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Time (in partnership with CNN) has compiled a list of gadgets that are most suitable for traveling, going by the magazine's standards. Although, for one reason or another, the Slingbox Pro-HD tops the list of ‘Best Travel Gadgets of 2009,’ Softpedia was happy to find Apple’s MacBook and iPod to... |
4 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Hollywood actress Brooke Shields and comedian James Belushi were involved in a plane crash at the end of last week, it has just emerged. The stars were flying together to attend a private function at the Hearst Castle estate. They landed safely, but the pilot forgot to secure the brakes, which made the plane slide in... |
7 October 2009
05:10 GMT |
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Virgin America Airlines has joined forces with CW for a brand-new reality show that will go into production soon, with a premiere date set tentatively for 2010. The new televised series will take viewers many miles up and then to various exotic locations as they “tag along” female flight attendants, learn... |
25 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Holiday Inn is revamping its image and has come up with the most original idea of doing so, with the help of world-record holder cardstacker Bryan Berg. The Key Card Hotel is a 400 sq ft construction in Manhattan and it’s entirely made of Holiday Inn key cards, it weighs two tons and promises visitors an experi... |
18 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Pamela Anderson has been part of more than one PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) campaign, the former “Baywatch” bombshell often lending her voice, face and body to the organization for a good cause. This time, with the Cruelty Doesn’t Fly campaign, things aren’t any different... |
10 September 2009
08:43 GMT |
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If you ever wondered how and where a famous Bunny spends her holidays, or which are her all-time favorite places to visit, wonder no more. In an interview with USA Today, Holly Madison, former Bunny and Hugh Hefner’s ex number-one girlfriend, offers an insight into the places she loves to visit, while also givi... |
26 August 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Aha MobileSG, Inc. has recently released what the company calls its “first consumer experience” – the Aha application for iPhone users. Aha MobileSG touts itself as being able to keep drivers informed about the world around them by connecting them to each other and to relevant information from the W... |
20 August 2009
08:23 GMT |
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Also known as SRK, Bollywood icon Shahrukh Khan has found himself “detained” at New Jersey’s Liberty International Airport over the weekend for a “secondary inspection,” which has prompted the Indian media to cry out racism and to point the finger at the high levels the paranoia has reac... |
18 August 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly considering a new campaign that will make California more attractive to tourists and that will, this way, generate plenty of profit. In order to present Cali to those who are not familiar with its beauty or what it has to offer, the Governor will team up with none other th... |
4 August 2009
11:33 GMT |
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Religious camps are by now very common, with children of different backgrounds enrolling for one during the summer, either because it’s their parents’ wish or because they personally choose to become more familiar with one belief or another. Born in the US 13 years ago, Camp Quest has recently opened its ... |
29 July 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Yahoo may be on the brink of selling its Search business or at least “renting” it to Microsoft but this hasn't stopped development, with new features still coming in. And, if you're planning a vacation this summer or you’re just stuck at home, this one is for you. Yahoo Image Search has ro... |
27 July 2009
04:18 GMT |
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Luggage mishaps are known to happen on airplanes, be it at the airport, or because of the way the packages are stored and transported. Either way, the flight company eventually owns up to them and finds some form of compensation for the respective passenger. This did not happen to Canadian singer Dave Carroll, who ha... |
24 July 2009
15:31 GMT |
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The UK is the hardest hit territory by the swine flu epidemics, which has made it clear to two of the biggest airlines that steps must be taken to prevent people with the virus from traveling to other parts of the world, or for those to enter the country. Thus, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have announced that ... |
21 July 2009
15:31 GMT |
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LL Cool J might not be the person you’d expect to be quarantined with for three whole hours but, for the passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to St. Louis, Missouri, it was a dream come true. The rapper was en route to see a ball game when the pilot was forced to do an emergency landing in Kansas City, after... |
16 July 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Trying to find a somewhat isolated location to spend the holidays, away from the maddening crowd as they say, can prove to be quite a challenge, even for the savviest and most informed of travelers. Still, those looking to give it a shot might as well try one small village off the coast of Chalkidiki, Greece, known a... |
11 July 2009
10:30 GMT |
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Whenever a celebrity gets into some sort of trouble on a plane, news of it is bound to transpire in the media. Just think the Ralph Fiennes scandal of a couple of years back or the most recent incident involving Joel Madden, who was reportedly asked to cover up his many tattoos before embarking. Now, it’s Sharo... |
8 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Going on a holiday is often good enough reason for any of us to forget about everything and just take a couple of days away from the everyday world. Still, as the trainers at The Daily Spark point out, this shouldn’t mean taking a break from a healthy lifestyle as well, since we can still take with us some fitn... |
