Take a look at the new Tube for London. Modern and sleek, I’m looking forward to these new trains in the next decade.
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Europe 24
This data visualization was created from real flight data. It shows the air traffic which flies on a typical summer day and highlights the intensity of the operation in Europe – an operation which runs 24x7x365.
NATS and the UK are at the heart of the operation. With Heathrow as the busiest international airport in Europe, and Gatwick as the busiest single runway airport in the world, we play a key role in ensuring air traffic under our control in European airspace is as safe and efficient as it can be.
Find out more at nats.aero and nats.aero/blog
Where Do the Jet Set Fly? America’s Busiest Air Routes
An interactive map by Airtimes Blog of America’s most traveled air routes. Check out where people are flying.
Tipping Etiquette around the World
What are the expected tipping practices around the world? This graphic details tipping etiquette worldwide.
Earn Up To Triple Virgin America Elevate Points
You can earn double Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer loyalty program points — and up to triple Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer loyalty program points after your second round trip between select cities — if you register first and fly as a passenger in any cabin for select qualifying flights along the West Coast by June 30, 2013.
All bonus Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer loyalty program points count towards Elevate Silver or Elevate Gold elite status. Sweet!
This chart illustrates how and on which routes you can earn bonus Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer loyalty program points:
Members of the Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer loyalty program typically earn five points per dollar spent on the base airfare.
Other terms and conditions apply. See website for full details.
Original Eiffel Tower Plans
These reproductions of Eiffel’s original designs are included in his book “The 300 Meter Tower”, Lemercier publications, Paris 1900.
Download more information, All You Need to Know about the Eiffel Tower, here.
Book Business Travel in less than Three Minutes with Tripware
Tripware, today’s BizSpark startup of the day, makes a Microsoft Outlook plugin that allows you to securely book travel/trips directly from Outlook and inserts your intinerary details into an Outlook appointment. Taking into account your travel preferences, including preferred airline, hotel and car rental providers, Tripware prices out several trip packages and lets you view their details and book a package within Outlook, all in a matter of minutes.
For more information on the Tripware plugin, including features, demos, news, and to download the plugin, visit their website.
Where is Matt?
First dancing solo throughout and then with throngs of people in various cities and regions worldwide, Matt Harding has traveled all over the world and danced.
Here is Matt’s most recent video, which features him dancing with others worldwide. It was an effort 14 months in the making, spanning 42 countries, with cast of thousands:
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
You can check ou the rest of his dancing videos and outtakes here.
Ancient & Modern Egypt
This amazing shot “The Ancient and the Modern” juxtapositions the modern urban sprawl of Cairo with the ancient pyramids of Giza in the background, taken by Flickr user graspnext.
(Via Neatorama)
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