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After an exhaustive search, World Travel Awards has revealed the nominees for its Europe Gala Ceremony 2014. Hundreds of entrants have been whittled down to the few who will proceed to the voting stage of the annual event, with industry professionals and members of the travelling public now invited to vote for nominee companies of their choice.
The results of the vote will be revealed at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Athens, on August 2nd, where industry stakeholders from across the region will gather for the prestigious event.
The red-carpet evening is being held in partnership with the Greek Tourism Ministry, the Greek National Tourism Organisation, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises and Divani Collection Hotels, and will include a gala dinner, top entertainment as well as the presentation of the most coveted awards in the industry.
Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a full itinerary over the weekend, a 'journey through Greece', giving an insight into both its illustrious history and its vibrant contemporary culture.
World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke explained: "We have scoured the European continent to select the finest travel, tourism and hospitality organisations for inclusion in our list of 2014 nominees. Now it is over to you, our voters, to select the companies you deem most deserving of acclaim."
He added: "With the winners set to be announced in August, now is the time to make your mark on this prestigious event."
In the leading categories, Lufthansa will defend its title of Europe's Leading Airline from challengers including Iberia, TAP Portugal, Air France, KLM and British Airways, while Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt all go head-to-head in the fight for the title of Europe's Leading Car Rental Company.
In hospitality, keenly contested categories such as Europe's Leading New Hotel, which will this year see entries from Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg, InterContinental Davos, InterContinental Marseille - Hotel Dieu, King George, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Rosewood London, Shangri-La Bosphorus, The Alpina Gstaad, The London EDITION, and W Verbier.
Niki Fotiou, Marketing & PR Manager, Divani Collection Hotels, added: "We are delighted to welcome World Travel Awards to Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso and to Athens, Greece, for the first time. With voting now open the build up to the event has truly begun. Best of luck to all the Europe nominees and see you in August."
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The author has posted comments on this articleReeba Zachariah & Vipashana V K, TNN | Apr 14, 2014, 05.40AM IST MUMBAI: Curiosity, they say, kills the cat. But in Neelu Singh's case it landed her in the travel industry. A graduate in microbiology, she picked up a summer job at SITA World Travel in Agra where her father, an army officer, was posted to while away time. But the brief stint deepened her curiosity for the industry and the four months stay in 1993 turned into an eventful 12-year career journey at the travel agency.
In 2000, when Kuoni acquired SITA, the deal not only transformed the Swiss tour operator's India story but also Singh's professional path. Singh, who by then was based in SITA's Delhi office, had to move to Mumbai for greater responsibilities at the travel solutions company. Five years later, when the online travel industry was at the cusp of a boom, she quit to head ezeego1.com, a unit of Cox & Kings.
"I was done with offline and I wanted to explore the online world," says the chief operating officer. "I felt if I don't do it now, I would be sitting dead in some corner of the office. It also gave me an opportunity to upscale my skills and move several notches up."
Even after nine years at ezeego1, her enthusiasm hasn't dimmed a bit. She credits "a young team" that keeps her charged to get through the 24x7 online world. At 41, Singh says she is the oldest in the team of 350. As for her personal life, this mother of a 10-year-old son says that she has been blessed as she hasn't faced any major challenge.
"Things have always fallen in place. Nothing has changed because of marriage and motherhood. In fact, life has become more beautiful." Singh, a practising Buddhist for two decades, stresses that mutual respect and understanding of each other's work pressures are the keys to a healthy relationship.
As for professional relationships with male colleagues, Singh warns women against putting pressure on themselves and feeling any lesser than men. "Women need to get out of that mindset. When they do, the world around will change. Men are happy to treat you as equals till you behave like one," says Singh, whose favourite holiday destination is the "picture perfect" Ireland. "If women defeat themselves, nothing can be done. Period."
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Thats why the newly announced 2014 Travelers Choice awards for destinations is seen as a significant benchmark. It provides a barometer for whats in and whats out in global travel and offers a way of assessing emerging trends that will define the $6 trillion industry in the coming years.
"Our global travelers are the tastemakers for uncovering the best places to visit around the world," Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor, boasted in a summary of the report, which looked at the millions of reviews and opinions of TripAdvisor travelers. Researchers used an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for hotels, attractions and restaurants in destinations worldwide, gathered over a 12-month period, to come up with their results.
