KTO to host travel fair in UAE
10/31/2018, 3:08:26 PMundefined ✔ More than 40 companies and travel agencies, such as The Face Shop and Etude House, will join in to attract female consumers ✔ Their average expenditure per person was 10.7 million won ($9,332), which was 5.4 times the amount spent by medical tourists from other countries
Jamaica shares sexual assault problem with Bahamas and other tourist hot spots
10/31/2018, 1:28:31 PMState Department travel alerts cite sexual assault issues Caribbean-wide, from jet ski rapes in Bahamas to date rape drugs in Barbados. ✔ In a 2018 report, the State Department wrote: Some American tourists alleged that they were the victims of date rape drugs (such as rohypnol roofies, PCP, scopolamine, etc.) slipped into their drinks or food in furtherance of criminal activity ✔ I don't foresee that there will ever be justice, the mother said in a recent interview with the Detroit Free Press, also part of the USA TODAY Network
James McAvoy warns tourists after nearly falling for £8K Tenerife holiday scam
10/31/2018, 2:48:20 PMJames McAvoy was nearly scammed out of thousands of pounds after trying to book a Tenerife holiday with a fake booking site. The British actor, who starred in Shameless and X-Men, is now warning ot… ✔ The real website is www.ritzcarlton.com DO NOT USE THIS ONE 🛑 (www.ritzabamatenerife.com)🛑 #annerobinsonweneedyou #watchdogbbc material ✔ I doubled checked it through a travel agent and it was a tenth of the price it should be ✔ has detailed the six most common frauds travellers need to be aware of - click here to find out more
Ryanair will CHARGE for hand luggage starting TOMORROW – everything you need to know
10/31/2018, 3:07:55 PMRYANAIR’S new hand luggage policy is coming into effect tomorrow. Here we reveal the changes and the new hand luggage rules you need to be aware of. ✔ Those who paid for Priority Boarding will get an extra carry-on bag, but this will cost £6 at the time of booking, or £8 if added after booking ✔ 60% of customers will be unaffected by these changes and we expect that the other 40% will either choose to buy priority boarding or a 10kg check back, or will choose to travel with only one (free) small bag as 30% already do so today
The fire that's been burning for 4,000 years
10/31/2018, 12:22:08 PMAzerbaijan is known as the "Land of Fire" for the naturally occurring fires that burn continuously on the Absheron Peninsula, most famously at Yanar Dag mountainside. ✔ For Zoroastrians, fire is a link between humans and the supernatural world, and a medium through which spiritual insight and wisdom can be gained ✔ The complex became a museum in 1975, was nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998, and today welcomes around 15,000 visitors a year
'Time traveller' claims she's been to year 6000 and has strange item to prove it
10/31/2018, 12:48:48 PMThe woman, known only as Chloe from Finland, claims that she could not resist but pick a very "beautiful plant" from a skyscraper and wants the world to see it ✔ Can you say that you have ever met such kind of plant ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Dad 'drinks himself to death' Straitjacket halloween flier slammed Man has penis filler 'as surprise gift' Thief breaks into ambulance
Don Lemon, CNN host: ‘Biggest terror threat in this country is white men’
10/31/2018, 2:38:06 PMCNN anchor Don Lemon declared Tuesday night that the biggest terror threat the country faces today is “white men” and that something needs to be done about them. ✔ It came just days before Saturday’s mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue and amid a rash of pipe bombs mailed to more that a dozen high-profile Democrats ✔ I keep trying to point out to people and not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity ✔ You’re covering the right story, and I appreciate you for that
Think tank recommends looking at Japan in promoting tourism industry
10/31/2018, 3:07:33 PMundefined ✔ Other recommendations included softening the current restrictions on the accommodation business to allow the use of empty homes, setting up more global theme parks, removing private consumption tax for golf course users and immediate tax refunds for duty free shop purchases
A Low-Fare Loophole for International Travelers
10/31/2018, 1:35:51 PMHow flights like the one from Houston to Manchester, England, on Singapore Airlines use a 74-year-old treaty to skirt regulations about who can fly where. ✔ (Both United and Delta have since pulled back from intra-Asian flying from Tokyo.) Tables turned a bit on U.S. carriers when Emirates took advantage of the fifth freedom with its JFK-Milan flights, which started in 2013 ✔ MORE FROM THE MIDDLE SEAT If Only Airline Tickets Were Like Sports Tickets October 24, 2018 A Guide to Surviving the Longest Flight in the World October 16, 2018 Your Rock-Solid Case for Flying Business Class for Work October 10, 2018 Flying Together With Your Children Keeps Getting Tougher September 12, 2018 The Airlines That Withstood 2018’s Cruel Summer September 5, 2018
12 amazing hotel balconies around the world
10/31/2018, 12:16:43 PMHere are some of the best hotel balconies we’ve seen, from Big Sur to Bangkok. ✔ Called sanctuaries, Jade Mountain’s rooms feature an innovative three-wall design (something many hotels have since tried to mimic) that opens up the space to the elements ✔ In the top-of-the-line suites, the outdoor space practically hovers over the teal waters, and in essence doubles the square footage
Thailand island to ban tourists from carrying popular item or be FINED on arrival
10/31/2018, 1:22:00 PMTOURISTS heading to the popular Thailand island of Koh Samet will need to remove a particular item from their suitcases or they could face new fines. ✔ Thailand ban: Plastic bags and styrofoam containers are to be banned from 1 November (Image: Getty) A first warning for those who break it will be given, yet continued flouncing of the rules could result in fines of up to 1,500 baht (£35) ✔ It currently welcomes over 5,000 a day which has seen the local ecosystem suffer from damaged marine life.
