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Top Things to do in Italy on City-Discovery.com
City-Discovery.com announces a selection of over 170 activities in Florence, Milan and Venice. - September 26, 2010 - City Discovery
Montana Cycling and Ski Announces Launch of Enhanced, Redesigned Website
Montana Cycling & Ski's new website hopes to appeal to local and out-of-state shoppers with richer content, featured products and advice, community events, cycling tips and links, videos and special promotions. - September 26, 2010 - Montana Cycling and Ski
Tour d’Afrique, Famed for Epic Cycling Adventures, Announces First-Ever, Four-Week Odyssey in Turkey
Tour d'Afrique's Spotlight on Turkey - a new four-week cycling adventure that takes riders from Ankara to Istanbul while exploring the historical and natural beauty of this modern country - September 26, 2010 - Tour d'Afrique Ltd.
Tours Gone Wild Expanding to More Brazil Travel Destinations
Tours Gone Wild is one of the premier travel companies offering travel packages to Brazil. Brazil remains as one of TGW’s main destinations and in 2008, the company opened an office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to offer its clients better service as well as have a presence in Brazil. Even though Rio de Janeiro is TGW’s home base in Brazil and its main Brazil Travel Destination, it has expanded its package offering to include Buzios, Iguazu Falls, Amazon & Manaus Region, Salvador, and Florianopolis. - September 25, 2010 - TGW Travel Group
The Gulf Shores Golf Association Announces a Winner in the "Play to Win" Giveaway
The Gulf Shores Golf Association has concluded its Play to Win sweepstakes and has officially selected a name from among the many entrants. - September 25, 2010 - Gulf Shores Golf Association
Gap Year Calamities on the Rise, Warns Essential Travel
Travel insurance specialist sees alarming increase in claims from backpackers. - September 24, 2010 - Essential Travel UK
ZipQuest Chooses Resmark Tour Operator Software to Manage New Zipline Canopy Tour Business
Resmark Systems announces new client relationship with ZipQuest, a North Carolina-based zipline and canopy tour company. - September 24, 2010 - RESMARK Systems
The Cove of Lake Geneva to Host Classic Car Rally Cocktail Party & Offers Discounted Room Rates to Participants
This Friday, September 24th The Cove of Lake Geneva will be hosting a cocktail party from 5pm to 7pm for the Lake Geneva Classic Car Rally. During the cocktail party, The Cove will be holding a drawing for a free night stay at the resort. In addition, The Cove will also be generously donating a... - September 23, 2010 - Geneva Hospitality
The New Travel Portal ItalyItalia is Online Now with Improved Features and Even More Hotels
New features, new content and more hotels with online booking are now available at ItalyItalia (www.italyitalia.com), the travel portal dedicated to quality holidays in Italy. - September 22, 2010 - ItalyItalia
Rapid City Convention & Visitors Bureau Awards Athletic Director with Black Hills Hero Award for Attracting Thousands to Rapid City
Darren Paulson receives the Black Hill Hero Award for securing more than one million dollars in visitor spending. - September 22, 2010 - Rapid City Convention & Visitors Bureau
Huskies Reach 100 Year Old Sailing Ship Locked in Ice
Aqua-Firma are offering a truly authentic Arctic experience onboard a classic schooner in Spitsbergen, providing exciting opportunities for dog sledding and the chance to witness some spectacular polar landscapes and fascinating wildlife. - September 22, 2010 - Aqua-Firma Worldwide Ltd
Ava Gardner Museum Offers Free Admission on Smithsonian Magazine's 6th Annual Museum Day
Visitors must print Museum Day Admission Card to gain free entry - September 21, 2010 - Ava Gardner Museum
