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The Apartment Service, www.apartmentservice.com, has just posted the Global Serviced Apartments Industry Report 2011-12. This is the 3rd report of its kind looking at the worldwide serviced apartment, extended stay and corporate housing industry. 

 

The report can be downloaded free of charge from our website: (http://www.apartmentservice.com/News_Room/GSAIR2011/GSAIR_2011-12_low_res.pdf)

 

, or a hard copy can be ordered by sending a message to Bard Vos (bardv@apartment.co.uk) with full address det

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Full Day Lake Nakuru Birds' Sanctuary.

 Full Day Lake Nakuru Birds' Sanctuary.

 

Lake Nakuru lies in the volcano-strewn Rift valley, one of the chain of 8 lakes, which stretch the length of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia. The 160 km drive from Nairobi passes through highland farms of the Kikuyu people before descending the escarpment into the dramatic landscape of the Rift. Lunch is taken in the park and is followed by an extensive tour which focuses on the bewildering spectacle of a million flamingos but which also seeks out the larg

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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Puerto Viejo can be called the main tourist destination of the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. The town is located in Talamanca Canton in the province of Limon, in the southeastern coast of the country, close to the Panamanian border.

The magic of this place is a combination of different reasons such as white sand beaches, crystal waters, excellent surf conditions, wide variety of wildlife, great diversity of cultures and one of the most attractive factors: laid-back vibe Caribbean style.
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Many Puer

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Dvořák Events... Happy Anniversary, Antonin

THE CZECH COMPOSER WHO INVENTED AMERICAN MUSIC

 

9008658858?profile=originalAntonin Dvořák, whose 170th anniversary is this year, was not just the greatest of Czech composers. You could argue that Dvořák (1841-1904), the son of a butcher from a village near Prague, was also the father of American classical music. Just as he urged his compatriots to incorporate Czech folk tunes and even birdsong into their music, he urged American composers to use their own songs for inspiration – so much so that he horrified several milli

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The road less traveled

Something to Declare: Good Lesbian Travel Writing
Edited by Gillian Kendal; University of Wisconsin Press, 230 pages; paperback, $19.95

Reviewed by Heather Cassell

Published: Ocotber 5, 2011

 

When I embarked on a search for stories by queer women travelers, I didn't expect that it would be a journey in itself: "L Word", "power lesbians" and years of treasure troves of lesbian travel tales pilfered from the pages of lesbian magazines be damned. Someone somewhere would have the

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Africa home adventure

Kenya adventure tours - Tanzania budget tours operator committed to offering sustainable and affordable friendly kenya tours and tanzania safaris since 2001. African Home Adventure Kenya Budget Safaris is among the finest Kenya Budget Tour Operators and Tanzania Adventure Safaris that offers a level of product, excellence service through experience and value that is second to none in the following itineraries: Tanzania Lodge Safaris.. Kenya Adventure Safaris..Tanzania Budget Safaris..Kilimanjaro

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ENCHORO 6DAYS SAFARI PACKAGE

Maasai Mara and The Great Rift Valley Lakes

AHAC 027: 6 DAYS - MASAI MARA/LAKE NAKURU BOGORIA AND BARINGO

This Safari takes you South through the Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara game reserve where the largest concentration of wildlife in Kenya is to be found. Then back North to the remote lakes Nakuru,Bogoria and Baringo a bird watchers and naturalists paradise.

DAY 1 :Nairobi-Maasai Mara
Pick up in the morning and head west for Maasai Mara Game Reserve for luch at the campsite followed by aftern

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Enchoro Wildlife Safari Camp offer clean, comfortable, safe and relaxed budget semi luxury accommodation in Masai Mara National Reserve for independent budget travelers and kenya safari goers. Several
types of accommodation to suit various customers' needs. For example, the Enchoro Bush Camp is geared for families, as the safari camp is partly fenced in and kids can roam around in complete safety within the confines of this budget tented camp.
9008666499?profile=originalThe Enchoro wildlife Camp is designed for budget trav

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Mountain Biking in Nepal

Mountain biking is a young sports in Nepal. The thrill and excitement involved in the sport is making it popular day by day. Lots of Nepalese have taken seriously to sports. The idea of mountain bike racing was first formed in Marin Country, in California in the early eighties. However, in 1996 it got included in the Olympic Games and later on in 1998 the sport got an early into the Asian Games. The National Sports Council of Nepal officially recognized it as a sport in 1995. The first mountain

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TripAdvisor Takes Legal Action Against Fake Reviews: Trouble Ahead?

Chris Emmins, reporting for KwikChex, says that the legal action TripAdvisor is now taking against hotels that solicit and post false reviews, is “tearing TripAdvisor apart.”

KwikChex, the dogged,  Wikipedia-like global reputation protection company based in the UK, just reported that TripAdvisor has proceeded  against hotels that have egregiously faked positive reviews on their sites.

The biggest offender apparently is the Rivers
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Enjoy Cambodia tours with luxury in place

When someone plans for a trip, he/she searches for the best destination. Cambodia is the most fascinated destination for the travel lover specially looking for a luxurious stay as well for the luxurious tours. Tours to Cambodia can be the most amazing experience since the place is surrounded by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam and all these places are the heart blowing places at the centre of South East Asia. Cambodia tours assimilates stunning beauty of the natural landscapes with the amazing tourist
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Southern Kenya at a Glances

5 Days Amboseli/Tsavo West/Tsavo East Drop Mombasa

Minimum 3 Pax

 

Day 1: Nairobi- Amboseli
Leave Nairobi and Drive South through masaai country via Namanga on the Tanzania Border and on to Amboseli with lunch enroute On arrival proceed for afternoon game drive, which provides a chance to see wild animals with mount Kilimanjaro on the Backdrop. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/campsite.

 

Day 2: Amboseli
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive, return to

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On 28th Sep, 2011, carrying the eager to explore the grandeur of nature, the first travelers together with ATA’s product manager – Mr. Tony Tran had launched the discovery to Son Doong Cave, the biggest cave in the world.

Accompany with the group is Mr. Ho Khanh who found the Son Doong Cave as a tour guide. The first meet with Mr. Ho Khanh really impressed everyone. Just a warm smile, a strong handshake from him is enough to make everyone feel warm at heart. At Ho Khanh ‘s house, the group had th
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Vacation Rentals

This is first in our series of our Tripatini Blog posting,let start my telling more about us and what we do:

 

Faraway Vacation Rentals is an online marketplace that lists various styles and types of vacation rentals and holiday rental properties around the world.

 

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 We offer the opportunities for owners and property managers to advertise their vacation rentals and vacation properties to local and international travelers alike.

Our site provides a unique medium for potential renters to interact with

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7 of the Best European Christmas Markets

There are only a few weeks left until the squares of all the major cities are filled with market stalls, Christmas trees and hot wine salesmen. For fans of both Christmas and traveling, we’ve rolled up a list of the best Christmas markets in Europe.

Being one of the most celebrated holidays around the world, Christmas magically transforms the city squares into an extravaganza of light and aroma.  Some cities have not just one or two markets, but dozens. We have therefore selected great cities tha

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La Alberca, Spain: A Step into Yesterday



9008661894?profile=originalIt’s difficult to talk about La Alberca without lapsing into cliché. The moment I walked into the cobbled Plaza Mayor, the main market square, surrounded by three- and four-storey, half-timbered houses, I thought of a film set for a mediaeval epic.

From the shaded balconies hung a profusion of flowers, making the viewer think, for a fleeting second, he’d been transported from Spain to Bavaria or the Tirol.

La Alberca lies about 60 km. south-west of Salamanca, at the foot of the Sierra de Francia m

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