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JetBlue ‘Hero’ Is Spared Jail But Must Repay Airline $10,000
The ballsy flight attendant who became a nation’s hero after evacuating the JetBlue plane in style, down an emergency chute, made a soft landing in court this morning where he escaped a prison sentence, but was fined a hefty sum! 38 year-old Steven Slater will have to pay his former employer $10,0
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Hotel Honour Booking Made 71 Years Ago
A World War II veteran has finally enjoyed a much needed holiday, 71 years after he booked it. Len Townsend, 89, from Ludham in Norfolk had booked a holiday to the Yellands’ Chalet Hotel in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight in 1939, when unfortunately our country went to war. Mr Townsend received a l
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When Cost Takes Over The Romance Of Getting Married Abroad
According to a recent survey by luxury Caribbean hotel company Sandals Resorts, almost 50% of people who get married abroad, do so in order to avoid having to invite distant relatives and unwanted guests. The survey, conducted amongst 2000 people showed that overall; weddings abroad are becoming jus
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Travel Industry Warned Not To Underestimate The Power Of Social Media
The Travel Industry is being warned not to underestimate the power of Social Media in its marketing strategy. Social networking experts claim that too many industry workers are focusing too hard on the ROI (return on investment) that they expect from social media, however they should be looking beyo
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Rock Legend Pilots Football Icons
The Liverpool football team arrived in Naples for their Europa League match against the Italian giants in style, as Iron Maiden front man, Bruce Dickinson, piloted their flight. The heavy metal legend has been flying for the last 20 years following a childhood interest, yet for years, the music alwa
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Venice To Introduce Tourist Tax
The Italian Government has recently revealed plans to tax tourists entering Venice in an effort to increase revenue. The announcement comes on the back of the erection of controversial billboards which have been covering most of the Bridge of Sighs during repair work. Advertisements cover the famous
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New Boy At Thomas Cook Flees Heathrow Airport With £120,000
£120,000 in foreign currency was missing last night at Heathrow airport….along with a Bureau de change cashier. Despite starting work at the outlet just a few days earlier, the 20 year old new boy was given keys to the safe. Colleagues at the Thomas Cook outlet in Terminal 5 noticed the cash was
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Scrap Heap Challenge – British Inventor Builds Floating Home Using Plastic Bottles
A creative British man has constructed his very own island home in the Caribbean – using 120,000 plastic bottles. By using rubbish which was destined for a lifetime buried in landfill, Richard ‘Rishi’ Sowar has created Spiral island II in a lagoon off Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The environmen
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Disgruntled Passenger Ordered To Take Down ‘I Hate Ryanair’ Website
An unhappy passenger who launched his own website ihateryanair.co.uk, dedicated to slamming Ryanair, has been ordered to hand over the domain name to the airline itself after the site proved so popular it started to make him money. Robert Tyler, of Walthamstow, north-east London, established the web
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British Pensioner Lost Overboard As Distressed Wife Wakes To Find Him Missing
A British pensioner heading home on a Fred Olsen luxury cruise of the Adriatic Sea with his wife fell overboard prompting a frantic search of the English Channel. After a desperate search of the liner, emergency services from France and the UK were called in to begin looking for the pensioner in the
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