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Thailand ranked fifth in worlds top 10 honeymoon destinations
Thailand is fifth in the world for people using the Internet to seek out a romantic setting for their honeymoons. The kingdom’s ranking, which placed it firmly in the top five international destinations in 2013 searched via the world’s favourite search engine Google, was confirmed by an article published on Fodor’s Travel, one of the […]
Amazing Thailand Amazing Romance during the month of love 2014
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in conjunction with the Airports of Thailand (AOT) and the kingdom’s Immigration Bureau are giving loving couples an extra special welcome in Thailand this month. Couples coming here to wed or enjoy a honeymoon will find romance is in the air at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. TAT has set up […]
Hurtigruten’s vintage vessel, MS Lofoten, celebrates its 50th anniversary
MS Lofoten Hurtigruten has good cause to celebrate in March, when it will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the oldest and smallest ship in the fleet – the popular vintage vessel MS Lofoten. The ship made its maiden voyage from Bergen with Hurtigruten on 5 March 1964. The birthday will be celebrated with a […]
Peter Hillary To Join Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Kimberley With Spice Islands Voyage
Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund Hillary, will join Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic as a Global Perspectives guest speaker on the Kimberley with Spice Islands expedition departing 10 August 2014. Following in the footsteps of his father, the first mountaineer to summit Mount Everest along with Tenzing Norquay, Peter has climbed the highest mountain on every […]
In the Wake of Bering Expedition
– back for 2014 with Heritage Expeditions © ETan Kamchatka Brown Bear ©CCollins Spoonbilled Sandpiper ©NRuss Bukhta Petra We’re pleased to let you know that a select number of berths have become available on this year’s ‘In the Wake of Bering: In search of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper’ expedition […]
Tauck Exclusive – 2014 Run for the Roses: The Kentucky Derby
2014 Run for the Roses: The Kentucky Derby Bluegrass Country – 4 Nights Lexington Roundtrip from US$6,890* Thoroughbred World – 4 Nights Lexington Roundtrip from US$8,890* Tauck rolls out the red carpet for our guests on Run for the Roses: The Kentucky Derby – our exclusive five-day event in Lexington, Kentucky, celebrating the […]
One World Trade Center to open in 2014
More than a decade after the September 11 attacks to the World Trade Center twin towers in New York, the primary building of the new World Trade Center complex "One World Trade Center" (1WTC) is set to be open in early 2014. The 104-story building at the northwest corner of the 16-acre trade center site […]
Outrigger on the Lagoon . Fiji has been named number one family resort in Australia and the South Pacific in Trip Advisor’s 2014 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
The resort, on Fiji’s Coral Coast, has also been ranked among the top 25 best family resorts in the world by the on-line travel site, being placed fourteenth. Other resorts to make the top 25 included the Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheik in Egypt, Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, Club Med Ixtapa Pacific in […]
Toga Celebrating 100 years of Great Weekends
The modern two day weekend began just 100 short years ago. Here’s how it happened. 1914The revolution begins. Factory bosses and automobile tycoons first start shortening hours on Saturdays. 1921Aussies spread their wings with the beginning of the airline industry. 1926Henry ‘Model T’ Ford popularises the practice by rolling […]
Drive Away With Driveaway Holidays Huge Earlybird Car Rentals
DRIVEAWAY Holidays’ EarlyBird Europe Sale that’s been extended to February 28 2014 means clients can enjoy savings of up to 30% – and forget about any possible price rises – on Europcar car rental in Italy from April 1 to October 31 of this year… or up to 25%, and again no fear of price hikes in other parts […]
