SPAIN TO OPEN EMBASSY IN GEORGIA

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The Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, has announced that Spain plan to open an embassy in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi in the coming months, reports georgiatoday.ge

During a meeting in Tbilisi this week with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze, the two ministers said that initial steps towards open a Spanish diplomatic mission in Tbilisi have already been taken.

At present, the Spanish interest section located in the embassy of The Netherlands in Tbilisi handles Madrid’s consular affairs.

Mr Janelidze also took time to praise the increasingly close political, economic, agricultural and cultural relations between Georgia and Spain.

The two sides also discussed Georgia’s expected visa liberalization regime with the EU and the NATO Summit in the Polish capital Warsaw in July.

Mr Garcia-Margallo reaffirmed Spain’s support for Georgia’s territorial integrity as well as Tbilisi’s drive towards European and Euro-Atlantic integration during a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

http://georgiatoday.ge/news/3137/Spain’s-Foreign-Minister-Says-New-Embassy-to-Open-in-Georgia

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US ARCHITECTS STUDIO GANG TO DESIGN NEW US EMBASSY IN BRASILIA

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US Embassy Brasilia. Photo credit: brazil.usembassy.gov

Studio Gang Architects, based in Chicago and New York, has been chosen by the US Department of State to design the new US Embassy compound in Brasilia, the Brazilian federal capital city, reports archdaily.com 

Selected from a shortlist of six, the Jeanne Gang-led practice won the commission with their “strong and cohesive team approach with more than 20 years of collaborative experience executing projects with complex constraints at challenging sites,” says the report. 

“The multi-building campus will be situated on the existing 4.8 hectares (12-acre) Chancery complex within the city’s “Diplomatic Sector” near the seat of the Brazilian government.

The project will rebuild the compound and includes: a Chancery, Marine Security Guard Residence, support facilities, perimeter security, and facilities for the Embassy community.”

See the whole article at http://www.archdaily.com/783448/studio-gang-to-design-new-us-embassy-in-brasilia

Source: www.archdaily.com, US Department of State

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#American #Architect #Brazil #Capital #City #Destination #Embassy #Holiday #Tourism #Travel

 

 

HER ER VERDENS DYRESTE – OG BILLIGSTE, BYER

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Singapore 

Singapore er verdens dyreste by å bo i, men sveitsiske Zürich og Hongkong er hakk i hæl. Det viser den årlige rangeringen fra det britiske tidsskriftet The Economist, skriver vg.no 

København havner på åttendeplass, og er dermed den dyreste byen i de nordiske landene. Deretter kommer Oslo (13), Helsingfors (17), Reykjavik (29) og Stockholm (42).

Det er The Economist Intellegence United som årlig publiserer en “Worldwide Cost of Living”-rapport, og vurderer rundt 50,000 priser på 160 ulike varer, produkter og tjenester i hver by.

Her er verdens 10 dyreste byer å bo i – hovedsteder med uthevet skrift. 

1. Singapore
2. Zürich, Sveits
2. Hongkong, Kina
4. Geneve, Sveits 
5. Paris, Frankrike
6. London, Storbritannia
7. New York, USA
8. København, Danmark
8. Seoul. Sør-Korea
8. Los Angeles, California, USA

Og her er verdens billigste byer:

Caracas, Venzuela
Damaskus, Syria
New Dehli, India
Chennai (tidl.Madras), delstatshovedstad i Tamil Nadu, India
Almaty (tidl.Alma-Ata), tidligere hovedstad i Kasakhstan
Alger, Algerie
Karachi, provinshovedstad i Sindh, Pakistan
Mumbai (tidl.Bombay), delstatshovedstad i Maharashtra, India
Bangalore (Bengaluru), delstatshovedstad i Karnataka, India
Lusaka, Zambia

#Alger #Algerie #AlmaAta #Almaty #Bangalore #Bengaluru #Bombay #By #California #Caracas #Chennai #Damaskus #Danmark #Destinasjon #England #Ferie #Finland #Frankrike #Geneve #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Hongkong #Hovedstad #India #Island #Karachi #Karnataka #Kasakhstan #Kina #Korea #København #London #LosAngeles #Lusaka #Madras Maharashtra #Mumbai #NewDehli #NewYork #Norden #Norge #Oslo #Pakistan #Paris #Reise #Reiseliv #Reiselyst #Reisemål #Reykjavik #Seoul #Sindh #Singapore #Stockholm #Storbritannia #Storby #Sveits #Sverige #Syria #SørKorea #TamilNadu #Turisme #Turist #USA #Venezuela #Zambia #Zurich

BERLIN: SECURITY FEARS OVERSHADOW WORLD’S BIGGEST TRAVEL FAIR

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Photo credit: itb-berlin.de

Security fears are on everybody’s lips at the ITB travel trade fair in the German capital Berlin as a battered tourist industry seeks to reassure travellers and tour operators that they need not shy away from booking summer holidays for this year, the Reuters news agency reported.

Attacks in tourist hotspots like a Tunisian beach resort and Paris over the past year have rattled travellers’ confidence, sending bookings for Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt plummeting and heralding a slowdown in demand for international travel.

