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Nishi-Ōyama Station in Ibusuki, Japan

June 25, 2024

A two-hour train ride from Kagoshima, the Nishi-Ōyama train station is surrounded by agricultural fields and a large volcano, Kaimondake, to the west. The station itself is little more than a slab of concrete with a roof and an obelisk proclaiming it as the southernmost Japan Railways station, but that doesn’t stop train enthusiasts from all over the world coming to see it. The diesel-powered trains that run through the station only come a handful of times per day and...

Dynamic Pricing: Benefits & Tips for Hoteliers...

June 25, 2024

Dynamic pricing is a strategy where the price of products or services is adjusted based on market conditions. This typically means charging high prices during periods of high demand and low prices during low demand periods. For hotels, dynamic pricing plays a crucial role in revenue management, incentivizing bookings at crucial times. The ultimate aim The post Dynamic Pricing: Benefits & Tips for Hoteliers to Increase Revenue appeared first on Revfine.com.

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Saint...

June 25, 2024

Situated near the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania is the town of Visaginas, built by Soviet planners to house the plant’s workers. This power plant is the same variety as the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, making Visaginas the analog to the Ukrainian city of Pripyat. Today, the plant is currently in the process of being decommissioned and permanently shut down. In Soviet times, the Orthodox community of Visaginas was quite small and met without a priest. In 1991,...

These Summer Campers Are Saving Oceans One...

June 25, 2024

The morning was already hot and humid as the divers jumped off the boat and descended into blue-green waters off the Florida Keys. With them, they carried dozens of living coral polyps, each tiny animal about to find a permanent home on the reef. About 25 feet down, they reached a section of the world’s third largest barrier reef, which stretched out like a rocky moonscape, mostly gray and barren. A few sea fans waved gently with the current,...

Hyatt Hotel Brands: Learn About All the...

June 25, 2024

Hyatt hotel brands describe the various hotels, resorts, and other properties owned, operated, or licensed by Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Each of the brands brings some form of unique experience, service, and more to its guests. The importance of the Hyatt hotel brand is largely in how it demonstrates different business strategies. Each of the brands The post Hyatt Hotel Brands: Learn About All the Hyatt Brands appeared first on Revfine.com.

Hilton Hotel Brands: Learn About the Biggest...

June 25, 2024

Hilton hotel brands highlight how a single company can encompass multiple domains while retaining its identity. The company has expanded into a wide variety of different markets while maintaining full consistency in Hilton’s overall branding. The importance of the Hilton hotel brand is, in many ways, synonymous with the importance of branding itself. Corporate branding The post Hilton Hotel Brands: Learn About the Biggest Hilton Brands appeared first on Revfine.com.

How to Get In (or Out) of...

June 24, 2024

Getting into a canoe is unnerving. Failure means capsizing, plus looking foolish in front of that cute camp counselor. But as you wobble aboard, know you’re not alone. Even the experts dump their boats from time to time. “I’ve flipped over completely in six inches of water trying to board my kayak,” says retired park ranger and marine biologist Kristie Killam. “Even though I think I know what I’m doing, it can still be daunting.” Below are practical steps...

How Amoeboid Architects Build Some of the...

June 21, 2024

Each week, Atlas Obscura is providing a new short excerpt from our upcoming book, Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders (September 17, 2024). Everyone knows about the ocean’s flashier builders—the corals that sculpt reefs, the mollusks that spin up perfect pearls. But thousands of feet down, underappreciated creatures called xenophyophores work hard to build themselves some of the most fascinating homes on the seafloor, from studio apartments to elaborate, multichambered compounds that resemble morel mushrooms...

Embracing Kangiten of Torimi Shrine in Shiroi,...

June 21, 2024

Kangiten is a strange deity. The Japanese Buddhist equivalent of Hindu god Ganesha, he also takes the form of an elephant-headed deity, but in twofold, in an act of embrace. Traditionally, the deity is feared and respected as a remover of obstacles and bringer of success. His effigy (if any), however, is always enshrined in the temple treasury never to be shown to worshippers. This is believed to be due to the sensual depiction of the embracing deities, and...

Saint Clement's Caves in Hastings, England

June 21, 2024

Saint Clement’s Caves is a four-and-a-half-acre network of ancient tunnels and caverns beneath Hastings‘ West Hill in its Old Town. The earliest written reference to the caves, from 1783, tells of an elderly man and woman who lived there after being evicted from Hastings’ workhouse. Discovered by authorities at the end of the 140-foot “Monk’s Walk,” the pair claimed that the caves went no deeper, despite the acres of hidden tunnels and caverns beyond. They may have been covering for...

Area 21 Cusco in Cusco, Peru

June 21, 2024

Area 51 might be barricaded by barbed wire and military guards, but this open-air exhibit welcomes all intrepid travelers. Signs that say Abducción Gratis (“Abduction Free”) and the looming figure of a crashed UFO greet visitors, encouraging guests to meet ET’s distant relatives. Situated atop a hill on the outskirts of Cusco along a winding path, visitors can pose with an assortment of extraterrestrials of all shapes, sizes, and home planets. However, this is more than a kitschy roadside...

The Tale of the Vanishing Summer Camp...

June 21, 2024

It was a muggy summer evening more than a decade ago in Apopka, Florida. Spanish moss hung like tattered capes on the gnarled oaks that loomed over cabins where, as day turned to night, tired campers made their way to their bunks. After a long day of archery, arts-and-crafts, and waterskiing, there was still one more activity for a willing audience: the nightly ghost story. The dim glow of a flashlight illuminated the faces of a dozen tween boys....

Jawor Peace Church in Jawor, Poland

June 20, 2024

The Jawor Peace Church may be smaller than its more famous sister church in Świdnica, but its interior is no less stunning, and its location further off the beaten track means that a visit here often feels more intimate. Prior to the two World Wars, the Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants (1618-1648) had been the deadliest conflict in modern European history, leaving large parts of Central Europe devastated and depopulated. As part of the Treaty of Westphalia in...

Whitchurch Silk Mill in Whitchurch, England

June 20, 2024

This 18th-century mill is home to one of the four remaining silk ribbon-weavers in the United Kingdom. These skilled craftspeople are officially an endangered species. Whitchurch ribbons are not your run-of-the-mill ribbons. Woven on looms dating back to the 1800s, they can be produced in any width, with satin stripes that shine when the ribbons are folded into bows. The real silk makes a satisfying scrunching sound—the technical term is “scroop.” For this reason, Whitchurch ribbons are the top choice for...

Fountain of the Unbelievers in Zaragoza,...

June 20, 2024

The Imperial Canal of Aragon is a civil engineering achievement of the highest order. Built in the 18th century, it aimed to provide irrigation water for lands to the southeast and above the level of the River Ebro, as well as a means of navigation linking Aragon to the sea. But some important citizens of Zaragoza did not support the building of the canal, due to the social changes it could bring about in the agrarian community. They openly...

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