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Virgin Atlantic Red Hot Fares summer promotion
Posted by thedailyhere in Hong Kong, London, Tokyo on July 12th, 2009
Virgin Atlantic are offering red Hot fares between London and both Tokyo and Hong Kong as part of their summer promotion: ‘Red Hot Fares to Red Hot Destinations’ But be quick! The offer is available for flights booked by 10pm on July 14th. 2009
Both premium economy and economy fares are included in the promotion.
Return Premium economy from London to Hong Kong from £758 and to Tokyo from £787
Return Economy from London to Hong Kong from £380 and to Tokyo from £450
more details:
Virgin Atlantic Hong Kong site (in English)
Virgin Atlantic Tokyo site (in English)
Wi-Fi brings digital treasure hunt to Venice
Posted by thedailyhere in London, Paris, Tokyo, Venice on July 8th, 2009
The brand new city-wide Wi-Fi in Venice has bought a digital treasure hunt to the city’s streets, bridges, museums and galleries.
Whaiwhai is an interactive game based on a plot written by author Alberto Toso Fei. The game will lead users to explore Venice in a new way as users look for clues and discover hidden places in this city-wide treasure hunt. Users will have puzzles to solve and clues to follow in order to reach their goal.
The game already exists in English and Italian versions and as well as Venice, the game can also be played in Rome, Florence and Verona. There are also plans to export Whaiwhai to London, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco.
See also: Venice completes its city-wide Wi-Fi project
Tokyo and Moscow top most expensive cities. London drops to 16th
It costs more to live in Tokyo than in any other city in the world according to ‘Mercers 2009 Worldwide Cost of Living survey’ released 7th July 2007.
At $3.25 (£2 / €2.31) for a subway trip. Add in a newspaper and coffee and the total is $11.70 (£7.20 / €8.33) which is more than in any other city in the report.
Tokyo is followed by another Japanese city: Osaka then Moscow in 3rd.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in this years rankings is London which has dropped to 16th (from 3rd last year). This is largely due to the the Pounds drop in value vs. the US Dollar.
Hong Kong keeps its place at 5th from last year.
Milan also drops one place to 11th (from 10th last year). As does Paris at 13th (from 12th last year.)
Dubai moves up to 20th (from 52nd last year).
Mercers Cost of Living. (in English)
British Airways summer World Sale now on
The British Airways summer ‘World Sale’ is now on for flights as well as flight, hotel and car rental combinations.
Bookings must be made by 14th July 2009
Savings can be made with flights from London to Bangkok from £579 rtn; Hong Kong from £379 rtn; Tokyo from £449 rtn; Dubai from £299 rtn; Milan from £49 one-way; Paris from £49 one-way; Venice from £49 one-way and Moscow from £113 one-way.
British Airways (Will open in your own country site depending on your location)
Tokyo gears up for gold with 2016 Olympic bid
Posted by thedailyhere in Tokyo on July 5th, 2009
Tokyo seems to have secured the backing of the Asian sporting movement in its bid to hold the 2016 olympic games in the city. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) meets in Copenhagen on the 2nd October 2009 to decide which city has the winning bid.
Other than Tokyo the other cities that are still in the running are; Madrid, Chicago and Rio de Janeiro.
Japan Times Tokyo bid (in English)
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Posted by thedailyhere in Tokyo on July 2nd, 2009
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