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Orbis headquarters in Warsaw with the symbolic globe at the top. Orbis is the oldest travel agency in Poland, founded in 1920 in Lwów (now: Lviv, Ukraine). [1] Currently, it is the largest hotel group in Poland and Central Europe, and parent company of Orbis S.A. Capital Group, which has nine subsidiaries.
The group was founded under the Airtours brand in 1972, when David Crossland purchased a series of small travel agencies in Lancashire, United Kingdom. [2] The group began operating package holidays and launched its own in-house charter airline, in the early 1980s. [2] It offered their first charter flights to the Caribbean in 1987 for just £ ...
Orbis Cascade Alliance, an academic library consortia in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho; Orbis International (the "Flying Eye Hospital"), a charitable organization devoted to treating and preventing blindness
Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American company that operates online travel agencies, comparison shopping websites, and mobile apps with user-generated content. [1]Its namesake brand, Tripadvisor.com, operates in 40 countries and 20 languages, and features approximately 1 billion reviews and opinions on roughly 8 million establishments. [1]
Forbes Travel Guide (formerly known as Mobil Guide or Mobil Travel Guide) is a star rating service and online travel guide for hotels, restaurants and spas. [1] In 2011, Forbes Travel Guide published its last set of guidebooks and, on November 15, 2011, launched its new online home, ForbesTravelGuide.com, [2] which covers numerous international destinations, including Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing ...
Orbis International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to saving sight worldwide. [1] [non-primary source needed] Its programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in developing countries through hands-on training, public health education, advocacy and local partnerships. [2]
Edward Ragg (born 11 October 1976) is a British poet, critic and writer on wine who, since 2007, has lived in Beijing, China.He was a Cinnamon Press Poetry Award winner (2012) [1] and his first book of poetry was A Force That Takes (Cinnamon Press, 2013). [2]
Travels is a live double album by the Pat Metheny Group recorded in July, October, and November 1982 and released on ECM the following year. The quintet features pianist Lyle Mays and rhythm section Steve Rodby and Dan Gottlieb, with guest Nana Vasconcelos. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.