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Nordic Choice Hotels åpner enda et hotell i Helsingfors og øker hotellkapasiteten med nærmere 700 hotellrom.
Nordic Choice Hotels åpner enda et hotell i Helsingfors. Det nye hotellet vil ligge ved Helsingfors-Vanda lufthavn og heter Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport.
Åpningen skjer fire dager etter at konsernets første finske hotell på Busholmen i Helsingfors har åpnet, i oktober 2016. Dette er neste steg i Nordic Choice Hotels’ utvidelsesplaner, der målet er å åpne ti hotell i Finland de neste fem årene.
Allerede i vår kunngjorde Nordic Choice Hotels at de skulle gå inn på det finske markedet og åpne et nytt hotell på Busholmen i Helsingfors. Satsingen på Busholmen var et første steg for konsernet, som har tatt sikte på å åpne ti hotell i Finland i løpet av fem år. Når hotellkonsernet nå kunngjør at de åpner enda et hotell i Helsingfors på Vanda lufthavn, viser Nordic Choice Hotels at de mener alvor, og at ekspansjonen er i gang allerede før det første hotellet har åpnet.
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Two Polish tourists became the first in 55 years to be trapped in Vienna’s famous big Ferris wheel after staff packed up and went home, reports the local.at
The couple had been the last to board the Wiener Riesenrad – which is German for Vienna Giant Wheel – at the end of the day, and a staff member decided to allow them around one more time.
But they handed over the controls to a colleague, who was unaware the couple were on board, and he switched the lights off and went home.
Company boss Peter Petritsch said: “Something like this has simply never happened to us in 55 years.”
He said there were two members of staff on duty when the couple asked if they could go on the wheel for a romantic trip just before it closed. He said the second staff member had not realised and switched everything off.
The two Polish tourists had reportedly at first enjoyed the romantic view but eventually became bored and after being stuck for 40 minutes they decided to use their mobile phones to call for help.
A staff member quickly arrived on the scene, and arranged for the pair to be brought back to the ground where they were given a bottle of champagne to say sorry.
The 64.75-metre (212-foot) tall Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Vienna is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions.
It was the world’s tallest extant Ferris wheel from 1920 until 1985 and most famously appeared in the post-war Orson Welles film The Third Man, which was released in 1949.
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The Italian capital Rome will host The Ryder Cup for the first time in 2022. The historic announcement, made today by Ryder Cup Europe, will see golf’s greatest team event staged on the Continent of Europe for the third time, reports rydercup.com
The Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, only 17km from the centre of Rome, will follow in the footsteps of Club de Golf Valderrama in Spain (1997) and Le Golf National in France (2018) – when the 44th edition of the match between Europe and the United States is staged in the autumn of 2022.
Four nations – Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain – had participated in an exhaustive and comprehensive Bid Process to identify the country best qualified to follow Hazeltine National in Minnesota next year; France in 2018 and Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in 2020, as host of the biennial contest. Initially the number had been seven when the process began in June last year, but Denmark, Portugal and Turkey withdrew their interest in the early stages.
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A Chinese man shows how a canister is used. The demand for bottled air by Vitality has soared in China. Photo credit: vitalityair.com
Since China’s capital city Beijing issued its first ever air pollution red alert last week, sales of bottled Canadian fresh mountain air to Chinese customers have soared, reports The Daily Mail.
Two entrepreneurs from Alberta have been selling Vitality Air for just over a year, but over the last two weeks their sales to China have increased dramatically, reports The People’s Daily Online.
The red alert over air pollution was issued by Beijing authorities on December 7, lasting three days, amid the second bout of bad air this month. During this time PM2.5 levels – tiny hazardous airborne particles – exceeded 900 micrograms per cubic metre.
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Kyrgyzstan has opened an embassy in Kuwait, the press service of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic reported, according to the 24.kg news agency.
According to it, the Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev took part in the opening ceremony of the embassy today as a part of his official visit to Kuwait. The president visited the building of the diplomatic mission of the country and greeted its staff.
The opening ceremony was attended by the First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdyldaev.
Later on, Almazbek Atambayev will go on a working visit to Qatar.
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(Reuters)
Fast-food giant KFC is opening its first US-style fried chicken restaurant early next year in a shopping mall in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China, business.asiaone.com reported.
The two-story restaurant, which is under construction, will serve residents and tourists alike, said Yum Brands Inc, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
“The restaurant will incorporate local design elements, provide employment opportunities and support the development of the regional supply chain,” a company representative said. Chen Biao, a manager with the Lhasa Shenlishidai shopping centre, said consumers in Tibet are likely to embrace KFC’s fast food, a mix of its US-style dishes and others more in keeping with the traditional tastes of the Chinese consumer.
“Before KFC chose to enter Tibet, we already had some fast food restaurants such as Dico’s,” Chen said, referring to the Chinese fast-food restaurant chain owned by the Ting Hsin International Group.
“Consumers in Tibet accept fried chicken and hamburgers.” The new KFC, which could open as early as January, should appeal to tourists in the city, which is growing as a renowned tourism destination, Chen said. Xu Bin, founder of haixizang, a website that provides information on travel to Tibet, said some individual tourists would choose restaurants that offer convenient Western fast Food.
