Posts Tagged ‘Travel’

Announcing our first travel writing competition winner!

December 13th, 2011 by Jessica Martinez

Youve certainly had some fantastic travel experiences! Alison Eardley celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary under the northern lights in Swedens Ice Hotel while Liz Denial got kissed in Kenya by Olly Murs and Dermot OLeary, faring slightly better (or worse) than Gilli Galloway, who got kissed by a camel in Egypt.

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Travel Warning – Mauritania

November 20th, 2011 by Jessica Martinez

The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges extreme caution for those who chose to travel to Mauritania due to increased activities by the terrorist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM continues to demonstrate its intent and ability to conduct attacks against foreign nationals, including U.S. citizens. This replaces the Travel Warning for Mauritania, issued on March 11, 2011, to update information on security incidents and remind travelers of security concerns.

As noted in the Department of State’s Worldwide Caution dated July 26, 2011, AQIM has been designated as a terrorist organization by both the United States and the European Union.

As a result of perceived Western involvement in counterterrorism efforts, AQIM has declared its intention to attack Western targets. I

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Get the travel buzz with World First Weekly Wander

July 27th, 2011 by Megan Torres

It’s Monday and that can only mean one thing (apart from lots of coffee): It’s time for our weekly journey around the globe courtesy of some of the world’s best travel writers and bloggers. The Weekly Wander really is one of the highlights of the week. It’s great for us as a company too as it helps World First stay up to date with what our friends in the travel world are up to.

So where shall we head to first?

London – South Kensington with I’m Black and I Travel, who is known on Twitter as . The first Thing that caught my eye here was the quote in the top right of the page by Neale Donald Walsh. I’ll leave it up to you to read. But live by t

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The Quirky Traveller’s Favourite Travel Destinations

July 5th, 2011 by Megan Torres

Zoë Dawes aka The Quirky Traveller is a travel writer.  She was recently voted Britain’s Best Travel Blogger and her website was voted in the Top 10 Inspiring Travel Websites 2010. We asked Zoë to give us a few ideas for brilliant places to visit. We never guessed that it would be good old Blighty that would take the top spot. But there it is. And Zoë really does know what she’s talking about.

There are so many places to visit on Planet Earth – how can you choose where to go and what to see? Well, everyone has their own ideas. But here are some of my favourites: Of course they could have changed completely by this time next year!

1. The Lake

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