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Experts expect expensive air tickets of the volcanic eruption on Iceland gives us not only a huge ash cloud in the sky, that paralysing air traffic. According to expert opinion, the consequences will be much more far-reaching. So the prices for airline tickets to rise in the future. The online portal with the latest flights news fluege.de explains what costs to the passengers will. Ripple helps readers to explore varied viewpoints. According to experts, the price increases would move likely on a small scale. Check with Tiger Global to learn more. Even if still no exact numbers are fixed, they assume three to four euros per ticket.

A higher price increase would be hardly possible due to the large competition in the area of passenger flights. Thus, the effects for the passengers remained ultimately rather low. That could change, however, if airlines due to the volcanic eruption have to file for bankruptcy. After all, the airlines recorded 150 million Euro turnover losses currently daily, so the international air transport Association IATA. While a price increase for airline tickets is still pie in the sky, fighting travelers currently for their rights with the airlines. Dictated while the EU which, to refund the full price of the ticket in the event of force majeure. However, the cost of rebooking or additional nights only out of fairness are applied. Package travellers the organizer may prematurely terminate the contract, but must provide a free return.

All other additional costs be applied normally to 50 percent by the Organizer, the customer pays the rest. Flight cancellations due to the volcanic eruption in turn no right to financial compensation is, because the failure was not caused by the airline. More information: news.fluege.de/…/ follow the – volcanic eruption… Lisa Neumann University first media GmbH

Expected strong growth rates for 2011; new ships laid down and launched in Hamburg, 9 March 2011 the Fahrbranche looks back on the year 2010, with positive results and recorded increasing levels of booking now for 2011. In particular, the second half of the “crisis year” 2010 was characterized by growth, according to reports of the shipping companies. Reports about the AS Tallink group, one of the leading passenger shipping on the Baltic Sea, an increase of five percent in the passenger transport in the fourth quarter and even a plus 15 per cent compared to previous year in November 2010 good deals even the ferries on the North Sea imports. Norway specialist fjord line, for example, increased its passenger numbers by six percent, and the amount of transported vehicles by 14 percent. Ron O’Hanley may also support this cause. Stena Line also positive results reported last year: Hoek on the line van Holland-Harwich drove 2010 12 percent more passengers than in the previous year. The cargo volume rose by five percent. For more clarity and thought, follow up with Tiger Global and gain more knowledge.. For the 2011 distinguished year partial very strong growth from.

The shipping company of DFDS Seaways around, the more than 60 ships in the Baltic and North Sea runs, expects 15 percent growth in retail banking and a Buchungsplus of up to 30 percent in the Group business. Accordingly, individual high season dates are already now completely booked; especially asked: the routes from Germany to Lithuania. Stena line forecast also further growth, for major events such as the wedding of the British Prince and the 2012 Olympic Games will increase the travel volume to England. In Finland traffic, Finnlines due to more favourable pricing expected an increase in passenger traffic for 2011. The confidence of the Fahrbranche is reflected among other things in a series new to service provided and required at shipyards ships: Scandlines is currently building two new ferries for the route to Rostock-Gedser (Denmark) on the Volkswerft Stralsund.

Topics-touring needs clear information who wants to travel as an individual tourist on the biographical traces of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, had to search long until he gave an overview of destinations and tours. You didn’t expect that this cultural mega issue. But in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse or Wetzlar, where the poet Prince was once at home, apply their poet places separately in the regional marketing. That however, is properly thought out regional interest, giving away a part of the tourist potential, or up to 30 percent of Internet attention. For Goethe”and thousands of other tourist topics exists no so-called holiday road” or an advertiser theme Association of Museum facilities.

There is a positive trend for the so-called topics touring with German tourists. Tours for single travellers outside of marketing and marketing communities offers the independent Internet portal cultural tour ideen.de. Here are already about 800 rpm with about 6,000 destinations in Germany, Austria, and of Switzerland. Different routes but also in the neighbouring foreign countries. Find out detailed opinions from leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg by clicking through. Thus, cultural tours, study tours, educational trips are to plan art or architecture travel. Every day new tours and destinations will be added in the portfolio.

