Remote Access and Management Tools for Your Travel Company Branches

August 19th, 2008 admin Posted in Travel Managament Tools | No Comments »

Travel companies are all about trips. For a major international travel companies, having branch in popular travel destinations all around the world is a necessity.

Distance will require a good management procedure, where even the top level executives in headquarters must be able to instantly gather data from a small company branch anywhere in the world. This will allow quick decision and anticipation to enhance competitiveness. You may need a computerized data mining and management tools that interconnect all your worldwide branches, just like a local area network, but at a much larger scale.

The ability to remotely control computers can be done with the installation of Telnet Server that allow headquarters to have full control on company’s IT system all around the world.

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Culture of Algeria

August 19th, 2008 admin Posted in Travel in Algeria | No Comments »

Pottery
In Algeria, pottery is different from one region to another, as a result of various influences it has been throughout history. If the manufacturing steps are substantially the same, the result is far from identical. In Kabylie, for example, pottery, decorated with motifs and dyed red. To the south of Adrar, there are objects of original forms and black. The pottery in Mountains of Nementcha are shaped in the clay-toned rose and decorated with brown drawings. Initially, the objects were made by family and exchanged between neighbours. Today you can find one for sale across the country.

The music
The music is of particular importance in the Algerian daily life. It accompanies every event of life, whether happy or unhappy. Among other things, you’ll find the Arab-Andalusian music and its derivative the Malouf, the Bedouin singing, music of Tuareg regions in Tamanrasset and Djanet and raï is particularly popular with young people.

Carpets
Each region has its style. They differ in their motives and their colours but their composition varies little. Generally, carpets are made with wool sheep, sometimes mixed with goat hair to obtain more robust thread. Each year in March, the town of Ghardaia, located 600 km south of Algiers, is organizing a big party of carpets. The opportunity for many weavers to meet, to present their works and participate in competitions. Other events about carpets take place especially in Ain El Hammam.

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Wildlife in Algeria

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Compared to large number of animal species that inhabit Algeria a century ago, wildlife in the country seems very poor today. That said, you may still be lucky to see a sheep or storks if you visit the country in winter.

Hunting
The magnificent forests are home to a rich Algeria game, especially with wild boar hunting is one of the hobbies of people in the region of Algiers, Oran and Constantine. The Algerian national office of tourism and some private agencies can organize at request, the hunts in the woods

The flora
The Algeria has a Mediterranean climate in the North and a Saharan climate in the South. The same goes for vegetation. In the north, you will find mostly cedar, pine, heather, trees and several species of oak trees such as oak and cork oak. The highlands are covered with alfa, also known as grass and can be used in the manufacture of ropes. The Eastern Saharan has cypress, térébinthes and palm trees.

The fauna
The southern Algeria, largely desert, home to wildlife made up largely of gazelles, jerboas, sand cats, cheetahs, porcupines and lizards. On the hills, in the Hoggar cliffs, you encounter sheeps. The stagnant water points are infested with mosquitoes. In the north of the country are populated by striped hyenas, foxes, weasels, wild cats, hares, wild boars and jackals. The macaque monkey prefers forested areas. In winter, Algeria became the home of some migratory birds in Europe, like storks. Finally, the animals you come across most often in Algeria are the dromedary, locally known as camel (or méhari), sheep, goat and horse.

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Cities of Algeria

July 23rd, 2008 admin Posted in Travel in Algeria | No Comments »

Algiers
The capital Algiers, (Al-Djazaïr its Arabic name), founded in 960, is among the most beautiful cities in the Arab world, even if the settlement has destroyed many of its former Moorish palace, replaced by a seafront which overlooks a beautiful bay. Algiers takes its incomparable charm of having pushed on hills interspersed with valleys, leaving prospects impregnable that one discovers the detour path switchbacks and alleys of stone stairs. Its labyrinthine although very dilapidated, retains all its originality and superb Ottoman houses. The Great Mosque of Algiers is a superb example of Islamic Almoravid architecture style, while the National Museum of Antiquities and the Ethnographic Museum of Bardo are places of interest.

Constantine
Constantine in the east, perched at the outlet of vertiginous gorges Rummel. It owes its name to the Roman Emperor Constantine who build many buildings. Traditional, austere, it is the bastion of Arab culture and Islam. Its mosque Abd El-Kader, headquarters of the University of Islamic Sciences, is one of the largest in Africa.

Oran
Oran is the second largest city. Active and dynamic, focused around its port with multiple commercial and industrial activities. The influence of Spanish, who occupied the city for nearly three centuries, is visible in many buildings in the Spanish-Moorish style. If the promenade on the seafront is not unpleasant, it nevertheless preferable to stay in Tlemcen, 90 km away. Nestled at the foot of the highlands of the Saharan Atlas, belted with a bucolic vegetation, this ancient Muslim city, founded by the Almoravids, is a particularly attractive old city dotted with numerous mosques in refined style, where it is good place to stroll.

Tamanrasset
Called Tam, a single syllable well summarizing the sweetness of life of this city buried in the infinite blond Algerian Sahara. And those who are left to surprises: Tamanrasset is no longer the small town of yesterday. The city and its 70,000 souls has expanded into the arid Hoggar, through the process of irrigation, far beyond the oasis. The first urban crossroads in Algeria where the Nigerian border bears the rank of administrative capital of the region. Also military reserve, it is inhabited by officials and central areas are a garrison base.

For the traveler, Tam is the first gateway to the Tassili of the Hoggar and the starting point for excursions to Assekrem. The city deserves two-day visit. Taste the old-fashioned charm and ambiance who wins the streets at any hour. Tam is the lair of Hitzit, “those who hold the walls” mischievous expression designating inactivity. The curious could visit the hermitage of Brother Charles de Foucauld and the monastery of Little Brothers of Jesus.

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Building a Home Style Bungalow for Your Hotel Business

July 23rd, 2008 admin Posted in Travel Management | No Comments »

Recent trends have shown that tourists become bored with a skycraper hotels or other accomodation located in a large building. It is understandable, when we see that these tourists view these type of hotels as ‘another form of apartment’.
Many boutique hotels opt to use bungalow styled accomodation that look much like a mini home, complete with its garden, swimming pool, kitchen and other amenities. They are usually located in attractive places such as, on the bank of a river, cliffs or beaches.
You may need to follow this trend by placing an order on custome home builder. Many of them are quite proficient in building all types of bungalow, especially the wooden house type. You can find these builders everywhere, such as the texas hom builders.
The key for success in bungalow business is to give a natural, exotic and rustic feeling to the tourists, while placing highest priority in comfort and safety.

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Beaches in Algeria

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The Algerian coast, stretching nearly 1,200 km along the Mediterranean, is home to beaches that are both smiling and busy, such as the club holiday Tipaza, built by the architect Le Corbusier, or that of Zeralda , which also includes a replica of nomadic village.

The Turquoise Coast
To the east of Algiers, the “Turquoise Coast” is home to beautiful rocky coves and sandy beaches lined with vegetation typically Mediterranean cypress, cork oaks and olive trees. A thirty kilometres from Algiers, Sidi Ferruch peninsula has a marina and offers great opportunities for underwater fishing. At the moment, this is an area where access is guarded by the military, a veritable enclave of peace and gentleness where young lovers spend quiet moments.

The Coast of Oran
In the region of Oran, there are several resorts with hotels well-equipped, in terms of water sports and where you can dance to the sound of traditional orchestras.

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