Unforgettable Australian Vacation Destination: Qualia Resort on Hamilton Island This harsh winter gathers up depressing thoughts, yet there are so many visually pleasant destinations to travel to with our mind before (if) we actually visit them, that it’s easy to remember how good many of us have it. Australia is an attractive destination and right on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef region rises a resort conceived to stimulate each sense with a harmonious collection of details imagined ...
Google+ Stories thinks it can top your vacation slideshow Google+ expands automation with the new Stories and Movies features, which create digital travelogues of your vacation. Google+ Stories automatically curates your photos and videos into a travelogue, while adding map, hotel, and restaurant locations. It takes a special kind of dedication to curate hundreds of videos and pictures from a vacation into a usable ...
The Worlds Largest Ocean Treasure Double the size of Texas and triple the size of Germany, New Caledonia’s recently established Le Parc Naturel de la Mer De Corail (The Natural Park of the Coral Sea), has been named the world’s largest marine park. Established just two weeks ago, it is the largest existing protected area -- both on land and sea -- at a staggering 1,300,000sqkm. Besides its massive size, the oceanic sanctuary ...
Big banks extend dominance of forex league table The biggest banks have reinforced their dominance of the $5.3tn a day foreign exchange market in the past year, according to a closely watched industry survey. The combined market share of the top five banks in currency dealing has risen to 60.6 per cent from last year’s 57.4 per cent in Euromoney’s annual poll. It is the first time the combined share of the top five has risen above 60 per cent since 2009. The ...
Chuck Berry, Peter Sellars to receive Polar Music Prizes The Polar Music Prize, music's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, will go to two Americans this year: rock 'n' roll icon Chuck Berry and theater/opera director Peter Sellars. Both laureates will be presented with the awards by King Carl XVI of Sweden at a gala Aug. 26 in Stockholm. The world's most prestigious music prize was founded 25 years ago by Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, ABBA's publisher, lyricist and ...