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Nano breaks, rise of the single night holiday
Mar 9th
A growing number of Brits are booking ‘nano breaks’, one night holidays in a bid to keep travelling throughout these tough economic times.
According to a booking agency, the number of British travellers searching for one night holidays in January was up by 29% on the same period last year. Searches for nano breaks in Bournemouth were up 140%, 20% in London, 82% in Edinburgh and 140% in Brighton.
International nano break destinations are Venice and Marrakech, increased by more than 80% in January, compared to the same months last year.
Holidays are seen as a right, not a luxury and the rise of the search for nano breaks is the evidence of holidaymakers, de terminated to keep travelling.
Coen brothers‚ film to open 2008 Venice Film Festival
Aug 29th
The 65th Venice International Film Festival starts on 27th August and will open with the world premiere of ‚Burn After Reading‚ by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film’s star-studded cast includes George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
There is hot competition for the festival’s famous Golden Lion award for best film, with nominations including a feature-length animation from Hayao Miyazaki, the director of ‚Spirited Away‚, and Jonathan Demme’s ‘Rachel Getting Married’.
Other categories at the festival include the Orizzonti section which looks at new trends in cinema, and the Corto Cortissimo competition for the best international short film.
There will also be a special screening of classic Italian films entitled ‘These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946-1975)’.