Passengers horrified after woman REFUSES to take bare feet off plane tray table
10/31/2018, 1:05:59 PMPASSENGERS have to put up with a lot on flights – but having bare feet in your face shouldn’t be one of them. But one woman travelling on a plane in China put her feet up on tray table and then ref… ✔ 3 The woman with the bare feet is seen arguing with a flight attendant in the video 3 The post on Weibo said that the women argued they had been doing ballet dancing so had to keep their injured feet up User Haidelan_BH wrote: After the people in front of the two aunties complained, they had the audacity to put their feet on their armrests
It’s official: winter has arrived in the Alps – here’s where it’s snowing
10/31/2018, 3:47:42 PMThe start of the ski season is getting ever closer ✔ Get inspired for the season with these pictures of tantalisingly white slopes shared by proud resorts on social media ✔ Reports from forecast website myweather2.com predict there’s a further 20cm to come in Hintertux this week ✔ Val Thorens, France Europe’s highest resort has been in a whiteout for the past few days and things don’t look set to ease up, with a further 10cm in the immediate forecast – great news for Telegraph Ski and Snowboard readers heading out to the resort on an exclusive reader holiday in December
Bizarre moment Phillip Schofield tries to interview a GHOST live on This Morning after women claims she's ENGAGED to a spirit named Ray - and they want children
10/31/2018, 2:05:32 PMTHIS is the bizarre moment Phillip Schofield tried to interview a GHOST live on This Morning. The presenter quizzed the spirit named Ray about his feelings for Amethyst Realm who claims she’s… ✔ ITV 5 Rochelle Humes struggled to keep a straight face during the interview It was the first time I'd ever properly heard his voice ✔ Someone else said: Rochelle’s face perfectly channels the suppression of my laughter rn at the woman engaged to a ghost @thismorning
Hakkasan: A taste of authentic Peking duck without going to China
10/31/2018, 12:16:50 PMWhile the signature Peking duck is less expensive than at some competitors, Hakkasan is definitely an upscale experience with a setting to match. ✔ Not many Chinese eateries have a salad section on the menu, but Hakkasan does, and it includes one of the must-try dishes, the fantastic crispy duck salad ✔ Rating: Yum! (Scale: Blah, OK, Mmmm, Yum!, OMG!) Price: $$$ ($ cheap, $$ moderate, $$$ expensive) Details: Thirteen locations including New York, Miami, San Francisco, Las Vegas (with nightclub), London (two), India, UAE, Indonesia, Shanghai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Why you should always hold onto your boarding pass
10/31/2018, 12:58:05 PMBetween facial recognition and the ever-growing desire to carry fewer and fewer documents, would anyone miss the humble boarding pass if we could board a flight without it? ✔ Between facial recognition and the ever-growing desire to carry fewer and fewer documents, would anyone miss the humble boarding pass if we could board a flight without it ✔ Did you know that holding onto that little slip could save you money on everything from hotels and restaurants to shopping and attractions
More 737 MAX jets to be inspected after Lion Air crash – but which carriers are operating the model?
10/31/2018, 3:47:49 PMundefined ✔ As of the end of September, more than 70 airlines have bought at least one of the 737 MAX family, amounting to 4,783 orders ✔ Aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman told the BBC that new planes can sometimes have snags that only reveal themselves after they are [used routinely]
From witch trials to hipster haunts – how Salem is reinventing itself
10/31/2018, 1:09:06 PMundefined ✔ The seafront is also where you’ll find the oldest sweet shop and chocolatier in town, Ye Olde Pepper Company; pop in to buy a bag of ‘turtles’ – giant truffle-like bundles of nuts and caramel covered in chocolate ✔ British Airways flies to Boston (britishairways.com)
The abandoned ship that's become an unexpected tourist attraction...
