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Jun52020 by Jessica RobinsonNo Comments

Houses cleared away in an amazing avalanche in Norway

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A few houses have been cleared into the ocean following an amazing avalanche in Alta district, northern Norway, on Wednesday. Anders Bjordal, a Norwegian Water Resources, and Energy Directorate engineer, revealed to CNN that he saw there had been a "big clay slide" in the wake of being called to the scene at 4 p.m. (10 a.m. ET) Wednesday to offer direction to the police and salvage group. The slide was 650 meters (2,133 feet) wide and 150 meters (492 feet) profound, decimated eight buildings, including four cabins which go about as the end of the week homes, Bjordal included. Nobody was hurt and all individuals were emptied from the buildings, he said. Bjordal said landslides of this scale "seldom happen in Norway, maybe every one or two years." "Here in Alta there has never been a sl...

Mar162020 by Simon ForrestNo Comments

UK is exhorting against all travel to the US during the coronavirus pandemic

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The U.K. government is exhorting residents and inhabitants against all travel to the U.S. in light of the coronavirus pandemic. In a short articulation, the U.K. Remote Office said it is “advising against all but essential travel to the USA,” a day after the U.S. government extended its list of nations whose nationals are successfully restricted from entering the U.S. to incorporate the United Kingdom and Ireland. The declaration by the U.K. specialists follows a move by the Trump organization to force limitations on remote explorers entering the U.S. with an end goal to help stem the number of diseases of the coronavirus strain, COVID-19, which a week ago was announced a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Trump administration at first saved the U.K. and Ireland from its 30-...

Feb282020 by Simon ForrestNo Comments

Renewed five-star hotel rating for Bali Dynasty Resort

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In the wake of having finished an official Indonesian certification and review process, the Bali Dynasty declared the renewal of its five-star hotel rating. The detailed evaluation was led by Sucofindo, a government-selected independent business certification board. Following an intensive examination, the outcome from the review demonstrated that the resort had successfully surpassed the standard qualifications for a five-star brand, which ranges from the quality of products, services, and managerial techniques. Didit Indra, general manager of Bali Dynasty Resort stated: “This document reaffirms our promise to be a premier resort for families, leisure and MICE in the heart of South Kuta Bali.” This is the second time that it has gotten this renowned accreditation, which is valid for thr...

Feb152020 by Brian MillerNo Comments

Quincy projects for new travel baseball competition

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The future of Tri-State travel baseball could be directly here in Quincy, as Moorman-Wavering Park is set to be the scene for 22 travel ball competitions beginning this spring. Coordinators of the first Q-Town competition said they plan to have more than 100 groups signed up by the time of the first pitch on April 10. Coordinators said it makes it so local families don't always need to travel to competitions outside the territory. They said there's a ton Quincy has to offer. "There is a lot to do at the Quincy parks with the put golf, batting cages, kayaks, paddleboats and fishing," organizer Darin Dodd said. "All of that stuff in between games instead of just sitting around for a couple of hours, sometimes three hours or four hours until your next game." Coordinators said the park's ...

Jan102020 by Jessica RobinsonNo Comments

Google’s new personalized travel includes fundamentally make it a $0 travel agent

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Google is extraordinary at making life simpler—particularly with regards to traveling. Take Google Flights, for example. It's fundamentally made the once-stressful procedure of finding the least expensive flight online a simple, breezy procedure. Presently joined with the recently included highlights for hotel booking, it essentially becomes the Google travel agent of people's dreams—one that’s always at their beck and call. Whenever people visit google.com/travel, they will see a handful of new features that help people plan their vacation from start to finish. There's a "when to visit" tab that gives them how climate and pricing change consistently, and a "what you'll pay" tab that enables them to check whether the costs are low, typical, or high on the dates they are considering their ...

Dec142019 by Natalia GreyNo Comments

California travel firm significantly increasing Dallas office with significant downtown lease

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One of downtown Dallas' greatest buildings has landed a significant new inhabitant. California-based TripActions, a quickly developing corporate travel management firm, is taking in excess of 88,000 square feet of office space in the Renaissance Tower at 1201 Elm St. The simply signed office deal is one of the biggest lease transactions in downtown Dallas this year and will carry many new laborers to the building. The move will likewise more than triple TripActions' office footprint in the Dallas region. “TripActions’ business is booming,” Whitebox Real Estate’s president and managing director Grant Pruitt said in a statement. “This is their second office relocation with a need to expand within a year.” The organization is moving from a smaller office at 717 Harwood St. The 56-story ...

Nov292019 by Natalia GreyNo Comments

Thanksgiving traverse Delaware Valley

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"AAA is anticipating the busiest Thanksgiving travel holiday since 2005. Breaking that down to air travel, locally here over 62,000 Philadelphia area residents will travel to their Thanksgiving destination by air. That's a 5% jump over last year," says Jana Tidwell with AAA. The insane groups from the small morning hours failed out by this afternoon, clearing a path for a simple excursion through the security checkpoint in Philadelphia International Airport. "So far it's been pretty smooth. We just got tickets downstairs and it doesn't look like the line is terribly long, so it looks like it will be smooth sailing," said Arnav Jagasia of Villanova. TSA had lines moving all through security checkpoints, as families arranged to set off to see their friends and family. Nancy Hagan left fo...

Nov122019 by Simon ForrestNo Comments

Steve Aoki, the world’s most traveled DJ, will just travel with these earphones

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Steve Aoki has earned himself innumerable accolades since he initially took the music scene with the launch of Dim Mak records in 1996. Over the past 23 years, he's racked up a great many dollars for his royalties and performances, an accomplishment that reliably places him among the top five highest-paid DJs in the world (he racked in over $30M a year ago, as indicated by Forbes), showing up at some of the most looked for after music festivals around the globe. The pressures of the business, joined with his work ethic, brought about Guinness World Record awarding him 2012's most-traveled musician after playing 168 shows in 41 nations. He's just proceeded with his streak from that point forward. In 2017, BBC detailed that in alone he played 300 shows while working 361 days that year. It's...

Oct262019 by Joe WhitekerNo Comments

Four cash tips to make travel during retirement possible

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Saving enough for a comfortable retirement can feel like a colossal obstacle, and that is even before including potential travel costs. Josh Jalinski, an author of "Retirement Reality Check" and president of Jalinski Advisory Group, has four cash saving tips that could assist people with paying for travel costs in retirement. 1. Start saving Jalinski proposes maximizing 401(k) or a Roth 401(k) and stashing 10% to 15% of income for retirement when people can. 2. Concentrate on income Such a large number of individuals are focused on asset allocation and diversification as opposed to the actual income they'll require in retirement, Jalinski said. Nonetheless, he believes the 4% rule, which is a commonly utilized metric for how much a retiree ought to withdraw from their retirement acco...