Wenzani: A Locally Curated Travel App. Wenzani is the latest location-based social app to hit the mobile market, and this time the travel gurus at Lonely Planet are at the helm of what they say is a “personalized guide like none other.” Lonely Planet’s tech startup off-shoot, Fourforty Inc, was set up a few months back with a view towards developing mobile travel guides with a social twist, and Wenzani is the first product to leave its conveyor belt, launching today in public beta for iOS devices.
Jenny Fielding is Fourfourty’s CEO, and she previously worked for BBC Worldwide – Lonely Planet’s parent company. In a blog post earlier today, she noted that Wenzani won’t be focusing purely on promoting Lonely Planet or BBC Travel content, and it will be drawing on information from a broad range of sources. The premise behind Wenzani is that you may find yourself out somewhere and you’re not sure exactly where to eat out, where to shop or what to do for entertainment – this could be in your own city, or whilst on holiday.
The Lomography city guide Berlin. The Lomography City Guide Berlin has just been released. After the legendary City Guides Vienna and Hong Kong, Berlin is the next in line to receive its very own homage consisting of thousands of analogue snapshots and LomoLocations. The biggest scrambled egg of Kreuzberg, your favorite toilet in the coolest bar that nobody knows of, the most romantic spot to make out, grand aunt Horstine at the Wannsee or the breathtaking view from your balcony – everything is a LomoLocation worth exploring. In its very special way this city guide depicts a city, so vibrant and fascinating, in all its shades, overtones, possible, impossible, fabulous and diverse perspectives by displaying it in a shimmering piece of art put together by 51 Lomographers.
Expect a city guide stuffed with incredibly neat pictures and 262 individual city tips captured by the brains and hands of our Lomographers. Social trip-planning site targets group travel with friends. Gain instant and exclusive access to over 5,000 of the most creative ideas, innovations and startups on our database and use our smart filters to take you direct to those that are most relevant to your industry and your needs. Not interested? You can still browse articles published in the last 30 days from our homepage and receive your daily and weekly fix of entrepreneurial ideas through our free newsletters.
36 Hours in Amsterdam. MOST visitors to Amsterdam rarely wander beyond the arched bridges, watery passageways and crooked canal houses of the enchanting city center. But equally fascinating is the development boom around the harbor and in the once gritty areas that lie between the historic center and the surrounding ring road (A10).
These pockets of innovation — pioneered Brooklyn-style by young designers and entrepreneurs who cannot afford the rents on the Keizersgracht — are worth a detour. To explore them, just act like a local: hop on a and go. Friday 4 p.m.1) DESIGN FRENZY For more than 25 years, fans of Dutch design have frequented the iconic shop for Eek tables and Hella Jongerius vases. 7 p.m.2) EAT YOUR VEGETABLES Take a cozy storefront with an open kitchen in the up-and-coming Westerpark neighborhood, mix in food trends like farm-to-table and supper club dinners and you get (Fannius Scholtenstraat 10; 31-65-464-6576; deculinairewerkplaats.nl). 10 p.m.3) BACK TO THE ROOTS Saturday 3 p.m.6) HIGH TEA.
Tokyo city guide. 20 destinations pour 2011. Colombie: Le renouveau Cartagena de Indias, la perle créole de la Colombie, redevient fréquentable! Même les Américains les plus frileux viennent se frotter à ce mirage en Technicolor, défilant de ruelles en plazas au rythme de la cumbia. Au-dessus des maisons aux arabesques andalouses des colons pilleurs de l'or des Incas, s'élèvent les coupoles des églises, actions de grâce pour tant de richesses. Les Espagnols en firent, à coups de monumentales fortifications, la cité la plus jalousement gardée de leur empire. Avant que l'indépendance la couvre au xixe siècle d'opulents palais...
Une beauté aujourd'hui parée et fardée aux chaudes couleurs des Caraïbes. J. Y aller: Une passion colombienne, séjour de 8 jours-5 nuits à Carthagène à partir de 2 200 euros par personne, comprenant les vols, les nuits dans le joli palais restauré La Passion, avec son époustouflante piscine en terrasse. Mayotte: La carte et le territoire Fès: Du Moyen Age au XXIe siècle Le pôle Sud: Un siècle de légende.
Fasten Seat Belts | Asia. Excited to see that Fasten Seat Belts now came out with a guide for Asia. (I posted about their Europe guide a while back.) Fasten Seat Belts is a lighthearted guide to avoid missunderstandings while travelling. It’s an innovative (visual) way to learn languages and pick up cultural tips. The videos describe various “Dos and Don’ts” (gestures, traditions, manners…) relating to 6 countries of South Asia : Japan, China, Korea, India, Thailand and Vietnam. The videos offer a chance to learn some simple and useful expressions in the official languages of these 6 countries.
Did you know that in China people count to ten only using one hand? See below: China 6_Count to 10 using only one hand. from 43 Films on Vimeo. And the guides now even come as iPhone Applications. (thank you Barbara) Dublin en 10 adresses. Hôtels et B&B number 31 Ce bed & breakfast remporte la palme du glam'. Construite en 1958 par un architecte célèbre, Sam Stephenson, cette demeure de style géorgien, reliée à une autre maison, très contemporaine, par un jardin japonais, abrite 15 chambres d'un raffinement extrême. Est-ce la déco (cheminées, grande hauteur sous plafond, salles de bains en marbre...), la qualité de la literie ou du petit déjeuner, pantagruélique?
Toujours est-il que cette adresse voit défiler le gotha de l'art et de la politique. A partir de 175 euros la chambre pour deux avec les petits déjeuners. 31 Leeson Close, 00-353-(0)1-676-50-11. Fitzwilliam Hotel Il a suffi que l'agence de sir Terence Conran lui offre un lifting pour que cet hôtel redevienne the place to be. A partir de 160 euros la chambre pour deux avec les petits déjeuners. Restaurants et salons de thé Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill En quelques mois, la table du très sélect hôtel Bentley s'est imposée comme l'une des plus raffinées de la ville.
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