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☆ Why a travel coach is a must-have for some travelers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Professional guidanceSahara Rose De Vore, founder of the Travel Coach Network, pictured, second from right, with members during an event in Atlanta. Courtesy Sahara Rose De Vore/The Travel Coach Network“It was something new,” explains Ubogagu. Sahara Rose De Vore, founder of The Travel Coach Network, a database of certified travel coaches, defines a travel coach as a “travel expert who helps people bring awareness to why they want to travel and what type of experience they need in order to obtain the transformation, feelings, or outcomes that their urge to travel is calling for.”The types of services provided tend to vary depending on each coach’s “personal interest, background, and passion for travel,” adds De Vore. Certified travel coach and organizational psychologist, Sonia Cruz Oro, founder of travel and personal development service Travel Awakens, has been coaching travelers since 2021. Increasing interestWellness travel coach Dr. Noreen Nguru prescribes travel to her clients.

☆ Wrexham to play in seven-on-seven tournament in North Carolina
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 5 (Reuters) - Wrexham, the newly-promoted Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will compete in a seven-on-seven tournament in early June in Cary, North Carolina. The 32-team event from June 1-4 called The Soccer Tournament will consist of a group stage and knockout rounds capped by a winner-takes-all $1 million championship game. They will begin the group stage of The Soccer Tournament on June 1 against Italian Serie B club Como 1907, whose ownership group includes soccer greats Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas. Earlier this week, it was announced that Wrexham will play a July 22 friendly in California against Major League Soccer reserve team LA Galaxy II. Two other U.S. fixtures had already been set, with Wrexham facing Chelsea in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Manchester United in San Diego, California, on July 19 and 25 respectively.

☆ Venus the Influencer? An Italian Tourism Campaign Prompts Backlash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Venus is back as an allegory of rebirth and renewal,” read a blurb on the company’s website. But some critics complained that turning the Renaissance icon into a modern-day influencer played into old stereotypes about Italy. (The campaign featured Venus as a hip fashionista, snapping selfies in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, munching on pizza on Lake Como and posing in front of the Colosseum with a bicycle.) Undaunted by the criticism, Daniela Santanchè, the tourism minister, said she stood by the campaign, which officially begins in May. The German version has been taken down.

☆ Italy’s new tourism ambassador is Botticelli’s Venus, brought to life by AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

But a new marketing campaign by Italy’s tourism ministry has turned the ancient deity into a “virtual influencer”—with the help of artificial intelligence technology. “A Venus in the role of a modern influencer will lead every international visitor by the hand to discover our country,” the announcement from the Ministry of Tourism promises. Some are computer-generated, while others feature a human model whose face is never seen but who has the same long, wavy hair. “I’m 30—ok, maybe just a little bit older,” Venus says. “I’m a virtual influencer.”

☆ SVB is 'probably the first of a series' of bank failures, Ambrosetti's De Molli says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSVB is 'probably the first of a series' of bank failures, Ambrosetti's De Molli saysValerio De Molli, managing partner and CEO at The European House – Ambrosetti, speaks to CNBC's Steve Sedgwick from the banks of Lake Como, Italy. He says uncertainty across the world's banking industry is concerning.

☆ Europe drought: This once-thriving lake has all but dried up -- a story repeated across Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

While in the United States, the snow and rain that have pummeled California have helped fill reservoirs and ease unrelenting drought, winter has been far from kind to many parts of Europe. A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel as France faces a record winter dry spell. “Lake Montbel remains at an abnormally low level,” Franck Solacroup, the regional director of the Adour-Garonne Water Agency, which covers the area that includes Lake Montbel, told CNN. Farmers like Rouquet, who rely on the lake, are having to make tough decisions on what to grow. “This is the most extreme winter in terms of low snow cover,” she told CNN.

☆ Does She Airwrap? How Dyson’s $600 Hair Styler Became a Sensation
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S.—land of pageants, cheerleaders, Hollywood, and, now, self-care and YouTubers—has always been a hotbed of perfectly groomed hair. Even at that prohibitive price, the Airwrap, launched in 2018, continually sells out. On TikTok, a seemingly endless stream of Airwrap-focused videos—from tutorials to takedowns—have been viewed over four billion times. Horses, babies and luscious-locked “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness have all gotten the Airwrap treatment. On Etsy, you can choose from hundreds of bespoke racks to store your Airwrap.

