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The Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) and Gays.com have announced the launch of a Great Global Kiss-in to be organised for the first time ever between May 14-17 in major cities around the world.

The idea is simple — A kiss-in is a flash mob of people who agree to meet in a public space at a certain date and time with their boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or partner to kiss. The Great Global Kiss-in calls on all straight, gay, bisexual or transgender people who believe in love and equality to organize or participate in a kiss-in in their city. The goal of the project is to organize kiss-ins on all six continents of the world on the weekend of May 14-17, 2010. Individuals who are unable to take part in a kiss-in near them are invited to send in their kisses via an online video at http://youtube.com/group/greatglobalkissin, or pictures at the campaign website at http://gays.com/idaho — these will be used to create a video mashup that will be released at a later date.

The Great Global Kiss-in marks a collaboration between the IDAHO Committee and Gays.com which is spearheading online organizing for this project.

Said Joel Bedos, International Coordinator of the IDAHO Committee (http://www.idahomophobia.org), “Organisations and activists have joined hands from all parts of the world, from Berlin to Bogota, from London to Lima, and from Austin to Auckland, in a great show of solidarity to break down the walls of homophobia and transphobia.”

Kenneth Tan, Director for Online Organizing at Gays.com, chimes in, “This is the first time that a kiss-in like this has been attempted on a global scale, and we believe that more can be done through the Internet to get people from all everywhere to come together for causes such as this.”

In 2009, to mark the 6th annual International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, the IDAHO Committee and Gays.com called on participants to step out in front of the camera and, in their own language, introduce themselves, state where they’re from and how proud they are to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. A total of 359 video submissions was received from 48 countries and used to create an online video that has since gone viral and attracted 300,000 views.

Details for confirmed kiss-ins (as of May 1, 2010) are as follows:

Amiens, France: May 15, 4pm @ Place Gambetta (vers Pi

Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train operator between the UK and France and Belgium has announced an important change to its class of service range.

In response to the changing needs of customers, Eurostar is introducing Standard Premier – a ‘mid-class’ designed to appeal to not only the more cost-conscious business traveller, but also leisure travellers who want that little bit extra space and service.

Standard Premier tickets have now gone on sale for travel from 1 September. The new class will replace Eurostar’s existing Leisure Select class, which has been on offer since 2005.

This change comes as a result of extensive customer feedback and market research and sees Eurostar’s class offerings move towards a more intuitive structure with Standard Premier perfectly complementing the existing Business Premier and Standard classes.

Commercial Director Nick Mercer said:

“Following extensive research and feedback from our corporate clients and business travel agents, it became very clear that there was a strong appetite for a mid-range product pitched between our fully-flexible Business Premier and Standard classes.

“We have taken this on board and have now introduced a new class which not only meets the needs of our more cost-conscious business customers but also appeals to the leisure traveller looking for a bit of extra comfort and service on board.

“With the introduction of Standard Premier, we now have a range of products that meets the differing needs of all our customers.”

These changes bring the current service offering to Business Premier, Standard Premier and Standard Class, along with special Lille, Brussels and Paris travel deals (http://destinationsen.eurostar.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=location&loc_id=151745 ).

Note to editors:

Standard Premier flexible fares are refundable with a deduction of 15% off the full value of the ticket, or off the outstanding ticket value if one of the legs has already been travelled.

About Eurostar:

Eurostar is the high-speed train service linking St Pancras International, Ebbsfleet International, Ashford International, Paris, Brussels, Lille, Calais, Disneyland Resort Paris, Avignon and the French Alps. This makes it ideal for those looking to travel to Bruges (http://destinationsen.eurostar.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=location&loc_id=134133 ) from the UK or wanting to take a Lille city break (http://destinationsen.eurostar.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=location&loc_id=133326 ) or a Paris city break (http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/latest_deals.jsp ).

Eurostar is a founder member of Railteam, a partnership between Europe’s leading high-speed train operators that is developing simpler ways to book and travel on the fast-expanding, European high-speed rail network. Eurostar and Eurotunnel are entirely separate companies. Eurostar operates high-speed passenger trains, while Eurotunnel operates vehicle shuttle services and the Channel Tunnel itself. Eurostar is Eurotunnel’s biggest customer.

For further media information please contact:

Lesley Retallack

Eurostar Press Office

Times House

Bravingtons Walk

Regent Quarter

London

N1 9AW

0044 (0)20 7843 5500

http://www.eurostar.com

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