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☆ The hottest hotel rooms right now are luxury tents and RVs. They can cost more than $2,700 a night.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Both are adding glamping resorts to their booking channels, where their members can earn and redeem points. Interest in high-end camping has remained strong since its boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. No word yet on whether it will include the high-end hotel brand's 12 other luxury camping resorts. But the addition of these glamping resorts to its booking channels isn't Hyatt's first venture into glamping. Alongside the Caribbean property's existing traditional hotel, Hyatt plans to deploy modular tiny-home-sized hotel room units directly on the beach.

Persons: —, Getaway's, AutoCamp, Airstream, Brittany Chang, Hilton, Jason Brannan, It's, Hilton hasn't, they'll, Smith's, Hyatt, Smith, Dunton , Colorado —, KOA Organizations: Hilton, Hyatt, Service, Business Locations: America, Sri Lanka's Yala, Dunton , Colorado, Sri Lanka, glamping, California, Punta Mita, Mexico

☆ I sold everything I own to live on a boat with my wife. It's harder than we imagined — but we love it because it made us stronger.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Iain Cameron and his wife Brioni left Scotland and moved onto a boat in the Caribbean, in 2020. Besides, we both had stable jobs in Scotland: Brioni was an elementary school teacher and I worked in tech as an international technical trainer. For over two years now, living on a boat has made us stronger, more confident, and more appreciative. Iain and Brioni sailing on their boat in the Caribbean. An aerial view of Iain and Brioni sailing off the coast of an island.

Persons: Iain Cameron, Brioni, they've, Cameron, —, we've, Saint Vincent, Iain, Caine, Iain Cameron We've, Manseen Logan Organizations: Service, Facebook, eBay, Robertson, YouTube, Seas, Southampton, Annapolis Locations: Scotland, Caribbean, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Adriatic, Grenadines, Saint Vincent, United Kingdom, YachtWorld, Bonaire, Guna Yala, Panama, mlogan@insider.com

☆ Thai police arrest four suspected of selling modified gun to mall shooter
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBANGKOK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Thai police arrested on Thursday four men suspected of illegally selling modified firearms to the teenager who opened fire in a luxury mall in Bangkok this week, killing two and wounding five. Two of the four were arrested in the Thai capital and two in the southern province of Yala on suspicion of selling a modified blank gun to the 14-year-old, who has been charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm. Mass shootings are rare in Thailand, but gun violence and gun ownership is common. "The digital ministry will be shutting down websites selling blank guns," Jakkapong Sangmanee, the deputy foreign minister, told a separate briefing. The government plans to ban imports of blank guns, BB guns and imitation firearms, its deputy spokesperson, Karom Phonphonklang, said in a statement.

Persons: Jorge Silva, Samran Nuanma, Karom Phonphonklang, Chayut Setboonsarng, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thai, Thomson Locations: Siam, Bangkok, Thailand, Rights BANGKOK, Thai, Yala

☆ Panama boosts security in Darien Gap to confront human traffickers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Operation Choco" aims to stop transnational organized crime in the Darien by mobilizing aerial support and confronting crime groups "head on," Security Minister Juan Pino told a press conference. It is affecting national security, not only in Panama but across the continent," Pino said, stressing that the initiative was "totally Panamanian." In April, Panama joined Colombia and the United States in a pledge to increase joint actions against human traffickers in Darien Gap. This is an effort wholly from the Panamanian state, because we are seeing that the situation of irregular migration is being exploited by transnational organized crime, which is profiting in the millions," he said. More than 166,000 migrants have crossed the Darien so far this year, according to the security ministry, mostly children and teenagers.

Persons: Carlos Jasso, Juan Pino, Pino, Oriel Ortega, Elida Moreno, Sarah Morland, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Thomson Locations: Puerto Obaldia, Guana Yala, Panama, Colombia, Darien, United States, Colombian, Panamanian

☆ People are paying $12 to go on VR tours of turtle nesting in Costa Rica or India's Holi festival from their couches. Meet a tour guide who's cashing in on this travel niche.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ligia Morera, based in Costa Rica, leads virtual tours on the Japanese platform Dokodemo Door Trip. A VR tour guide needs AI software to reach a worldwide audienceMorera filming a VR tour. In other words, these VR tours are as much a marketing program for its core business as a standalone revenue stream. Another source of referrals is other VR tour guides. "In Costa Rica, sometimes we get little problems with that," she said.

☆ Car bomb kills one, hurts nearly 30 in southern Thailand -police
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BANGKOK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed when a car bomb exploded inside a police compound in southern Thailand on Tuesday, a police official said. "It was a car bomb. Images on social media showed black smoke billowing from a car on fire inside a low-rise compound and police diverting traffic away. Provinces in southern Thailand along the border with Malaysia have seen a decades-long, low-level insurgency, in which the Thai government has battled shadowy groups seeking independence for the predominantly Muslim provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and parts of Songkhla. Explosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand in August, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured seven people.

☆ De la A la Z: alfabetul colectării separate a deșeurilor. În ce tomberon trebuie să ajungă fiecare tip de deșeu
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +9 min

Însă unele obiecte aparțin altor categorii de deșeuri decât am intui, cum ar fi tacâmurile din plastic și folia metalică de la ciocolată, care trebuie aruncate în pubela de deșeuri reziduale. „Printre deșeurile menajere și asimilabile, din gospodărie, există o categorie de deșeuri considerate periculoase, al cărei statut nu este clarificat pentru moment. AAmbalajul biscuiților = PLASTICAmbalajul condimentelor = HÂRTIE ȘI CARTONAmbalajul din hârtie al mezelurilor = DEȘEURI REZIDUALEAmbalajul prezervativului = PLASTICBBaterii = DEEEBibelourile = DEȘEURI REZIDUALEBidoanele de detergent lichid = PLASTICBonurile de la cumpărături (cele albe) = DEȘEURI REZIDUALEBorcanele = STICLĂBrichetele = DEȘEURI PERICULOASE din deșeuri menajere. De asemenea, în capitală mai există și un tip de tomberoane gri în care sortarea se face pe trei tipuri de deșeuri: plastic, sticlă și hârtie. Apropo, e important să cunoașteți că în aceste plase puteți arunca ambalaje din plastic și din sticlă.

Persons: Vlada Balica Organizations: Agenția, Protecție Locations: Moldova, Țânțăreni, deșeurilor, Republica Moldova

☆ Sri Lanka's leopards are under threat, but this woman is determined to save them
▼ + stars: | 2020-01-15 | by ( Sarah Lazarus | Jon Jensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: Sri Lanka's incredible wildlife There are up to 5,000 elephants left in Sri Lanka. Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: Sri Lanka's incredible wildlife Sri Lankan temple monkeys taking a well deserved rest. Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: Sri Lanka's incredible wildlife Sri Lankan leopards each have a unique pattern of spots. Hide Caption 5 of 10 Photos: Sri Lanka's incredible wildlife Sri Lankan spotted deer are important prey for leopards. Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: Sri Lanka's incredible wildlife Tea plantations cloak Sri Lanka's hill country.

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