10/31/2018, 1:12:06 PMThe Duke of Lancaster has been rusting away in the Dee Estuary in Wales for over 30 years. But from January it’ll be the setting for an apocalyptic game in which participants have to shoot ‘infected’ scientists. ✔ An eerie abandoned ship has been given a new lease of life – as the venue for a terrifying ‘zombie experience’ ✔ Until November 1978 she had a brief stint as the regular relief vessel on the Holyhead–Dún Laoghaire service before being abandoned in Barrow, Cumbria, in 1979
Incredibly popular tourist attractions you probably haven't heard of
10/31/2018, 3:47:45 PMIncredibly popular tourist attractions you probably haven't heard of ✔ We’ve all heard of the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal ✔ Try to visit by road (which you can) and you are likely to queue up the highway which curves to a gulch that is 10 miles long and up to 3,000ft (900m) deep ✔ The viewpoint over the canyon is also effectively as far west as you can go in the archipelago
The dishes that define France, according to Michel Roux Jr – with three exclusive recipes
10/31/2018, 3:47:48 PMI’m British by birth, but a Frenchman at heart. ✔ I was brought up in rural Kent, but really it was as a French child in the English countryside ✔ My father, Albert Roux OBE, was working as a private chef on the Fairlawne Estate and he was always rearing animals for the table, like squab pigeons and rabbits
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Prospect is a stylish science fiction movie that puts world building first
10/31/2018, 2:38:55 PMIt shows incredible promise, even if it ultimately falls flat ✔ Photo: Gunpowder & Sky / DUST Science fiction tends to be an expensive genre ✔ And that leads to different versions of the same story being told time and again ✔ Prospect looks like a movie that could have been made in the 1970s, but that doesn’t make it feel dated
Google Maps Street View car swept away in US floods
10/31/2018, 2:33:50 PMVideo and pictures of the vehicle showed it submerged up to its roof ✔ Schleicher County Sheriff's Department said that a Google-owned car with a mapping system attached had become submerged on US Highway 190, about 45 miles south of San Angelo ✔ Doing so will show you all the Maps data has on you, which you can delete ✔ In November 2012, Google was forced to deny claims that one of its Street View cars ran over a donkey in Botswana
Madonna and adopted daughter attend Halloween bash in London
10/31/2018, 3:37:44 PMMadonna looked every inch the doting mother as she treated her girls and the rest of her four children to some Halloween fun at a party in London's Soho House on Sunday. ✔ Natural look: Styling her blonde tresses in polished waves and wore minimal make-up, showcasing her taut complexion with dewy foundation and taupe lipgloss She's a cool mom! She layered a lacy embroidered cardigan underneath and injected the outfit with her typical flair thanks to some gold chunky layered necklaces Shady lady: Madonna accessorised with clear square-frame glasses on the night Speaking about the adoption process with People, Madonna admitted the children are unaware of their mother's international status after being whisked away from a life of poverty in Malawi
How to turn packed lunches into winter warmers
10/31/2018, 12:55:59 PMWith a bit of home prep and an office kettle, there is a wealth of hot, healthy grub you can make at work, from noodle soups to chorizo couscous ✔ It has abruptly turned cold out and, just like that, not only are your socks too thin and your trousers too short, but your shop-bought BLT or leafy salad is decidedly not as warm and comforting as you need it to be ✔ At lunch, mix ½ chicken stock cube and ½ tsp Marmite into 500ml boiling water and pour over the leeks
Leonardo da Vinci, the Original Renaissance Man
10/31/2018, 1:29:10 PMLeonardo da Vinci’s ‘Codex Leicester’ is among treasures on view 500 years after the death of the Renaissance polymath ✔ Leonardo’s creations appear again and again in Western art, from early copies of his work to Marcel Duchamp’s parody of the Mona Lisa and Andy Warhol’s interpretations of The Last Supper ✔ ‘Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing,’ has a selection of 80 drawings from the Royal Collection
22 Things Under $20 That'll Have You Feeling Like Your Best Self
10/31/2018, 12:09:10 PMPut your best foot forward. ✔ I've had them for years and they haven't stretched or snapped on me ✔ Tap to play GIF Still looking for awesome stuff to buy ✔ The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews
Philip Larkin and the truth about mum and dad
10/31/2018, 1:26:19 PMAs a new book of Larkin's previously unseen letters to his family is released, Martin Chilton looks at what can be learnt about the iconic poet ✔ A horrible chip-infested place with swarms of depressing cut-price, kid-dragging people, caricatures of every vapid vulgarity, is how he described the city’s Market Place in 1962 ✔ Philip Larkin: Letters Home 1936-1977 , edited by James Booth, is published on 1 November 2018 by Faber & Faber (£40, 612pp) Support free-thinking journalism and subscribe to Independent Minds
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