Using those parameters, Asian destinations shined the brightest in 2014. Six of the top 25 spots were from Asia, while four Asian cities -- Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi and Siem Reap (home of Cambodias Angkor Wat) -- shot up at least 10 places year-over-year.
Yet, it was the iconic bridge between the East and West, Istanbul, which climbed 11 spots to top TripAdvisors list in 2014. Its enviable ranking is a testament to the citys tenacity, given the rash of political instability in recent months.
Perennial favorites Rome and London rounded out the top three, while Dubai, Budapest and Lisbon entered the Travelers Choice top 25 for the first time.
In addition to its list of global movers and shakers, TripAdvisor also issued individual rankings for Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, China, Middle East, Russia, South America, the South Pacific, the UK and the U.S. The travel giants list of domestic U.S. destinations showed that southern charm, particularly in the Lone Star State, is sweeping the nation.
Indeed, 10 of the top 25 destinations in the U.S. are located in southern states. The Texas hubs of Houston, San Antonio and Austin saw the biggest gains, while Atlanta and Nashville entered the top 25 for the first time.
Scroll down for a complete look at the top 25 U.S. destinations in 2014, or click through the slideshow above for a journey through the international hotspots. Note that +/- denotes a change in ranking year-over-year, 0 signals no change, while new means the destination is new to the top 25.
No. 1 New York City, New York (0)
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London, Apr 12 : The world's largest ever swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes has been released in Brazil to combat infectious disease, according to reports.
Jacobina, a farming town in Bahia, has been plagued for years by dengue fever, a mosquito-borne tropical disease and a leading cause of illness and fatality in Brazil.
According to the Global Post, the newly hatched Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been engineered to wipe out their own species, the Independent reported.
Last year Brazil reported 1.4 million cases of dengue, for which there is no vaccine - the most severe form of the illness, dengue hemorrhagic fever, can lead to shock, coma and death.
The so-called "Franken-skeeter" has been genetically modified (GM) in a laboratory with a gene designed to devastate the non-GM Aedes aegypti population and reduce dengue's spread.
The mosquitoes contain a lethal gene but are kept alive in the laboratory with the help of the antibiotic tetracycline. Once they reach larval stage, the males are separated from the females, which are subsequently destroyed.
Then the males, which don't bite, are released so they can mate with wild females. Their offspring inherit the lethal gene and then die before they can reproduce because they are not treated with tetracycline.
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In only a few months the world will sit down to watch one of the greatest sporting events ever held, the World Cup. If you are planning to travel to Brazil during this time, ensure that all your travel security arrangements are in place. It can be a headache assessing the risk and wading through all the dos and donts of travel, so e-travelsafety.com have created a cost effective, hassle free, online travel safety solution.
The interactive cloud based package, will provide all the travel safety and travel security advice you need, for the World Cup in Brazil. This includes Brazil destination guide, a pre-travel risk assessment for the trip, how to react in emergency situations, downloadable guides and travel security hints and tips to help you stay safe when travelling. The travel safety e-learning course is only 30 per user that provides the all the travel security advice and training needed during this time.
The course has been developed to suit anyone, from a football fan to a business traveller. As the course has been developed in house it can be tailored to meet any specific organisational requirements. It is designed to fit into companies existing policies and procedures for travel, allowing an organisation to equip people sent on business with the correct tools and knowledge to reduce the exposure to risk. It is fully auditable and maintains a complete record of everyone who has undertaken the course, to provide any company with the ability to demonstrate a duty of care to the employee. It can even be white labelled to provide a package that is in keeping with the company branding.
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Live shows set for Wellington & Auckland 2014
National Geographic Live returns to NZ and Australia this winter in partnership with Adventure World Travel, which is continuing its partnership with this dynamic series for a third season.
National Geographic Channel, The Intercontinental Hotel Group and Cathay Pacific have also reconfirmed their sponsorship in the series, with photographic company, Olympus, joining as a partner for the first time.
This year, National Geographic Live adds new venues in Wellington, Perth and Wollongong, bringing the series to seven cities across New Zealand and Australia.
After working with Nat Geo Live in 2012 and 2013, Adventure World Managing Director Fiona Hunt is delighted to up the brands partnership involvement for the 2014 shows, which start Down Under in July.
Messages of exploration, adventure, discovery and conservation are all core to the National Geographic mission to inspire people to care about the planet and are also a key focus for Adventure World as we strive to offer our clients a lifetime of extraordinary travel so its a perfect partnership, says Hunt.
