Our first visit to Crete 40 years ago, on a self-planned drive-tour in autumn. I had armed myself with a small dictionary and learnt the Greek alphabet. Heading towards Sitia, we checked the map and drove down a lane enjoying the slow journey onto the […]
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Saudi prince to make official visit to France next week: sources
Abdullah Omer, a passenger who gave up trying to find a bag he had been carrying in the plane, said: “Usually when I travel I don't carry anything with me in the plane, but that time was different. There was a very precious top inside […]
TTG Asia | To entice SE Asians, Atout France finds inspiration in Leonardo da Vinci
Francois Bonneau, Centre Val-de-Loire region president, speaking during a press conference during the recent 2018 Rendezvous en France travel market event in Paris, revealed that many events will be organised in castles and gardens in the Val-de-Loire region. He said: “There will be major … social […]
New story in Business from Time: Why More Animals Died on United Airlines Than Any Other Airline in 2017 — And Tips for Traveling With Your Pet
More animals died on United Airlines in 2017 than any other airline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s February 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report, which details everything from flight delays and mishandled baggage to disability and discrimination complaints. There were four airlines with reported […]
IfOnly, a marketplace for experiences, has new funding — and a new CEO
IfOnly, a San Francisco-based online marketplace that offers more than 3,000 unique experiences to its adventuresome users, has raised $20 million in Series D funding led by MasterCard, which was joined by other strategic investors, including Hyatt Hotels and Sotheby’s. It has another new announcement, […]
New story in Business from Time: Why More Animals Died on United Airlines Than Any Other Airline in 2017 — And Tips for Traveling With Your Pet
More animals died on United Airlines in 2017 than any other airline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s February 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report, which details everything from flight delays and mishandled baggage to disability and discrimination complaints. There were four airlines with reported […]
Fin7: The Billion-Dollar Hacking Group Behind a String of Big Breaches
This week, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, and Lord & Taylor department stores—all owned by The Hudson’s Bay Company—acknowledged a data breach impacting more than five million credit and debit card numbers. The culprits? The same group that’s spent the last few years pulling […]
Google Voice opens up testing for data-only VoIP calls
Google Voice has long been helpful for receiving phone calls regardless of the device you’re using. That’s assuming you want a conventional call, though — it can be a pain if you’re traveling and face roaming charges, or in those moments when you want to […]
Macron’s Been Working on the Railroad
The cheminot embodied the dual revolutions, the French and Industrial, that transformed modern France and, for that matter, the rest of the world. By the dawn of the 20th century, railway workers represented a new kind of working-class elite. Unlike those workers shackled to the […]
Prime Minister to travel to Peru, France, and the United Kingdom
OTTAWA, April 4, 2018 /CNW/ – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that he will travel to Lima, Peru, from April 12 to 14, to Paris, France, from April 15 to 17, and to London, United Kingdom, from April 17 to 20. In Lima, […]