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Radisson Blu styrker sin tilstedeværelse i Finland med åpningen av Radisson Blu Aleksanteri Hotel i Helsinki, skriver Travelnews.no
– Vi er stolte over å utvide vårt langsiktige samarbeid med SOK Corporation og inkludere enda et storslått hotell i vår portefølje av prisvinnende hoteller i Norden. Med Radisson Blu Aleksanteri Hotel ser vi fram til å fortsette å glede gjestene med vår anerkjente «Yes I Can!» -service og gi dem førsteklasses hotellopplevelser, sier Tom Flanagan, Area Vice President for Rezidor Hotel Group i Norden.
Les hele saken på Travelnews her: http://travelnews.no/nyheter/fly/radisson-blu-apner-finland/
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Australian Embassy, Jakarta. This is Australias largest diplomatic mission anywhere in the world. Photo by Graham Crouch / Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Media Release from the Australian Embassy in Indonesia:
The new Australian Embassy in Jakarta has been opened by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
he new embassy is the largest ever constructed by an Australian Government and reflects the depth of the relationship between Australia and Indonesia.
The new complex in Patra Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, which includes a five-storey Chancery, accommodation for some Embassy staff, and a recreation and medical centre covers more than 50,000 square metres.
The embassy complex was built by Indonesian company Total Bangun Persada in partnership with Leighton (Asia) and continues to make a positive contribution to the local economy. During construction up to 2,500 local workers were employed on the site. The Australian Government is also undertaking upgrades to infrastructure in the local neighbourhood.
Ambassador Paul Grigson said the new embassy is indicative of Australia’s expanded diplomatic footprint which includes a Consulate-General in Bali and another mission soon to be opened in Makassar.
” The Embassy showcases the best in Australian innovative design and cutting edge technology to make the most out of the Indonesia’s environment while minimising the impact on local water and energy sources,” Ambassador Grigson said.
The Embassy complex uses low resource technologies such as collecting and using rainwater as well as solar hot water heating systems.
Extensive landscaping was carried out during construction including the relocation of four mature Banyan trees. The relocation is the biggest of its kind ever undertaken and has been recognised by the Indonesian Guinness Book of Records, receiving a Museum Rekor Indonesia (MURI) award.
The distinctive colours chosen for the Chancery are designed to represent Australia’s wealth in minerals such as copper, zinc, brass, steel and aluminium.
” The new Australian Embassy complex is not only a tribute to Australian creative design and innovation, but it is also a tangible example of a very successful Australian-Indonesian construction partnership,” Ambassador Paul Grigson said.
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The Australian government began talks on the new highly secure facility after the original embassy was bombed by terrorists in 2004, according to ABC.net
Nine people including the suicide bomber died in the attack, and more than 150 people were injured. No Australians were killed.
In the decade since, the Australian embassy staff have been working at a number of locations across the Indonesian capital as the original building was unable to accommodate a doubling of Australian staff.
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Abu Dhabi’s Tourism and Culture Authority is leading a delegation of hotels and travel agents from the emirate to China next week, visiting five major cities with a roadshow, reports Gulf News.
The city of Abu Dhabi is the federal capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The visit aims to showcase Abu Dhabi’s tourism offerings to China, and to reinforce the existing growth of inbound tourism from China.
The delegation, which also includes representatives from Etihad Airways, will visit Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong over five days.
China is the third largest overseas market for Abu Dhabi, with 177,000 Chinese arrivals in 2015, an increase of 47 per cent over the previous year, and a 31 per cent increase in guest nights at hotels and hotel apartments to nearly 264,000.
Also aiming to boost tourism from China is the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah’s Tourism Development Authority, which hosted a workshop for travel industry experts last week to offer a better understanding of Chinese tourists’ needs.
Ras Al Khaimah is one of the seven emirates in the UAE.
The event came in response to a growing number of Chinese visitors to Ras Al Khaimah, and discussed China’s current and future outbound tourism developments. It also discussed ways to attract Chinese visitors to the emirate and increase awareness of the emirate as a tourist destination for Chinese tourists specifically from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou.
In 2015, Ras Al Khaimah saw an 82 per cent increase in Chinese visitors compared to 2014, with the emirate’s tourism board planning to raise the figures further.