5 June 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Several US and European airline companies have gone on board what is labeled the “fat discrimination” bandwagon, with United Airlines being the latest to adopt the so-called fat tax, which has overweight and obese passengers pay for two tickets instead of just one. According to several reports, the tax is... |
11 May 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Going on vacation is, as we all know by now, the best way to put behind us, albeit just temporarily, the stress of day-to-day life and really recharge our batteries. However, there still are some of us who can’t afford to go to exotic locations, for one reason or another, but that is not to say we can’t b... |
5 May 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden was forced to cover up the many tattoos on his arms before boarding a plane in London the other day. Within hours, word of this got out in the media, and British Airways, the company with which Madden flew, issued a statement saying that the employee to enforce such a regulation woul... |
28 April 2009
08:24 GMT |
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TripIt, an online travel itinerary and trip-planning service, has recently announced a free app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. TripIt for iPhone and iPod touch displays a traveler’s detailed itinerary on the handset's screen, offering the user the ability to view their travel plans at any given ti... |
16 April 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Sometimes, they say, you have to live life like a star to feel like one. While we probably couldn’t afford to have countless helpers around the house or to commute to work in private jets, we could at least try to travel as celebrities do and, this way, discover parts of the world that we wouldn’t know ot... |
8 April 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Frequent travelers know that one of the biggest annoyances they have to face each time they land is jet lag. Until not long ago, it was believed that jet lag was nothing more than just an upsetting occurrence that no one could do anything about, other than bear with it until it went away. Since research has shown tha... |
7 April 2009
13:21 GMT |
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With winter long gone, most of us are probably already feeling the need for a little break with a well-deserved spring vacation – if we haven’t done that already, that is. And, while relaxing and recharging our batteries is the easiest thing we could do, getting back on track once the holiday is over can ... |
3 April 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Before setting out for a relaxing holiday, one of the first things you must consider properly is, of course, accommodation. Going with a management company or the travel agency can be, in some cases, too pricey an option to consider. At the same time, tourists can find a rental (home or apartment) much more private a... |
27 March 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Having a comfortable flight can often depend on such an apparently insignificant thing as being offered the option of choosing between tens of movies, shows or music tracks. Enter in-flight entertainment systems, which offer customers a wide range of choices. They also expose the same customers to the danger of losin... |
23 March 2009
08:11 GMT |
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Last week, British actress Natasha Richardson passed away following a blunt impact to the head on the ski slope. The star, who was not wearing a helmet while taking ski lessons at a private resort in Quebec, died shortly after the fall because of brain damage. Her case is now being used by authorities in Quebec in a ... |
23 March 2009
07:51 GMT |
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When it comes to Valentine’s Day, there is never too much that can be done to show the loved ones how they mean the world to us. Whereas some of us settle for just a regular Valentine card, or flowers and candy, others would travel across the globe for a romantic break with their lover. Of course, it would be o... |
12 February 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Update: HearPlanet is still free to download via the App Store, although we had been informed that the Jan 11 was the last day iPhone users could grab the application at no charge. The original news piece is intact and available below.If you're always on the go and own an iPhone or iPod touch, you could surely u... |
10 January 2009
07:12 GMT |
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While flying is nothing but a necessary evil to getting to the destination, be it an exotic spa where we’re vacationing or something business-related, that does not mean that we should look worse for when getting off the plane. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of steps, small steps, that we can take to mak... |
23 December 2008
15:21 GMT |
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The world-wide famous rocks are one of Australia's choices for a world list of seven of the most extraordinary places in nature, along with 13 other touristic "must-see"s like the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Blue Mountains and so on. The winner is to step into the next stage, competing with the first-place be... |
17 December 2008
06:14 GMT |
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The capital of Portugal is one of Europe’s most fortunate cities, since it has all the right ingredients that make it worth visiting all year round. Its mild climate welcomes the tourist with temperatures around 10 degrees Celsius even in the cold season, which should be precisely the thing to attract all those... |
12 December 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Some of the best locations on Earth to do that are Norway, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and not forget, Alaska. Basically, it is to be “captured” by everyone living above 60 degrees north latitude. The Northern Lights - or Aurora Borealis, as it is also called – is likely to occur mostly from S... |
10 December 2008
10:53 GMT |
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Richard Garriott, son of former astronaut Owen Garriott, has recently returned from a trip to outer space, where he went along with 2 Russian professional astronauts, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, aboard a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. Richard Garriott spent 12 days in space, the largest part of which was inside the I... |