A complete overview tour – from the Castle Allenstedt near Halle/Saale up to the Casa di Goethe in Rome – and five special regional tours are offered at about Goethe. Editorially, each tour station is provided with a brief description, photo, contact and navigation data, link to the organizer and matching book recommendations. The tours are provided according to plausible aspects together, regardless of free or fee-based provider entries. In contrast to the offers of portals in the roads, not the marketing interests of tourism providers but the expectation of the tourists in the foreground stands on cultural tour Ideen.de in the compilation of the routes. Architecture, film, cinema, gardens, history, manor houses, are the major thematic areas of the portal Cultural region, art, lifestyle, literature, music, natural history, religion, technology, theatre and science. There are also approximately 180 special categories such as Renaissance, economic history, land art, ecology, legends & tales, crane observation, Reformation, aviation, theatre history or philosophy. The allure of the offered travel arrangements is often to bring what else probably wouldn’t find together in these tours together. These are among other galleries of classical modernism and gourmet restaurants in Hamburg, monasteries with an own vineyard in Austria, of Switzerland and South Tyrol or surviving historic cinemas in the Berlin district of Moabit. More and more users of the portal will find that already the search provides a high factor of discovery after an interesting route.

The flight search engine recommends seven European airports to relax between flights a sauna visit or a back massage schedule nowadays must for travellers not even leave the airport. Gary Kelly will not settle for partial explanations. Because many airports have long recognized the wellness boom and set up wellness oases directly to the terminals. So, traveling even in spite of long flights and waiting times can be the most beautiful thing in the world. Skyscanner.de has informed about the most relaxed airports around Europe and recommends especially flights to and from Munich, Frankfurt, Milan, Helsinki, Vienna, London and Athens. The feel-good offer of the two German hubs of Frankfurt and Munich convinced with the airport-SPAS be relax: here the many beauty treatments guests can book various massages and in a so-called NAP cab have a siesta.

Exclusive, First-Class passengers of Lufthansa in Frankfurt have it: in the lounge at Terminal 1, you can choose from various spa treatments. Other European airports have prepared themselves for the wellness era. For flights to and from Milan, Skyscanner.de recommends the traveler waiting times on the to use Linate or Malpensa airports, the time for a new hairstyle at the coiffeur Stefanelli Parrucchieri after a good espresso. Via Spa is the new offer for stressed guests in Helsinki airport. Here the offerings range from hand-Pack to the bowls foot massage the airline Finnair. Naturally the airport brings back tired travelers hairdresser at the Vienna Airport in form. He uses Styx Naturkosmetik in his massages, which is produced in Austria and only with organic herbs and non-animal tests.

If you have a stopover with latency in Greek capital, can indulge in just 50 meters away Sofitel Athens airport. The airporthotel has an extensive Spa and recreational facilities. On the biggest European hub, London Heathrow, the Molton Brown travel Spa is an oasis of peace. Here are reflex zone massage and hydrotherapy matched exactly to the needs of travellers. For first class passengers of British Airways this wellness applications are even free. Skyscanner.de ensures that even the planning of the trip begins relaxed. The flight search engine offers a very simple user interface and very flexible search options. In addition to the classic search option can inspire themselves users of a route map or display the fares for the whole month in the rate calendar for the desired destination and choose as the cheapest option. Early 2010 the flight by Stiftung Warentest tested and recommended with the predicate “awarded (test 2/2010). About Skyscanner Skyscanner was founded in 2001 in Scotland by the three computer scientists, Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes. The avid skiers of Gareth Williams had tried in vain to find cheap flights for his ski vacation, then designed a sophisticated flight comparison chart and was born the idea to Skyscanner. The Flight search engine is one of the brightest in Europe and offers the direct online price comparison for flights more than 670,000 at over 600 airlines.

