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Business, Economics, Money, Travel
Great innovations in travel: The restaurant
When I travel, I like to count my blessings. Hotels, museums, public transport, guidebooks and multi-lingual guides. All great innovations. What would travel be like without them? But I feel that one more innovation deserves credit. An innovation both surprisingly recent, and fairly under-appreciated. That鈥檚 the restaurant. Beautiful, tasty, sexy, we all love a good […]
What鈥檚 so great about London. And not. – The City Bikes
I love London’s city bikes 鈥� the Santander bikes, the Boris bikes, whatever you call them. Compared to other cities, the London bikes are everywhere, every station has both bikes available and empty slots to park, the bikes are comfortable, and Londoners are incredibly respectful of their bikes. What a wonderful system. It beats any […]
Business, Economics, Money, Travel
Great innovations in travel: Paid Leave
Paid Leave is an invention of the modern times. The right for employees to be away from work and continue receiving the same pay during that time. Before paid leave was introduced, people worked 6 days a week, year round. Or 7 days a week. To compensate some, there were lots of public holidays here […]
What is the best resort for kids in Hawaii?
The answer to this question has been the same since 1988. That is when Hawaii got its first mega resort now called the Hilton Waikoloa Village. Why is this the winner for kids? For a kid, it is almost like living in a real amusement park. My first visit to the resort was in 1989, […]
