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Lord of the Rings. Like all screen productions based in New Zealand, UAP qualified for a 20 per cent rebate on nearly every dollar spent here. But economically significant productions are invited to apply for a 5 per cent uplift, taking the subsidy to a full 25 per cent. The Auckland meetings were about negotiating what New Zealand would get for that 5 per cent. For a TV series looking at filming for a decade, that 5 per cent equates to tens of millions of dollars. But getting the money is...

Bring The Destination Home: Meetings & social events are scheduled on online platforms, so why not travel? © Provided by The Financial Express Periods of adversity in human history have usually witnessed technological advances and innovations, and there are new innovations in the travel economy, too. (Representative image) By Dhanendra Kumar Travel and tourism have been the hardest hit sectors during Covid-19, with grounded flights, travel restrictions and sealed borders. A year down the lin...

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Save 30% on Date Night With Amazon’s New Virtual Experiences Slickdeals 2/9/2021 Isis Briones Advertiser Disclosure: At Slickdeals, we work hard to find the best deals. Some products in our articles are from partners who may provide us with compensation, but this doesn’t change our opinions. © Provided by Slickdeals The most romantic day of the year is right around the corner, and if you’re stressing about a unique activity you can safely do from the comfort of your ho...

Born of necessity as a way to keep clients engaged when the pandemic shut down travel, guided video tours are now a viable product for tour operators and advisors — and Amazon sees an opportunity.

Dream — and plan — about where youll travel again with these new virtual reality services Rosemary McClure © Provided by The LA Times (Ross May / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) I scared myself silly the other night on a Gangsters and Ghosts walking tour of Chicago. The evening was frosty — a slurry of snow and rain swirling through the air — and the scene eerie, a deserted walkway along the Chicago River, dark waters lapping at the bank. My tour guide, Lauren, told ...

I scared myself silly the other night on a Gangsters and Ghosts walking tour of Chicago. The evening was frosty — a slurry of snow and rain swirling through the air — and the scene eerie, a deserted walkway along the Chicago River, dark waters lapping at the bank. My tour guide, Lauren, told spine-chilling tales about jilted lovers, murderous masterminds and fires that killed hundreds as we moved from the river to other spirited hot spots downtown. “Why do you enjoy telling such grim stor...

Names and customs, humiliating and brutalizing them. some 80% of african-americans can trace their roots back to the city of charleston. 80%. southeast texas slammed by heavy rain, flash flooding. the downpours forcing roads and schools to close in beaumont and port arthur, texas, due to high water. the streets flooded in the port arthur area were also scenes of devastation during hurricane harvey. an additional three to six inches of rain is possible today. cbs has a new prescription for th...

40% of all slaves entered the country in charleston. the two-page resolution goes beyond a mere apology. it says the institution of slavery did not just involve physical confinement and mistreatment it sought to suppress if not destroy the cultural, religious, and social values of africans by stripping africans of their an test first of all names -- ancestral names and customs. >> according to the african-american museum, some 80% of african-americans can trace their roots back to the city of ch...

Customers to place their orders on an app or by calling the store. and for a $5 fee, you can have your order brought to your door the next day. cvs partnering with the u.s. postal service to make the deliveries. this comes as competitors like amazon explore entering the health care sector. change, it is acoming. >> sure is. general electric has been booted from the dow 30 after more than a century. the latest for a company, considered a bellwether of the u.s. economy, next. you wont see these ...