http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog Worldwide network of travel, entertainment, culture, airfares hotel Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The upper floors of the former City Hall in Dunkeld in Scotland have been converted into two 4-star luxury self-catering apartments. The Keeper’s Apartment and the Laird’s Apartment, which can both accommodate four people, are ranged over two floors and furnished to a very high standard. Prices for an apartment ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/new-hotels-in-scotland-in-2008/ The Parc by Thistle opened in Wales' capital, Cardiff, on May 6, 2008 following a $30 million restoration. The hotel's 138 bedrooms have been restored and offer contemporary style and comfort within the grand Victorian building located in downtown Cardiff close to the castle. The hotel has two bars and ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/new-hotels-in-wales-in-2008/ The Cathedral Quarter Hotel has opened (April 2008) in Derby - a historic market town in the center of England. The new hotel boasts 38 bedrooms in a converted Victorian building, formerly Derby Police Museum. The building features a sweeping staircase and stained glass window, while the former vaults are ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/new-hotels-in-england-in-2008/ Among the recent openings in London, one of the most interesting has to be the revamped Launceston Place in Kensington - formerly a "neighborhood" restaurant, which was one of Princess Diana's favorites, now part of the D and D (formerly Conran) stable. At the helm is chef Tristan Welch, previously ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/london-restaurants-news-2008/ “Tuttankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharoahs” is an exhibition on at The O2 Bubble from November 15, 2007 through August 30, 2008. 50 artifacts from the pharoah’s tomb are on display as well as gems from other ancient sites dating back 3,000 years. Tickets are £20 (around $40). ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/london-events-and-exhibitions-2008/ Hotel Indigo London Paddington is set to open late summer 2008 just a few minutes' walk from Paddington Station, where the Heathrow Express terminates in central London. It will be the first Indigo-branded hotel from Intercontinental Hotels in Britain, and will have 68 bedrooms. The brand is designed to appeal ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/new-hotels-in-london-in-2008/ VISIT LONDON - London - For those who enjoy exploring a city and really getting under its skin, London is the perfect destination. London is easy to explore and this fall there is even more to see from a peek into royal life, high-flying adventures in the "East" and fun ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/go-around-about-and-above-london-this-fall/ The new Saatchi Gallery will open on October 9, 2008. It will have 70,000 square feet of exhibition space making it one of the largest museums in the world devoted to showing contemporary art. The gallery will be in The Duke of York's HQ building along with a book shop, ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/saatchi-gallery-to-open-in-october-in-uk/ Celebrating the tenth anniversary of its foundation by James Moores, the fifth Liverpool Biennial will be even more impressive in scale and ambition than its predecessors. Liverpool Biennial is Britain's largest festival of contemporary visual art. Since its inception, the International exhibition has commissioned well over 100 new works, many ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/the-fifth-liverpool-biennial-all-made-up/ The Ironbridge Gorge in the English county of Shropshire is well known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.  In 2009, the visitor attraction marks the 300th anniversary of smelting iron with coke for the first time at Coalbrookdale by Abraham Darby, an innovation which lead to iron-making on a large ... http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/2008/07/20/300th-anniversary-of-the-industrial-revolution-in-uk/