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The football World Cup takes place every four years, and the 2022 competition kicks off in Qatar in 150 days with dozens of London venues having already registered ticketed events on DesignMyNight (part of Access Hospitality and the UK's largest discovery platform for venues and events)
Veteran tourism marketing executive Beverly Nicholson-Doty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Figment Design, the Miami-based marketing and advertising agency have announced.
“The entire Figment team is delighted to welcome Beverly to our group. She brings a wealth of experience not only in the Caribbean travel and tourism landscape but also in marketing, sales and strategic planning,” said Jeffrey Pankey, Figment’s President.
Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe. The camp, used by up to 1,500 people in the spring climbing season, is situated on the rapidly thinning Khumbu glacier.
Reinforcing its position as one of the world’s leading destinations for tourism and meetings, Jamaica is poised to benefit from hosting the International Board of Directors Meeting for the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) Global this June 20-23 as the island nation continues its strong tourism rebound this summer.
The stage is set for a major improvement in both the quantity and quality of social housing in St. Eustatius with the signing this week of a €4 million cooperation agreement by the Public Entity St. Eustatius, the Island Council, the Ministry of Public Housing and Spatial Planning, the Statia Housing Foundation and the Dutch Housing Corporation, Bazalt Wonen.
Massive floodwaters ravaged Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities Monday, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity and forcing visitors to evacuate parts of the iconic park at the height of summer tourist season. All entrances to Yellowstone were closed due to the deluge, caused by heavy rains and melting snowpack, while park officials ushered tourists out of the most affected areas.
Jamaica is set to begin a competition to find a Festival Song for this year. The announcement was made by Culture Minister Olivia Grange CD during the recent Jamaica Diaspora Conference., with competitors’ entries to be accepted over a one-week period. Minister Grange said that she was using her music industry network in order to get producers, song writers and performers on board, to come up with 10 songs that are “of the highest quality”, as she described.
A five-year-old lion in the western Indian state of Gujarat is recovering his vision after doctors performed cataract surgery on both his eyes. Officials at the Gir forest - the last abode of the Asiatic lion - first noticed something was wrong when the lion stopped responding even when prey was nearby.
GXO Logistics, Inc. the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced today that it has deployed advanced air and ground security robotics at one of its major distribution centres in Clayton, Ind., and plans to significantly increase deployment of automated security systems across other sites within the next year.
GXO Logistics, Inc. the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, today announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art warehouse dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector. Located in Caleppio di Settala (Milan), the 20,000-square-meter facility will be equipped with industry-leading technology and environmental systems.
Leaders from across the Coventry and Warwickshire construction landscape have reunited to discuss the challenges and actions being taken to address net zero, building safety and procurement at a local level. The Constructing Excellence Midlands leadership dinner, held by the regional CE club, was the latest event organised by the construction collaboration, networking and business group to attain a closer view of the state of the industry.
This past Memorial Day Weekend all eyes were on the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival. The metropolitan city centre of Georgia’s state capital was filled with the rhythms of Caribbean music, the scents of island cuisine and the undeniable energy of an enthusiastic audience who came out after a two year cultural withdrawal.
Denmark, one of the world's greatest cycling countries, will host the world's greatest cycling race, the Tour de France, at the start of July 2022. In honour of today’s event, and International Bike Day (June 3), discover some of the most unexpected and curious things that Danes get up to on their bikes, including for this year only, the option to get married at the Tour de France.
1. Babies can be born on a bike
Danes cycle everywhere – even to the labour ward to give birth. It's partly because Danish cycling infrastructure is so safe and well developed that it's often quicker to cycle to your destination than it is to drive. It's not unusual to see a weeks-old baby being cycled around the city in a cargo bike – why not start your life the way it's going to continue?