Read more at http://gulfnews.com/business/sectors/tourism/abu-dhabi-and-ras-al-khaimah-in-chinese-tourists-push-1.1698961
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Med egen butler, spaavdeling og Michelin-restaurant gjør hotellet The 13 i den autonome kinesiske regionen Macao, rett sørvest for Hongkong, alt for at gjestene skal få det så komfortabelt som mulig. Det koster, skriver e24.no
Macao, kjent for gambling og shopping, var portugisisk koloni i flere hundre frem til 1999, da territoriet ble tilbakeført til Kina.
The 13 vil bestå av 200 villaer, og skal bære preg av luksus i hver minste detalj. Hotellet skal etter planen åpne dørene i løpet av sommeren 2016.
Det var finansnettstedet Business Insider i Storbritannia som først omtalte saken.
Det børsnoterte selskapet Louis XIII Holdings Ltd. i Hongkong står bak hotellanlegget, som skal ha kostet over 1,4 milliarder dollar å bygge – nær 12 milliarder i norske kroner.
Stephen Hung. Foto: scmp.com
Hongkong-milliardæren Stephen Hung (57), kjent for sine spektakulære dresser og svært ekstragavante smak, eier hotellet, som han har oppkalt etter sitt eget lykkertall. Han er styreleder i Louis XIII Holdings, og nestleder i styret i Rio Entertainment Group, som driver Rio Hotel & Casino i Macao.
Les hele saken og se bilder her: http://e24.no/privat/reiseliv/prislapp-paa-1-4-milliarder-dollar-her-aapner-verdens-dyreste-hotell/23645590
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Fra venstre Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts og Keith Richards. Foto: www.therollingstones.com
En halv million mennesker møtte fram da The Rolling Stones i går spilte sin aller første konsert på Cuba. Dette var den første store rockekonserten på Cuba på over 50 år. Det meste av såkalt vestlig musikk; pop og rock, har vært forbudt like lenge. Blant annet stod The Beatles, Elvis Presley og The Rolling Stones på forbudslista.
Konserten, som var gratis, ble holdt utendørs på stadion Ciudad Deportiva i hovedstaden Havanna bare få dager etter at USAs president Barack Obama besøkte Cuba.
Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, som er en innendørsarena med plass til 15000 mennesker, ble åpnet i 1957, og er hjemmebane for Cubas landslag i volleyball.
The Rolling Stones ble startet i London i 1962, og består i dag av Sir Mick Jagger (72), Keith Richards (72), Charlie Watts (74) og Ronnie Wood (68).
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Flere byer i Nederland er lei “cannabis-turister” og forbyr nå utenlandske besøkende å benytte seg av deres mange “coffee shops”, skriver VG.
Fra 1. april kan heller ikke utlendinger som besøker grensebyen Sittard-Geleen, ved grensen til Belgia og til Tyskland, lovlig røyke cannabis på byens designerte kafeer.
Borgermester Eberhard van der Laan i hovedstaden Amsterdam har foreløpig klart å hindre innføringen av loven i sin by, etter innføringen på nasjonalt nivå for tre år siden.
Det er 230 kafeer i Amsterdam som tilbyr ulike typer cannabis. Borgermesteren anslår at rundt en tredel av de syv millioner besøkende til Amsterdam besøker en av byens “coffee-shop´er”, ifølge Reuters.
Eberhard Van der Laan mener et forbud kun vil føre til mer ulovlig salg på gaten, skriver VG.
Les hele saken her http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/narkotika/turist-nekt-paa-flere-hasj-kafeer/a/23643353/
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Boom I Mach 2,2: Dette flyet får plass til 40 passasjerer, og vil fly i 2.335 kilometer i timen, i 60 000 fots høyde. Foto: Boom
Etter at det supersoniske fransk-britiske Concorde ble parkert i 2003 har reisende over Atlanteren måttet nøye seg med ordinære rutefly, som har en flytid på 7 – 8 timer.
Nå lanserer det amerikanske selskapet Boom Technology, med base i Denver, Colorado – et nytt superfly som skal fly mellom London og New York på bare 3 timer og 24 minutter – 2,6 ganger fortere enn vanlige fly, skriver Nettavisen.
Tegningene av det nye flyet ble lansert 23.mars, men ennå vil det gå mange år før flyet er ferdig utviklet, og selskapet må tilføres betydelige midler før flyet står ferdig.