☆ U.S. composer Burt Bacharach dies at age 94
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Bacharach and David had 30 Top-40 hits in the '60s alone. I'd hear his melodies and I'd hear lyrics. I'd hear rhymes, I'd hear thoughts and I'd hear it almost immediately." Bacharach and David scored the Neil Simon Broadway musical "Promises, Promises," which won them two Tonys and a Grammy. While star performers made his songs hits, Bacharach said he also enjoyed performing himself and making a personal connection with smaller audiences.

☆ Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Bacharach was both an innovator and throwback, and his career seemed to run parallel to the rock era. He was an eight-time Grammy winner, a prize-winning Broadway composer for "Promises, Promises" and a three-time Oscar winner. Fellow songwriter Sammy Cahn liked to joke that the smiling, wavy-haired Bacharach was the first composer he ever knew who didn't look like a dentist. Bacharach was essentially a pop composer, but his songs became hits for country artists (Marty Robbins), rhythm and blues performers (Chuck Jackson), soul (Franklin, Luther Vandross) and synth-pop (Naked Eyes). He's everybody's composer ... Burt Bacharach!"

☆ I'm a general manager on a $450 million cruise ship. I'm on duty 24 hours a day, but it's worth it to travel the world in a floating 5-star hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He is now the general manager for the $450 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Now I'm the general manager on the $450 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. The Regent Seven Seas Explorer is called "the world's most luxurious" by the cruise line. I worked on MSC Cruises for four years until I became the food-and-beverage director for Regent Seven Seas in 2014. In December 2021, I was promoted to general manager for Regent Seven Seas Explorer.

☆ I'm a general manager on a $450-million cruise ship. I'm on duty 24 hours but it's worth it to travel the world in a floating 5-star hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He is now the general manager for the $450-million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Now I'm the general manager on the $450-million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Courtesy of Six Star CruisesThe first time I joined a cruise ship crew was in Los Angeles in May 1997. I worked on MSC Cruises for four years until I became food and beverage director for Regent Seven Seas in 2014. In December 2021, I was promoted to general manager for Regent Seven Seas Explorer.

☆ Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés dies at 79
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The culture in Cuba is in mourning for the death of Pablo Milanes,” Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz tweeted Monday night. Milanés and Rodríguez in particular became close, touring the world’s stages as cultural ambassadors for the Cuban Revolution, and bonding during boozy sessions. “If Silvio Rodríguez and I got together, the rum was always there,” Milanés told El Pais in 2003. Cuba’s aging leaders “are stuck in time,” Milanés told Spanish newspaper El Mundo. “These freedoms have been seen in small doses, and we hope that with time they will grow,” Milanés told The Associated Press.

☆ Capital One will launch the Premier Collection luxury hotel booking program, plus new culinary-focused Capital One Landing airport lounges
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Tessa Campbell | Personal Finance Reviews Fellow | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Capital OneCapital One will offer its own premium hotel booking program with the launch of the Premier Collection for Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card members. Read Insider's guide to the best travel rewards credit cards. And it's got a lot in common with existing credit card hotel programs, like Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts and Chase's Luxury Hotels and Resorts Collection. To access the Capital One Premier Collection, you'll need to have a Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card or Capital One Spark Travel Elite card (only available through Capital One Business relationship managers). Oftentimes, credit card hotel booking programs have higher rates than booking through the property (or chain) directly.

☆ A travel planner for the ultrawealthy shares what goes into organizing $800,000 trips to exclusive locations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Jules Maury is the head of Scott Dunn Private, an ultraexclusive division of a luxury travel firm. She was raised in a wealthy family and learned how to plan luxury trips by taking them herself. Jules Maury was 12 when she made her first hotel booking. She handles trips for the world's wealthiest people along with a team of four travel advisors and six booking specialists. But even an expert travel planner lacks some knowledgeMaury still relishes the chance to travel, and she spends much of the year on the road, often attending luxury travel shows like ILTM in Cannes or Pure in Marrakech.