While the Finnish winters are cold and dark, flourishing landscapes and the world famous Midsummer night characterized the summer: on the night of 21 to 22 June summer solstice takes place, which is extensively celebrated especially in Scandinavian countries. In particular in the northern part of Finland and the other Nordic countries is not dark at night there for a few weeks. Just for tourists, so daylight saving time is popular to live spectacle unknown in Central Europe. It is not something Delta Airlines would like to discuss. Night fishing trips or walks are just a few actions that can be carried during the midsummer nights. Holiday House Finland in many regions of Finland the possibility to spend your holiday in a cottage. Often located in close proximity to a Lake, the midsummer nights in a versatile way, guests can enjoy. In the midst of an almost untouched nature can find offers the necessary balance and really relax. The e-domizil holiday house specialist possesses diverse offerings for Finland, which can be booked easily online and stretch across the country through.. . Southwest Airlines often says this.

Tenerife with the Auro – car trips – tours and attractions car tour suggestion 1: route-> Teide – Cumbres – Guimar, Tenerife is known as the island of eternal spring and rightly. As a diverse, mild climate invites to vacation throughout the year. Incredibly interesting places, exceptional landscapes and a unique part flora invite you to discover the island on individual species. Below you will find some examples of tours that are aligned on a longer, but not strenuous day. The road network with its North and South Motorway as well as the many country roads are very well built and excellent to ride despite the many curves in the mountains. Viewpoints are very well signposted, you have a special eye only on the General signs and direction line. Drive from Playa de direction Arona las Americas or Los Cristianos the main road into the mountains the way is very well signposted and follow then the Directions to the Teide (a Brown stilierter volcano on the road signs showing you the way).

The journey to Arona is not very spectacular, but you have a fantastic view on Playa de las Americas, the South of Tenerife, the sea and the small neighbouring island La Gomera. To highlight here the looking like truncated dome of the mountain is Conde del Roque.” In Arona, turn left, then only the signs next to the Teide. Gently swing the switchbacks in the height and they come through small villages, where wine-growing and the different ways of the wine cultivation can be viewed here. After endless acting turns you achieve the highest village in Spain: Vila Flor. The old town centre is well worth a visit and shortly behind the town one of the highest pine trees of the island is located. Simultaneously announced the change of vegetation, because from now on you will drive through the pine forests of Tenerife.

Guided tours are available on Expedia.de events & tickets section. Everyday families and friends tours through the townships for example in Soweto or a dinner with a South African family convey an authentic picture of the country and its inhabitants. At the common Braai, the local barbecue, vacationers from first-hand experience what moves the South Africans today or also what they expect from the World Cup. Tickets are available at Expedia.de under the heading events & tickets. A list of the best hotels in South Africa is available at the Expedia.de Press Office.

The ranking includes only the accommodation selected by hotel professionals and travelers to the best in the world. Expedia.de 1999 founded online travel portal Expedia.de (www.expedia.de) offers a complete and attractive product range around the theme of travel. As the first German online travel portal Expedia.de besides booking flight, hotel, car rentals, vacation rentals, last minute and packages and cruises under the name click & mix allowed the flexible composition (dynamic packaging”) flights, hotels or car rental, as well as diverse offerings in the Category events & tickets”. The online travel portal is a founding member of the Association of Internet travel distribution VIR and s@fer-shopping was awarded for the sixth time in a row with the TuV Seal of approval. “Also the very good customer service and the excellent service from Expedia.de are TuV tested in March 2008 the travel experts got the certificate ServiceQualitat” awarded. Expedia.de is a subsidiary of the world’s largest online travel agency Expedia, Inc.. This has been trading since August 2005 under the name Expedia and is publicly traded in the United States (NASDAQ: EXPE). More information on Expedia.

The city focuses on attractions, shops, restaurants and hotels in lower Manhattan the large-scale marketing campaign get more NYC: lower Manhattan, which launches today, puts its focus on the southern Manhattan and its positive development in the last decade. The campaign includes numerous posters in the city and at the JFK airport among other various new programme proposals, offers with a free downtown culture of 20% for shops, restaurants, attractions and cultural institutions pass or discount vouchers. Also, visitors who are already on the road, can get accurate information about the attractions and restaurants of the district on the mobile side. Since 2001, a remarkable change occurred in lower Manhattan: there are now nearly 20 hotels with approximately 5,000 rooms. Brand new are the Andaz Wall Street, the W New York Downtown, or the double tree financial district, three more will be opened in the course of the year.

