Wed 7 Oct 2009
NEW YORK - Disney is offering a free day’s admission to 1 million guests who complete a day of volunteer work next year.
The “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day’’ program will provide certified volunteers with a one-day ticket to any park at Disneyland or Walt Disney World in 2010.
Disney is partnering with HandsOn Network, a clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities, to connect people with projects and to certify that the work was done.
Duncan Dickson, who teaches theme (more…)
Wed 7 Oct 2009
Relax in style at these paradigms of sophisticated country chic
By Aoife O’Riordain
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
Fancy staying at a 19th-century residential building that was once inhabited by the KGB?
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
Walk of the Month: Malborough, South Devon - Mark Rowe finds rugged scenery and Bronze Age remains along the Devon coast
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
By Harriet O’Brien
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
NEW YORK - “What a great view!’’ exclaims a young woman, her long hair ruffled by a rainy gust. Three stories above the street, she stands in Manhattan’s new, elevated park, the High Line, in the former meatpacking district of the West Village.
Behind her and a few blocks to the west, the Hudson River can be glimpsed between buildings, but the woman gazes in the opposite direction, taking in the patchwork of flat roofs along Washington Street. Fronting the rain-slick pavement, (more…)
Wed 7 Oct 2009
What the? The Wisconsin Tourism Federation has changed its name due to an unfortunate acronym.
The Wisconsin Tourism Federation in the US has decided to change its name after realising its acronym matched a crude form of internet slang.
The WTF is now the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW).
‘WTF’ is an acronym widely used on the internet standing for ‘What the f—?’.
The tourism organisation was reportedly unaware of the associations of its acronym until it became the butt of jokes (more…)
Wed 7 Oct 2009
Richard Arghiris in Nicaragua
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Wed 7 Oct 2009
By Lucy Gillmore
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