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Pinterest Lottery Final Week Winner Announced

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:51:54 -0400

The Pinterest Lottery has reached the end of its seventh and final week! Over the past month and a half, we’ve received over 3,500 Repins, 650 followers across our 11 boards and a number of delighted winners of our free bmi flights.

Bmi would like to thank everyone who entered the competition. The response we’ve received has been absolutely amazing, so a warm thanks to all who took part.

Now, we’ll announce our final winner.

Our winning image this week is image 39, this wonderful shot of sunny Nice!

Everyone who Repinned this image as one of their first six Repins is in with a chance of winning the competition. This week’s winner is Jenny Moore!

Congratulations, Jenny. We’ll be notifying you over on your Pinterest boards shortly.

Thanks again to everyone who took part, congratulations to those who won, and we’ll see you next time on the bmi Pinterest Lottery!

Pinterest Lottery Week Six Winner Announced!

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:52:00 -0400

The bmi Pinterest Lottery has reached the end of its sixth week! We’ve announced five winners already, and now it’s time to announce our latest winner of free bmi flights. This week of the Pinterest Lottery will be the final week, so if you haven’t entered yet, head on over to our Pinterest boards and get Repinning!

This week’s winning image (chosen completely at random) is 15, this great shot from Dublin!

Everyone who repinned this image this week is in with a chance of winning our fifth pair of free bmi flights.

So without further ado, the winner of week five of the bmi Pinterest Lottery is Christina Sebald!

We’ve notified Christina over on her Pinterest board. Week seven - the final week - of the Pinterest Lottery is now open, featuring a board from warm and welcoming Belfast. Head on over to our Pinterest boards, repin as many images as you like (only your first six will count towards the competition) and you may be in with a chance of winning free bmi flights!

Pinterest Lottery Week Five Winner Announced!

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:20:13 -0400

The bmi Pinterest Lottery has reached the end of its fifth week! We’ve announced four winners already, and now it’s time to announce our latest winner of free bmi flights.

This week’s winning image (chosen completely at random) is 72, a charming shot from Basel.

Everyone who repinned this image this week is in with a chance of winning our fifth pair of free bmi flights.

So without further ado, the winner of week five of the bmi Pinterest Lottery is Jane Willis!

We’ve notified Jane over on her Pinterest board. Week six of the Pinterest Lottery is now open, featuring a board from picturesque Bergen. Head on over to our Pinterest boards, repin as many images as you like (only your first six will count towards the competition) and you may be in with a chance of winning free bmi flights!

Good luck everyone, and happy Pinning!

Things to do in Marrakech

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:37:00 -0400

The Red City is made up of hundreds of tiny, tangled streets that give Marrakech a real labyrinthine feel. This web of alleys and lanes is home to countless gems for which you may have to walk half an hour to find, or simply open one of the innumerate gorgeous wooden doors around the city.

We’ve listed our top three places in Marrakech. Check out the complete local’s list on Foursquare here.

1. Place Djema El Fna

2. Saadian Tombs

3. Palais Bahia

Gorgeous shot of the Palais El Badi (Arabic: قصر البديع meaning...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:18:01 -0400

Gorgeous shot of the Palais El Badi (Arabic: قصر البديع meaning The Incomparable Palace) in Marrakech by nicotrip

Beirut through the eyes of Instagram user @BeirutPost

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:17:00 -0400

What better way to get a glimpse into an area from afar than through pictures? Using the photo sharing network Instagram, we can get a unique insight into more or less anywhere in the world.

One of the great things about Instagram is the communities that have evolved using the service. We’ll be posting the pick of the bunch from Instagram communities from every one of our destinations, beginning with Beirut!

These are images from the BeirutPost feed, which can be found here. BeirutPost is part of #IgersBeirut, the Beirut Instagram community. Search Instagram for more of their amazing images and check out BeirutPost on Tumblr here too!

