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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Luxury for less in Dubai: Enjoy the high life on a budget with an infinity pool and stunning vistas at the JA Ocean View Hotel

Luxury for less in Dubai: Enjoy the high life on a budget with an infinity pool and stunning vistas at the JA Ocean View Hotel
With its reputation as a holiday destination preferred by footballers, and Instagram influencers, it's easy to assume Dubai is out of the ordinary traveller's reach - not at the JA Ocean View Hotel

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Riding high in Germany on the world’s oldest suspended railway

Still gliding above the town of Wuppertal on an overhead track 125 years after it was built, the charming Schwebebahn has lost none of its magic

It’s easy to be seduced by the romance of train travel. Think of sleeper trains, boat trains, vintage steam railways, elegant dining cars. But it’s rare that an urban transport system can capture the imagination quite as much as the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany caught mine, and that of anyone else who’s clapped eyes on the world’s oldest suspended railway.

In October it will be 125 years since Kaiser Wilhelm II took a test ride in the Schwebebahn, just a few months before the hanging railway officially opened for business in March 1901. It was an incredible feat of engineering then, and remains so today. Even with sleek modern carriages having long replaced the original ones, it looks like something imagined by Jules Verne, with carriages smoothly gliding under the overhead track. They have even preserved the first 1901 carriage, nicknamed Kaiserwagen, which can be hired for private occasions.

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Friday, June 6, 2025

Major airline signs agreement to purchase futuristic jets which could replace Boeing fleet by 2030 and reduce emissions by 50%

Major airline signs agreement to purchase futuristic jets which could replace Boeing fleet by 2030 and reduce emissions by 50%
United Airlines is making a big move toward the future of flying by signing an agreement to buy up to 200 new revolutionary airplanes from startup aviation company, JetZero. 

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