Mar 8th, 2010
goAUPAIR Announces “Au Pair Preview”
goAUPAIR is excited to announce its new Au Pair Preview. The Au Pair Preview allows families to search, review and compare hundreds of well-qualified and prescreened available Au Pairs without having to fill out any application. Unlike any other Au Pair search tool in the industry, the Au Pair Preview is available with no cost, [...]
Mar 8th, 2010
Tourism firms must take advantage of new trends
Comment by Gareth Williams, Highlands and Island Manager, Scottish Council for Development and Industry AT the beginning of last year, with the economy plunging into a deep recession and consumers rapidly reducing their spending, the prospects for Highland tourism appeared bleak. So it was with a degree of satisfaction that businesses at a recent SCDI [...]
Mar 8th, 2010
In Havana, a Real Education
This year, almost 100 students from the United States are studying abroad in Cuba. What they’re learning—in classrooms and bread lines—will probably surprise you. Cuba and the United States have a troubled relationship to say the least. The island nation was once a de facto colony of the United States, from its 1898 independence from [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
Up to 5 percent of youth plan to study abroad
Three to five percent of school-leavers will choose to pursue their university studies abroad this year, Lithuania’s minister of education said on Thursday, Feb 11. According to a report from the Baltic News Service, Gintaras Steponavicius did not specify what data shows such numbers, but said he was not “dramatizing the situation.” Share and Enjoy:
Feb 15th, 2010
US: Tighter visa restrictions but students still enrol
In spite of tightened security and controls governing the issuing of student visas, no significant change has occurred in the percentage of foreign students enrolled at US colleges and universities since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Indeed, the proportion – as a percentage of total US higher education enrolment figures – has remained [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
Adventure travel may be cheaper outside eurozone
Imaginative explorers who are hoping to go on an adventure holiday this year but are worried about the effect it may have on their financial situation might want to consider heading outside of the eurozone. According to Expedia’s director of product management Jonathan Cudworth, people who want to get a cheap deal would do well [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
Why travel technology standards should not be a snooze
Talking about technology standards can be mind-numbingly boring, and I should know – I talk about them all the time. It’s my job, and usually I like it; sometimes though I’d rather just talk about the weather. But talking about standards at the Tnooz #tcamp2 this week in London was not boring; it was, amazingly, [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
Do more for overseas students – comment from U of Sydney vice chancellor
The recent alarming headlines again in India depicting Australia as a hotbed of racism and crime should be a wake-up call. Overseas students are critical to Australia’s reputation, as well as providing our third-largest source of overseas, or so-called “export”, income. Share and Enjoy:
Feb 9th, 2010
New Tourism Australia MD considers backpacker market essential to strategy
Newly appointed Tourism Australia managing director Andrew McEvoy has labelled the backpacker market “essential” to its strategy with the working holiday visa program a key contributor. Speaking to Thumbrella last week, McEvoy said backpackers are essential to tourism in Australia as they turn into travellers of the future. “It introduces first time travellers to our [...]
Feb 8th, 2010
Student interest in study abroad continues to rise
Despite the recent fatalities from the earthquake in Haiti, University students continue to show interest in studying abroad, as seen by their attendance at Wednesday’s spring study abroad fair. Student safety is a main priority for the Study Abroad Office, said Rachel Kamagne-Jones, outreach coordinator. “It’s always an ongoing discussion between our office and the [...]
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