This wonderful shot of Beirut in the 1880s comes from the...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:55:18 -0400

This wonderful shot of Beirut in the 1880s comes from the fantastic oldbeirut

Things to do in Beirut

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:52:00 -0400

Beirut tops the list of ‘must visit’ destinations for culinary adventurers. We’ve listed a few amazing places to visit below, and you can find the complete list on Foursquare here. Your taste buds will thank you later!

1. Pierre & friends (seafood restaurant)

2. Chez Sami (seafood restaurant)

3. Bar Louie (bar and music venue)

4. Rooftop pool at the Four Seasons Hotel (rooftop pool)

5. Leila (restaurant)

#bmieditchallenge Week Four Winner Announced

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:09:21 -0400

Today, Instagram user @escotae was crowned the fourth winner of the #bmieditchallenge competition, winning a pair of return flights from bmi in return for his creativity and editing skills.

Last week’s image editing challenge on Instagram featured the Pigeon Rocks, a beautiful arch set in the sea off the coast of Beirut. The competition saw over 130 entries - the most we’ve ever received in a single week - with some truly incredible edits from the Instagram community. The finals of this week’s competition had an extra stage, featuring a judging section from the London based Instagram community @IGersLondon.

On @escotae’s winning image, @IGersLondon said, “It was a real tough choice but in the end we went for this edit because it was easy on the eye and had a real warmth and beauty about it”

The next #bmieditchallenge is now live on Instagram and features the Roman ruins of Jerash in Jordan, 30 miles north of the Capital city Amman. If you would like to enter this week’s competition, simply head over to @flybmi’s feed on Instagram and submit your edit using the hashtag #bmieditchallenge before 5pm on Thursday 5th April. Good Luck!

Pinterest Lottery Week Four Winner Announced!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:41:00 -0400

The bmi Pinterest Lottery has reached the end of its fourth week! We’ve announced three winners already, and now it’s time to announce our latest winner of free bmi flights.

Our winning image this week is image 37, a stunning shot of the rooftops of Nice, Southern France!

The rules of bmi Pinterest Lottery state that everyone who pinned this image in the last week is in with a chance of winning the free bmi flights.

So, without further ado, we’d like to announce that the winner of this week’s bmi Pinterest Lottery is Holly Adams!

Congratulations Holly, and thank you everyone for playing. Our new board has gone up today as we enter the fifth week of the Pinterest Lottery. Head on over to our Pinterest boards, repin as many images as you like (only your first six will count towards the competition) and you may be in with a chance of winning free bmi flights!

Good luck everyone, and happy Pinning.

We have a #bmieditchallenge winner!

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:13:00 -0400

This weeks #bmieditchallenge saw the Instagram community create some truly stunning edits of the beautiful SchönBrunn Palace in Vienna. Submissions varied from the surreal, with sharks, windsurfers and ocean liners all appearing in the palace’s fountain as to some truly exquisite pieces of art. The competition was fierce this week, with the difference between first and second place being only 18 votes. However, it was Instagram user @Clarkey who came out victorious with the lovely edit below.

If you would like to enter the new #bmieditchallenge, simply head over to @flybmi on Instagram and submit your edit of this week’s image featuring the Pigeon Rocks of Beirut by 5pm on Friday 30th March. Remember to use the hashtag #bmieditchallenge or we won’t be able to see your entry. Good luck and happy editing!

Things to do in Moscow (and how to unlock the Red Square badge on Foursquare!)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:27:50 -0400

Location based network Foursquare provides amazing, locally sourced insights into areas all over the world. Lists of tips left by Foursquare users create a ‘must see’ guide to all of our destinations.

The list below is a sample of the excellent Red Square Badge list from Moscow. For the full list, click here.

Check in at 5 of these locations to earn yourself the Red Square Badge!

1. Red Square

2. St Basil’s Cathedral

3. The Kremlin

4. Moscow Planetarium

5. The Bolshoi Theatre

Pinterest Lottery Week Three Winner Announced!

