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SkyScreamer, the world’s tallest tower swing ride, was officially opened at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington

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SkyScreamer, the world’s tallest tower swing ride, which sends those foolhardy enough to get on-board a whopping 400 feet up in the air, was...

Airbus is offering airlines the option of installing extra-wide seats for overweight passengers on its A320 jets

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Airbus is offering airlines the option of installing extra-wide seats for overweight passengers on its A320 jets to cope with what it describes as...

Het Arresthuis was one of the Netherlands' most feared prisons for almost 150 years, but following its closure and something of a makeover, it has been transformed into a luxury hotel

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Het Arresthuis was one of the Netherlands' most feared prisons for almost 150 years, but following its closure and something of a makeover, it...

Hôtel de Glace in Quebec, Canada, is a palatial building constructed entirely out of ice (Photo Xavier Dachez)

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Hôtel de Glace in Quebec, Canada, is a palatial building constructed entirely out of ice. Hôtel de Glace is built each year with a new...

Sleepbox Hotel, located in the centre of Moscow, Russia, is the first capsule hotel to open in the city

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Sleepbox Hotel, located in the centre of Moscow, Russia, is the first capsule hotel to open in the city. The hotel features fifty cramped, windowless...

With its frosty furniture and glittering white walls, Hotel of Ice Balea Lac in Romania certainly attracts visitors keen to experience the unusual surroundings

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With its frosty furniture and glittering white walls, Hotel of Ice Balea Lac in Romania certainly attracts visitors keen to experience the unusual surroundings. Even the...

Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary has been shut down after the control tower developed electrical problems

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Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary has been shut down after the control tower developed electrical problems. Flights are being diverted to Vienna, Bratislava...

The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, Germany, is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers

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The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick,  Germany, is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers - and not a cloud in sight. Yet with...

LAX employees are threatening to strike over being denied healthcare on Thanksgiving eve

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LAX employees are threatening to strike over being denied healthcare on Thanksgiving eve, the busiest travel holiday of the year. A coalition of labor and...

The dirty secrets that luxury hotels don't want you to know revealed by Jacob Tomsky

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Former hotel staffer Jacob Tomsky has detailed the sketchy, raunchy, and sometimes scandalous things that hotel workers do when guests' heads are turned in...

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York City

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On Thursday, November 22nd, America celebrates Thanksgiving, the traditional harvest feast which dates back to 1621. Check the list below for the best ways to...

Insano, the world’s tallest water slide, is towering over the Brazilian landscape at a whopping 41 metres high, it is the equivalent of a 14-storey building

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Insano, the world’s tallest water slide, is towering over the Brazilian landscape at a whopping 41 metres high, it is the equivalent of a...

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang may open in 2013, 26 years after construction began

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Ryugyong Hotel, the 105-storey building which dominates the skyline of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, may open next year, 26 years after construction began. The...

Air New Zealand's new in-flight safety video features Hobbits, wizards and elves

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Hobbits and elves are squashed in next to Orcs and wizards on board of Air New Zealand flight - suggesting the latest movie adaptation...

STA Travel proudly sponsors Sony Picture's Hotel Transylvania by giving you a chance to win a trip for two to tour Transylvania

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Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are...

Taj Mahal replica will be built in the Gulf emirate of Dubai

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A $1 billion project to build a replica of the Taj Mahal has been unveiled in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The Taj Arabia complex...

Batumi is attempting its own rather bizarre copy of Las Vegas

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Georgia's beautiful, subtropical Black Sea coast is once again drawing tourists from far and wide, and the government hopes focusing on gambling will help...

The 105-storey pyramid-shaped Ryugyong hotel has been under construction in Pyongyang for 25 years

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Pictures have emerged showing the inside of the 105-storey pyramid-shaped Ryugyong hotel that has been under construction in Pyongyang for 25 years. North Korea began building...

Oktoberfest 2012

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Oktoberfest 2012, the 179th edition of the world's most famous beer festival, has begun on September, 22, at the Theresienwiese fairground in Munich (München),...

Dr. Pierre Dukan’s book shot to the top of the charts, becoming the best- selling diet book of all time

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When word got out that Kate Middleton’s mother, Carole, was following Dukan regime to slim for her daughter’s wedding, it swiftly became the hottest...

The West Indian American Day Parade and Carnival celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2012

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The West Indian American Day Parade & Carnival celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2012. The party starts on the Thursday before Labor Day, August 30th,...

A number of popular Cape Cod beaches have been closed after multiple reports of sharks

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A number of popular Cape Cod beaches have been closed after multiple reports of sharks, including deadly great whites, swimming not far from the...

What is unique about Riviera Romagnola is its enormous popularity in spite of the unanimous agreement that the sea is just not very nice

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During the summer holidays, some Italians make for fashionable islands like Capri or the calm waters of Lake Garda. But those who head to the...

A discussion on online community site Reddit has revealed a series of gripes, handy tips and confessions about things to look out for by hotel workers

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A discussion on online community site Reddit has revealed a series of gripes, handy tips and confessions about things to look out for by...

Located in Brussels in Belgium, Nemo 33, the world's deepest swimming pool, contains a whopping 660,500 gallons

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Located in Brussels in Belgium, Nemo 33, the world's deepest swimming pool, contains a whopping 660,500 gallons (2.5 million litres) of non-chlorinated, highly filtered...