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Space-starved Hong Kong has long been plagued by high rents and steep hotel rates, vexing university students and tourists alike.

But help may be at hand, thanks to one Hong Kong firm: tiny pods stacked up in tiers to create capsule lodgings at low cost.

Inspired by Japan’s inexpensive capsule hotels, capsule bed manufacturer Galaxy Stars HK is offering wifi-enabled capsules that can be stacked together in cupboard-like formations to ease the high-priced room crunch.

“It’s like Legos,” said Eric Wong, managing director at Galaxy Stars HK, explaining how the units can be pieced together in a matter of days.

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Last week, January 8^th , the brand new Disney Fantasy left its building dock at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. And it wouldnt be Disney if she didnt float out of the dock with a fireworks display!

Within a week, the ship will start sea trails in the North Sea.

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Partnership has Raised Awareness of Mexico as a Meetings Destination and Increased the Flow of Group Business to the Country

Cvent, the world’s largest cloud-based provider of event management, venue selection and web survey solutions, today announced that its one-year-old partnership with Mexico Meetings Network (MMN) has successfully helped to increase the flow of group meetings and events business to destinations in Mexico. Under th

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New Year new you? Feel like getting fit and hitting the slopes?

It´s not just about the fantastic runs up on the Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain.

Just 30 kms from France in the shadows of the peaks of the Pyrennees you´ll find the town of Jaca a base for the ski slopes and the first capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.

Lively, historic and a great departure point for snowy sports up on the piste let´s go!

A short hop of only 30 kms from the border at France and you´ll find the bustling bars and shops of Jaca.  Lots of people wearing ski jackets and poring over maps in the bars will give you your first indication that this is the last stand before most visitors hit the slopes and the snow for some ski fun.

In the shadow of the mountains to the north, this town has always been a point of departure, originally for the pilgrims in the Middle Ages on the Santiago de Compostela walk.  They would stop here to rest and recuperate after crossing the mountains and before heading westward.

Winding back history when Jaca was taken back from under Moorish rule it became the first capital of Aragon - those wily Moors tried to snatch it again in 795.

But behind every man as they say.the Moors were not prepared for the local women who fought with such force that it was never again attempted!  If you dare, visit in May when the battle is re-enacted with 2 groups of the local `ladies´. A litt

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Hundreds of jobs will be lost as SeaFrance lost its battle for survival yesterday after being liquidated by a French court.

Almost 1000 jobs will be lost in total, including that of 127 French workers, who had expressed interest to take over the company.

The workers lost their jobs in Dover after the ruling said there was no credible future for SeaFrance.

Officials at the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris acted after the European Commission confirmed government assistance to the stricken operator was illegal.

SeaFrance, who said it was ‘sad’ about the news, had operated three ferries on the Dover to Calais route.

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