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:47:24 -0400

The bmi Pinterest Lottery has reached the end of its third week, and as such it’s time to announce our third winner!

Everyone at bmi would like to thank all who’ve taken part so far. The response has been wonderful, thanks so much everyone.

Now, without further ado, it’s time to announce this week’s winner! Using a random number generator, we selected image 61 as this week’s winning image. Everyone who pinned this image has a chance to win free bmi flights.

Image 61 is this photo of the quintessentially British red telephone box, from our London board.

Of the people who Repinned this image, we can only have one winner. This week, that lucky Repinner is Rebecca Edwards!

Congratulations Rebecca, we’ll be letting you know via Pinterest. To those who didn’t win, the Lottery is now entering its fourth week with a board from the historic Swiss city of Basel. The new board can be found here - Repin any of our images this week for the chance to win next week’s bmi flights.

Thanks everyone, and good luck!

Remarkable and lovely video - Touch Russia. Reblogged...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:59:56 -0400

Remarkable and lovely video - Touch Russia. Reblogged from thenomadlab:

Wonderful shot of Moscow City Centre from Summer 2009 here...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:31:28 -0400

Wonderful shot of Moscow City Centre from Summer 2009 here from integral87.

With Summer well on its way, it’s hard not to be excited by shots like this!

Things to do in Nice

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:46:26 -0400

We like to keep up to date with all of the hotspots in our destinations using location based network Foursquare.

Foursquare allows users to create lists of all of their favourite things to do all over the world. This can be restaurants, bars, museums - anything really.

Here’s a list we follow from Nice with a few things you might like to try while you’re there. We’ve added ten locations below, for the rest of the list just click here.

1. Port de Nice (Harbour - Marina)

2. Place du Palais de Justice (Plaza)

3. Musee Matisse (Art Museum)

4. Cafe de Turin (Seafood restaurant)

5. Opera de Nice (Opera House)

6. Arenes de Cimiez (Historic site)

7. Jardin Albert 1er (Park)

8. Casino Partouche (Casino)

9. Basilique de Notre Dame (Church)

10. Theatre de la photographie et de l’image (Photography Museum)

#bmieditchallenge Week Two Winner Announced!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:23:01 -0400

The #bmieditchallenge has its second winner! This week, the Instagram community were asked to edit an image of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland for the chance to win a pair of return flights courtesy of bmi. Overall we received over 80 beautiful entries with some very impressive and creative submissions. However, with over 450 likes gained, Instagramer @lazysundayjams was announced this week’s #bmieditchallenge winner with this wonderful edit.

If you would like to enter this week’s #bmieditchallenge, simply head over to @flybmi on Instagram and submit your edit of this week’s image, SchonBrunn Palace in Vienna, using the hashtag #bmieditchallenge. Good luck!

Pinterest Lottery Week Two Winner Announced!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:39:38 -0400

The bmi Pinterest Lottery is now at the end of its second week, and the entries continue to flood in.

We’ve now had over 3,000 Repins from our bmi Pinterest Lottery boards, thank you so much to everyone for entering!

Now, it’s time to announce our week two winner! Using a random number generator, we selected our winning image. Everyone who Repinned this image between last Monday and today is in with a chance of winning.

Our winning image this week is Image 31, a shot of an old spacecraft from our Moscow board!

And from all of those who Repinned this image this week, our winner is Uncle Wilco! We’ll be contacting our winner via their Pinterest board. Week three is now underway with some beautiful shots of London.

Week three of the bmi Pinterest Lottery is now underway! Head on over to our Pinterest Boards and Repin for the chance to win bmi flights. Good luck everyone!

(Terms and conditions apply www.flybmi.com/pinterestlottery)

A wonderful shot of Nice harbour

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:41:22 -0400

A wonderful shot of Nice harbour

Beautiful Nice skyscape. Wish we were there! From All Things...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:35:16 -0400

Beautiful Nice skyscape. Wish we were there! From All Things French