28 October 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Nokia, the largest handset manufacturer in the world, and Lonely Planet, the famous travel guidebook publisher, have just announced the availability of Lonely Planet for Nokia Maps 2.0. From now on, Nokia users who love to travel can get Lonely Planet city guides for more than 100 destinations. The guides are inte... |
19 August 2008
06:20 GMT |
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A recent comScore study proves that July is not only the best time of the year to go on vacation, but also the best time to spend your time online on websites that promote leisure goods or services. "The summer months tend to draw Americans to more leisure pursuits and that was certainly the case in July," commented ... |
18 August 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Not long after the release of its Global Navigation service, AT&T has come up with other new offerings for its customers who travel a lot around the globe. More exactly, the largest North American mobile operator now provides new data plans as well as extended roaming coverage. The two new data plans for customers... |
5 August 2008
09:34 GMT |
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Due to its semi-Central European location, Slovenia is easily accessible via a variety of transport means, most notably by air or by car. The capital city of Ljubljana is linked to most European capitals (among which Frankfurt, Vienna, Brussels, Paris, London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Istanbul... |
21 April 2008
08:39 GMT |
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If I were to describe Slovenia in just two words, "hidden gem" would definitely be my best guess. This small Central European country is pretty much the geographical and cultural equivalent of the proverbial casket of wonders: relatively small as far as surface goes, Slovenia will make travelers feel they've go... |
21 April 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Two things first: 1. Wow! 2. Finally... what took it so long? It looks like the zeppelin commercial flight will shortly resume with the Manned Cloud airship, which will basically be a flying hotel. The French manufacturing company Massaud argues that, when finished, the airship will be able to carry 40 passengers on ... |
4 February 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Yahoo!'s recent change on its travel information (including pricing) site has pretty much shook that part of the industry. FareChase, the travel site promoted by the Sunnyvale based company, was forced on the market by its biggest competitor's buying of Sidestep. Probably seeing that there is room for one m... |
17 January 2008
13:21 GMT |
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The recent acquisition that Kayak made of Sidestep, valued at 200 million dollars, forced Yahoo! Travel to step up its game and stop lingering about. The first move they made was to drag the FareChase tab from the shelving and put it front and center on their page. It shows the default search engine for pricing fligh... |
11 January 2008
16:56 GMT |
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CellTrust Corporation announced the availability of FlightAssist, a mobile alerting service that can be used by travelers to receive flight-related information on their cell phones via SMS. FlightAssist provides mobile phone owners with an easy and convenient way to track important flight information, such as flight ... |
9 August 2007
09:35 GMT |
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The popular online video sharing service YouTube is now offering one more channel after the parent company Google signed a deal to support the World Travel Awards campaign. The new page offers several clips provided by the tourism industry and according to Travel Guides, it already recorded more than 1000 views. This... |
6 July 2007
09:33 GMT |
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Space tourism is becoming increasingly popular and some people hope it will become the next big attraction and maybe the ideal family vacation, sometime in the near future. Current private trips to space may cost around $20 million, so it's not an affordable ride for mere mortals, but more and more companies an... |
6 July 2007
08:21 GMT |
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Space tourism is a refreshing alternative and even if for the moment the pioneers paid around $20 million for a trip to the International Space Station, future trips will get more affordable, so in a few decades, travel agencies around the world could advertise "space tours" and who knows, maybe even on the Moon.Th... |
4 July 2007
03:32 GMT |
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Virtual tours offer tourists a recreated view of famous historical sites that are either inaccessible or have been damaged or destroyed over time. In some cases, this is the only way to travel in time and walk around mankind's greatest construction achievements.Technology from computer games, animation and arti... |
28 May 2007
05:09 GMT |
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Investing in space technology now may be similar to buying Microsoft shares two decades ago: highly profitable. It seems the next industry area to experience an economic boom will be the exploration of space and space tourism.Last month, the first ESA Investment Forum took place at the European Space Research and Te... |
22 May 2007
08:40 GMT |
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People need media (and advertising in particular) to create needs. Yeap, that's right... you would be lost if it weren't for advertising (don't believe me). Just imagine yourself going to the market without knowing anything at all about the brands there and having to read all the labels. So much time l... |
10 May 2007
14:26 GMT |
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Steape announced the launch of a series of talking phrase books for mobile phones. The products allow travelers to easily communicate in a foreign language using an application on their mobile phone. The translators have already gained popularity in the Netherlands and now they are also made available in the UK and U... |
10 May 2007
09:32 GMT |
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