Things that Pop into my Head

The End of the Staycation Holiday in Britain?

Source: hazel eyes
Friday 3rd December 2010, 5:19pm

Unpredictable weather could be the nail in the coffin for staycations in Britain.

As the credit crunch took hold, people in the UK started to holiday at home and the staycation was born. Now, after two washout summers and freezing winters, it seems unlikely this trend will continue.

More people are destined to splash out on luxury holidays in 2011 as we long for a nice hotel and weather to match. In fact, I have read that some people are planning to spend as much as £8k on their perfect holiday getaway. If you factor in the air travel and holiday industry price cuts, holidays abroad are actually cheaper, despite the increased taxes.

The most obvious thing to do when deciding where to go on a luxury holiday is to do some research. A good place to start is travel guides where all sorts of interesting information can be found, from how much to tip, to the best places to visit. Its impossible to do too much research, but too little and you could find yourself in all sorts of trouble!

Here's hoping next year is a successful one.

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Job Creation at Etihad

Source: hazel eyes
Tuesday 19th October 2010, 11:59am

Etihad Airways has announced its intentions to recruit an additional 700 jobs in order to staff its growing fleet of aircraft.

Air travel has continued to grow, for Gulf Carriers despite the recession and Etihad will be taking delivery of one freighter and seven passenger aircraft over the next eighteen months.

The recruitment drive will be launched in Dublin as the airline is keen to attract Irish talent as part of the new staff. Positions available include cabin crew as well as technical and ground services, with recruitment taking place globally.

Working for an airline is a great way to see the world. Imagine being able to fly to places such as Mumbai and Thailand on a regular basis, its a dream job! It'd be useful to be able to get a flavour of a place before deciding where to go on holiday, find out the best places to go, where to eat, what the locals do for fun.

The down side would be what to do that's different. Perhaps if you spend your working life flying around the world, you would want to stay at home for your holidays, or go camping perhaps.

Whatever your preferences, it seems that now is a good time to join an expanding airline.

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New Secret Support Collection from M&S

Source: hazel eyes
Thursday 23rd September 2010, 3:25pm

High street retailer Marks & Spencer have launched a new range of women's clothing, designed to make you look slimmer.

The new Secret Support Collection from Marks & Spencerhave created what has been described as 'the ultimate figure fixing collection'.

From dresses and skirts to slippers and knickers, M&S have got it all covered. The range sontains built-in technologu to lift bums and flatten tummies as well as sculpted panelling that streamlines your silhouette, giving the impression you're a dress size smaller than you actually are.

Another weapon in the curve accentuating arsenal.

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New Government Climate Change Website

Source: hazel eyes
Friday 17th September 2010, 11:32am

The UK Government has launched a new website to explain how climate change is affecting the planet.

Launched by Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Sir John Beddington, Climate Science is now part of the Department for Business Innovation & Skills website.

Apparently the idea is to try and convine the skeptics by explaining where evidence is well established and where findings remain uncertain, but having looked at it, I'm not sure its going to work.

As far as the big climate change news goes, this is a bit wordy. I'm actually quite interested in the subject, but I found my eyes glazing over quite quickly unfortunately. It seems to be written by a scientist (or collaboration of them), for scientists. There's not much there for ordinary members of the public to get their teeth into. Even the graphs are littered with scientific notation and formulas.

It might be ok for those in academia to discuss, but if the idea was to talk around Mr & Mrs Joe Public, I'm not sure it'll be that successful. Plus the fact its quite well hidden in the bis.gov website anyway.

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Fashion Show for Normal Women

Source: hazel eyes
Monday 13th September 2010, 12:19pm

High street retailers including New Look and Marks & Spencer will be participating in a fashion show to showcase 'real women'.

Instead of 'size zero' models, The Look Show at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea will include size 14 models such as Crystal Renn. The show coincides with the start of Londaon Fashion Week and features women's clothing from this year's autumn/winter collections.

'The show is about emphasising more realistic models with healthier-looking bodies,’ said a spokesman for New Look. ‘Over the past two years the fashion industry has begun to reconsider the shape of models but to have a size 14 is groundbreaking on a catwalk.’

Usually only models of size 6 to 8 are found on catwalks, which is considerably smaller than the average woman out shopping.

A spokesman for M&S said: ‘We’ve been very supportive of this. Fashion is becoming more accessible and this show reflects that.’

The show has also attracted other retailers, such as Oasis, French Connection and River Island. After the show, the featured clothing will be available for sale.

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