Yampu.com Announces Special Discounts on All 2010 Highlight Travel Tours
The discount allows travelers who book before September 30, 2010 to save up to $600 on their vacation tour package. - September 21, 2010 - Yampu.com
Business Traveler’s Haven at Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen
Xiamen’s most experienced service staff turn their experience and facilities towards supplying visitors with an unforgettable stay experience - September 19, 2010 - Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen
Mazatlan Brings Vibrant Culture, Acclaimed Folk Dance Performance to Vancouver During MexicoFest Celebration
Celebrating two hundred years of independence, Mazatlan showcased their award-winning heritage with lively musical performances and authentic folk dancers. - September 17, 2010 - Mazatlan
Mazatlan Tees Off MexicoFest Golf Tournament in Vancouver
Nearly 100 golfers came out swinging for the Mexico Golf Tournament, the grand kickoff to MexicoFest taking place this week, Sept. 7 – 17, in Vancouver. Host of the 2010 Canadian PGA tour, the Pacific Coast city of Mazatlan was in the spotlight as sponsor for this unique event, part of the... - September 17, 2010 - Mazatlan
AdventureSmith Explorations Promotes Tanzania Safari by Way of Galapagos in New Booking Incentive Contest
AdventureSmith Explorations Promotion: New Bookings on Galapagos Cruise Entered to Win a Luxury African Safari for Two. - September 17, 2010 - AdventureSmith Explorations
IcelandTotal.com Offers Volcano Tours in Iceland
Volcano tours have become the hottest activity in Iceland recently. Tour operators are offering numerous day trips to see the Iceland volcano eruption including Icelandtotal.com, Iceland’s One Stop Travel Shop which offers a broad selection of different volcano tours. Vignir Gudjonsson,... - September 16, 2010 - Iceland Total
Pacific Resort Wins Big at the 2010 HM Awards
Pacific Resort Rarotonga has received a high distinction accolade for “Environmental Program of the Year” at the 8th Annual HM Awards Gala Dinner held on Friday 3 September 2010. This award places Pacific Resort Rarotonga as the runner-up in the Australasia region to the Wolgan Valley... - September 15, 2010 - Pacific Resort Hotel Group - Cook Islands
JapanQuest Journeys and Asia Jet Announce an Exciting New Partnership for Private Luxury Air Travel and Bespoke Luxury Journeys to Japan
JapanQuest Journeys and Asia Jet are pleased to announce a partnership to jointly offer bespoke “tailor-made” luxury journeys to Japan to bring high-end clients the ultimate in luxury air and on-the-ground travel. The collaboration combines Asia Jet’s deep knowledge and experience flying the finest private jet fleet and providing prestigious service, with JapanQuest Journey’s expertise and reach on tailor-made luxury journeys as well as insider access. - September 15, 2010 - JapanQuest Journeys
Voyage Manager Releases GDS Integration
Voyage Manager, one of the world's most effective travel monitoring and security tools now provides integration with the leading GDS systems. - September 15, 2010 - Voyage Manager
Joseph Brecker Cruises Now Offering Land Adventures
Joseph Brecker is pleased to announce that Joseph Brecker Cruises and its travel partner, CruisesInc. Have teamed up with some of the travel industries biggest providers to offer more adventures and more travel options. “I am excited and pleased that finally we are able to offer even more... - September 15, 2010 - Joseph Brecker - Cruises Inc
Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau Rejoins Forces with ARES
The Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau has rejoined with Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc. (ARES), to provide online travel booking capabilities for consumers via the www.choosechicago.com website. - September 12, 2010 - Advanced Reservation Services, Inc.
