A world biodiversity hotspot known for its natural beauty and for being the home of the dodo, Mauritius is on a crusade to reduce its eco-footprint while driving up visitor numbers. Volcanic mountains, savannah-style plains and pockets of ancient forest with endemic plants and wildlife offer plenty of opportunity for green adventure, from birding, quad-biking Continue Reading
A Pail of Oysters Vern Sneider First published: New York Putnam (1953) Republished: Camphor Press (2016) Historical fiction, White Terror period Vern Sneider’s A Pail of Oysters is the most important English-language novel ever written about Taiwan. Yet despite critical acclaim, this exciting and controversial book was long unavailable to readers. Set against the political Continue Reading
Cape no 7: Wei Te-Sheng 2008 – Ars Film Cape No. 7 portrays the rise of a small-town rock band and the discovery of a cache of undelivered love letters from 1940s Japanese-occupied Taiwan that become the catalyst of another inter-cultural love affair 70 years later. The film begins in 1945 with the extradition of a Continue Reading
The Mexican economy performed better than expected during the first half of 2017, with annual GDP growth at 2.3 per cent. Conditions on financial markets have also improved as the peso appreciated with respect to the US dollar, following a significant depreciation earlier this year. Resilience to shocks, sensible monetary and fiscal policy responses, as Continue Reading
What was the genesis of PrivateFly? PrivateFly has just turned ten and back in 2008, we were a disruptive startup. Our CEO and my co-founder and husband Adam Twidell had worked in the private jet industry for years as a pilot and consultant. Together we saw the opportunity to make booking a private jet faster Continue Reading
Mauritius is more than just a beach destination, it hosts a plethora of water and adventure activities for all fitness and ability levels, which can be easily arranged through the resorts, or by visiting the main tourist hubs on the island. Domaine de Rambouillet (tourism-mauritius.mu) is the latest eco-park to open, offering quad biking, mountain Continue Reading
Prague Airport is the biggest and most important international airport in the Czech Republic, handing almost 15 and a half million passengers in 2017. In the same year 69 air carriers operated flights from Prague Airport, connecting the Czech capital with 163 destinations all around the world, including New York, Montreal, Toronto, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Continue Reading