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21
Apr

Top 5 hotels embracing the future

Beds that rock you to sleep, windows that hide television screens, room service robots… Ok, so the features above are actually part of a fictional ‘Future Hotel’ dreamed up by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany (complete with infa-red beams that charge up the Jacuzzi in the floor) but we’re not as far away from Star [...]

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19
Feb

Burn that Bum-Bag: Stay Safe as a Tourist

Put yourself in a criminals (possibly stolen) shoes and think about the advantages of thieving from a tourist: a) they’re likely to have a lot of cash on their person b) you’re likely to be able to get to that cash easily via a zip hovering at their waist-line c) they’re pretty ready to believe [...]

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26
Jan

Top Ten Travel Tunes

What tune do you travel to? As with all kinds of strenuous activity, travel needs a soundtrack; music breeds movement and vice versa.  There’s nothing quite like turning up ACDC whilst driving down Route 66, or nodding to Natty Dread on a beach in Barbados.  Good music can enhance and intensify a travelling experience: it [...]

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