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Cabinet of Curiosities at the University of...

April 16, 2025

With no explanatory captions to be found, the Cabinet of Curiosities at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra artfully rearranges a 700-year-old museum collection. Inspired by 18th-century curiosity cabinets, the display includes taxidermy (from monkeys and birds to manatees), natural history specimens preserved in jars, minerals, cultural artifacts, rare skeletons, and a stuffed donkey with six legs. Few museums worldwide would have such an extensive collection to draw from—the items on display represent less than 1 percent of...

Church of the Saintes Maries de la...

April 16, 2025

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is usually just another Mediterranean beach resort town which doubles as the “capital” of the Camargue wetlands region. For two days in May, however, it is a meeting point for Romani from across France and Europe who come to ritually bathe in the waters here. This is done in honor of the Three Marys, regarded as the first witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection, and their servant Sarah the Black, unofficial patron saint of the Romani people. Throughout the rest...

The Russian Cemetery in Allinge in Allinge,...

April 16, 2025

Tucked away on a Danish island in the Baltic Sea is a small cemetery holding an often overlooked history. Located a stone’s throw from the picturesque yellow church in the coastal village of Allinge is the final resting place of World War II Russian Soviet soldiers who died on the island of Bornholm between May 1945 and April 1946. V-E Day, or Victory Day, marks the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces on May 8, 1945. Why, then, would...

Unleashing Data for Personalized Hotel Stays

April 16, 2025

Hotels are moving from traditional transactional models to relationship-focused approaches, driven by guests’ desire for personalized experiences and seamless interactions. Unleashing data for personalized hotel stays has become the key to unlocking these enhanced guest experiences. Modern technology, especially mobile and cloud-based solutions, facilitates this transformation. Hotel owners, managers, and operators understand that guests’ expectations The post Unleashing Data for Personalized Hotel Stays appeared first on Revfine.com.

Dear Atlas: Can You Recommend Haunted Accommodations...

April 15, 2025

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a question for our experts? Submit it here. * * * Dear Atlas, My wife and I are obsessed with ghost stories, so for our anniversary we want to stay someplace that’s purportedly haunted. Are there any cool hotels or vacation rentals where one might have a paranormal encounter? It seems every hotel and vacation rental today wants to boast a...

Top Revenue Management Trends for Luxury Hospitality...

April 15, 2025

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: What are the most important revenue management trends that should be on the radar of the luxury hospitality segment this year? (Question proposed by Pallavi Gaonkar) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Pallavi Gaonkar – Director of Revenue, Ayada Maldives Kathryn Baker The post Top Revenue Management Trends for Luxury Hospitality in 2025 appeared first on Revfine.com.

A Guide to the Gingers of the...

April 14, 2025

This article is adapted from the April 16, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. You might be surprised to learn that the edible portion of ginger is not technically a root. It’s a rhizome or “rootstalk,” a modified section of a plant stem that grows laterally underground, sending shoots above and roots below. And common ginger (Zingiber officinale) just might have humanity’s most-beloved rhizome (although its cousin turmeric is a close runner-up)....

Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard...

April 14, 2025

This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos—delicious Latin American pastries—fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we’re tracking evolution in real time, measuring natural selection as it happens in a community of Caribbean lizards. As an assistant professor of ecology and evolution at Georgia Tech, my journey with these remarkable reptiles...

10 Best Hotel Loyalty Programs to Turn...

April 12, 2025

Hotel loyalty programs provide guests with not just benefits and rewards but a tailored experience that fits like a glove. Properties leverage these programs to build up both brand and loyalty among guests to ensure return visits. The fact that both parties benefit makes loyalty programs one of the best tools a property has to The post 10 Best Hotel Loyalty Programs to Turn Visitors into Loyal Guests appeared first on Revfine.com.

10 Best Hotel Booking Apps to Maximize...

April 12, 2025

Hotel booking apps have become a necessity in today’s digitally driven market. The apps pose some unique challenges for hoteliers. However, the advantages dwarf these initial speed bumps. Apps make it easier for potential guests to find you and lock in their reservations. Likewise, visibility within the digital ecosystem gives you a significant competitive advantage. The post 10 Best Hotel Booking Apps to Maximize Revenue and Visibility appeared first on Revfine.com.

The Cyclone in Brooklyn, New York

April 11, 2025

The Coney Island Cyclone, built in Brooklyn in 1927, was the brainchild of two Russian immigrant brothers, Jack and Irving Rosenthal. It was built near the site of the nation’s first commercially successful coaster, the 1884 Switchback Railway. The Rosenthal brothers continued as innovators in the amusement industry, managing and later owning the successful Palisades Amusement Park in Bergen County, New Jersey. The Cyclone roller coaster would go on to outlive all of its rival Golden Age coasters. The...

Catafalque of La Torre de Esteban Hambrán...

April 11, 2025

A catafalque is a decorated wooden framework that supports the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral. But the catafalque in the local church in La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Spain is more than that. It is a most unique example of funerary art from the Baroque era. It is the only example in the world of this kind of funerary monument. This impressive piece of art is a perfect example of the Spanish Baroque style and at...

Kowloon Soy Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong

April 11, 2025

Stroll along Queen’s Road Central, in Hong Kong, a wide avenue of modern skyscrapers, hotels, restaurants and malls, turn into Graham Street, and you may feel like you’ve time-travelled. The narrow, sloping street smells like drying fish, and is home to an open-air produce stall and a shopfront that’s changed little since the ‘70s. The latter is the remaining commercial outlet of Kowloon Soy Co. Ltd. The company was founded in 1917 by the grandfather of the current owner....

Gardena Cinema in Gardena, California

April 11, 2025

Independently owned single-screen cinemas are a dying breed, increasingly scarce in this age of cineplexes and streaming services. Even in Los Angeles, they are not exactly common these days. In fact, there’s only one family-owned single-screen cinema left in the county. Originally known as the Park Theatre, the Gardena Cinema opened on December 11, 1946, and has been owned by the Kim family, immigrants from South Korea, since they purchased it in 1976. It boasts an 800-seat single screen,...

Friedrich Fröbel Museum in Bad Blankenburg, Germany

April 11, 2025

This building in Bad Blankenburg, Germany, held the first kindergarten in the world. Now called the Friedrich Fröbel Museum, it celebrates the vision of the founder of kindergarten. When it was founded in 1837, it marked the inception of a revolutionary education concept that would go on to be replicated around the globe. Fröbel’s kindergarten was established with the vision of providing a nurturing environment for young children to live and grow. He believed that children should be allowed...

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