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☆ These are the '50 best hotels' in the world for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

That's the collective view of 600 anonymous global voters, comprising travel journalists, hoteliers and seasoned travel specialists, which determined the results of " The World's 50 Best Hotels ," announced Tuesday in London's historic Guildhall. Capella Bangkok is the new "best hotel" in the world, according to the 50 Best organization. It has long produced rankings in the culinary world, releasing "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" since 2002, and 'The World's 50 Best Bars' since 2009. The Art of Hospitality Award went to Morocco's Royal Mansour, and the Best Beach Hotel Award went to Soneva Fushi in The Maldives. Members of the 50 Best organization "do not vote and do not control the composition of the list," Emma Sleight, head of content for The World's 50 Best Hotels told CNBC.

Persons: Mauro Colagreco, Bangkok's Chao, John Blanco, it's, Josephine Ping, It's, Hong Kong Cheval, Singapore Aman, Japan Soneva, France Chablé, Italy Borgo, São, Japan Mount, Carlyle, Eden, Royal Mansour, Lisciano, Italy Suján, India Singita –, Brando, Tetiaroa, Mount Nelson, Bulgari, Morocco's Royal Mansour, Soneva, Aman, Sonia Cheng, Emma, — Organizations: Michelin, Capella, CNBC, Italy Rosewood, Hong Kong Raffles, Maldives Atlantis, Thailand Raffles, UAE Rosewood, Hyatt Kyoto, Seasons Madrid, Spain Capella Singapore, Surf, Bel, Scotland, Kruger, Park, Australia Kokomo, Asia — Capella, America Rosewood, Oceania, Raffles London, Atlantis, Hospitality, Morocco's, Eco, luxe, Rosewood Hotel, Hotels Locations: London's, Capella Bangkok, Kings, Italy's Lake Como, Bangkok, Thailand, Lake Como, Italy, Italy Rosewood Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cheval Blanc , Paris, France, Hong Kong Raffles Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Aman Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Soneva Fushi, Maldives, Dubai, UAE, Sumba, Sumba Island, Indonesia Claridge's, London, Thailand Raffles London, Chao Phraya, Crillon, Paris, Chocholá, Mexico, Antibes, Maya, Florence, Amalfi, Bali, Indonesia, Lana, Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Brisbane, Australia, Siam, Kyoto, Japan Mount Nelson, Cape Town , South Africa, Riviera Nayarit, Carlyle , New York, U.S, Mamounia, Marrakech, Morocco, Madrid, Spain, Surfside, Los Angeles , U.S, St, Barths, Caribbean Aman New York , New York, Galle, Sri Lanka, Bristol, Auchterarder, Lisciano Niccone, Italy Suján Jawai, Rajasthan, India, South, Zighy, Oman, Connaught, UK, Polynesia, Tulum, Tasman, Hobart, Yaukuve Levu, Fiji, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, Oceania, South America, Asia — Capella Bangkok, America, Yucatan, America Rosewood Sao Paulo, New York, Bulgari Tokyo, Istanbul, The Maldives

Kevin Levu faces unpredictable dangers during his nursing shifts, including the risk of being stabbed or beaten. A travel nurse, Levu works at Pelican Bay State Prison, which is home to some of the most violent inmates in California. Being a travel nurse "provides a lot of freedom in my life," he says. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Kevin Levu in the army. "Kevin Levu at home.

Persons: Kevin Levu, Levu, Chuck Greenwood, I'm, —, there's, wasn't, nudged, Fort Sam Houston, didn't, Doctors, Kevin, fanny, gurney, he's, they're Organizations: CNBC, Pelican, Fort, Fresno City College, IRA, Netflix, Spotify, Toyota Tacoma Locations: Pelican Bay, California, Brookings , Oregon, U.S, Pelican, Crescent City, Northern California, Levu, Oklahoma, San Antonio , Texas, Kevin, Fresno , California, Placerville , California

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailI make $112,000 a year as a travel nurse working in a prisonKevin Levu, 24, earns $112,000 a year as a travel nurse working in Pelican Bay State Prison. Levu, who studied nursing while serving in the U.S. Army, took his first travel nursing job in 2023 after learning how much money he could make. Here's how he manages his money. 08:39 9 minutes ago