Béziers Mediterranean Publicises Geocaching Treasure-Trails
The Béziers Mediterranean Tourist Office treasure-trails; discover the region's highlights through 'Geocaching' hi-tech treasure hunting game played with a GPS. - September 12, 2010 - Béziers Mediterranean Tourist Office
Travel To Go Goes Green
Travel To Go is doing their part to help protect the environment by announcing their new go green campaign. In celebration of 20 years of value service to vacationers throughout the U.S., Travel To Go is finding new ways to go green and inviting others to share their ideas as well. - September 11, 2010 - Travel To Go
Luxury Travel Vietnam To Open New Office in Saigon and Offer Discount
Coincidentally Luxury Travel Won a Guide Awards 2010 and Has Just Opened a New Saigon Operations Office. With on going business development, Luxury Travel has just opened a new operations office at 29 Road 23, Vinh Hoi Street, Dist 4, Ho Chi Minh City. All phones and fax lines are the same 08... - September 07, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Charter Clients Protected and Informed Through RYL’s Price Security Program
RYL, a private-aviation and lifestyle company, has created a Price Security Program for its new and returning clientele in order to ensure proper pricing through competitor comparison. - September 07, 2010 - RYL
Zip Holidays Enters the Glooming UK Cheap Package Holidays Market
With 14 package holidays tour operators ceasing trading this year, 2010 hasn't brought very good news for the cheap package holiday sector. Amongst names like Goldtrail, Sun 4u, Flight Options, Blue Skies Destinations, Bond Tours, Scantours, Love holidays, The Flight Bureau, Adventura, Finlays Skiing, Wigmore, Birdseekers and Malachite, Zip Holidays brings yet another cheap holidays comparison tool that they think can work to provide more bookings for partner tour operators. - September 06, 2010 - Zip Holidays
Free for a Limited Time – Walt Disney World Secrets Notescast for the iPod Classic
TimeStream Software announces free downloads of its fun “Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast app for the iPod Classic and iPod nano – For a limited time. - September 05, 2010 - TimeStream Software
Vancouver Eco Tours Provides Free Tours in Veggie Van
Local Eco Tours fueled with recycled Veggie Oil. - September 04, 2010 - AAA Vancouver Eco Tours
Ludus Tours and Flotrack Launch FlotrackTours
Ludus Tours and Flocasts have teamed up for the 2012 Summer Games, with the goal of providing the ultimate experience for the some of the world's most passionate fans. - September 04, 2010 - Ludus Tours
AdventureSmith Explorations Helps Guide Return of Small Ship Adventure Cruising to Alaska’s Inside Passage
AdventureSmith Explorations Enhances Alaska Program with Two Newly Refurbished Ships and Never Before Offered Activities for the 2011 Season Where the Concept of Active Cruising First Began. - September 04, 2010 - AdventureSmith Explorations
First Hawaii Tour Reservation and Souvenir Gift Shop Website
Discover Hawaii Tours announces the launch of on-line gift and souvenir shop. - September 04, 2010 - Discover Hawaii Tours
Ludus Tours Partners with USA Weightlifting
USA Weightlifting announces that Ludus Tours has signed on as the organization’s Official Travel and Hospitality Partner. - September 04, 2010 - Ludus Tours
USA Taekwondo Teams with Ludus Tours for London Summer Games
Ludus Tours announces a partnership with USA Taekwondo for 2012 Summer Games and other travel opportunities for international competitions. - September 03, 2010 - Ludus Tours
City-Discovery.com Names Its Top 10 Summer Activities in San Francisco
From the classic Cable cars the city is known for, to Segways and electric bikes, City Discovery presents its top 10 things to do in San Francisco this summer. - September 02, 2010 - City Discovery
Raymond Vineyards and Wine Train Team Up on New Tour
New tour offers both sides of the Napa Valley, a morning winery tour of Raymond Vineyards, and lunch on the historic Napa Valley Wine Train. - September 02, 2010 - Napa Valley Wine Train
Elraha.com: Spas, Beauty Centers and Plastic Surgery Centers Directory for Beirut/Lebanon
Recently, a new Lebanese directory specialized in gathering and listing Spas, Beauty Centers and Medical Centers around "Beirut" and all over Lebanon has been launched by Jreissati Enterprises S,A,L. - September 01, 2010 - Elraha
JapanQuest Journeys Announces the Launch of Its Bespoke Luxury Travel Business Focused on Japan and Website
Founders Scott Gilman and Philip Rosenfeld are pleased to introduce JapanQuest Journeys to the high-end luxury travel marketplace and the launch of its website. - September 01, 2010 - JapanQuest Journeys
