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News Archive January 2009

Korean due to host F1 Grand Prix

Korea is due to host its first ever F1 Grand Prix in 2010 and is well underway with the preparations, the Korean Tourism Organisation announced today.The new race circuit, which is currently under …

Category: General Travel, Asia
Posted 20 Jan 2009

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‘Anyone can generate online content’

Anyone can find themselves published on the world wide web, it has been asserted.The top ten sites in the UK are dominated by user-generated content, including social media sites such as Facebook, …

Category: TEFL Industry, Teaching and Learning
Posted 20 Jan 2009

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Technology ‘should be incorporated into teaching’

Children already competently use a range of technological gadgets and gizmos and these should be incorporated more effectively into teaching, it has been suggested.Using the latest devices for less…

Category: TEFL Industry, Teaching and Learning
Posted 20 Jan 2009

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Fluctuating currencies ‘affect where people go away’

An awareness of currency exchange rates are affecting where people are travelling to, it has been suggested.Some locations such as Brazil have become more affordable because its currency has fallen…

Category: General Travel
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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The Middle East will ‘become increasingly popular’

As British holidaymakers venture further afield to get value for their money outside the euro and American dollar zones, certain places in the Middle East are expected to become increasingly popula…

Category: General Travel, TEFL Industry
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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Holistic holidays ‘are increasing in popularity’

Holistic and wellbeing breaks are no longer seen as a "niche market", it has been suggested.The pressures of the credit crunch and financial constraints has made a lot of travellers look …

Category: General Travel, Asia, Teaching and Learning
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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Improving visas is ‘a twofold challenge’

The challenge to improve the visa system in the UK is "twofold", it has been suggested.A spokesperson from VisitBritain said that visas might be on the list of issues that needs discussin…

Category: General Travel
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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Eurostar: More travellers are using rail than air

Travellers have made a "considerable" switch from aeroplane to rail, it has been suggested.Lat year, the punctuality figure for the Eurostar was 92.4 per cent, compared to 65.4 per cent f…

Category: General Travel
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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Gap year travellers ‘need to be flexible’

When away on a gap year, travellers have to be able to be flexible and adjust to changing circumstances, one TEFL teacher has advised.Ashley M Fitzgerald wrote in an article for Watertown Daily Tim…

Category: General Travel, TEFL Industry
Posted 19 Jan 2009

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Money is key ‘when buying property at auction’

Having the funds ready to pay for what you buy is the most important thing to think about when purchasing property at auction, an expert has said.Because of the current economic climate, it has bec…

Category: General Travel
Posted 16 Jan 2009

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