06/02/2008 by Icmeler.

EasyCruise One - our first viewOriginally uploaded by Wazzza

Accommodation-only specialist youtravel.com has teamed up with easyCruise to take 20 top-selling agents on the inaugural cruise of the line’s second ship easyCruise Life.

The ship will leave Piraeus (Athens) on April 19 for the voyage - a week-long cruise around the Greek islands.

Ports of call include Syros and Samos, Kalymnos, Kos and Paros, and a 24-hour-stay in Mykonos. easyCruise Life will visit Turkey for the first time with a full day and night in Bodrum.

Youtravel.com has an exclusive deal with easyCruise meaning that agents can earn 15% commission on every booking they make at youtravel.com.

To celebrate the launch of easyCruise Life, youtravel.com is also offering a trade incentive of £10 per booking made before February 29.

Youtravel.com sales director Paul Riches said: “Not only will the winners have a chance to be the among the first to sail on the line’s new ship, they’ll also have the chance to meet easyCruise founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou who’ll be onboard for the first two days as the ship sails from Athens to Bodrum.” Source - travelweekly.co.uk

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06/02/2008 by Icmeler.

Kourioun Beach

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A two-year-old British girl is critically ill after being accidentally given dishwashing liquid to drink during a family holiday in Cyprus. Annabel Rhodes was rushed to hospital on Saturday afternoon after a hotel barman in Limassol, on the south coast of the island, diluted her orange juice with fluid from a clear bottle, thinking it was water.

Her father, Mark Rhodes, 55, also needed first-aid treatment for tasting the potentially lethal drink when his daughter started crying in agony. The youngster is breathing through a respirator in a critical but stable condition, staff at the Makarios Hospital in Nicosia said.

She suffered severe burns to her mouth, throat and upper respiratory organs, and could be permanently scarred, doctors said. The mistake occurred when Mr Rhodes ordered watered-down orange juice for his daughter from the 43-year-old barman at the Curium Palace hotel. “It appears the barman used a container which he thought contained water but was in fact dishwasher detergent,” a police spokesman said. “We are treating this as an accident as the person wasn’t to know there was a different liquid in the plastic water bottle,” she added.telegraph.co.uk

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