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The Christmas ski holidays are a very attractive proposition this year, with Christmas Day falling on the Sunday. Many businesses finish on the Friday, allowing skiers to head for the slopes on the Saturday, arriving mid-afternoon Christmas Eve. With Monday and Tuesday being public holidays, even employees of companies that are open between Christmas and New Year will only need to take three days holidays from their entitlement for a weeks Christmas skiing!  Sounds good, but the prudent accountants may be raising two sensible questions at this point. The first will probably be regarding the cost of  Christmas ski holidays, the second regarding snow reliability.

The first point is an easy one, in some cases cost can be prohibitive, but in recent years the increased competition as a result of the number of new chalet operators on the market has meant a step change in availability. Couple this with the fact that Christmas skiing has strangely fallen out of favour with New Year taking over as the must ski holiday, and you won’t be surprised to hear that prices have fallen as a consequence. It was the week most ski chalets thought they would always sell, but when many didn’t, the effect was dramatic.  Yes it is still a week in demand, but operators cannot afford to be left with a ‘must sell’ week. A small premium for ski Christmas still applies in comparison to say January, but at best prices are on a par with late February. Unlike the New Year week, if you shop around you may even find some very good Christmas ski deals too (just make sure they are and not over priced ski chalets that didn’t sell).

As for snow reliability for the christmas ski holidays  first things first, snow is hard to forecast, it is lottery in fact, but in the last decade only one year has the Christmas skiing been poor, a year where you could ski, but with thin cover and icy slopes in places (something that continued throughout that season). Analysts amongst you might ask about snow depths at this point, and yes these are the best indicator of how the snow cover in any resort at any point is, but early on at least, they are not necessarily a good indicator of how the skiing and conditions actually are. Early on the ski season the sun sits a lot lower in the sky, the snow is skied less, and lower temperatures keep the snow condition in its peak condition longer. 100cm in February when the sun is high on south facing slopes can soon melt and freeze again to become thin and icy, losing up to 10cm of snow a day too. Contrast this to December when 75cm might lose just 15cm even during a sunny week! As long as the rocks are covered, a good base and good snow conditions can last days this time of year (the snow stays cold and doesn’t melt and re-freeze to make icy patches).  

Our advice is therefore to make use of the natural break and enjoy the Christmas ski holidays in the alps. It won’t cost half as much as you might think, and the snow is likely to make for a very happy ski Christmas!

Travelling is a hobby that is pursued by millions and millions of people in the world. And some of them also go to the extent of sharing their knowledge and experience with others, for the love of travelling. The best way to share such knowledge about places and regions is by writing travel guides. This article is for the neophyte travel journal writers who are dabbling with the art of travel guides. Here we will discuss some of the essential things that you must include in your write up.

A travel guide can be as short or as long as you want. However, there are some essentials that you must fill in your readers with, so that they can find your efforts useful. Now, different readers look for different things in a travel guide – it all depends on their choice and preferences. If you have a niche audience in your mind while writing the travel guides, then you can focus more on what they choose to know about. However, if you are writing for the more exoteric group, then here are some important elements that you should not forget.

The first thing that you should do is, give your audience a bird’s eye view of the region or the place you are going to discuss. This is like a prelude that will tell your audience what to expect and prepare them accordingly. It will also set the tone and prepare the base for branching out into sub categories. Categorize your topics – even if you plan to write short travel guides, divide it into sections for clarity and hence, better understanding.

Do talk about the climate there for the entire year, the special attractions of the place and also how to reach there and about internal transportation. Include, travel guide the mode of communication that can be used and also talk about where to stay and availability of food and night life in the places you are writing about in your travel guides.

The Schaeffler Group has developed a new kind of compact FAG center axial bearing unit which can be applied in the bicycles used in the cities and in travel. Center axial bearing unit is put at the center axial bearing of the bicycles. This new bearing unit stands out for that its optimized bearing arrangement can bring the smooth running. Compared to the traditional center axial bearing unit, the new one does not need to be tightened strictly to the frame. The design has a positive effect on the smooth running of bearings. As a result, it will take riders less energy to arrive at their destinations.

The new products have higher reliability and require little maintenance. The principal axis is coated with a kind of anti-rot material which can prevent the bearings from the corrosion under the bad conditions. However, the traditional ones are coated with the zinc which has limited preservation function.

Taking the BBL66 as an example, it is a classical center axial bearing unit. It is endowed with components which have high accuracy and can bear heavy load. Even under the maximum load, this kind of products can run smoothly and ensure a longer rating life. They are particularly suitable for the bicycles that used for transporting goods.

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It is no doubt that the Schaeffler Group is a renowned supplier to the automotive industry and one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of rolling bearings and linear products. The FAG brand stands for the development and manufacture of high-quality rolling bearings. The FAG products have high quality. They can be uses in bicycles as well as many other places. What’s more, the company also offers customers a wide range of services including support, maintenance and assembly for rolling bearings and systems.

