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Cinematic Travel

Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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Slumdog Millionaire not only stole the show at the 81st annual Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars, including Best Picture, it is also sure to bring a tourism boost to the city of Mumbai, which had seen a decline in visitors since the November 2008 terrorist attacks that killed 173 people. According to the Annals of Tourism [...]

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The Boomer Effect

Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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The baby-boomer generation, which includes all those people born between 1946 and 1964, have changed business in North America at each stage of their development: diaper services, Barbie dolls, Rolling Stone magazine, relaxed-fit jeans, SUVS. Wherever the boomers go, the money follows. Now it’s the travel industry’s turn to feel the boom. Over the next [...]

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Gaudi’s Barcelona

Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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It is the destiny of great cities to possess one landmark structure that personifies the place’s spirit and identity. In London, it is Big Ben; in Paris, it is the Eiffel Tower. Barcleona’s cultural icon is called Templo de la Sagrada Familia (Temple of the Holy Family). This strange and unforgettable landmark was conceived as nothing [...]

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The Red Apes of Sabah

Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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“They’re around here somewhere. You better get your camera ready,” says Roland. We have stopped in a clearing in the Borneo rainforest. The droning of cicadas fills the sticky, tropical air, but I can’t see any signs of animal life. Sweating hard, I dutifully haul out my camera and stare at the trees. I am [...]