Archive for March, 2009

Get Fit And Fabulous This Summer With Sanctuary Spa Holidays

Dark days, cold weather and winter sloth can all take their toll on even the most committed beauty and fitness regimes, which is why Sanctuary Spa Holidays offers tailor-made fitness and spa packages to help boost motivation and blitz the body to ensure that everyone has the best possible chance of feeling fabulous this summer. [...]

Singapore’s Merlion at Merlion Park started spouting water again

Singapore’s Merlion Re-Opens today around noon. It had been closed for repair work since 28 February to rectify damage on the external façade of the Merlion caused by a lightning strike. The repair work will however continue on the wave form until the end of March. The Merlion was first built as an eight-metre tall [...]

Padang in West Sumatra boosts tourism with its new Sikuai “honeymoon” island

The scenery of Padang, capital of West Sumatra province, tens of years ago with its Gunung (mount) Padang relating to the legend “Malin Kundang”, but now the condition had drastically changed with more places of tourist interests. In brief, the Legend of “Malin Kundang” was about an only son (Malin Kundang) coming from a small [...]

La Serena Spa to Open at The Reefs Reefs in Bermuda

The Reefs, widely recognized as Bermuda’s best hotel, announces that Nicolay Kreidler and Vision Design have teamed up to re-create La Serena Spa to open in June. With the latest approach to relaxation, and a design to match, La Serena Spa delivers on its namesake promise. Spa Expert Nicolay Kreidler of iSpad and Spa College [...]

Philippine Airlines increases international flights

Philippine Airlines is increasing flights to Canada, the United States and on key domestic routes despite a global crisis that is expected to dampen tourist traffic worldwide. The flag carrier was quoted by AsiaOne.com as saying that its service to Vancouver, currently five times a week, will become a daily flight starting on March 23 [...]

Bangladesh ratifies intergovernmental agreement on Trans-Asian Railway network

Bangladesh’s cabinet has ratified the intergovernmental agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network aimed at connecting Asian nations with Europe, said the country’s railway chief on Tuesday. Director General of state-run Bangladesh Railway Belayet Hossain told Xinhua on Tuesday, the ratification to the agreement, which the South Asian country signed in 2007, came at the [...]

Good Vibrations Expected When Beach Boys Come to Kissimmee

Tickets go on sale Friday to see the legendary Beach Boys perform at The Theater at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Available through Ticketmaster at (407) 839-3900 or www.ticketmaster.com and the Silver Spurs Arena Box Office, tickets for the 8 p.m. May 2nd concert are priced at $59, $49 and $39. Promoters of the 4500-seat [...]