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Forge connections with local communities for meaningful travel

January 28, 20211028 Views

Marriott International has announced the launch of Good Travel with Marriott Bonvoy, a program offering meaningful travel across Asia Pacific. Against the backdrop of the global pandemic, and with travelers increasingly aspiring to make a positive impact on the communities they visit whether locally or abroad, the program aims to create opportunities for guests to forge first-hand connections with local communities and the environment during their stay, promoting both cultural understanding and positive change. Good Travel with Marriott Bonvoy kicks off today as a pilot at 15 Marriott International hotels across Asia Pacific, offering curated purpose-driven experiences that focus on three distinct pillars: Environmental Protection which aims to support the resiliency of the natural env...

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Slovenian duo scale the tallest chimney in Europe at 360 metres high

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January 27, 20211275 Views

The tower at Trbovlje Power Station used to billow smoke out of its neighbouring chimney from its summit 360 metres into the sky. Now no longer operational, two of the world’s leading climbers in Janja Garnbret and Domen Škofic came together to tackle the tallest chimney in Europe in their native Slovenia. It stands as the highest chimney in Europe but, from 2014, it has not been operational. The route plotted out for Garnbret and Škofic was also the largest artificial climbing route in the world, designed by specialists and IFSC route setters Katja Vidmar and Simon Margon. Venue of the Trbovlje Chimney in Trbovlje, Slovenia // Jakob Schweighofer/Red Bull Content Pool There were 13 pitches to tackle in all, the easiest of which were graded at 7b, while six were graded 8 and abov...

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Soneva Jani ushers in new era with the launch of Chapter Two

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January 27, 20211390 Views

The Maldives resort expands its award-winning offering with 27 new Water Reserves, new dining concepts, the Soneva Wellness Centre, and Soneva Unlimited, which includes unlimited access to meals, fine wines, diving, experiences, spa treatments and transfers Soneva, the luxury resort operator with sustainability at its core, has announced the launch of Soneva Jani, Chapter Two. The award-winning Maldives resort is synonymous with overwater luxury, superlative hospitality and rare guest experiences, and this new chapter marks the beginning of an incredible new era. Now open to guests, Chapter Two expands upon Soneva Jani’s portfolio of luxurious water villas, as well as introducing exciting new dining concepts, the Soneva Wellness Centre, and a whole new way to experience the best of the...

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New hotel quarantine measures would ‘destroy the Travel & Tourism sector’

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January 26, 2021379 Views

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says the introduction of new hotel quarantines by the UK government would force the complete collapse of Travel & Tourism as we know it. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, fears the crippling impact of the new proposals being considered by the UK government would cause irreparable damage to a sector which contributes nearly £200 billion to the UK economy. People wearing face masks walk in St James's Park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain January 22, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley The concern follows nine months of devastating travel restrictions, which has left scores of businesses crushed, millions of jobs lost or put at risk, and confidence to travel at an all-tim...

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सबसे न्यारी है मुनस्यारी

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January 25, 20211104 Views

मुनस्यारी को जानने के लिए इसके नाम का अर्थ जान लेना ही काफी है। मुनस्यारी का मतलब है ‘बर्फ वाली जगह’। अपने नाम के ही अनुरूप मुनस्यारी को उसकी खूबसूरती और आबोहवा के कारण ‘सार संसार एक मुनस्यार’ की उपमा भी दी जाती है यानि सारे संसार की खूबसूरती एक तरफ और मुनस्यारी की खूबसूरती एक तरफ। एक प्रकृति प्रेमी की दृष्टि से मुनस्यारी पर उपरोक्त उपमा एकदम सटीक बैठती है क्योंकि मुनस्यारी का कुदरती नजारा आपको अपनी ओर आकर्षित ही नहीं करता बल्कि मानो चुंबक की तरह आपको अपनी तरफ खींचता है। मुनस्यारी उत्तराखंड के दूरस्थ जिले पिथौरागढ़ में दिल्ली से लगभग 620 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर स्थित है। मुनस्यारी का सबसे बड़ा आकर्षण इसके ठीक सामने स्थित पंचाचूली पर्वत श्रृंखला है जो दरअसल पांच अलग-अलग हिमालयी चोटियां हैं। ये एक तरह से मुनस्यारी की जान हैं। अगर आप मुनस्यारी में हों और आपको अपने ठीक सामने नीले खुले आसमान मे...

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Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest

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January 23, 20211038 Views

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year’s annual meeting lie deserted. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away. A general view shows the the congress center, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann “Look around, it’s empty. Normally, all hotels would be fully booked at this time,” Reto Branschi, head of Davos Klosters tourism, told Reuters in an intervi...

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Tabletop Pakyong airport in Sikkim gets direct flight from Delhi

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January 23, 20211256 Views

Direct flight services between Delhi and Sikkim commenced on Saturday with a SpiceJet aircraft landing at one of the most scenic airports in India, Pakyong airport in the Himalayan state with 57 passengers. Commercial flight services to the tabletop airport recommenced after nearly one-and-half years after the private airliner halted its operations between Kolkata and Pakyong in June 2019 due to bad weather conditions and technical problems. Commercial flight operations to the airport started in October 2018. In June 2019, SpiceJet, the airport’s sole airline providing commercial passenger service, ceased its once daily Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata flight due to “unpredictable weather in Pakyong which results in very low visibility.” It had already suspended the other daily servic...

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French ski lifts may remain closed till the end of the season

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January 23, 20211213 Views

French ski lifts will not reopen on February 1 and it is not clear for now whether French people can start booking winter holidays in February, French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday. French ski resorts can welcome tourists but the lifts have not been allowed to open since the start of the season. With no mechanical means to lift them up the slopes, skiers and snowboarders have resort to trudging up the slopes with snow shoes. FILE PHOTO: People practice with snowshoes in the winter ski resort of Isola 2000 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Early January, the government said lifts would be allowed to reopen on Jan. 20 if the spread of the COVID-19 virus had been slowed, but in recent...

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Rio carnival not to be held in July

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January 23, 20211717 Views

It will not be possible to host carnival celebrations in July, Rio de Janeiro’s new mayor said on Thursday, as Brazil’s second wave of coronavirus infections gathers steam with vaccine supplies still scare in Latin America’s biggest country. FILE PHOTO: A worker of the Estacio de Sa samba school walks past a carnival float at the empty samba school headquarters, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo Eduardo Paes tweeted that he was aware of the economic and cultural benefits that the world-famous party, originally scheduled for next month, brings to the city. But he said there was no way it could be held even in the middle of the year. “It makes no sense to me to think at this point t...

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Nepal to turn Everest trash into art to highlight mountain’s garbage blight

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January 23, 20211466 Views

Trash collected from Mount Everest is set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, to highlight the need to save the world’s tallest mountain from turning into a dumping site. Used oxygen bottles, torn tents, ropes, broken ladders, cans and plastic wrappers discarded by climbers and trekkers litter the 8,848.86 metre (29,032 feet) tall peak and the surrounding areas. Tommy Gustafsson, project director and a co-founder of the Sagarmatha Next Centre - a visitors’ information centre and waste up-cycling facility - said foreign and local artists will be engaged in creating artwork from waste materials and train locals to turn trash into treasures. “We want to showcase how you can transform solid waste to precious pieces of art … and generate employment and in...