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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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Forget frightful. Snow can be delightful, even for those who wouldn’t head to the hills to ski or snowboard.

Ready or not, winter is here.

Skiing and snowboarding are the glamor stars of winter, but they require a certain level of commitment and skill.

Here we present some other less-intense ways to enjoy the snow.

If you live on the west side of Oregon or Washington, you can pretty much blow off winter.

Or, you can cop a different attitude: The mountains are blanketed with snow, so you may as well partake.

And, if you live in the mountains or east of them, winter is pretty much unavoidable.

So pick one (or more) of these ways to enjoy the snow, and don’t let winter slip away without leaving your snow angel.

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Handing over the keys for airberlin’s ninth and last new 737NG this year: Boeing’s VP 737 Field and Delivery John Pricco passes the keys to Captain Tim Techt, airberlin’s Technical Pilot (Boeing Fleet and 737 Line Training).

Earlier this month, our friends at airberlin took anna.aero on a special trip to Boeing in Seattle to pick up a brand new Next-Generation 737 and deliver it back to airberlin HQ at Berlin Tegel.

Despite its recent turbulence and route cutbacks, airberlin still holds orders for at least 70 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft, including 737s, 787s and A320 family aircraft, although 19 out of 50 deliveries initially scheduled for 2012-13 have been postponed to 2015-16, cutting airberlin’s investment requirements by $1.6bn over the next two years.

airberlin’s latest aircraft, its 737-800 D-ABMB was delivered to Berlin Tegel on 1 December…anna.aero was honoured to be an invited guest for the delivery flight, which included detailed product briefings by Boeing executives in Seattle.

With the speeding up of monthly production of 737s to 35 in December, Boeing is still just behind Airbus’ narrowbody production – 36 in October – on average its European competitor delivered three more narrowbodies per month in 2011. However, with its

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