A Netherlands parade celebrates Vincent van Gogh with giant floats made of flowers
From creativeboom.com This amazing parade, called Corso Zundert, has been going on since 1936. Click on link to see wonderful photos of this event.
If you’ve not yet heard of Corso Zundert, it’s a legendary parade of giant floats adorned with thousands of dahlia flowers that makes its way through the streets of Zundert, Netherlands. This year, the theme was to celebrate the life and work of Vincent van Gogh who was born in the same town 162 years ago.
Nineteen teams took inspiration from the famous artist by creating towering sculptural floats with the colours, motifs and imagery of his signature style, including several interpretations of Van Gogh’s self-portraits.
Norwegian voted Best in Europe at prestigious Passenger Choice Awards
The awards keep piling up for Norwegian Airlines. Last month it won the Passenger Choice Award for best in Europe and best inflight publication. That’s two years in a row as best in Europe.
Bjørn Kjos,Chief Executive Officer at Norwegian, said: “At Norwegian we strive to offer our customers the best possible experience – not only in service, but also in terms of in-flight entertainment. We are therefore extremely proud that our passengers have voted for us and named us Best in Europe for a second consecutive year.”
“We are the only airline in Europe to offer free Wi-Fi across a short-haul fleet, which thousands of customers enjoy every day, whether it is to work or relax. It really is safe to say we offer customers the best of both the modern and traditional worlds in the air, with our multi award-winning N by Norwegian magazine and our fast Wi-Fi hub.”
Norwegian is the only airline in Europe to offer free Wi-Fi on its short-haul flights, and the carrier won its first Passenger Choice Awards in 2012 for Best Inflight Connectivity and Communications. Last year, Norwegian won three awards: Best in Region: Europe; Best Inflight Connectivity and Communications; and Best Single Achievement Award for its map service on the long-haul Dreamliner fleet.
Earlier this month, Norwegian was named Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2015 by the renowned World Travel Awards, one of the travel industry’s most prestigious awards program, rewarding leaders in the travel sector around the globe.
Here’s why JetBlue wanted New Yorkers to steal its outdoor posters
JetBlue launched a media campaign unlike any other. The twist was that the campaign asked the public to destroy and take down the very posters that were slapped up around the boroughs of New York.
With placards reading “Take this ad literally,” “Take it from us. No, really.” and “Only a real New Yorker can pull this off,” JetBlue wanted to see whether pedestrians would be bold enough to do something that seemed borderline illegal — for which they would be handsomely rewarded.
Hidden beneath the posters were uber-cool prizes, including admission to the One World Observatory, Nets and Jets tickets and even free flights.
Photo: Courtesy Corso Zundert, Netherlands
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.