March 17, 2015

Skyscraper hotel planned for Swiss valley

A 100-suite luxury hotel, the same height as the Empire State Building, is planned for a tiny Swiss town of only 1000 residents. Room rates would run from just under $1000 a night to nearly $25,000 a night. It’s aimed at (VERY) wealthy guests from the…

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Tintin flies on Brussels Air

There are two kinds of airlines: the dead serious, and those prone to a little fun. The latter sometimes takes the form of eccentric special paint jobs.
. Brussels Air has kitted an A-320 out with a huge Tintin cartoon

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The Safest Cities in the World

I’m not sure if people pay much attention to such listings anymore, but Yahoo just released a listing of the 20 safest cities to visit in 2015.   (Tokyo.  Photo: Loic Lagarde, Flickr)   Topping the list is Tokyo, followed very closely…

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Australia bans dumping in Great Barrier Reef

This is the sort of headline that makes you scratch your head. Of course, no one should be allowed to dump waste on one of the world’s greatest and most endangered natural wonders.   And yet…it is not just that the Australian government has now…

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Skyscraper hotel planned for Swiss valley

A 100-suite luxury hotel, the same height as the Empire State Building, is planned for a tiny Swiss town of only 1000 residents. Room rates would run from just under $1000 a night to nearly $25,000 a night. It’s aimed at (VERY) wealthy guests from the…

Read More

Tintin flies on Brussels Air

There are two kinds of airlines: the dead serious, and those prone to a little fun. The latter sometimes takes the form of eccentric special paint jobs.
. Brussels Air has kitted an A-320 out with a huge Tintin cartoon

Read More

The Safest Cities in the World

I’m not sure if people pay much attention to such listings anymore, but Yahoo just released a listing of the 20 safest cities to visit in 2015.   (Tokyo.  Photo: Loic Lagarde, Flickr)   Topping the list is Tokyo, followed very closely…

Read More

Australia bans dumping in Great Barrier Reef

This is the sort of headline that makes you scratch your head. Of course, no one should be allowed to dump waste on one of the world’s greatest and most endangered natural wonders.   And yet…it is not just that the Australian government has now…

Read More