The most important Russian holiday is New Year’s Day January 1st. During the Soviet era, people were not allowed to celebrate Christmas, so New Year’s became the most important holiday. New Year’s is a public holiday while Christmas is more of a private family holiday. Happy New Year in Russian is ‘Snovum Godom.’

Russian Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7th. This is the equivalent day to December 25 in the old Russian calendar.Russians also celebrate ‘Catholic Christmas’ on December 25th and the old Russian New Year’s Day of January 14th in the Julian calendar, which they used until 1918.

Russians celebrate more holidays than Hallmark Cards. It is just one more reason to pull the cork out of the vodka bottle.

The most important holiday as far as Russian women are concerned is “International Women’s Day.” This is March 8. This holiday, that Americans have never heard of, is like Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and her birthday all rolled into one. On this day, the men do all the household chores. They treat the woman of the house as Queen for a Day. They buy her a nice gift and maybe flowers.

One word of advice: Remember this day as you would your anniversary, her birthday, Valentine’s Day, and Mother’s Day. It is that important to a Russian woman.

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One big difference between Russia and America is that Russians don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day, Mother’s Day, or Father’s Day. They don’t celebrate any of the ethnic holidays that America has like St. Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day, or Martin Luther King Day, although I’m sure they could get behind the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day one hundred percent.

Each former Soviet Republic has its own independence day that is celebrated like Independence Day in America, although not quite to the same degree it is celebrated in America.February 23 is officially Soldier’s Day and is kind of like Father’s Day where men are honored.

May 9 is Victory Day, where the Russians celebrate victory in the great Patriotic War — what we call World War II. Every man who is a veteran is treated like a general on this day. There is much drinking and celebrating to honor the conquering war heroes.

November 7 is the Soviet holiday that commemorates the October Revolution (which actually took place in November), when the Bolsheviks took power from the Czar. The reason it is called the October revolution is because it was in the month of October in the old Russian calendar.

Remember the parades in Red Square. During this holiday, the Soviet leaders wore those big Russian fur hats while standing above Lenin’s tomb.This holiday is still celebrated by some, although not nearly as much as when the Soviets were in power.

Pascha is the Russian Orthodox equivalent to Catholic Easter. Easter is the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox (March 21).Pascha is the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox and Jewish Passover.

This was the date that the Christian Church originally celebrated Easter.Passover is the Jewish religious celebration when the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites during the plagues that Moses visited upon the Egyptians for holding the Israelites captive. The last plague, or curse, was that the first-born sons of all the land would perish.

The Israelites were to sacrifice a lamb to God and put the blood of the lamb over their doorstep. By doing so, they would be Passed Over by the plague, and their first-born would be spared.

To Christians, Jesus represented the Lamb of God. He was the Passover lamb. He was the Lamb who was sacrificed to save the souls of all people, not just the first-born sons of the Israelites.

Jesus came to Jerusalem during Passover and was crucified right after Passover.The Orthodox celebrate Pascha (The Passion) after Passover for this reason.

Article by Chris Heath

With the support of the Board of Investment of Thailand and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, The Beaches will be the new shining symbol of the country and will be the benchmark of destination resorts in Asia.It has also joined with True Corporation, one of Thailand’s largest technology companies, to create Thailand’s first wireless lifestyle convergent communities which will feature state-of-the-art technology throughout the entire project.The masterplan architect and designers behind the success of The Beaches Resort & Residences are award winning world class design firms – Carl Ettensperger of C&C Studio and Terry Henriksen of Henriksen Design Ltd, who have worked on 5-star hotel projects such as Mandarin Oriental, Hyatt Hotels, Ritz Carlton, Siam Paragon Bangkok, Huvafen Fushi Maldives (2008 Worlds Best Beach Resort, Harpers Bazaar Travel), Hard Rock Hotel – Universal Studios, Florida, and many more prestigious resorts.Set over 88 rai of landscaped gardens, man-made beaches, and water lagoons, The Beaches private community will have four grand 5-star hotels, stunning water villas and Private Residences. The Beaches Resort has the best of everything – International Waterpark and Surf Park, The Beaches Longevity & Wellness Spa, state-of-the-art fitness club, a Grande Promenade with an international village with over 20 restaurants and retail, tennis academy and a Watersport centre. It is also centrally located in the heart of Thailand in Bang Saray Bay, a tropical oasis – 10 minutes from Pattaya and only 90 minutes from BangkokChairman and CEO of Pacific Shore Developments, Liakat Sultan Dhanji, has been responsible for making the brand a success. According to him, Thailand needs something distinctive if it is going to stand out against the stiff competition developing in the region. V9 Design & Build, were invited to build the resort’s website and, from initial discussions with Mr Dhanji, ideas were centred on creating an architecture that would concentrate on eMarketing by employing Web 2.0 technologies.Living in Bangkok, you see glitzy front-page supplements that dominate Thailand’s English dailies, full-page magazine and newspaper colour ads that abound large project launches, and the billboards that predominate the city and Skytrain. You can only imagine the cost of such publicity and its significant impact on a project’s bottom line.That is not to say that elegantly-produced brochures and local media advertising doesn’t have merit, but it has always seemed that it is a sort of marketing overkill — a gunshot rather than rifle approach to project exposure.Professional blogging: it increases company revenue over time through the marketing and relationship building power. The ability to write effective, interesting, and informative blog posts has proved itself be a highly cost effective option.It is even more effective when added as a seamless addition to a resort’s website for several reasons. First, Google and the other major search engines like content and change which adds value to a site’s PageRank?; it extends keyword range; it is disseminated to the world’s largest blog directories; and it is accompanied by RSS. Article writing and press releases can be submitted to the world’s largest websites, especially two that are associated with Google and Yahoo.Over the last few years, search engines have made it increasingly difficult to reach a targeted audience. Gone are the days of mailers, link exchanges and non-industry-related links. Even with ezines, there’s no guarantee you will be read. A great alternative to this is RSS (Really Simple Syndication). It is not a well-known method for companies to publish and distribute content in this format (e.g. publicity releases, news, newsletters and articles). Syndication means you don’t have to visit each site individually to see what’s new — you simply scan headline summaries in a reader and click to read the full text.Most real estate projects use Flash technology that presents brilliantly-animated images but fail with their eMarketing efforts because of it. Search engines cannot see beyond the front page. There are two large property developers in Thailand, both of which have projects that have only their home pages listed. Both are poor examples of internet marketing and are therefore spending fortunes on print advertising. In contrast, The Beaches will bypass outdated marketing methods by creating a wealth of exposure, both in Thailand and internationally.The Beaches, to our knowledge, will be the first large-scale real estate development project in Asia to employ Web 2.0 as its online publicity vehicle.Chris Heath is the sole proprietor of Soho Properties a Bangkok based real estate agency specializing in the Thailand area.