Adventure World is committed to inspire and provide our customers with a holiday that meets and exceeds expectations, holidays of a lifetime. Being able to see and hear from world leading filmmaker Bryan Smith and acclaimed photographer David Doubilet could not be more inspirational,says Hunt.
Karin Simoncini, Managing Director of FOX International Channels Australia and New Zealand said,National Geographic Channel (NGC) has been a strong supporter of Nat Geo Live since the very beginning and we are thrilled to be involved in this unique event, showcasing key National Geographic explorers on the ground to audiences both in Australia and New Zealand. NGCs engaging programming aims to inspire viewers to find out more about people, places and events of our world, and Nat Geo Live is the perfect platform to reinforce our commitment to exploration, conservation and education.
As the license holder for National Geographic Live in New Zealand and Australia, Sundance Company is delighted to present the popular series for the third year.
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Following the EU's announcement of the proposed changes to the Schengen Visa Code, David Scowsill, President and CEO of The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says:
"The World Travel & Tourism Council welcomes the EU visa package announcement by the European Commission yesterday. It will simplify and speed up the processing of visas in Europe and ensure more foreign visitors, increased tourism receipts and more jobs at a vital time for the European economy. But the work is not done. We now strongly encourage MEPS to vote through these proposed changes.
As part of the announcement, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonia Tajani, stated that "Tourism is Europes growth engine and has been the most important stronghold of the European economy during the recent crisis".' It is rewarding to hear one of Europe's top Commissioners publicly recognising the leading role played by the Travel & Tourism sector in driving the European economy. WTTC speaks on behalf of the sector, with one voice to Governments, encouraging them to appreciate the economic and social importance of the Industry. WTTC and its members work vigorously for visa reform.
WTTC urges Governments to continue to look for ways in which they can adopt smarter visa and border security policies to bolster Travel & Tourism as a driver of jobs and economic growth. We will continue to push for a fundamental change in the minds of Governments - balancing security needs with freedom to travel by moving away from the current approaches to a faster implementation of visa waiver and trusted traveller programmes".
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Reading Deborah Jacobs piece,How To Follow Your Dream And Spend Your Retirement Traveling The World, got me thinking. You have to admit it soundsawfullygood. She describes a kind of fantasy: ditch your possessions and hit the road during retirement. And some people actually do it, including Lynne and Tim Martin.
It even lead to a memoir, Home Sweet Anywhere: How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World. I dont know about their tax situation, but it sounds like a legitimate second professional life to me, and probably was even a money maker. That makes it sound decidedly different froma case about world travelthe Tax Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered.
InMichael Oros, the Ninth Circuit agreed that Mr. Oros couldnt write off his world trip on his taxes. Oros was a full-time employee of Intel. But a trip around the world and writing about it sounded tempting.So in 2006, Mr. Oros began a long to South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.He traveled throughout South America in 2006, then to Asia, Africa, and Australia during 2007.
Throughout the entire trip, Oros was on paid vacation or paid sabbatical from Intel. He did try to act business-like about it, writing up a businessplan and keeping a contemporaneous journal.Trouble was, he had never previously written a book. Even worse, five years after the trip, he still hadnt completed it.
To the IRS and the courts, that meant he simply wasnt in the business of being an author. And that made all his tax write-offs no good. So for people like me that think a traveling retirement sounds great, will the IRS pay for your big trip?
The short answer is no. The more nuanced answer is that its conceivable, provided that you make it areal business. Of course, if you want to enjoy yourself and avoid any IRS hasslesmy standard adviceis to keep your business and personal pursuits separate.
But it can be tempting, as Mr. Oros could attest.Just look at the math. Assuming your combined state and federal tax rate is 45%, spending $20,000 really only costs you $11,000. The government pays $9,000.Butbe aware itis an area of intense IRS scrutiny.
In fact, the IRS hasissued a manualto help agents ferret out taxpayers improperly writing off hobbies.The IRS is less likely to question whether youre engaged in a business if your income from the activity exceeds your expenses. It also matters whether you conduct yourself in a businesslike manner. If you keep good records and hold yourself out as running a business, it will help.
If you can manage to eke out a profit three years out of every five (or two years out of seven, if your activity is horse breeding), the IRS willpresumeyoure in business to make a profit. That presumption is worth a lot, saving you from mud wrestling with the IRS over a more amorphous facts and circumstances test.
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