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Easy Cottages Launch New Holiday Cottages Website for Bargain Seekers

June 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, Jun 25 (MARKET WIRE) —
A leading provider of self-catering holidays, EasyCottages, have recently
revamped their website to make it easier to find information and book
cheap holiday cottages online.

EasyCottages offer cottages throughout Britain and France, and now
customers can make sure they find out all the information they need to
choose the right area for their holiday easily by using the website.
Comprehensive area guides are written by experts to provide information
on each country, region and town. In particular, there are lots of tips
of what to see and do.

EasyCottages have a comprehensive portfolio, with almost 5,000
individually owned, hand-picked properties to choose from. To find their
ideal holiday cottage, customers simply visit the website and search for
properties of many different types and locations, whether that is a
classic English cottage, a tranquil Scottish property, or a sophisticated
French gite. Search options include length of stay, number of bedrooms
and whether pets are allowed, making it easy to pinpoint the ideal
property. Prices shown are fully inclusive, and booking is secure and
easy.

EasyCottages said of the revamp:

“We are very excited about the new site, and the ways in which it
will help our customers find their dream holiday. Our customers are the
focus of our business, and we will always work to make things easier for
them. Most of us only take one holiday a year, so it’s really important
to get it right: it’s great to think we can help people do that”.

Easily more for your money

As well as making their website more user friendly, EasyCottages.com can
help you get a value for money holiday. It’s no surprise that with the
recent economic crisis, and closures of airspace due to the Icelandic
volcano eruptions, more and more people are rediscovering the joys of
holidaying closer to home. Rather than expensive foreign hotels and long
haul flights, EasyCottages offers an affordable holiday cottage
solutions. Self-catering cottage holidays give people the freedom to make
their holiday their own. Holidaymakers have their own car, their family
and friends and even their pets, making it a real home from home
experience. Whats more, because you don’t have to be back for set meal
times, you can use your chose holiday property as a base from which to
explore somewhere new. Ideas and inspiration for things to do on a
cottage holiday can be found at the EasyCottages blog, along with
information on local events and attractions.

Notes for editors:

EasyCottages provide an online-only booking service for cottage holidays
throughout Britain and France. They have many years of experience in the
industry, and specialise in offering low-cost self-catering holiday
accommodation.

Contacts:
Epiphany Solutions Ltd
David Wilding
0113 2206318
dave@epiphanysolutions.co.uk

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BA, striking union plan further talks

June 2, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 1 (Reuters) – British Airways Plc (BAY.L) and officials from the Unite trade union plan further talks later on Tuesday to try to resolve a dispute with cabin crew staging the latest in a series of strikes.

Industrials

Cabin crew began a five-day strike on Sunday, coinciding with a week of school holidays, after talks between Unite and the airline failed to reach agreement last week.

Another five-day strike, stemming from a long-running dispute over the airline’s cost-cutting drive and staffing levels, is due to start on June 5, less than a week before the start of the soccer World Cup in South Africa.

“There is a meeting today with BA, later this afternoon,” a spokesman for Unite said.

He gave no further details. Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley was expected to attend, having left the union’s policy conference in Manchester.

Mediation service Acas said it would host the talks at an undisclosed location after left-wing protesters disrupted a previous round of talks.

BA said it had been operating 70 percent of long-haul flights from London Heathrow and 55 percent of short-haul services from the airport during the latest strike. Flights out of London Gatwick and City airports were unaffected.

Unite has said it could hold a further ballot for strike action during the peak summer holiday months of July and August.

The stoppages have happened at a difficult time for the airline and come on top of seven days of walkouts in March that cost BA 43 million pounds ($63 million).

Last month, BA reported a second straight year of record losses and it is battling a global economic downturn and industry-wide recession as well as disruption caused by volcanic ash drifting over Europe from Iceland.

Both sides in the dispute have claimed that a deal over pay and cuts to staffing levels and travel was not too far away but have blamed each other for the lack of progress. Unite has offered to suspend the walkouts if the airline restores travel perks stripped from striking crew. (Reporting by Keith Weir, editing by Will Waterman)

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Wayne Rooney loves to hear a buzz while sleeping!

May 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 20 (ANI): Wayne Rooney’s obsession with hearing a buzz in the background as he sleeps extends much beyond the hairdryer – the Man U footie sleeps on the floor of planes when he flies to feel the jet engines’ vibration.

“If I”m staying in a hotel or I”m sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on,” the Sun quoted Rooney, as saying.

He added: “When I”m with COLEEN I have the fan on. I don”t know what it is, but the noise just helps me sleep.

“If we”re on long-haul flights I”ve been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine, and on occasions when the manager has walked past he”s asked, ”What are you doing?”” (ANI)

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Phantom sequel delayed in US

April 8, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to the hit musical Phantom Of The Opera will reach Broadway later than planned due to ongoing problems after the composer’s surgery for prostate cancer.

