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Private Apartments for Rent in Paris: an Ongoing Revolution in the Hospitality Industry

Your Home Sweet Home in Paris, a new actor in the vacation rental business. - February 02, 2008 - Private Homes SARL

New Branson Lakeside Vacation Home Opening May 2008

New vacation home is due to open in May 2008 for year round vacations to Branson, Missouri, just in time for the Summer 2008 season. Exclusive amenities and prime location on Tablerock Lake are what set this property apart from the typical Branson lakeside lodging. - February 01, 2008 - Branson Lake Home Vacation Rentals

Singapore Flyer Offers Low Introductory Price

Singapore Flyer announces a new observation wheel providing a wonderful view of Singapore for an introductory price of S$29.50. Singaporeans can now snap up the experience of a life-time on the Asia's latest world-class iconic attraction - the Singapore Flyer - at a fraction of the price of tickets... - February 01, 2008 - Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd

Discovery Initiatives Cruise Location the Galapagos Islands is Used as a Location for a BBC TV Nature Series

The Galapagos Islands are to feature in a new series starting this Monday 4th February at 9pm on BBC One, called Life in Cold Blood. "Sir David Attenborough begins the story on the Galapagos Islands, among massed ranks of marine iguanas. Stunning thermal imagery reveal how these lizards bask... - February 01, 2008 - Discovery Initiatives

Singapore Flyer Celebrates Love in the Air on Valentine’s Day 2008

Love is in the air this coming Valentine’s Day 2008, with Singapore Flyer offering lovebirds the unique opportunity to be a part of Singapore’s very first Valentine’s Day celebration in the sky. - February 01, 2008 - Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd

RezHub.com Publishes Top 10 List of San Francisco's Greenest Hotels

San Francisco is famous for its Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and for being pretty darn green. An innovative new travel website RezHub.com has put together a Top 10 list of the greenest hotels in "The City." - January 31, 2008 - RezHub.com

Steppes Travel Announces New 21 Day Cape to Cairo Safari

Steppes Travel (http://www.steppestravel.co.uk) has announced the launch of a new 21 day Cape to Cairo Safari (http://www.steppestravel.co.uk/cape-to-cairo-page2702.aspx). With a cross-flight of over 10,000km from Cape Town to Cairo, this unique safari starts at Table Mountain and the Cape of Good... - January 31, 2008 - Steppes Travel

Voluntourism ‘One of the Best Ways to Ensure Tourism Helps Reduce Poverty’ Claims Different Travel

The Different Travel Company – a UK based volunteer travel company - have today claimed that properly managed volunteer travel is one of the best ways to ensure tourism assists poverty reduction. Pointing to a number of the projects to which Different Travel take their volunteer tourists,... - January 30, 2008 - Different Travel

BHRC.co.uk Launches New Tool to Find Available Hotels Near London Events

Ever wondered if you could find hotels with room availability near London events in 2 clicks? Now you can. BHRC Online has soft-launched this great tool on the Events page of their site (www.bhrc.co.uk) where you can select your event, enter the dates and a single click would show you only the hotels with room availability near the event. So, no more browsing online endlessly to find a hotel near your favorite event. - January 28, 2008 - British Hotel Reservation Centre

Upscale and Luxury Lodging Transactions Continued at a Swift Pace in 2007

The number of upscale and luxury lodging transactions in 2007 remained high despite rising caution on the part of investors. Over $18 billion in assets sales occurred in 2007, compared to $21 billion in the 2006. - January 28, 2008 - Hospitium

Spa-Resorts.cz Introduces New Services for Medical Tourists

Spa-Resorts.cz comes with medical tour packages for companies, kids, seniors and pairs. - January 26, 2008 - Spa-Resorts.cz

Travel Around Central Europe Smoothly with Olomouc-Guide.com

Olomouc-Guide takes travellers to UNESCO places, historic castles, breweries, Bratislava, Wien, and even Auschwitz and Krakow. - January 26, 2008 - Olomouc-Guide

Steppes Travel Announces New Arctic Cruise Holidays for 2008

Steppes Travel announces a new range of Arctic cruise holidays for 2008 - January 26, 2008 - Steppes Travel