Yats International Upgrades Their Garden Wedding Packages
Increasingly well known for not only a preferred resort hotel in Clark Philippines but also for its beautiful garden wedding venues, Pampanga Clark Freeport’s Clearwater Resort finds itself hosting events like wedding and anniversaries. Built on 13 hectares of land, this resort hotel in Clark Philippines offers over 10 private wedding venues. - September 01, 2010 - Yats International
Brett/Robinson to Sponsor Triathlon Events in Gulf Shores
The 2010 Brett/Robinson Alabama Coastal Triathlon and Tri-It-On Triathlon will take place on September 11th at The Hangout in Gulf Shores. The event will offer two different race distances and a relay team option. - September 01, 2010 - Brett Robinson
Cruise Specialists Founder Janet Lanterman Earns Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialist Award for 11 Years in a Row
Lanterman appeared on the magazine’s prestigious list of the world’s top travel specialists for her world cruise expertise. - September 01, 2010 - Cruise Specialists
Joseph Brecker Cruises and Holland America Line Team Together to Support Special Olympics
Joseph Brecker Cruises has teamed with Holland America Line to provide this years (7) seven-night cruise donation to the 2010 Pier del Sol silent auction, to benefit Southern California’s Special Olympics. - September 01, 2010 - Joseph Brecker - Cruises Inc
Onlyrooms.com is Growing by 5 New Countries a Month
The online travel market is more and more competitive and fierce. With hundreds of new book websites coming out every week, is it really possible for a small European-based hotel booking website to really compete ? - August 30, 2010 - onlyrooms.com
Award Winning Photographer, David Slater, to Join Aqua-Firma’s Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands Wildlife Voyage (6th – 25th Feb, 2011)
Award Winning Wildlife Photographer David Slater is set to join Aqua-Firma again in February on their Wildlife and Photography Expedition Voyage to South Georgia, the Antarctica Peninsula and the Falkland Islands. David will be on hand to assist passengers with their photography and will endeavour to help them capture on camera the very best of Antarctica's fascinating wildlife and spectacular landscapes. - August 29, 2010 - Aqua-Firma Worldwide Ltd
Ava's Only Golden Globe Nominated Role; The Night of the Iguana to be Shown During the Sixth Annual Ava Gardner Festival
Festival Celebrates Ava's Life and Career. - August 28, 2010 - Ava Gardner Museum
Skin is in - Naked Vacations Gain in Popularity Especially at The Terra Cotta Inn, Palm Springs, California
From CNN, to MSN.com Smart Spending, to ABC, CBS, NBC, to MSNBC, USA Today, to the John Tesh radio show Intelligence for your Life, tripadvisor.com and more, the media has been reporting all summer long on the fastest growing vacation trend... Nakations. Nakations are topless or nude vacations at clothing optional and nudist resorts and nude beaches. In 2010, skin truly is in. It's time to try a topless or nude vacation. - August 27, 2010 - The Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa
World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League and Tropicana Las Vegas Announce Best-In-Class Partnership
World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League (WPTAPL) and Tropicana Las Vegas are proud to announce their new partnership. These two innovative companies are joining forces to offer the poker community something never seen before, a worldwide amateur No Limit Texas Hold ’Em championship event. Tropicana Las Vegas will host the inaugural World Poker Tour Amateur Championship (WPTAC) April 20th – 23rd, 2011. - August 27, 2010 - World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League
VacationRentalHotSpots.com Offers Unique and Affordable Florida Vacation Rentals
VacationRentalHotSpots.com, a leading Florida vacation rental website, recently added a wide array of new inventory by partnering with ABetterStay.com. Florida vacationers can now reserve Florida vacation rentals and specialty lodging on-line. Free search tools are provided and there is no required registration, login or account access. You can save time and effort with the new ability to view and book vacation rentals on-line. - August 27, 2010 - Vacation Rental Hot Spots.com
Red Mangrove Galapagos Lodges Offers Sustainable, Land-Based Multi-Island Touring, Three Eco-Lodges and PADI Dive Resort Distinction
Red Mangrove Galapagos Lodges is Breaking New Ground with Island Hopping Land Alternatives to What Has Traditionally Been a Cruise-Only Vacation Destination - August 26, 2010 - Red Mangrove Galapagos Lodges