Travel and tourism in UK are on an upswing and the time is right to make the most of it. There are many ways you can contribute to enhance tourism in UK and in return gain multiple benefits from it. One such way is by preparing travel guides. In this article, we will look at two things – how you can make travel guides for upcoming tourist destinations and what are the benefits that you can enjoy from this activity.

First, we will see how you can prepare travel guides for various destinations in UK. The first thing that you would have to do is choose a place for which you can make the travel guide. The best way would be if you could visit the place and write about it, however you can also put in second hand information. Now choose a few areas on which you would like to write.

Categorise all the information into separate sections like geographical details, climatic conditions during the year, transportation and how to reach the destination, communication system of the region, land and people, culture and lifestyle, best attractions and sight seeing etc. If you could add some pictures along, it would be great. Prima facie, the more information you can provide, the better the travel guides get.

There are many things that you can put in your travel guides. There are also many benefits that you will get in return of making travel guides. First, there are some web sites and magazines who pay you well for making travel guides for them. Second, you can also have your own blog and help those who seek information and get online traffic for your blog. This helps you gain recognition and prepares a launch pad for you in the much sought after UK tourism industry.

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Possessing ancient monuments, three championship golf courses, beautiful sandy beaches and more than 300 days of sunshine a year, Cyprus proves itself to be better to visit than anywhere else. When in Cyprus, why not have some family fun at the fantastic waterparks.

WaterWorld, Ayia Napa

This waterpark has received more than 20 awards. Based on ancient Greek mythology there are 18 attractions, including the Aeolos Whirlwind, Drop To Atlantis, The Fall of Icarus, The Quest of Heracles, Kamikaze Slides, Chariot Chase, Apollos Plunge, Phaethons Flume, Serpentine Slides, Minatours Labyrinth, Atlantis Activity Pool, Trojan Adventure, Pegasus Pool, Poseidons Wave Pool, Aphrodites Bath, Danaides Waterworks, River Odyssey and Zephyrs Breeze. There are plenty of places to eat here, including Dionysos Temple (self service restaurant), Homers Burger Palace (fast food restaurant), Sirens Fish & Chips, Minotaurs Pizza, Ice Cream Parlour and the Creperie.

Watermania Waterpark, Fasouri

In 2007 Watermania won the World Travel Awards for the best waterpark.

The rides here are all arranged in age appropriate categories. Attractions include The Cross Over Pools, The Black Hole & Extreme Black Hole Slides, Black Cannons, Kamikazi Slide, Lazy River, Six Lane Mat Racer, Triple Tube Slide, Big Orange Wet Bubble, Wave Pool, Two Aqua Tube Slides,  The Juice Factory Interactive Centre, Probowl, Body Slides, Swimming Pool, Kids Pool. Places to eat and drink include Canal Restaurant (groups only), Pirates Cove Restaurant, Grill & Pasta House, Wiki Wiki Cafe, Sorts Cafe/Bar, Mini Donut Kiosk, Ice Cream Kiosk and Makai Pool Bar (squeeze juice bar).

Paphos Aphrodite Waterpark, Paphos

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