Discovery Initiatives Announces New Trip – The Sardine Run Marine Safari in South Africa

Discovery Initiatives (http://www.discoveryinitiatives.co.uk) has announced the launch of a new trip called The Sardine Run Marine Safari in South Africa. Described as one of the greatest marine spectacles on earth, the sardine run takes place every year between May and July, encompassing shoals... - January 26, 2008 - Discovery Initiatives

Discovery Initiatives Announces New Trip to View California Gray Whales in Mexico

Discovery Initiatives (http://www.discoveryinitiatives.co.uk) has announced the launch of a new trip to view California Gray Whales off the Mexican coast. This new tour (http://www.discoveryinitiatives.co.uk/discover/trip/Mexico/Mexico_Whale_and_ camping_expedition_in_Laguna_San_Ignacio) visits... - January 26, 2008 - Discovery Initiatives

Discovery Initiatives Announces New Trip – A Desert Elephant Study Safari

Discovery Initiatives (http://www.discoveryinitiatives.co.uk) has announced the launch of a new trip called A Desert Elephant Study Safari. This new tour, to the Northwest of Namibia, is an off the beaten track wildlife safari, which enables participants to get a real feel for desert elephants... - January 26, 2008 - Discovery Initiatives

TexasTripper.com Launches Texas Pronunciation Guide

Texas travel guide TexasTripper.com introduces a new audio guide featuring some of the state’s most difficult to pronounce geographic names. - January 26, 2008 - TexasTripper.com

Cabin Fever: "Join the Continental Army," at Independence Visitor Center January 25, 2008; 11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.

On January 25, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. the Independence Visitor Center, located at 6th and Market Streets, will host “Cabin Fever: Valley Forge Encampment.” The Independence Visitor Center Corporation (IVCC) is working in conjunction with Valley Forge National Historical Park and the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau to present this free and exciting educational program. - January 25, 2008 - Independence Visitor Center

New Abenaki Indian Museum to Visit in Vermont

A new museum in Vermont that teaches its visitors about the Abenaki Indians. The Abenaki Indians were the first people to occupy the land now called Vermont. Learn about how they lived historically and how they are still living today. - January 25, 2008 - Abenaki Indian Museum Of Vermont

Rainbow Tours Announces New Escorted Gay Paris Tours

Rainbow Tours, a leader in the gay and lesbian travel market, has launched new Paris Tours for gay & lesbian travelers. The new escorted tours allow travelers to see Paris with a gay guide, explore the gay side of the city, and tour comfortably with other gay & lesbian travelers. Designed... - January 25, 2008 - Rainbow Tours LLC

Orlando Villas Ireland Partnered with CarRentalDublin.com

Dublin businessman and director of Orlando Villas Ireland, Derek Heffernan partnered with Dublin business woman Noemi Beres, CarRentalDublin.com. The website www.carrentaldublin.com/ has a live Booking System linked into just about every office of every major car hire company in the world. Orlando... - January 24, 2008 - CarRentalDublin.com

Travellers Can Now Book Railway Packages on MakeMyTrip

Portal Enters Into Alliance with IRCTC to Sell Holiday Packages. - January 24, 2008 - Make My Trip India Pvt. Ltd.

Steppes Travel Announces a Series of Travel Lectures for Spring 2008

Steppes Travel (http://www.steppestravel.co.uk) is pleased to announce a series of travel lectures at Cirencester Agricultural College this spring. (http://www.steppestravel.co.uk/steppes-lectures-page1728.aspx) The first lecture is called "Primate Passion" and will be conducted by... - January 24, 2008 - Steppes Travel

Haven Holidays Donates 88 Holidays in Memory of Family Holiday Association Co-Founder

Haven Holidays has donated 88 family holidays worth a total of £10,000 to the Family Holiday Association (FHA) in memory of the charity's co-founder. - January 24, 2008 - Family Holiday Association

Free Spa Party Jan. 30th NYC

Spa Chinois is giving away free spa services from 12 to 7 on January 30th. (44 West 55th St, 5th Fl., NY, NY) - January 22, 2008 - SpaSally.com