2. Children love to play in the traffic…
The traffic playground, that is. Denmark is so bike-orientated that it has several bike playgrounds where children can play on empty streets, set up with traffic lights and street furniture so children can learn how to navigate bike paths along city streets in a fun environment. The Traffic Playground in Fælledparken, Copenhagen, is one of the best known examples.
3. Die-hard cyclists can get married at a cycling race
This summer it is possible to celebrate your love of cycling and your love of your partner at the same time by getting married in Copenhagen during the iconic Tour de France race. The open-air ceremony is available at Fælledparken during the bicycle festival FestiVélo. Whether you wear white or opt for lycra and a yellow jersey is up to you…
4. Danes can borrow a bike from a specialist bike library
These specialist libraries are where cyclists can try out different bikes and see what they like best before they buy. In the cyclists' library in Odense, citizens can try cargo bikes and electric bikes to see what suits them best, while in Aarhus, a smart mobility project offers folding commuter bikes, lightweight bikes and electric bikes for a week's free trial so locals can see how they fit into their daily routines.
5. Age is no barrier to having wind in your hair
The Danish project 'Cycling without age' aims to connect older people with the joy of cycling by taking elderly people from their nursing homes out into the fresh air in comfortable red-canopied cargo bikes. The project helps over 30,000 people every year and this year aims to tackle parts of the Tour de France route with its elderly passengers, including a ride over the Storebælt bridge.
6. Meals on wheels means something different here
Who says cooks should stay in the kitchen? Cykelkokken, a cycling chef, roams Copenhagen with a bike that doubles as a restaurant. The 'Bike Cook' experience pairs a cycling tour of the city with regular rest stops when chef Morten Kruger Wulff opens up his cargo bike and unveils a food preparation surface and cooking area, cooking delicious Danish food with views of the harbourfront.
7. One last bike ride
In Denmark, it's possible to take one last ride at the end of your life. In Copenhagen, there is a specialist undertaker that transports coffins by custom-made cargo bike. Sille Kongstad is a female undertaker known for taking her passengers on their final journey to a church, crematorium or burial site, laden down with flowers. The funeral party typically walks or cycles alongside.
8. Danes put their sofas on a bike
It's not unusual on the first or fifteenth of the month to see young Danes moving house by bike. If you spot a strange item of furniture balanced on a cargo bike during a stay – that's what is going on! In a similar way, around Christmas, you might see fir trees being transported around the city in cargo bikes or under the arms of strong cyclists. It's a creative and sometimes necessary way to tackle car-free living.
9. Bike architecture is a thing
Bike architecture refers to urban design that puts cyclists first. In Denmark's case, that includes angled dustbins by the side of cycle paths that suit passing cyclists, specialist bridges just for bikes that take them out of busy roads and offer faster routes, traffic lights timed to let cyclists go first, and of course, separate bike paths from the main roads. In many cities, cycle counters are set up to show how many cyclists pass down each road for the day.
10. There's even a cycling embassy in Denmark
If you want to know more about cycling in Denmark, the Cycling Embassy of Denmark is the place to start. The embassy exists to encourage cycling all over the world by sharing its many decades of knowledge and expertise on the subject. It's used by city planners and policy makers all over the world wanting to learn more about and promote cycling as a mode of transport.
Facts about cycling in Denmark
Residents of Chambers Pen in Hanover, in Jamaica, are to benefit significantly from the pilot implementation of the Government’s Rural Development Programme, at a cost of approximately $223 million. The initiative, which is designed to transform communities in various parts of the island, was announced during the last fiscal year by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie.
As part of the commitment to make the first ever FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 hosted in the Middle East and Arab world an all-inclusive gala event, Qatar Airways has tied up with flydubai, Kuwait Airways, Oman Air and Saudia to connect match ticket holders to Doha via Match Day Shuttle flights for 24-hour experiences, during the tournament period.
Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize.
Her novel Tomb of Sand, a family saga set in the shadow of the partition of India, follows an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband. It was the first Hindi-language book to be shortlisted for the £50,000 prize.