☆ See Europe's less-crowded destinations as Americans flood the hot spots
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

North Jutland, DenmarkSouthern Europe swells with crowds during summer, and it can also get hot to the point of extremely uncomfortable in July and August. Temperatures in Seville and other spots in southern Spain recently exceeded the 110˚ Fahrenheit mark (43.3 Celsius). MontenegroLeave Croatia’s jam-packed Dubrovnik to the hordes of “Game of Thrones” hangers-on and make for less-trampled spots in neighboring Montenegro instead. It’s just 40 minutes from the popular beaches of Taormina, which are flooded with “White Lotus” fans this summer. There are beaches all around the peninsula, but if you only hit two, Mylopotamos and Fakistra on the Aegean side are the can’t-miss spots.

Persons: ”, Tania Swasbrook, Swasbrook, it’s, Jack Ezon, he’s, “, ” Ezon, you’ve, Mads Østergaard, Moritz, St, Du, Marianne Fabre, Lanvin, Vin de Bonté, ” Fabre, Arlindo Serrão, Serrão, ” Serrão, Dolev Azaria, Azaria, Portonovi, Spain Spain’s Costa, Spain Spain’s Costa de la Luz, Manni Coe of, TOMA, ” Coe, El Rompido, Italy Lipari, Diego Fiore, Dario Ferrante, Absolute, Ferrante, ” Ferrante, Andreas Heide, Barba, Alan Mandic, ” Mandic, Andria Mitsakos, Mitsakos Organizations: CNN, Allianz Partners, Vgari, CNN Travel, Croatia, Michelin, Tri, Villa, –, SAS, France International, gravitate, Cannes, Lodging, Le, Adobe, Alentejo ‘, “, New, UNESCO, Costa de la, Spain Spain’s Costa de la, del Sol, Albanian Locations: Europe, Tuscany, Slovenia, Croatia, Kotor, Montenegro, Italy, France, Pantelleria, Paros, Spain, Portugal, North Jutland, Denmark Southern Europe, Seville, Denmark, Cold Hawaii, ”, Jutland, Aalborg, Denmark’s, “, Newark, United States, Moritz, Switzerland, St, Engadin, Badrutt’s, Swiss, Nice, Montpellier, l’Espiguette, L’Oyat Plage, Alentejo, Lisbon, Algarve, Comporta, Dubrovnik, “ Montenegro, New York City, Como, Costa de, Costa de la Luz, Spain Spain’s Costa de, Barcelona, del, Manni Coe of Andalusia, Tarifa, El, Cadiz, Huelva, Mazagón, Aeolian, Sicily, Amalfi, Caribbean, Salina, Filicudi, Mount Etna, It’s, Taormina, Senja, Norway, Svalbard, Lofoten, Northern Norway, Zadar, Split, Hvar, Silba, Pelion, Greece, Mykonos, Albania, Ksamil . Albania's, Balkan

În cadrul Zilei Ușilor Deschise la Facultatea Textile și Poligrafie elevii din clasele absolvente din diferite localități ale țării, conectați online la eveniment, au avut ocazia să descopere fascinanta lume a unor specialități aflate la granița dintre știință, tehnică şi artă. univ., dr. Svetlana CANGAȘ; șefa Departamentului Design și Tehnologii în Textile și Poligrafie, conf. univ., dr. Marcela IROVAN; pe șefii programelor de studii: „Tehnologia și designul confecțiilor textile” (TDCT) – conf. univ., dr. Olga SUGAC; „Design și tehnologii poligrafice” (DVP) – conf. Cu un original cuvânt de salut a venit și dna Carolina TULGARA, directoarea Centrului de Excelență și Accelerare în Design și Tehnologii „ZIPhouse”, care a făcut o amplă prezentare a acestei importante componente a FTP.