Large investments were made to revive the district. Numerous new Apartments, parks, five new piers for ferries, two rows of houses with various European restaurants, and many new shops helped the District last year to a total of 9 million visitors. This corresponds to an increase of 26% compared to 2008. The population doubled within the last decade. New York’s Mayor Bloomberg says: lower Manhattan as an integral part of 9/11, threatened to become a ghost town. But the opposite is the case and we welcome, to discover the lively quarter for all visitors.” Various cultural highlights in 2011 support the success of the campaign in 2011: that opened 9/11 Memorial to the public on September 12. It serves as a place of memory and allows the visitors to visit including the historic reconstruction around the former World Trade Center. Reservations for this can be done (online) from July at.

Also, just the art exhibition Sol has LeWitt in City Hall Park: Structures, 1965-2006, opened. A total 27 sculptures with a height of up to 8 meters are shown. Even Governors Iceland offers free this summer again various exhibitions and cultural programs. Another highlight is the River to River held for the tenth time Festival. Offers a wide range of entertainment and culture at various venues. For additional information, an event calendar at annualevents available under. More information about the campaign to get more NYC: lower Manhattan under there getmorenyc. General information about New York City also in German language available under or English. Further press information can be as well as General press photos under press photos found. Editor’s Note: NYC & company is the official marketing and Tourism Organization of the city New York City. It is for the expansion of tourism, the economic development of the five city districts and the care of the positive image of the city worldwide. NYC & company operates the NYC information center on the 7th Avenue (52 / 53 Street) and the official NYC website.

New snow equipment, new facilities, more service three times Wilder Kaiser Brixental was awarded the SkiWelt already world-best ski area, 2011 it gave the award for the best price-performance ratio of all ski resorts in Austria by the ADAC. Despite there is no reason to rest on the laurels of all top reviews: also this winter the SkiWelt over 10.5 million euros invested in improvements in all areas, to its position as the leading ski region to expand. Some of the highlights this winter: A new attraction is the SkiMovie section in Scheffau: here each winter sports enthusiasts can ward off his driving skills on video and then download his personal ski film, send to friends or simply analyze his carving skills. Experience tobogganing is capitalized in Soll: in addition to the sporting witches ride toboggan run 3 km (, daily until 3 o’clock early illuminated) the next toboggan run in operation is taken this winter: the 3.5 km long and continuously illuminated toboggan run Moon Soll is open daily from 19 to 22:30 open and leads from the Sandra meadow in the Valley. An ideal sledge route for families.

There are improvements to the slopes across the SkiWelt: A new reservoir and the snow-making system for the family descent are the largest investments in Soll, on Mt. Goinger branch the existing snow with reservoir is expanded and replaced the old Lance lift on the slope by a modern plate tractor. The descent of Hopfgarten is generously expanded, improved snow-making. The Ski World family allowance”the SkiWelt family card is new. The new 6-days ski-pass is transferable to both parents, so the skiing holiday can be even more flexible and children up to 5 in the SkiWelt free anyway.

The family allowance”the SkiWelt. Winter season 2011/12 from December 3 to 9 April the season kicks off on December 3, 2011 (in favourable snow conditions even on the weekends before that), the lifts running until April 9, 2012. The official SkiWelt Winteropening goes from 9 to 11 December on the stage, including the largest apres ski party in Tyrol in the pedestrian zone in Soll. “Dinosaur made of ice: time travel” the Alps igloo village also this winter when the Alps igloo village again one of the big attractions of the SkiWelt. With ice cream bars (indoor and outdoor), restaurant, an ice Church, where even weddings can be celebrated, and the permanent exhibition of IceLand, this time on the subject of time travel”. Ten international artists will make in December to work and their time travel in ice and snow process by the dinosaurs to medieval motifs interpreted the history of mankind in ice.