“People have money to spend, but there’s a strong negative impact from the geopolitical situation. People fear attacks,” Roy Scheerder, commercial director at low cost Dutch airline Transavia, told Reuters at ITB.

The ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) fair takes place at the Messe Berlin 9-13 March.

In 2015, 5,000 journalists from 75 countries and 350 bloggers from 29 countries attended the ITB Berlin.10,000 exhibitors from 185 countries took part, and close to 200,000 people (members of the travel industry and the general public) visited the fair. The turnover of business deals signed was ? 6,7 billion.

See the whole story at http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-tourism-outlook-idUKKCN0WC2F8

Source: http://uk.reuters.com, www.itb-berlin.de

#Berlin #Blogg #Blogger #By #Destinasjon #Egypt #Ferie #Flyselskap #Frankrike #Hovedstad #Journalist #Messe #Nederland #Paris #Reise #Reiseliv #Reiselyst #Reisemål #Sommer #Storby #Tunisia #Turisme #Turist #Tyrkia #Tyskland

#Airline #Blog #Blogger #Capital #City #Destination #Fair #France #Germany #Holiday #Netherlands #Summer #Tourism #Turkey #Travel

GRAND CAFE GJENOPPSTÅR

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Grand Cafe

Fursetgruppen, som også driver Ekebergrestauranten og Michelin-restauranten Maaemo overtar driften av nedlagte Grand Café i Oslo, skriver vg.no

Selskapet har sikret seg en langsiktig leiekontrakt av Grand Cafe, melder Dagens Næringsliv.

Grand Hotel

Tradisjonsrike Grand Café måtte stenge dørene 1.september i fjor, etter 141 år. Flere år med underskudd førte til at selskapet Pandox, som driftet Grand Hotel og kafeen, ga opp driften av kafedelen.

Nå skal Fursetgruppen, som eies av Bjørn Tore Furset (47), igjen skape aktivitet i de historiske lokalene.

Det er allerede klart at navnet på spisestedet fremdeles skal være Grand Cafe, og Furset håper å være i gang med driften til julebordssesongen starter.

Fra før driver Fursetgruppen også blant annet også restaurantene Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin, Lofoten Fiskerestaurant, Dyna Fyr, Maaemo og Ekebergrestauranten.

Les også http://hovedsteder.blogg.no/1435089774_stenger_grand_cafe_et.html

Kilder: www.vg.no, Dagens Næringsliv

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DUBLIN BUS LAUNCHES “THE 1916 BUS TOUR – BEYOND BARRICADES”

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“The 1916 Tour – Beyond Barricades”, the latest addition to Dublin Bus Tours has been launched in Ireland’s capital. It was launched by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, reports financialexpress.com

Speaking at the launch of the tour, the minister said, “1916 is undoubtedly the most renowned period in our country’s history. As we approach the centenary of the week that led to the birth of the Irish State, people are looking to find out more about the events surrounding the rising, any possible family connections to what went on and the experiences of the men and women who fought at the GPO and other landmark sites. Dublin Bus’ 1916 Tour Bus is a welcome addition to the commercial services the company already has in place and promises an accurate and convincing portrayal of the rebellion to Dubliners and those coming from further afield.”

See the whole story at http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/travel-tourism/dublin-bus-launches-the-1916-tour-beyond-barricades/222169/

Source: www.financialexpress.com

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QATAR AIRWAYS SKAL FLY PÅ HELSINKI

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Finlands hovedstad Helsinki styrker sin rolle som nord-europeisk transitthavn når Qatar Airways, med base i Qatars hovedstad Doha, snart begynner flyvninger dit, skriver reisenettstedet travelnews.no

– Vi er svært glade for å se Qatar på Helsinki Airport, sier visepresident Joni Sundelin ved Finavia – den finske parallellen til Avinor.

– Dette er et flott flyselskap, som står for høykvalitets service og har gode forbindelser til store deler av verden, sier Sundelin videre.

Ifølge Joni Sundelin vil Qatar Airways’ tilstedeværelse styrke Helsinki Airports (Helsingfors-Vanda) allerede solide tilbud av ruter til Asia og Midt-Østen, samt India, Afrika og Australia.

Qatar Airways, som er en del av OneWorld-alliansen, tilbyr ruter fra Doha til 150 reisemål på seks kontinenter. I fjor vant flyselskapet for øvrig Skytrax’ prestisjefylte pris som verdens beste flyselskap.

Dato for oppstart av den nye ruten er ennå ikke satt.

Sommeren 2016 har Helsinki Airport 17 destinasjoner i Asia i sin portefølje.

Les hele saken her http://travelnews.no/nyheter/fly/qatar-skal-fly-pa-helsinki

Kilde: www.travelnews.no

#Airport #Airways #Australia #Avinor #By #Destinasjon #Ferie #Finland #Flyselskap #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Hovedstad #India #Qatar #Reise #Reiseliv #Reiselyst #Reisemål #Turisme #Turist #Vanda

GJENNOMFØRTE VERDENS LENGSTE FLYRUTE

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Nylig gjennomførte flyselskapet Emirates, med base i Dubai i De forente arabiske emirater, verdens lengste flyrute målt i avstand. 

