The world's
largest Cruisferry, 'The Pride of  Rotterdam,'
has been officially named by HM Queen
Beatrix of the Netherlands at a ceremony
on the River Maas. The ship can carry
250 cars and has a freight deck with
a capacity of 4.5 running
kilometres. The vessel which can carry
1,360 passengers joins the P&O North
Sea Ferries fleet of 17 ships and
will operate on the Hull to
Rotterdam route.
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Festivals in
Europe include 'The procession of
the  Holy
Blood' in Bruges which takes place
on the 24th of May.
The medieval
parade through the ancient street
provides an exciting spectacle for the
whole family
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Aviation: BRITISH AIRWAYS has
inaugurated non-stop Boeing 777 services
to The Port of San Diego, in
California, USA.
The new daily services are the first
transatlantic non-stop operation in the
history of San Diego and will open up
the city for travel to and from Europe.
The flight time is 10hrs 20mins.
The airport also serves Palm Springs and
much of
northern Mexico. http://www.britishairways.com
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Park Hyatt's
newest property, Park Hyatt Chicago, has
been named one of the Best New Hotels in
the World according to Conde Nast
Traveller's fifth annual Hot List.
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MARITIME
HERITAGE FESTIVAL--APRIL 28 TO MAY 6
April 28-May 6: The Maryland
Maritime Heritage Festival sponsored by
Merrill Lynch Maryland includes a
City-wide series of events and exhibits,
including: colorful sailing regattas,
historic ships, traditional Chesapeake
Bay water craft, antique & classic
boats, educational and environmental
exhibits, marine artists, maritime
musicians, singers and story
tellers.
Website: www.visit-annapolis.org
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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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Ferries:
P&O Stena Line has a new
service.
You are now 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: "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
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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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