Vanlige rutefly har en hastighet rundt mach 0,85, mens Boom ha en hastighet på mach 2,2 – eller 2.335 kilometer i timen. Concorde hadde et hastighet på mach 2.
Concorde-billettene kostet 20.000 dollar tur/retur, nå vil Boom tilby rundturene for 5000 dollar – vel 49 500 kroner.
– Planen er at flyet skal gå fortere enn noe annet passasjerfly noen sinne, men for samme pris som business-klasse, Black Scholl (35), gründer og daglig leder i Boom Technology, til Bloomberg.
Scholl er amatørpilot, og begynte sin karriere i Amazon før han laget en mobil kjøpe-app kalt Kima Labs. Selskapet solgte han til Groupon, og pengene bruker han nå til å utvikle et helt nytt produkt for flypassasjerer. Boom startet opp i 2004.
I dag jobber 11 ansatte i Boom med å utvikle det nye flyet, og tar i bruk ny teknologi og nye materialer.
Les hele saken her: http://www.nettavisen.no/na24/boom-vil-ta-over-for-concorde/3423206083.html
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Brandenburger Tor in Berlin.
Across Europe, and other parts of the world, famous landmarks and attractions are lighting up the night sky in a display of solidarity with the residents in Brussels.
The illumination of the Belgian flag in Paris, Berlin, Rome, New York City, London, Dubai and other cities is a display of unity against terror, reports Deutsche Welle.
“In solidarity with the people of Brussels,” the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo announced on Twitter that the Eiffel Tower would shine bright in the colors of the Belgian flag. She then used the hashtag #NousSommesUnis – we are united.
It was the same hashtag Europeans used last November to show solidarity with the residents of Paris when it was hit by a series of terror attacks.
In the Netherlands, the Royal Palace in the capital Amsterdam, was illuminated in the Belgian colors. It was an “impressive” display of solidarity, tweeted the Dutch ambassador to the UN, Karel van Oosterom.
In Rome, the famous Trevi Fountain became Belgian for the night. Journalist María Teiero Martín, normally based in Brussels, tweeted how touching the gesture was.
In the rest of the world, other cities are also showing their solidarity. Andrew Cuomo, governor of the state of New York, said the 408-foot spire of One World Trade Center will light up in black, yellow and red.
Also, the world’s tallest hotel, the 828 meter high Burj Khalifa in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, lit up the sky with a two-fold color display demonstrating solidarity with Belgium and the European Union.
Read more, see photos and tweets at http://www.dw.com/en/eiffel-tower-brandenburg-gate-trevi-fountain-europe-lights-up-in-solidarity-with-brussels/a-19135104
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Puber i England og Wales får holde åpent to timer lenger fredag 10. og lørdag 11. juni i forbindelse med dronning Elizabeths offisielle 90-årsdag, opplyste statsminister David Cameron i parlamentet denne uken.
Dronningens egentlige bursdag er 21.april, og denne dagen skal også markeres i Storbritannia, melder nrk.
Vanlige åpningstider for puber i England og Wales er fra 11 til 23 mandag til lørdag, og fra 12 til 2230 på søndager. Skottland og Nord-Irland har egne skjenketider.
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TripAdvisor has announced its world’s best destination for 2016 in its annual Travellers’ Choice awards, reported stuff.co.nz
Described as “one of the world’s most admired destinations”, London was named the favourite in this year’s Travellers’ Choice awards despite the reputation of being a rainy and cold city, with an average temperature of between 20 to 22 degrees in summer.
London climbed five spots to become the favourite thanks to its mix of culture, music, history, fashion, food and beer. The Tate Modern, the Royal Opera House, Harrods and Abbey Road were mentioned as attractions that distinguish the English capital as a favourite ahead of Istanbul, in second place, and third-placed Marrakesh.
World’s top 10 Travellers’ Choice Destinations:
1. London, United Kingdom 2. Istanbul, Turkey 3. Marrakech, Morocco 4. Paris, France 5. Siem Reap, Cambodia 6. Prague, Czech Republic 7. Rome, Italy 8. Hanoi, Vietnam 9. New York City, USA 10. Ubud (Bali), Indonesia
Read more at http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/78164295/London-named-best-city-in-the-world-for-travellers-in-2016-TripAdvisor-Travellers-Choice-awards
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