Ya Ya Yoga Group Volunteer/Yoga Trip: Thailand Spring 2008

Ya Ya Yoga wants to draw attention and circulate this information about an opportunity for people to use their vacation as a working trip as well as a time to learn yoga and meditation while giving back to another community. There will be studies done on the environment, recycling and interaction with the local children of Thailand. It will be a chance to learn how other cultures do what Americans are doing toward global awareness. - January 22, 2008 - Ya Ya Yoga

Global Resorts Network Travel Memberships Now Available Through Four Star Travel

Lindy Tucker of Four Star Travel in Asheville, NC has joined with Global Resorts Network to offer the best in travel memberships to anyone living in the US or Canada. - January 22, 2008 - Four Star Travel

Clever Aromatherapy Candle Line Lights Up Vail Cascade Resort and Spa

Vail Cascade Resort and Spa, a Rocky Mountain landmark, now features Aromatherapy Interventions™ pure-burn soy blend candles in both the main gift shop and the spa. “The scents are mood-setting” says Julie Goraj, Marketing Communications Manager of Vail’s only ski-in/ski-out, AAA Four-Diamond Ski Resort and Spa, “and the humor is very clever.” The complete product line can be viewed at: www.aromatherapyinterventions.com - January 22, 2008 - Aromatherapy Interventions

Valentine’s Day Sees More Couples Heading Off for a Romantic City Break, Reports Holidays-direct.co.uk

The ideal Valentine’s Day is spent on a romantic city break. Or so an increasing number of people seem to think as Valentine city breaks continue to grow in popularity. Online travel agency Holidays-direct.co.uk reports a rise in the number of bookings for Valentine city breaks. - January 22, 2008 - Holidays-Direct

Ski Resort Websites Tested for Usability

With the ski and snowboard season already under way in Europe, this web usability report takes a look at the usability of several ski resort websites. The main focus is on the usability of online information - How easy is it for the user to find the information they need? - January 22, 2008 - webusability.es

Country House Hotel Wins Condé Nast Johansens Excellence Award

Consistently excellent comments from guests of Sussex Hotel for the entire year - January 19, 2008 - Newick Park Hotel

The International Sporting Goods Market is Getting Stick-e

Yoga Stick-e Socks…for that barefoot feeling! is the newest patented product for the Yoga market and recently received international acclaim from the sporting goods industry when it was selected as a finalist at the ispo BrandNew competition. Yoga is finally being recognized in the fitness... - January 18, 2008 - Stick-e Products LLC

A Green Travel Plan for Everyone and Every Trip

Although many travelers may be interested in green travel it can seem a little intimidating or complicated... not everyone knows where to start. So, RezHub.com put together a Green Travel Plan that makes traveling green easy for anyone, no matter what their shade of green. - January 18, 2008 - RezHub.com

GreenTracks Amazon Riverboat Expedition with Anthropologist

GreenTracks’ Amazon river boat expedition in March of 2008 will be led by a cultural anthropologist with many years experience in the Amazon Basin. She will provide insight into the indigenous people of the Amazon and their environment while exploring the river and rainforest by comfortable riverboat. - January 17, 2008 - GreenTracks, Inc.

Gulf Islands Airline, Canadian Float Plane Service Saltspring Air Now Offers More Direct Flights from Vancouver to Gulf Islands Every Day of the Week

Saltspring Air, due to an increasing demand is now offering six (6) direct flights a day between Salt Spring Island and downtown Vancouver and the International Airport. They also provide a scheduled service out of Maple Bay and the Outer Gulf Islands to many destinations. Saltsping Air have also increased their fleet size to accomodate the ever increase private charter demand. - January 17, 2008 - SaltSpring Air

LRA Worldwide Adds Former Four Seasons Manager Rick Reilly to Its Account Team

LRA Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the consulting discipline of Customer Experience Management (CEM), announced Rick Reilly has joined the firm as an Account Director. Reilly brings a unique combination of skills in customer experience management and luxury hospitality operations and previously worked at Digitas and Four Seasons Hotel Boston. - January 17, 2008 - LRA Worldwide, Inc.

