The Chinese New Year

by: - June 28th, 2012   Filed under: News

Singapore (12 of January of 2011) Agoda.es, the global site of reserves online of hotels with Asia base and part of Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PLCN), celebrates the Chinese New Year with special supplies in hotels of all Thailand. The Chinese New Year is one of the celebrated events more in this country of Southeast Asia, since 14% of their population are of Chinese origin. It is not to surprise that Bangkok is an important center of activity during this period, and that the festivals related to the New Year extend much more there of the Yaowarat street in the heart of the Chinese District. In 2011, the beginning of the Chinese New Year is located the 3 of February, and in many parts of Thailand, the celebrations extend up to three days. It is in Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai where are the more extensive establishments Chinese-Thailanders, and where the most spectacular events of the Chinese New Year in the country take place. The custom most exotic, and noisy of the New Year is the parades in the streets. These are characterized by strident golpeteo of drums and subjects of gossip and the lights of the firecrackers (the popular belief says that the strong noises drive away the bad spirits). In addition they are integrated by the traditional dance of from Leon, by the passage of floats gladly ornamented, acrobatic exhibitions, are made lights and efigies of the Chinese Gods.

In Bangkok, the Yaowarat street is the epicenter of the events of the Chinese New Year. Bordering their extension centers of food and suvenires are located, impressive lights and statues of the astrological sign of the year, that in the 2011 is the rabbit, located in the most important spaces. The visitors who reserve a hotel near the Chinese District will find in an excellent location to attend the street parades and to delight with the authentic Chinese food; as well as to visit the Great Palace and the Temple of the Reclined Buddha, two iconic attractions of Bangkok.

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Professor Bryan Williams

by: - June 22nd, 2012   Filed under: News

A new device could revolutionize the monitoring of the arterial tension According to scientists, a device that can be worn as a clock could revolutionize the way in which the arterial tension in the next years will be controlled. The investigators of the University of Leicester and Singapore have developed a device to measure the tension in the greatest artery of the body. The tests indicate that it offers a reading much more needs that the traditional sleeve technology. The technology works by means of a sensor including in the clock that registers the wave of pulse of the artery, that next is introduced in a computer along with a reading of realised traditional arterial tension with a sleeve. The scientists are able, then, to read the tension near the heart, from the aorta. Professor Bryan Williams, of the department of cardiovascular sciences of the University of Leicester in the Glenfield Hospital, indicated that to the device " he would change the way in which he has monitored himself arterial tension for more than siglo" and it hopes that the technology is used soon in specialized centers, before obtaining " a use much more generalizado" in next the five years. Fuentet: Economy and Finances

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SAT Airlines

by: - June 15th, 2012   Filed under: News

SINGAPORE (16 of February of 2011) Agoda.es, the global site of reserves of hotels online, with base in Asia and part of Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PLCN), announced their association with SAT Airlines of Russia today. As a result of this association, the SAT passengers will have immediate access to the inventory of more than 155,000 hotels of Agoda anywhere in the world. The SAT network covers national and international routes through Russia and Asia with the North, with centers in Harbin, Sapporo and Seoul. Simply visiting the SAT Web site, the clients will be able to reserve a hotel through Agoda.com in one of these key destinies and in addition to enjoy promotions constant update and immediate confirmation. For greater comfort, the travellers will be able to reserve their stay in their language of preference, since Agoda offers services of reserve in 32 different languages, including the Russian, Chinese simplified, Japanese and Korean. About the possibilities that the President of Agoda.com abre to the association, Robert Rosenstein, commented: " The North of Asia is one interesting and diverse region, that offers a great variety of kitchens, cultures and landscapes.

Through this association, we hoped that the SAT clients discover that to reserve a hotel she is simpler and less expensive. It will be simply a click from the page Web of SAT". Agoda counts on properties in more than 100 countries anywhere in the world, and the associate hotels update the supplies daily. In addition the company grants Points of Advantage, that provide a the travelling additional savings, gain by each realised purchase and they are possible to be used to discount the price of future stays of hotel in any property of Agoda with Special Tariffs. The system of Points of Advantage of Agoda, its site in Russian language and the instantaneous confirmation of rooms will help the clients of SAT Airlines to find and to reserve a hotel in simpler form. About Agoda Company PTE Ltd: Agoda Company PTE Ltd (www.agoda.es) is a company on watch of reserves of hotels in line, with base in Asia, that it specializes in securing to tariffs of rooms with the majors discounts. Agoda comprises of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN). The network of Agoda includes more than 155,000 hotels anywhere in the world.

The personnel of more 500 professionals, established around the world, offers a service of reserves of first category that combines of exclusive form the local knowledge and the local contacts to offer the best prices in hotels to travellers of businesses and to please. In addition, the clients of Agoda participate in the Program of Agoda Incentives, with which they obtain majors discounts and gratuitous stays. Unlike other programs that limit the travellers to a single chain, the Program of Agoda Incentives allows that the clients exchange to their points of incentives in any hotel and moment. Like member of the Association of Trips of the Pacific and Asia (LEG), Agoda must like objective promote the trips doing them more accessible to more people.

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Asia Air

by: - June 9th, 2012   Filed under: News

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Japanese Cuisine

by: - June 2nd, 2012   Filed under: News

What we know about Japan – that it is a country of sakura, samurai and ekibany. What we offer Japanese restaurants in Chelyabinsk – sushi and sashimi. Today we find out that actually includes Japanese cuisine and how it varied. Most Europeans and Russians are known sushi (sushi) and sashimi (sashimi), the Japanese dish of raw fish. Although it is not sushi, sashimi is not are not traditional Japanese dishes. It is more adapted to the Europeans, Japanese cuisine. Visitors cafe, which position themselves as Russian, Japanese, probably known norimaki it cakes of rice and slices of raw fish wrapped in dried vodorosli.Yaponskaya kitchen over the past decade to become Russia immense popularity. If for many Russians, Japanese food is fashion, then it is akin to the Japanese art of making bouquets – ikebana.

Japanese cooks add huge value in giving the overall composition of harmony dishes on the table, and can create real masterpieces not only of culinary art, but the real picture on the table. The main product of Japanese cuisine is rice. Recipe for cooking rice is very simple, it is brewed in small quantities water, never stirring and adding salt. Instead of salt the Japanese tend to use a variety of sauces and condiments. Japanese rice eaten in small portions to three times a day. Popularity in Japan enjoy dishes vegetables (radish, eggplant, radishes, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage), the Japanese traditionally eat a lot of them.

Of particular importance in the recipes of Japanese dishes attached to legumes, and soy beans that. Japanese chefs from bean Miso is made – the mass obtained by the fermentation of cooked soybeans. Miso is one of the ingredients in the recipe for different soups. Undisputed leadership in Japanese cuisine has a number of recipes from a variety of seafood. In Japanese cuisine, we can observe a lot of sauces and condiments, for the manufacture of which use different varieties of soy and radish. The main Japanese drink – green tea, alcoholic beverages of all famous rice wine sake. Having visited even once in a Japanese restaurant or cafe, you will feel the spirit of Japan, the country's beautiful and harsh sakura samurai.

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