Den 14.193 kilometer lange flyruten gikk fra Dubai til Auckland i New Zealand og tok 17 timer og 15 minutter, skriver aftenposten.no

Flygningen ble gjennomført med Emirates’ nye flyflåte Airbus 380 – verdens største passasjerfly, med landing i Auckland torsdag 3.mars.

– Det er foreløpig ikke aktuelt med en direkterute fra Norge til andre destinasjoner enn Dubai. Per i dag går alle Emirates 150 ruter til og fra Dubai. Det finnes kun et unntak og det er Emiratesruten med en A380 som går daglig fra Dubai via Milano til New York, sier norgessjef Terje Grue i Emirates.

1. Auckland, New Zealand – Dubai : 14.193 km. Flytid: 17 timer og 15 minutter. Selskap: Emirates

2. Dallas, Texas, USA – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: 13.802 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 55 minutter – Qantas (Australia)

3. Atlanta, Georgia – Johannesburg, Sør-Afrika: 13.576 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 57 minutter – Delta (USA)

4. Los Angeles. California, USA – Abu Dhabi: 13.478 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 40 minutter – Etihad (Abu Dhabi, De forente arabiske emirater)

5. Los Angeles – Dubai: 13.395 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 20 minutter – Emirates 

6. Los Angeles – Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia: 13.385 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 40 minutter

7. Los Angeles – Doha, Qatar: 13.341 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 25 minutter – Qatar Airways

8. Houston, Texas, USA – Dubai: 13.118 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 45 minutter – Emirates

9. San Francisco, California, USA – Abu Dhabi: 13.103 km. Flytid: 16 timer og 15 minutter – Etihad

10.Dallas, USA – Hongkong, Kina: 13.049 km. Flytid: 17 timer og 5 minutter – American Airlines

Les hele saken på Aftenposten.no her www.aftenposten.no/reise/Verdens-lengste-direkterute-er-gjennomfort-705618_1.snd

Kilder: Aftenposten, USA Today, CNN Travel

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MARRIOTT WORRIED ABOUT PARIS HOTEL BOOKINGS

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Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center. Photo credit: marriott.com

US Hotel group Marriott International is concerned about tourist bookings in Paris this summer after November’s attacks on the French capital, an executive at the firm said on Tuesday, reports skift.com

Marriott, whose brands include the Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Autograph and Courtyard and which has 15 hotels in Paris, is working with the city’s tourist office and adapting some of its pricing in a bid to get travelers back there.

“Paris is the one that concerns us, but for the rest of Europe we don’t think there’s any reason why we shouldn’t get strong leisure travel,” Amy McPherson, Marriott Europe head, told Reuters at the IHIF hotels conference in Berlin.

McPherson said places such as Barcelona, London and Portugal were enjoying increased demand.

Earlier Marriott said it will double in size in Europe due to its takeover of Starwood, announced late last year.

Marriott has 61,000 rooms open in Europe, to which Starwood will add 40,500. The two companies’ pipeline of 21,500 planned hotel rooms means it will have more than 123,000 open or signed rooms once the deal completes in mid-2016.

See more at https://skift.com/2016/03/08/marriott-is-already-worried-about-paris-hotel-bookings-this-summer

Source: www.skift.com

#Barcelona #Berlin #By #Destinasjon #England #Ferie #Frankrike #Hotell #Hovedstad #Katalonia #London #Marriott #Paris #Portugal #Reise #Reiseliv #Reiselyst #Reisemål #Spania #Storbritannia #Storby #Terror #Turisme #Turist #Tyskland #USA

#Capital #Catalonia #City #Destination #France #Germany #Holiday #Hotel #Spain #Tourism #Travel #UnitedKingdom

TING SKJER PÅ GARDERMOEN

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Torsdag 27. april 2017 står den nye delen av Oslo Lufthavn klar, og Ting AS trakk det lengste strået om å drive butikk der, skriver reisenettstedet travelnews.no

– Fantastisk stort, sier styreleder i bedriften Ting AS Audun Viken. Som eneste interiør- og gavebutikk gleder vi oss til å tilby 25 millioner reisende hvert år moderne gave-og interiørartikler. Ting blir å finne i avgangshall utland med 100 kvm butikk, hvor norsk og skandinavisk design blir fremhevet, sier Viken til nettstedet.

Neste år ekspanderer Ting AS driften og åpner butikk nummer syv på Bergen Lufthavn Flesland, hvor butikken blir en av flere nye konsepter. 

Les hele saken her http://travelnews.no/nyheter/fly/ting-skjer-pa-gardermoen

Kilde: www.travelnews.no

#Bergen #Butikk By #Design #Destinasjon #Ferie #Flesland #Flyplass #Gave #Hovedstad #Interiør #Lufthavn #Norge #Oslo #Reise #Reiseliv #Reiselyst #Reisemål #Skandinavisk #Turisme #Turist