herself insists she totally blocked it out – until her dad Richard appeared on This… ✔ My poor colleagues, I used to sit in a meeting with the baby under a shawl while I fed him ✔ And, in more celeb news, here's why Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding guests can’t use the loo after 10am… and more things they’re banned from doing



How BTS became the world's biggest boyband

10/11/2018, 5:49:07 PM
With One Direction on indefinite hiatus, the globe’s boybands have been slugging it out for the top spot. Meet the seven K-poppers who won, after wowing both the US and the UK ✔ BTS arrive for their first ever UK shows by private jet ✔ (From left) V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, J-hope ✔ Openly ambitious, Suga has repeatedly stated that a Grammy win is his next goal and recently added playing the Super Bowl halftime show (71,000 people in the arena; 120m watching at home) to the list ✔ Either could be the thing that cements BTS’s status as household names



Ariana Grande confirms break from music following rapper Mac Miller's death

10/11/2018, 7:59:37 PM
'I’m doing my best to keep going' ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ A representative for Grande recently said she would be taking some much needed time to heal and mend after both Miller’s death and last year’s Manchester Arena terror attack



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