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A new hotel inaugurated in Mitzpe Ramon |

The world’s 50 best hotels | The Capella Bangkok was declared the world’s best hotel at last month’s London award ceremony. The Capella didn’t have the easiest of beginnings as it opened in 2020, in the first year of the global pandemic. But just four years later, this sanctuary overlooking the Chao Phraya River has taken the top spot in the second edition of the World’s 50 Best Hotels list. “When you come to Bangkok, it can be crazy and chaotic, but when you arrive at the Capella, you’re in this little moment of Zen: the sanctuary, the garden with beautiful trees full of birds”, said the judges explaining their choice. “The hotel’s 101 rooms are exceptionally spacious, but its villas are the real jewel of the crown, each possessing its own private garden, pool and Jacuzzi”.

A new audio guidance system at Ben Gurion airport Last month, a new audio guidance system called «Step-Hear» was installed at Ben Gurion airport. The system was conceived by the «Mehalev Center for Quality of Life and Accessibility», based on innovative Israeli technology, developed to make buildings and public spaces accessible for people with blindness or visual impairment, with the help of voice guidance for orientation. In terminals 1 and 3, 12 Step-Hear «audio-signs» have been installed, each at a strategic area such as the information point, bathrooms, main entrance, check-in and security check desks. The system connects to a free app that once installed on your phone, automatically activates voice instructions, making it safer and more comfortable for people with visual impairment to move across the airport.

The new Beit Ramona hospitality complex has recently been inaugurated in Mitzpe Ramon. Located in the former Selina Hotel premises, it offers the most spectacular views of the surrounding landscape, as it is situated right next to the Ramon Crater Visitors’ Center and next to the Bereshit Hotel. Beit Ramona is spread across four adjacent spaces - a restaurant and pita bar, a coffee kiosk, and a piazza area where events take place every week. The ambitious project is led by three young entrepreneurs: Guy Heinan, formerly one of the owners and leaders of the Tel Aviv ‘Nox’ group, Dan Weinberg, former co-CEO of Bluestone Live Nation and real estate developer, and Yoel Piotro, who decided to invest in the project out of Zionism and desire to support the State of Israel. Also part of the project are entrepreneur Sami Alkrinawi, and JNF-USA who are very active in pushing forward renewal projects across Israel.

A new installation at the Israel Aquarium | At the end of an intensive restoration process of about a year and a half, the Israel Aquarium in Jerusalem has proudly presented its new installation: for the first time in Israel, visitors are able to discover the skeleton of a whale, weighing 750 kg. The skeleton hangs in the air in such a way that makes it possible to see each and every bone, meticulously reassembled over the course of the restoration process. The display system required hours of consultations with experts in Israel and abroad. Every bone was scanned using 3D technology and the entire skeleton is anchored to the ceiling thanks to thin stainless steel cables capable of holding extremely heavy weights.

Photo: Tal Shiboli, courtesy of the Israel Aquarium

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