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SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT: CRUISING THROUGH LIFE
david ellis DOUGLAS Ward doesn’t look the sort of bloke who’d have grown business men biting their nails, considering bribes or ultimately taking to the drink. But when this trim 63-year old has something to say, folks in cruise industry boardrooms world-wide take notice: a few of his carefully chosen words can mean the difference […]
SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT: CRUISING THROUGH LIFE
david ellis DOUGLAS Ward doesn’t look the sort of bloke who’d have grown business men biting their nails, considering bribes or ultimately taking to the drink. But when this trim 63-year old has something to say, folks in cruise industry boardrooms world-wide take notice: a few of his carefully chosen words can mean the difference […]
Luxury New Zealand Resort Takes Guests To The Skies This Ski Season
At the foot of New Zealand’s Southern Alps sits Terrace Downs, a unique destination resort nestled in at the base of Mt Hutt. Canterbury’s Mt Hutt is a winter paradise offering superb slopes and breathtaking views that stretch across the Canterbury Plains, from the Pacific Ocean to Mt Cook. Now locally owned and operated, Terrace […]
Luxury New Zealand Resort Takes Guests To The Skies This Ski Season
At the foot of New Zealand’s Southern Alps sits Terrace Downs, a unique destination resort nestled in at the base of Mt Hutt. Canterbury’s Mt Hutt is a winter paradise offering superb slopes and breathtaking views that stretch across the Canterbury Plains, from the Pacific Ocean to Mt Cook. Now locally owned and operated, Terrace […]
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTHSTRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS Continental also awarded “Best Airline Finance Deal” HOUSTON, June 18, 2008 – Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) todayannounced that it was named the “Best Airline in North America” at the2008 OAG Airline of the Year Awards. This is the fifth straight yearthat Continental […]
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTHSTRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS Continental also awarded “Best Airline Finance Deal” HOUSTON, June 18, 2008 – Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) todayannounced that it was named the “Best Airline in North America” at the2008 OAG Airline of the Year Awards. This is the fifth straight yearthat Continental […]
NAPOLEON’S GRAND MAURITIUS VICTORY SHORT-LIVED
david ellis OF all the battles he fought, Napoleon Bonaparte won only one at sea – and remarkably that was not in his own backyard in Europe, but on the other side of the world in the Indian Ocean. And while he was not personally involved in this historic skirmish in which a small part […]
ALL THAT’S MISSING IS SANTA CLAUS
TRAVEL BRIEFS By John Crook SMELL THE WILDFLOWERS Western Australia is best known for its wildflowers and its wine. Travel there between August and November for the best floral-scapes. At the same time take in some of its natural wonders including Wave Rock and the Valley of the Giants. Start and finish the seven […]
ALL THAT’S MISSING IS SANTA CLAUS
TRAVEL BRIEFS By John Crook SMELL THE WILDFLOWERS Western Australia is best known for its wildflowers and its wine. Travel there between August and November for the best floral-scapes. At the same time take in some of its natural wonders including Wave Rock and the Valley of the Giants. Start and finish the seven […]
Winter Festival Full of Surprises
Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 organisers have thrown some new and exciting performers into the mix. Late last week it was revealed that Dame Malvina Major would be performing at the American Express Gourmet Experience on Sunday June 29. This signature […]
