LASTING LOVE: Two much-loved residents of ACVV Diaz Home in Alexandria celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 24. Staff and management extended warm wishes to Oom Ben and Tannie Rona Allison. Oom Ben also celebrated his 92nd birthday on the same day. Double celebrations were the order of the day. HAVING passed the year…Continue Reading
Travel agencies in Hong Kong are marking Mother’s Day weekend by offering their first local tours since December, as they take advantage of a relaxation in social distancing measures under the government’s vaccine bubble plan. Families and friends joining a tour that set off from Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday were visibly happy as they…Continue Reading
Comedian Sammy J has taken aim at the India travel ban with a spoof of an iconic Aussie song. Sammy J (Image: YouTube) The iconic Peter Allen song turned highly successful Qantas advert “I still call Australia home” has been given a 2021 twist by comedian and ABC Radio Melbourne breakfast host Sammy J, with…Continue Reading
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That children who came of age in the 1960s would come to find liberating and countercultural meanings in camping was not a predictable outcome. Camping in the 1950s was a decidedly mainstream affair. Since the end of World War II it had become a broadly popular choice for the summer family vacation, itself increasingly an…Continue Reading
Key Takeaways:For Chinese Valentine’s Day, Lanvin launched a blind box lottery on its WeChat Mini Program. For $77 (500 yuan), consumers could enter a drawing and redeem prizes at offline vending machines to receive vouchers for silk scarves, sneakers, and even handbags.The Mob Research Institute’s 2020 Blind Box Economic Insight Report forecasts that the market…Continue Reading
COVID-19 obliterated business travel. Some companies are partially replacing it with holograms.Any Star Trek fan knows what a hologram is, but that science fiction is still years ahead of science fact. Still, holograms already exist. They provide yet another way for people to communicate, collaborate and otherwise interact with virtually anyone from anywhere, assuming the…Continue Reading
A family member of an Australian resident who died in India says the 59-year-old had contracted COVID-19. The man reportedly died in hospital on Wednesday three days after the federal government strengthened its India travel ban. A woman who identified herself as the man’s daughter posted the details of a letter to the Prime Minister…Continue Reading
A New York political magazine this week named Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), one of its “biggest losers” of the week on Thursday after financial disclosures revealed the congressman had spent thousands in campaign funds on travel expenses while telling his constituents to stay home. City & State,…Continue Reading
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday. We’ll have another update for you tomorrow morning.1. Green list is overly cautious, say travel firmsTravel companies are disappointed there are just 12 destinations on the government’s “green list” for international travel, with some describing the number as “overly cautious”. Those…Continue Reading
File photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 19, 2020. TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFPBritain on Friday announced it was lifting a coronavirus ban on people in England going on holiday to Portugal and Israel due to their low infection and…Continue Reading
