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Around the World in 10 Days – “Make it Count”

Possibly one of the best travel videos I’ve seen that also has an important message. Contracted by Nike, filmmaker Casey Neistat and his buddy Max “make it count” by using Nike’s money to fund a 10-day round the world adventure that saw them visit Paris, London and a host of other interesting destinations before running out of money. The […]

United States Authorities to decide who can visit Canada, Mexico and Cuba

New rules require British Airways and other airlines flying to certain airports outside America to submit passengers’ personal data to United States Authorities. The information is checked against a “No Fly” list containing tens of thousands of names. Even if the flight plan steers well clear of US territory, travellers whom the Americans regard as […]

World’s Most Visited Cities – 2010

London gets knocked off the top spot in figures released from Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking, covering 100 of the world’s leading and most dynamic cities in terms of international tourist arrivals. After recording a decline in 2009, international arrivals to countries regained growth in 2010. Star performers in 2010 were emerging city destinations […]

Travel Predictions for 2012

As the economic agenda continues to dominate, the travel and tourism research team at Euromonitor International takes a look at what will be hot in travel and tourism during 2012. Europe is set to face a tough year, with recession imminent, which will weaken tourism demand. However, opportunities exist in emerging regions, from Africa to […]

On Board Five-Star Chef for First on Etihad Airlines

First Class in-flight meals on Etihad—the Abu Dhabi-based airline—are now being prepared by a qualified chef. One person is dedicated to cooking, preparing and plating the meals served in the front of the plane. Etihad announced the hiring of 110 restaurant-caliber chefs to fly back and forth from Abu Dhabi to a handful of cities […]

Yotels and Sleepbox

Your traveling long haul and have a long stop over before your next flight, hanging around in the terminal is not the most comfortable ways of spending your time, though a new option is available in New York, London and Amsterdam are Yotels and Sleepbox, where you can rent a room by the hour. Yotels […]

World’s first HD streaming video of planet Earth

World’s first ever high definition, streaming video of planet Earth, installed on the outside of the International Space Station through a joint effort with the Russian Space Agency, the camera will provide a 40 km wide, high resolution, color image down to as close as 1.1 metres. UrtheCast is building, launching, installing, and operating two […]

Global Debt – Countries with the Highest Debt

Global debt is increasingly becoming a serious global issue. Below is a list of countries with the highest external debts. All the talk of financial crisis it was good idea to get a look at the situation of countries with their debt listed, it proved interesting to see, and shocking. These results are as of […]

Ash Clouds & Travel Insurance

Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull eruptions disrupt flights in Europe because of ash clouds. Scotland and Scandinavia have some 250 flights cancelled. In 2010 the volcano ash grounded most of northern Europe for more than a week, causing chaos among passengers and airlines, costing billions. I was lucky to have flight bans lifted the day I was […]

TOP 100 MOST VISITED CITIES – 2010

Top most visited destinations and cities for the year ending 2010 in terms of international tourist arrivals. The economic crisis that started in 2008 has caused a drop in international travel, in the top 100 cities there is an average 3.5% drop. There is no part of the planet that has not been effected. One […]

MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORTS

A list of some of the world’s most dangerous airports, scary landings and take-offs. It’s not the sort of thing you always wanted to know before you travel, but there are some airports around the world notorious for risky landings and take-offs. I’ve researched and found a list of some of the worlds most dangerous […]

TOP 100 MOST VISITED CITIES – 2009

Tough year in the travel industry for 2009 with slow growth and rising costs of travel, meant people decided to stay closer to home. There is no doubt that 2009 was a challenging year for the travel industry, which continues to struggle well into the first half of 2010 with increased prices all around. It […]

TOP TRAVEL DESTINATIONS FOR 2010

A compilation of the top travel destinations as predicted and announced by the some the web’s most popular travel websites. Its hard to predict what the next travel hotspots will be but I’ve looked around and complied a list from some of the most recognised travel websites and put together this list of the world’s […]

COMPASS – A Life Guide

Before I knew anything about the web, I had other ways to find inspiration and voice my interests, COMPASS – A Life Guide was one of my first personal projects. It was clear from an early start I was a dromomaniac, just I didn’t have a definition to it. This work is one of my first […]

The 10 Characteristics of the Achieving Personality

A Profile of Greatness Is security a utopian goal or is it another word for rut? Where would the world be if all men sought security and had not taken risks or gambled with their lives on the chance that, if they won, life would be different and richer? We shall let the reader answer […]