But he questioned whether tourist groups would find it too expensive and too small to accommodate their numbers. The city’s younger residents maybe bigger fans of the restaurant’s buckets of chicken served with mashed potatoes and gravy. Basang Drolma, a 16-year-old Tibetan girl, said her parents don’t like Western food, but she gets them to take her to such places on the weekend.
“I like to eat fast food, like the hamburgers and fried chicken wings in Dico’s,” she said. Dronla, 26, a Tibetan from Lhasa, said she liked to eat some Western dishes, such as streak and pizza, but didn’t like fried chicken or other fast food. KFC will be watching sales closely.
It said it plans to build a 4.67-hectare frozen storage area in the Lhasa suburbs to prepare for further expansion in the region. In 2004, KFC shelved plans to open in Tibet, saying it was not “economically feasible”, according to Reuters.
But spending power has continued to increase. Tibet’s GDP hit 92.5 billion yuan (S$20.2 billion) in 2014, maintaining its double-digit growth since 1994. Market potential and a sound investment environment have made Tibet increasingly attractive to overseas investors.
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November-statistikken til Flightstats viser at Oslo Lufthavn er den punktligste flyplassen i Europa i kategorien «store lufthavner», skriver travelnews.no
Dette kommer i samme måned som trafikktallene viser en vekst på 4,2 prosent sammenliknet med november i fjor.
Både innland og utland vokser med henholdsvis 3,4 og 5 prosent. Totalt reiste 1 932 206 antall passasjerer til og fra Oslo Lufthavn i november i år sammenliknet med 1 854 907 i fjor. De fem største destinasjonene er Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, København og Stockholm.
På verdensbasis ble Oslo Lufthavn nummer syv. Den mest punktlige lufthavnen i verden ble Doha (DOH) med en punktlighet på 94,42 prosent. På plassene bak følger Tokyo (HND) med 92,96 og Istanbul (IST) med 91,03 prosent.
Desember måned er alltid travel på Oslo Lufthavn og 2015 er ikke noe unntak. Den kommende uken er den uken i desember med høyest trafikk, og fredag 18. desember er den dagen i julen med høyest antall forventede passasjerer.
Av øvrige norske lufthavner utmerket Bergen Lufthavn Flesland seg på fjerdeplass i kategorien «regionale lufthavner», sammen med Stavanger Lufthavn Sola som kom på sjetteplass.
Bransjeorganisasjonen Flightstats fører statistikk over punktligheten for flyselskap og lufthavner over hele verden.
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Havana
Now that the Obama administration is working to reestablish diplomatic relations with the largest island nation in the Caribbean, there’s a lot of optimism that Cuba’s capital city, Havana, and its population of over two million could see prosperity over the relatively short term, inverse.com reports.
But Cuba watchers and an increasing number of people on the ground are learning that you can’t build a future without stabilizing the past.
One of the city’s biggest draws is its architecture, which has a distinct European feel. “Some people have called it “the Paris of the Caribbean”, says John Pilling, an architect based in Boston who has visited the country a few times. “It’s a handsome city, even in its state of disrepair.”
Disrepair is the right word. The city, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is currently in very poor shape with crumbling infrastructure, terrible roads, and crumbling facades. Cuba needs money, and it needs it fast.
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“The Rezidor Hotel Group is the only international hotel group with a significant portfolio in the Nordic region. It is also one of Europe’s leading airport hotel operators. We have presence at almost all major gateways and travel hubs across the continent. With a new Park Inn by Radisson in Iceland, we are signaling our commitment to maintaining our leading position in the Nordics and offering a great hospitality experience for all segments, across all markets”, said Tom Flanagan, Area Vice President Nordics of The Rezidor Hotel Group.
Situated in the city center and only 5 kilometers from Keflavik International Airport, Park Inn by Radisson offers 77 colorful rooms and suites with innovations like Free & Fast High-speed Internet. The hotel also offers 470 sqm of meeting & event space equipped with top modern conference technology.
The hotel is a relaxing haven for business and leisure travelers who can enjoy the hotel’s all-day-dining restaurant, a lobby bar and variety of wellness services, from yoga to beauty treatments and a gym that will be renovated soon.
Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon and the capital city Reykjavik are 20 and 35 minutes away from the hotel. With its unique landscape of mountains, hot springs and glaciers, Iceland is one of the most fascinating countries and islands of the world. The number of international visitors increased by 20% per annum over the past two years to 1.1 million.
“We are looking forward to welcoming global travelers to our latest addition close to Keflavik International Airport. Park Inn by Radisson is set to offer its signature mid-market hospitality experience topped by an unparalleled Yes I Can! service. We are proud to partner with The Rezidor Hotel Group, Nordic’s undisputed hospitality leader, on this project,” commented Bjarni Pálsson, owner of the hotel.
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I Nord-Irland feires Year of Food and Drink i hele 2016. Hver eneste dag er viet til kokker og delikatesser fra alle distrikter og små avkroker, melder Jump Into Ireland i en pressemelding. Det skriver Dagbladet.
Noe av formålet er å vise fram Nord-Irlands mange gamle mattradisjoner. Folk i den britiske provinsen er stolte av alt fra kjøtt og spesialbrød, til håndlagde oster, brennevin, eksklusive sjokolader. og lokalt øl.
Det blir en rekke matfestivaler og et nytt matrelatert tema hver måned.