Persons: Sergiu TRONCIU, Svetlana CANGAȘ, Marcela IROVAN, . Olga, ., Alina TOCARCIUC, Mihaela, Valentina, Natalia MORARU, JANU, Florence, Como Aldo Galli, Carolina TULGARA Organizations: OPEN, UTM, Facebook, Internazionale Fashion Design, Universitatea din, Universitatea Locations: Textile, Poligrafie, masterand, di Belle, Como, Italia, Universitatea din Lisabona, Portugalia, Universitatea ST, Ambrose, Iowa, SUA, Universitatea din Oradea, România, Ușoară, Bălți

☆ Умер актер и комик Хуан Хойя Борха
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Испанский актер Хуан Хойя Борха, получивший в Сети прозвище Хохотун или «хохочущий испанец», умер в возрасте 65 лет. Conocido como “El risitas”, su buen humor y su risa se hicieron conocidas en toda España tras sus apariciones en el programa de Jesús Quintero. pic.twitter.com/qxKFeUjhaB — Santiago Segura (@SSantiagosegura) April 28, 2021Широкую известность в социальных сетях Борха получил после распространения ролика из эфира испанского телешоу. В эфире телеканала актер рассказывает историю из своей жизни, но не может сдержать смех, заражая хохотом телеведущего и зрителей. Видео стало вирусным, а скриншот ролика превратился в мем, с помощью которого пользователи сети выражают свою реакцию на очень смешные ситуации.

Persons: Хуан Хойя Борха, Хохотун, Борха Organizations: Сеть Locations: Вирхен дель Росио, Севилья

☆ Trei dolari pentru site-ul Google Argentina. Acesta a fost cumpărat în timpul unor probleme tehnice, dar procesul de achiziție a fost legal
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Acesta a fost cumpărat în timpul unor probleme tehnice, dar procesul de achiziție a fost legalDomeniul Google Argentina a fost cumpărat de un web designer local pentru trei dolari săptămâna trecută, în intervalul în care site-ul a avut probleme tehnice și a fost căzut timp de două ore. Compania a redobândit ulterior controlul asupra site-ului. Reprezentanții Google Argentina, însă, au declarat pentru BBC că, pentru puțin timp, domeniul a fost achiziționat de altcineva. A căutat Google și a văzut că domeniul google.com.ar era disponibil. Deși nu credea că va reuși să ducă procesul la capăt, Nicolas Kurona a urmat pașii necesari și a primit pe e-mail o factură pentru achiziția sa. A fost denumit erou de unii utilizatori de Twitter, iar postarea în care a explicat ce s-a întâmplat a adunat peste 80 000 de aprecieri.

Persons: Nicolas Kurona, Nicolas, Tânărul, Miercuri, NIC, Nicolas David Kuroña Organizations: Google, BBC, Open Data Locations: Google Argentina, Argentina, Buenos Aires, como, Open Data Cordoba

Astfel, a fost identificat cetățeanul moldovean, în vârstă de 21 ani, cu domiciliul în municipiul Erba, a prezentat o carte de identitate aparent română ca document de identificare. Expertiză a dovedit că actul de identitate a fost complet contrafăcut și, prin urmare, subiectul a fost arestat pentru infracțiunea de deținere și fabricare de documente de identitate false. Ulterior, cazul a fost pus la dispoziția Curții judecătorești din Como care a dispus judecarea acestuia. Bărbatul a fost condamnat la un an și șase luni de închisoare cu suspendare. Bărbatul a fost extrădat imediat în R. Moldova.

Persons: Como Organizations: Stat Locations: Lombardia, Como, Erba, Rimini, Moldova

☆ Cel mai bătrân urangutan din lume a murit; „Capacitatea lui Inji de a interacționa cu oamenii a fost incredibilă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

„Capacitatea lui Inji de a interacționa cu oamenii a fost incredibilă”, a adăugat el. De-a lungul vieții sale, Inji a rămas activă și și-a petrecut majoritatea zilelor interacționând cu vizitatorii prin ferestrele habitatului ei. De ce urangutanul Inji a fost atât de longeviv? Totodată, Inji era și bunica descendenților Markisei. Potrivit lui Mukobi, legătura dintre animalele captive, precum Inji, și vizitatori este cheia salvării populațiilor sălbatice.

