Posts Tagged ‘ last-year ’

Cheap Flights For Anyone Brave Enough on Friday the 13th

January 12, 2012
By Island Tips

Cruising the Sky ?lrargerich According to travel trends fliers are a superstitious bunch. According to flight comparison site jetcost.co.uk, last year there was a 24 percent drop in flight bookings on any Friday the 13th. And it looks like travelers are just getting more ...
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Beyond the Hashtag with Cindy Richards

January 11, 2012
By Island Tips
Beyond the Hashtag with Cindy Richards

Cindy Richards, is one of the women behind the travel website TravelingMom.com , and also runs the #TMOM?twitter party on Monday nights. I got the chance to travel with Cindy last year to Mexico, and she was everything she is online; fun, sweet and full of travel knowledge! read more
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Rape stats concern Gender Affairs – Antigua Observer

January 5, 2012
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Rape stats concern Gender Affairs Antigua Observer St. John's Antigua - Police statistics show that incidents of rapes doubled over the last year, a development Executive Director at the Directorate of Gender Affairs Sheila Roseau calls disturbing. In 2010 the law enforcement division
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VOLUNTEER INTERVIEW: ALEX SHIELDS – COSTA RICA & FIJI

December 8, 2011
By Island Tips
VOLUNTEER INTERVIEW: ALEX SHIELDS – COSTA RICA & FIJI

Today on Into the Wild we are continuing our focus on Frontier projects by speaking to Alex Shields, past and future volunteer with Frontier. Alex travelled to Costa Rica last year to take part in our popular Big Cats, Primates and Turtles project, featured on the blog ...
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Picture of the day: Boston Sky at Night

October 29, 2011
By Island Tips

This picture was taken when I was in Boston last year at a conference.  As a part of the conference attendees were taken on a boat cruise along the river and I was able to snap this picture of the gorgeous
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Disney’s Aulani – Oahu, Hawaii

September 27, 2011
By Island Tips

When my husband and I went to Hawaii on our tenth anniversary last year, we saw the shell of the Aulani, a Disney resort and spa.  It was still under construction so we just saw it from the road but it
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Travel Photo: The Never Ending Boat Story

September 16, 2011
By Island Tips

Out on a road trip at Gotland island we did a stop at one of the smaller fishing harbors where we did find this old boat being fixed up on land. We did see it last year too. Almost in the same finish -or not finish. Is...
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Aretha Franklin to Play First-Ever Coney Island Show

August 4, 2011
By Island Tips

The Queen Soul, Aretha Franklin, believe it or not will be performing her first-ever show tonight at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. She was schedule to perform in Brooklyn last year but had to reschedule because of health issues.
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Spain holidays: Britain’s love affair with Spain is rekindled by unrest elsewhere

July 26, 2011
By Island Tips
Spain holidays: Britain’s love affair with Spain is rekindled by unrest elsewhere

Almost six million of us visited the country in the first six months of this year, a ten per cent increase on last year's figures, with The Canary Islands the favourite for Brits abroad.
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The Sizzling Spring Festival in Morro de São Paulo, Brazil

July 19, 2011
By Island Tips

This year will be the second annual Festival da Primavera, following the smashing success of last year's inaugural event. The host island of Morro de São Paulo, Brazil, is expected to attract international and Brazilian visitors alike. The Spring Festival started
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