Aviation: LUFTHANSA
has become the latest airline to offer a
discount on tickets booked via an
electronic
reservation system. http://www.lufthansa.co.uk
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Netherlands:
The Queens Day (Koningennedag)on 30th of
April is an excellent time to be in
Holland You will find festivals in most
towns.
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Aviation: SKYMARK
AIRLINES, a Japanese carrier, is
introducing women-only seats on a number of
its
aircraft as some female passengers say
it's
too stressful sitting next to men.
Women who fly with Skymark will now be
able to request the seats for flights
between
Tokyo and Fukuoka in the south of the country.
From next month, 10 seats on each flight will
be
reserved for women aged 12 and over who find
it
more 'relaxing' to sit next to someone of
their
own gender. A Japanese rail company
recently
said it would start women-only night
trains
after complaints about unwanted attentions
from male passengers. http://www.skymark.co.jp
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Ferries:
P&O Stena Line is to launch a new
service.
From May 1 you'll be able to travel from Dover
to Zeebrugge in Belgium on one of five daily
sailings.
The crossing will take approximately four
hours and there'll be an introductory fare of
£89,
rising to £150 as standard.
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Argentina:
The First World Congress of Steam and Tourist
Trains, will take place in the City of
Ushuaia between 19th and 21st
October 2001.
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Aviation:
EMIRATES
is to provide every passenger
on its long haul flights with an exercise
device
proven to boost blood circulation in the legs.
Called Aerogym, it is an ingenious piece of
equipment
where the user presses down on an inflatable
footpad
which compresses the veins in the foot and
squeezes blood into the main veins in the
calf.
The pressure involved in squeezing the foot
causes
muscular contractions of the calf muscles
which, acting like a muscle pump,
promotes
the flow of blood through the main veins to
the heart.
The Aerogym was designed and developed by Paul
Richards,
a former British Airways' captain and
long haul pilot. http://www.emirates.com/pageair.asp
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Aviation: "Around the world
flight" UNITED AIRLINES
has re-launched its London - Delhi service
this week after a six year gap. United
is now the only airline to offer a genuine,
one airline, around the world operation.
If you were to take the flight you would
travel nearly 20,000 miles in 40 hours flying
time. The economy fare would be £1,249,
plus airport taxes.
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HOLLAND:
'Floriade' a world
horticultural exhibition in 
the Netherlands, is held once every 10
years the event in 2002 will be the
fifth. Floriade 2002 will run from
mid-April to mid-October in the
district of Haarlemmermeer, close to
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and tourist
centres like Amsterdam and Haarlem.
Floriade 2002 is expected to
attract three million people from all
over the world.
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Las Vegas: Plans for a new London-themed
hotel-casino in are now underway. The
44-story resort (2,000+ rooms) will be built
on the site of the recently imploded El Rancho
Hotel on
the Las Vegas Strip and will feature a
90,000-sq.ft. casino.
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Ecuador:
British and Americans planning to
travel to Ecuador will need to acquire
a tourist visa from April 15. The new
move means travellers will have to
purchase a visa, which costs about
$30, before entering the country.
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Disney
is reckoned to have paid nearly $450mn to the rights
for two Winnie the Pooh books for 26
years. Disney is expected to
incorporate the new Winnie the Pooh
properties into their theme parks and
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BOEING Have dropped plans
to build the 747X and have announced
plans for a new aircraft, dubbed
"the sonic cruiser", with
planned seating of 175-250. It
could lead to a family of aircraft
carrying 100-300 passengers while
cruising at Mach .95 to Mach .98,
just under the speed of sound.
The new plane, 15%-20% faster than
most other commercial aircraft, also
would have the potential to fly
further, with
a range estimated at 10,350 miles.
The aircraft could be flying by 2006
or 2007. http://www.boeing.com
NEW YORK to PARIS RACE 2002
100 cars to leave
New York City on 4 August 2002 for
a six week adventure across the world
re-creating the wheel-tracks of the
intrepid 1908 pioneers to Paris. This
motoring marathon will cover nearly
14,000 miles, visit 3 continents, 9
countries and blaze trails across
North America, Canada, the Far East of
Siberia and Europe – all challenging
logistics even in today’s
communication led techno-world. An
airlift will carry the entire event
between America and Siberia.
The
original race had just five starters,
took six months The New York to
Paris Race 2002 will provide equal
challenges for today’s drivers.
Drivers can enter modern family cars
or rally prepared machines, exotic
machines of all ages or popular 4x4
vehicles.
The $40,000
entry fee covers all accommodation,
administration, the airlift between
North America and Siberia, medical
cover and membership of the most
exclusive travel club in the world! www.newyorktoparisrace.com
COACH USA DOUBLE DECKERS IN
NEW YORK CITY
Coach USA
Gray Line New York Sightseeing have introduced
state-of-the-art
deluxe double decker motorcoaches.
This is New York City's first new
fleet of Double Deckers since WWII.
They are wheel chair accessible and
environmentally friendly. It is a 12
million dollar investment in New York
City, and it offers tourists a brand
new way to see New York City "On
the Double. Website: www.CoachUSA.com
INTERNATIONAL PUPPETRY
FESTIVAL: The Mayor's Office
pulls strings for a new festival
PUPPETROPOLIS CHICAGO Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that
the City of Chicago will host
Puppetropolis Chicago, June
14-24, 2001, It will feature dozens of
performances, workshops &
exhibitions by local, national &
international puppetry artists at
locations throughout the city. www.cityofchicago.org/SpecialEvents
INFLIGHT
E-MAIL:
Virgin Atlantic Airways will
become the first airline to offer
e-mail and Internet facilities to all
passengers from the end of the year.
They will provide e-mail and Internet
onboard Virgin Atlantic flights
through seat-back television screens
or passengers’ laptops.
Passengers will be able to send and
receive e-mails from their laptop,
access the Internet and send text
messages via the seat-back video
screen, all of which are then fed to
the e-mail server.Richard Branson,
chairman of Virgin Atlantic,
said;"..unlike other airlines who
focus solely on those in business
class. Economy passengers will be able
to e-mail friends and surf the web
while business passengers will be able
to remain connected and up to date
with their e-mails throughout the
flight..
AIRPORT WAITING: HEATHROW: In an
effort get around the
inevitable lines at airports
this problem British
Airways are experimenting with the
"queue buster", a portable
computer check-in device designed to
help the late arriving passengers who
are in a panic. Check-in
agents based in Heathrow Terminal 4
are donning cyber style equipment
designed to deal with this problem.
Each "queue buster" has a keyboard worn on
the arm, a head mounted mini display
and a battery on a belt.
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