Love Never Dies, which opened recently in London, was to have opened in New York in November. It will now open early next year.

Plans to stage the show in Australia next year will not be affected.

“Although the cancer has been eradicated, there have been post-operative problems,” the show’s organisers said in a statement regarding Lloyd Webber’s health.

“These have been aggravated by recent air travel and Lloyd Webber’s doctors have requested that he does not take any further long-haul flights for the time being and until the problem has been investigated.”

Lloyd Webber, 62, says he is “extremely frustrated” about the delay and will focus his time on producing The Wizard Of Oz in London.

The composer of hit musicals including Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats and Starlight Express was treated for cancer late last year.

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Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort

March 11, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, Mar.10 (ANI): Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort.

India’s Supreme Court ordered on Monday that the company, Barefoot India, must close its resort near the Jarawa’s reserve, pending further deliberation by the court.

Despite concerns for the future of the tribe, Barefoot had challenged the legality of a ‘buffer zone’ around the reserve. The buffer zone was designed to protect the Jarawa by preventing tourism and other commercial activity near their land. The resort lies within the disputed zone.

But concerns remain over a highway running illegally through the tribal reserve, and the poachers, tourists and other outsiders it brings into daily contact with the Jarawa. The Indian government has ignored a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that the road must be closed.

Most of the Bo tribe, whose last member Boa Sr died in January, died of diseases brought by British colonists in the nineteenth century. The Jarawa, who resisted contact with outsiders until 1998, are expected to have little immunity to many outside infections and could be wiped out by an epidemic.

Many of Barefoot’s visitors will have recently stepped off long-haul flights. Research indicates that about 20% of airline passengers develop colds or other viral infections within a few days of their flight.

Survival International’s director Stephen Corry said today, ‘Nobody wants to see the Jarawa go the same way as Boa Sr’s people. This week’s court decision to suspend the Barefoot resort is a positive sign. But if the Indian government is serious about protecting the Jarawa it must close the road and keep intruders off their land.’ (ANI)

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New air filter system can destroy up to 99.9 per cent of bugs on aircraft

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 16 (ANI): British researchers have developed an air filter system that destroys up to 99.9 per cent of infectious viruses and bacteria as well as pollutants that can circulate in the confines of an aircraft, especially on long-haul flights.

According to a report in The Times, the machine has been developed by aerospace giant BAE Systems, in collaboration with Quest International, a small company based in Cheadle, South Manchester, UK.

The device, called AirManager, uses a controlled electric field to filter out and destroy any airborne particles or germs as they pass through an aircraft’s air conditioning system, emitting only clean, sterilized air.

After four years of development and tests, BAE says it has received its first orders from a major European airline and announced the technology is also being considered for use in NHS hospitals as a way to stop the spread of “superbugs” such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile.

The air on board a passenger jet must be pressurized in order for passengers to be able to breathe, but scientists and lobby groups have previously claimed that passengers can be exposed to toxins as a result of the “bleed air” system that is used to redirect air from the engines to the cabin and cockpit.

Air inside the cabin is then circulated and re-circulated up to 30 times an hour, far more than in conventional air conditioning systems, meaning that infectious viruses and bacteria can quickly spread.

Unlike conventional filters, which are designed to sieve out particles from the air as it passes through perforated barriers at high speed, David Hallam, an engineer and founder of Quest International, said that the AirManager used an “avalanche of electrons” emitted in a closed electric field to break down and destroy the atomic structure of any pollutants or germs.

“This works with swine flu, avian flu, norovirus, MRSA, even a modified form of anthrax,” Hallam said.

Hallam said that he originally designed the “close coupled field” in the late 1990s to rid nursing homes of biological odours caused by bacteria.

But, the filter was later found to have an effect in reducing the airborne transmission of bacteria such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and Clostridium difficile.

BAE Systems expressed interest in the technology four years ago for use on aircraft and the system was recently tested on the flight deck and cabin air systems of Boeing 757 and Avro RJ passenger jets by five European airlines, with successful results. (ANI)

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Australia’s Qantas charges for extra leg-room

May 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Sydney – If you request seats near the emergency exit on Qantas long-haul flights you can now expect to pay extra for them.

Qantas Airways Ltd confirmed Tuesday that economy-class passengers will be charged for the modicum of extra comfort afforded by emergency-exit-row seats.

Frequent flyers will be able to use points to secure the seats.

“This will give customers greater choice and access to seats that offer more leg room,” a Qantas statement said. “A similar service is offered by many other airlines.”

Qantas also warned its customers that it will be a lot less lenient with those who carry luggage over the limit. They can expect to pay, too. (dpa)

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