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in Africa

New restaurant to replace The Tasting Room

La Petite Colombe in Franschhoek, Western Cape will be opening in August.La Petite Colombe will be replacing ‘The Tasting Room’ at Le Quartier Français, a new partnership with Leeu Collection.Proprietor chefs and business partners, Scot Kirton and Head Chef, James…

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in Oceania

Moreton Island: Dune roaming

Sometimes you’ve got to put in some hard yakka just for a few seconds of excitement.Along with a full intermediate school group from Japan, I’m bundled into a 4WD bus that will take us through the rough and bumpy, bush-lined…

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in North America

JetBlue testing facial recognition for boarding

JetBlue will test a paperless and deviceless self-boarding process on flights from Boston to Aruba beginning in June.The carrier is undertaking the pilot project in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is doing trials geared toward offering…

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in News

Hilton’s Tapestry Collection has first hotel

The Tapestry Collection, a soft brand that Hilton announced in January, has its first hotel, the Hotel Skyler Syracuse.The 58-room hotel is just the fifth in the U.S. and Syracuse’s first to achieve Platinum-level certification under Leadership in Energy and…

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in Europe

No laptop ban on Europe flights, for now

The U.S. will not extend the laptop ban to flights from Europe to the U.S. for now, but the possibility is still “on the table,” the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.“While a much-discussed expansion of the ban on large…

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in Asia

World Travel Awards touches down in Shanghai, China

World Travel Awards has touched down in Shanghai, China, ahead of the Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2017.The prestigious event will take place in China’s commercial capital at the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai on Sunday, June 4th, with hundreds of…

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in Africa

Hotels doing their bit to respect water restrictions

Recently, Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape has closed its swimming pool effective June 1, due to the water restrictions in Cape Town.The drought in the Western Cape has recently intensified. The City of Cape Town revealed…

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in Oceania

All’s bright in Brizzie

This world is full of people like me – complete novices when it comes to Brisbane. However, there are plenty of ways to get the best from this evolving, vibrant city.Brisbane Greeters TourThe Greeters Programme operates in 66 cities around…

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