Persons: Kevin Levu Organizations: U.S . Army Locations: Pelican Bay, Levu

☆ Five modern-day ghost towns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Elissa Garay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Think of “ghost towns” and images of dusty, lost-to-time towns, like those in America’s Wild West, may come to mind. “Climate change will undoubtedly cause death of landscapes where we shall mourn our environmental decline.”Visiting such places now can shine a critical light on the effects of climate change and, in so doing, offer educational experiences to the contemporary visitor. “Visiting such places now can shine a critical light on the effects of climate change and, in so doing, offer educational experiences to the contemporary visitor.”Here are five global ghost towns that have been created as climate change reshapes the world – the likely harbingers of many more to come. Chacaltaya Ski Resort, BoliviaBolivia's abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort closed in 2009. Luke Chen/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesOnce the world’s highest ski resort, the 17,388-foot-high lodge on Mount Chacaltaya opened in the 1930s as a popular – and only – ski resort in Bolivia’s Andes.

Persons: ”, Gaia Vince, “, Jack DeWaard, “ They’re, it’s, Vince, ” Vince, DeWaard, Philip Stone, Stone, Christoph Sator, de Jean Charles, Jean Charles’s, Cotul, Luke Chen, Chacaltaya, Kile Brewer, – Organizations: CNN, Population Council, United Nations, University of Central, for Dark Tourism Research, Institute, Dark Tourism, Fijian, Louisiana Communities, Valmeyer , Illinois Old, Valmeyer, School, The New York Times Locations: Wild, Hawaii , California, Australia, Bangladesh, Lahaina, Hawaii, Spain, University of Central Lancashire, Vunidogoloa, Fiji, Pacific, Fijian, Vanua Levu, Louisiana, Gulf, Mexico, New Orleans, Cotul Morii, Moldova, Morii, Europe, Bolivia, Andes, La Paz, Valmeyer , Illinois, Mississippi, North, Illinois, Valmeyer, –

☆ Three rescued after sharks attack inflatable yacht off Australian coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin, the three people rescued after sharks attacked a yacht off the Australian coast, pose for a photo in Vanua Levu Island, Fiji July 31, 2023. Satellite photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away. Rescue crews responded to an emergency positioning beacon registered to the Tion, a nine-metre inflatable catamaran on a round-the-world expedition, early on Wednesday morning. "The only thing is that the balloons of the inflatable catamaran were blown away." The crew continued the expedition on an inflatable catamaran by the same manufacturer that had been stored on the island for several years.

Persons: Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky, Stanislav Berezkin, AMSA, Anna Kosikhina, Kosikhina, Renju Jose, Wang Jiawei, Mahezabin Sayed, Alasdair Pal, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Thomson Locations: Vanua Levu, Fiji, Australia, Vanuatu, Cairns, Panama, Brisbane, Russia, Siberia, Chile, Easter, Sydney

☆ Yasa, cel mai sever ciclon tropical a crescut în intensitate în Pacificul de Sud și se apropie de Fiji
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Serviciul meteorologic din Fiji a precizat că furtuna, încadrată în prezent la categoria 5 (cea mai severă), este însoţită de rafale de 280 kilometri/oră şi continua să crească în intensitate în timp ce se afla la aproximativ 550 kilometri nord-vest de Viti Levu, principala insulă din arhipelag, scrie agerpres.ro Agenţia meteorologică din Noua Zeelandă, Weatherwatch, a declarat că Fiji se află "în vizorul ciclonului care avansează încet, fiind aşteptat să atingă arhipelagul joi seară sau vineri dimineaţă". "O furtună de o asemenea intensitate poate distruge clădiri, smulge din rădăcini copaci, spulbera frunzele şi provoca alunecări de teren şi inundaţii", a avertizat Philip Duncan, director executiv al Weatherwatch. "Yasa este o furtună care poate face victime în zonele joase din Fiji", a adăugat el.Primul ministru din Fji, Frank Bainimarama, a cerut deja locuitorilor să se pregătească pentru ce e mai rău.Elevilor li s-a cerut să rămână acasă, deoarece numeroase şcoli au fost transformate în centre pentru sinistraţi.Veşti bune, însă, pentru zonă, în condiţiile în care celălalt ciclon care ameninţa Pacificul de Sud, Zazu, şi-a schimbat traiectoria marţi seară, îndreptându-se acum spre sud-est, fără a mai ameninţa capitala statului Tonga, Nuku'alofa.Prezenţa acestui ciclon, încadrat la categoria 1, complică însă prognozele privind traiectoria lui Yasa.

Persons: Philip Duncan, Frank Bainimarama Locations: Fiji, Viti, Noua Zeelandă, Fji, Pacificul de Sud, Tonga

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