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Struth! Taking the Pisco in Peru
ON Peru’s National Pisco Sour Day, water in this Lima inner-cityfountain is replaced by 2000 litres of the “national cocktail” for revellers to enjoy free. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in Peru they treat getting on the national drink Pisco […]
18-night fly/cruise package with Cunard
AUSTRALIA’S leading online cruise company ecruising.travel has released an 18-night fly/cruise package combining the “French Riviera and Adriatic Wonders”, which includes a 14-night cruise on Cunard’s magnificent Queen Elizabeth from Rome to Venice. Priced from only $4879 per person twin share it also includes return economy airfares from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and four nights […]
Compagnie du Ponant Unveils Details of its New Ship: Le Lyrial
The newest ship in the Ponant fleet, Le Soleil, soon to be joined by Le Lyrial Le Lyrial, the latest addition to French-flagged Compagnie du Ponant’s luxury fleet will be launched in the Spring of 2015, adding a fourth sister ship to Ponant’s Boreal-class fleet. The state-of-the-art Le Lyrial will join similarly designed sister ships […]
Samuel Johnson House: there’s a word for it.
OF FOPDOODLES, BEDPRESSERS AND AMATORRULISTS David Ellis WHEN he wrote his celebrated Dictionary of the English Language back in the mid-18th century, lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson and seven assistants took eight years to complete the job – in today’s terms a seemingly inordinately long time. But across the English Channel, a French […]
Outrigger acquires two Fiji properties
Hawaii-based Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging, retail and hospitality companies in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania regions, continues to expand its global portfolio of absolute beachfront properties with the announcement today that it has purchased from its partner, Mr. Geoffrey Shaw, the complete shareholding in the […]
Outrigger acquires two Fiji properties
Hawaii-based Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging, retail and hospitality companies in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania regions, continues to expand its global portfolio of absolute beachfront properties with the announcement today that it has purchased from its partner, Mr. Geoffrey Shaw, the complete shareholding in the […]
Corinthian II (now Sea Explorer) sails for the Arctic with Quark in 2014
Corinthian II will sail as Sea Explorer for Quark in 2014 New in 2014, Quark’s Arctic Quest voyage is the most in-depth expedition. Wildlife, culture and tradition, history and incredible natural beauty abound when you travel from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic. Details about Sea Explorer
TAUCK Exclusive – The Tauck Roman Holiday Event
Private after-hours tour & VIP dinner inside the Vatican Museums 6 nights from US$5,390pp. Departing on the 18 October 2014 Discover the essence of Rome as few have ever experienced it on the Tauck Roman Holiday Event. By day discover the city, travelling in small groups and engaging in four different sightseeing routes, and by […]
Pandaw unveils ‘Lost Burma’
The luxurious Pandaw “baby”, Pandaw Kalay, on the Irrawaddy River in Burma. (Supplied) Pandaw Cruises, pioneers of river cruising in Southeast Asia, is building smaller, shallow-draft vessels to open up the virtually untapped spectacular upper reaches of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar. This will mean year-round cruising for the first time through some […]
MSC Cruises 2-for-1 Caribbean deal aboard MSC Divina
Starting the New Year with an achievement is a great way to celebrate the summer and in this month’s issue of Porthole Cruise USA Magazine, Editor-in-Chief Bill Panoff singles out MSC Cruises’ MSC Divina, which recently debuted in Miami, as “Best Caribbean Newcomer.” When MSC Divina arrived in Port Miami on November 20, 2013, she […]
