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Organizing a trip is not easy  One in six young people today prefers to travel with their friends rather than their significant other, according to a recent Topdeck Travel survey. At the same time, one in ten stated that it's easier to plan a trip with friends.  The truth is that traveling is stressful, since they require planning, aim and patience, while during them we need to manage the feelings of the other, his whims and to share the bed with him, after a long day that can hide unpleasant as well as pleasant surprises.   Continue at source ...

Connecting to the source…   With the season already underway, the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum again brings the Eastern Mediterranean to the forefront of the international cruise industry.   Given the geopolitical challenges facing the region, this year's event offers the valuable opportunity to discuss in depth current trends and developments that will decisively affect both the recovery horizon, as well as the general future of maritime tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean.   Leading global cruise industry players will meet with regional stakeholders and government officials, including the Ministers of Merchant Shipping and Tourism of Greece, in order to discuss strategies for highlighting new destinations and directions for further development.   The Forum will take place on 23 and 24 of May at the Megaro International Conference Center of Athens, on "Redefining Cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean".

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The German low cost carrier Eurowings offers new connections to Greek destinations in its summer flight schedule 2017 which has been started since 26 Of March. Eurowings now connects Vienna with Mytilini, Kavala, Samos and Santorini.   The connection to Mytilini will be made once a week, while twice a week there will be a connection with Santorini and Samos and three times with Kavala.   New connections are also being offered from Vienna to Birmingham, Brindisi, Ibiza, Paphos, Lamezia Therme, Madrid, Malta, Nice, Olpmia, Porto and Zadar.   With 34 destinations overall and 203 weekly flights, the Eurowings schedule from Vienna has almost doubled since last year. Six Airbus A320 aircraft have been deployed at Vienna Airport.   Continue at source ...

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Bookings at the large tourist organization Thomas Cook for holidays in Greece are up by 40% this year, said CEO Peter Fankhauser, while he spoke of the first signs of recovery in tourist traffic to Turkey and Egypt. He stated that the Organization increased its capacity for Greece this season and that smaller destinations, like Cyprus, Bulgaria and Croatia, are also popular.   'Customer mood to holiday abroad is good in all our markets', Fankhauser stated, adding: After a slow start to the season and a difficult one 2016, we are seeing the first signs that customers are starting to return to Turkey and Egypt'.   Overall, bookings at Thomas Cook for the summer are up by 10% compared to the weak corresponding period last year.   Continue at source ...

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Beware of traps.  Not all trends either, nor all the collections and pages of scrapbooks and magazines, they are addressed to everyone and it is something that we have to make a decision about.     Sure if we like it  the African style or the bohemian mood suits us better, we can adopt it knowing well its particularities. Along with ours.     It's something that happens  every season. We see the ideas, we dream of them, we steal ideas for the house too and once they come we don't know what to do. Where to start... Continue at source ...

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This year, the Festival will take place in the heart of the historical center of Athens, in a property of particularly interesting architecture, at 23 Mitropoleos Street , which it has, to support the festival, the "NATIONAL PANGAIA AEEAP".   With the theme #PostFuture, the ADAF 2017 seeks to explore the future of digital culture, bridging the boundaries of digital and real, but also discovering the effects of the futuristic lifestyle on the different aspects of modern everyday life. The ADAF 2017 collect 1830 artistic proposals from 1055 artistic (67 Countries) in order to explore this undefined future, transcending digital culture and exchanging views under the theme #PostFuture.   Continue at source ...

Connecting to the source…   The retina is a thin transparent membrane that covers the back of the eye wall.   It focuses the light refracted by the eye lens and transmits the images to the brain.   In the center of the retina is the macula, which allows us to see what,what lies straight in front of us.   Underneath the retina is a thin layer of tiny blood vessels, which provide oxygen and nutrients to the retina.   Retinal detachment occurs, when the retina detaches from this layer of blood vessels.   In order to save vision, a diagnosis and treatment must be made immediately.   Continue at source ...