Persons: Inji, Bob Lee, Lee ., Harry, Mukobi Organizations: National Geographic, Inji, Como Park Zoo, Live Science Locations: Oregon, SUA, Sumatra, Como, Minnesota, Amenințati, Borneo, Pongo

☆ A murit Paolo Rossi, eroul Italiei la CM 1982. Fostul mare atacant avea 64 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Anunțul a fost făcut în noaptea de miercuri spre joi de postul de televiziune RAI Sport, unde Rossi ocupase postul de analist: "O veste foarte tristă: Paolo Rossi ne-a părăsit. Pablito, cel care nu va putea fi uitat, ne-a făcut să ne îndrăgostim în vara anului 1982. Informația a fost confirmată și de soția lui Rossi, Cappelleti Frederica, care a postat pe rețelele de socializare o fotografie cu fostul fotbalist, la care a adăugat textul "per sempre" (n.r - pentru totdeauna), fără a oferi detalii despre cauza decesului. Paolo Rossi a fost eroul Italiei la Campionatul Mondial din 1982. În 1982, pe lângă Campionatul Mondial, Rossi, care evolua la Juventus în acea perioadă, a câștigat Balonul de Aur și titlul de golgheter al turneului final.

Persons: Rossi, Paolo Rossi, Pablo, Enrico Varriale, Cappelleti Frederica, Diego Maradona Organizations: RAI Sport, Juventus, AC, Cupa Campionilor Europeni, Cupa, Cupă Mondială Locations: Italiei, Prato, Spania, Braziliei, Poloniei, Germaniei, Italia, Como, Vicenza, Perugia, AC Milan, Verona, Europei, Cupa Italiei

☆ Furtuni de zăpadă şi precipitații abundente în Italia: Două persoane au murit
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

În zonele din jurul oraşului Modena, ploile abundente au provocat viituri şi inundaţii în întreaga regiune. Pompierii italieni au participat la misiuni de salvare a unor persoane rămase blocate în locuinţele lor, folosind bărci de cauciuc. Potrivit Departamentului de Pompieri, echipajele de salvare au participat la câteva mii de operaţiuni de salvare, mai scrie sursa citată. Un bărbat de 53 de ani a murit după ce un copac s-a prăbuşit din cauza greutăţii excesive a stratului de zăpadă, mai scrie sursa citată. Un alt bărbat de 51 de ani a murit după ce a fost luat de viitură.

Organizations: Agerpres, Friuli - Venezia Giulia Locations: graniţa, Austria, Bolzano, Tirolul de Sud, Italiei, Modena, Lacul Como, Friuli - Venezia, Veneto, Emilia - Romagna

În zonele din jurul oraşului Modena, ploile abundente au provocat viituri şi inundaţii în întreaga regiune. Pompierii italieni au participat la misiuni de salvare a unor persoane rămase blocate în locuinţele lor, folosind bărci de cauciuc. Potrivit Departamentului de Pompieri, echipajele de salvare au participat la câteva mii de operaţiuni de salvare, mai scrie sursa citată. Două persoane au murit în urma vremii extreme din nordul ItalieiUn bărbat de 53 de ani a murit după ce un copac s-a prăbuşit din cauza greutăţii excesive a stratului de zăpadă, mai scrie sursa citată. Un alt bărbat de 51 de ani a murit după ce a fost luat de viitură.

Organizations: Friuli - Venezia Giulia Locations: graniţa, Austria, Bolzano, Tirolul de Sud, Italiei, Modena, Lacul Como, Friuli - Venezia, Veneto, Emilia - Romagna

Presa italiană a relatat că bărbatul era obosit, însă părea lucid, și a recunoscut că nu și-a dat seama că a parcurs o distanță atât de mare. El a mai spus că a primit mâncare de la oamenii întâlniți pe drum în călătoria sa, pe durata căreia a mers în medie 65 de kilometri în fiecare zi. "Sunt bine, doar puțin obosit", a declarat el, potrivit publicației Il Resto del Carlino din Fano, citează Digi24. Soția acestuia, care a venit să-l ridice de la poliție, a confirmat că bărbatul a ieșit din locuință în urmă cu o săptămână, după o ceartă, și nu mai fusese văzut de atunci. Bărbatul a fost amendat cu 400 de euro pentru că a încălcat măsurile de carantină impuse de statul italian.

Locations: Como, Italiei, adriatică, italian

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