EZ Car Rental Receipts Available at E-Z Rent-A-Car

E-Z Rent-A-Car is proud to present EZ Rental Receipts. The EZ Rental Receipts provide an easy option for car rental customers to view the details of their past rental car contracts immediately online. These rental car details are also provided via email if an email address is submitted. Car... - January 17, 2008 - E-Z Rent A Car

Barrett Panasik, Director of Operations for New World Aviation Incorporated, Has Been Selected for Inclusion in the 2008-2009 Princeton Premier Registry

Barrett Panasik, Director of Operations for New World Aviation Incorporated, has been selected for inclusion in the 2008-2009 Princeton Premier Registry. Barrett makes his home in Bath Pennsylvania and earned his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Aeronautical Studies from Embry Riddle... - January 17, 2008 - Princeton Premier

The New Year Will Bring Smoother Travels... Or Will It?

While the airlines promise better service while transferring your belongings and baggage from point A to point B, the statistics show a different story. - January 16, 2008 - The Luggage Club

Tour Operators Team Up for Super Bowl Specials

Open Road Tours has teamed up with two of Arizona’s premier adventure companies, Pink Jeep Tours and Papillon Helicopters, to offer exciting packages during Arizona’s Super Bowl week. Visitors can take the opportunity to enjoy the rugged adventure, delicious and unique food, and... - January 13, 2008 - Open Road Tours, Inc.

Millionaire Collector Invites Rich & Famous Tourists Into Penthouse for Surprise Peek at Private Kennedy Memorabilia Collection

Jim Dykes hired a private bus with a fully stocked bar and then specially designed a Rich & Famous tour around the Big Apple with a twist: viewing sites having to do with the late First Lady. An unexpected treat for the visitors happened when Dykes made a call to a wealthy collector friend, a Mr. Frank Harvey, who invited the group into his Central Park West penthouse to view his extensive private collection of Kennedy memorabilia. - January 12, 2008 - Rich and Famous Tours

Learn English Four Times Faster - for Chinese, Spanish and Russian Speakers

Cross-translation is the main barrier in acquiring fluency in English. Most language books are written by linguists for potential linguists. It is very difficult for linguists to understand the difficulties non-linguists have in learning English. Follow the advice and use the patented software for self-study of English and you will do it four times faster. - January 12, 2008 - Language Bridge

Beautiful Waterfalls Discovered in the Forests of West Virginia

West Virginia, termed the “Mountain State,” has been considered an area of coal mining and timber resource for the past 150 years. However, West Virginia has hidden beauty that until now has been largley under publicized. In the past recent years the natural wonders of the state have been brought to public light through the modern availability of the Internet and digital photography. - January 12, 2008 - ForestWaterfalls

Robyn Galloway, Managing Director for Innovative Travel International, Has Been Named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Business

Robyn Galloway, Managing Director for Innovative Travel International, has been named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Business. Robyn makes her home in New Zealand and is an esteemed member of the Tourism Indonesian Association and the New Zealand Travel Agents Association. As Managing... - January 12, 2008 - Princeton Premier

Y explore Yosemite Adventures Announces Agreement with National Geographic Photographer Phil Schermeister

Highly acclaimed photographer agrees to lead photo workshops for popular Yosemite adventure company. - January 11, 2008 - Y explore Yosemite Adventures

New Day Tour Includes Grand Canyon Railway

Beginning in January 2008, Open Road Tours will offer an exciting new one-day tour from the Phoenix/Scottsdale area that includes a trip on the historic Grand Canyon Railway. Open Road is the first tour company in the Valley of the Sun to offer this type of trip on a regular basis. The new day... - January 11, 2008 - Open Road Tours, Inc.

Gay and Lesbian Travelers Set to Enjoy Better Customer Service

The gay travel and tourism market is keenly targeted in 2008. But many gay and lesbian travelers worry that they may experience customer service levels that can be tainted by discomfort -- or outright homophobia -- when traveling. A new online training program has been launched to address these issues. - January 11, 2008 - Out Now

Eco Lux – Spring 2008 Eco Chic Resort Collections by Jonäno