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Fly Away From Here – Carbon-neutral Eco-trips; New Uniforms For Etihad Airways & Yahoo Singapore’s Most Searched Travel Destinations
Fancy a carbon-neutral luxury eco-trip in Sri Lanka? Read on.
Khiri Travel Sri Lanka has launched an overland 14-day Sri Lanka luxury wildlife tour with an environmental goal in mind; carbon emissions will be calculated before being offset and verified as a carbon-neutral trip.
For each trip, specific carbon emissions will be calculated using the award winning carboNZero calculator verified by Enviro-Mark Solutions, which is 100% owned by the New Zealand government. Khiri Travel then purchases the requisite number of carbon credits from a project, such as SNV Netherlands‘ Biogas Program that has Gold Standard certified carbon credits. SNV implements a range of green schemes that reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses. Guests can also offset their air transportation to and from Sri Lanka as an add-on.
Highlights of the trip include Wilpattu National Park for big cat spotting, staying in a tree house at Thalakotewawa, taking a boat safari at Gal Oya (where elephants swim from island to island on a lake), walking with the chief of the Veddas forest dwellers to see medicinal plants, excursions to ancient hunting grounds and former cave dwellings as well as blue whale spotting from Dondra Head near Galle.
In Udawalawe National Park, famed for its Sri Lankan elephant population, guests stay at the Banyan Camp Eco Lodge which has mortar floors and walls that are built with bio-degradable materials, harvested timber from sustainable sources, and Palmyra leaf roofs.
Accommodation varies from beach eco cabanas at Negombo on the first night to luxury tented camps, and from basic tree houses to well appointed eco lodges with modern comforts.
Yahoo Singapore shares what captured the online attention of Singaporeans in 2014
Yahoo Singapore recently announced its 2014 Year in Review (YIR), an annual recap of the top search trends, happenings and events, which grabbed the attention of Yahoo users in Singapore.
The top travel destination searches through Yahoo Singapore include the Maldives, Boracay (Philippines), Langkawi (Malaysia), Genting Highlands (Malaysia), Krabi (Thailand), Bali (Indonesia), Santorini (Italy), Phuket (Thailand), Bandung (Indonesia) and Penang (Malaysia).
Look out for the new Etihad Airways uniforms from 27 December onboard their recently arrived Airbus A380 fleet and Boeing 787-9 aircraft
Created by Italian Haute Couturier Ettore Bilotta in Milan, the new uniform exudes a classic elegance that merges dramatic elements of old world haute couture from 1960s Paris and Rome, with the more contemporary fashions evident on the runways of London, New York, Milan and Tokyo.
The beautiful collection possesses a style which has come to characterise the Etihad Airways brand and which will enhance the airline’s reputation as the standard-bearer of superlative customer service.
Made from 100 per cent Italian wool, the uniforms feature an intricate jacquard design that were made in various locations across Italy, Shanghai, Tunis and Bucharest. Stylishly cut and fitted, each ensemble is easy to wear, flexible and practical, allowing cabin and ground personnel ease of movement as they carry out their duties.
