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Le Meridien Amman Partners with Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in the UNLOCK ART™ Program
Le Meridien Amman Partners with Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in the UNLOCK ART™ Program - October 19, 2010 - Le Meridien Amman
Luxury Travel to Launch Vietnam Hotels Reservation Service Online
Luxury Travel to Launch VietnamLuxuryHotels.Com for People Who Care Where They Stay in Vietnam. - October 17, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Luxury Travel Vietnam Offers Free Christmas Holiday for 8th Traveler
To Celebrate "The Best of The Best" Award of Vietnam Tourism, Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Vietnam (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) Offers Free Christmas Holiday for 8th Traveler. - October 17, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Planeterra Foundation Partners with STA Travel on New Voluntourism and Community Development Initiatives
STA Travel embarks on a new responsible travel journey through a partnership with Planeterra Foundation, a leader in global volunteer vacations. - October 17, 2010 - Planeterra Foundation
John McQuilkin President and Host of Hollywood Happens Entertainment Has Entered the Paradise Hunter Travel Series International Host Search
Paradise Hunter Travel Series is holding an around the world Host search which has gone viral. Contestants from all over the world have entered including Hollywood Happens Entertainment President and Host John McQuilkin. - October 16, 2010 - Hollywood Happens Entertainment
Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa Voted “Australasia’s Leading Villas”
The bubbly is flowing in the Cook Islands for the Pacific Resort Hotel group after they have walked away with one of the major awards in the 2010 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Ceremony held last night at The Claridges Delhi, India. Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa (managed by Pacific... - October 15, 2010 - Pacific Resort Hotel Group - Cook Islands
GloboMaestro.com Partners with Fairmont, St. Regis and Mandarin Oriental to Create the Web's First Collection of True Local Experts
Featuring groundbreaking video and blog series. - October 15, 2010 - Manic Media Inc
Emerald Coast RV Beach Resort Hosts Open House
As one of only 17 parks nationwide to receive a Trailer Life rating of 10/10*/10, Emerald Coast RV Beach Resort is now venturing into a new phase of development at the resort. - October 15, 2010 - Emerald Coast RV Beach Resort
Website Promotes Working Holiday Visa to International Crowd
New Work n Holiday website offers advice, services to increasingly diverse Visa applicants: Due to the increased diversity of people on Working Holiday Visas in Australia, Working Holiday service provider Work n Holiday has geared its services and its new website, www.working-holiday-visa.org, toward an international group of potential gap year travellers. - October 15, 2010 - Work n Holiday PTY LTD
On the Eve of World Sight Day Gap Adventures Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Announces Initiative to Build 20/20 Vision Centre in Cambodia
Planeterra Foundation’s Ignite The Nite event to help raise $50,000 for critical vision centre. Gap Adventures (www.gapadventures.com) and the non-profit Planeterra Foundation announce plans to build a permanent vision centre with the goal of restoring sight to thousands of rural... - October 14, 2010 - G Adventures
Paradise Hunter’s Online Search for a Host for Travel TV Series Goes Viral - Drawing Massive Worldwide Interest
ParadiseHunter.com’s online search for a TV series host goes viral – generating more than 2 million hits in the past 4 days, with daily traffic doubling in the last 3 days. - October 14, 2010 - Paradise Hunter Inc.
Travel Channel Celebrity Working to Put the Riviera Maya on the Culinary Map
Travel and Food Expert Mark DeCarlo to Host Taste of Playa 2010 - October 14, 2010 - Taste of Playa
World Luxury Cruise Vacations Announces Holiday Packages and Expanded Services Available
The boutique cruising experts of France Cruises and WLCVacations are excited to announce expansion of its services available to clients and specials on upcoming Holiday Cruise packages. After more than a decade in business, Ana Valente, co-founder explains “Luxury and relaxation have always... - October 14, 2010 - France Cruises, Inc.
Learn About Marketing 2.0 and How to Avoid the Recession Through CRM in Business Review Europe’s October Issue
Bringing you the latest, up-to-date and relevant industry news, Business Review Europe, pioneer in the digital magazine industry, launches its October issue. The October issue introduces new sectors to Business Review Europe, including Marketing 2.0, Business Leaders, Money Matters and Technology. - October 13, 2010 - WDM Group
Travel Rental Network Offers Hand-Picked Cabo Villa Rentals for Holiday Season
Travel Rental Network now offers a wide selection of Cabo villa rentals in light of increased demands from customers. According to CEO Brian Schwimmer, the increase in demand for Cabo villa rentals can be attributed in part to owners lowering their prices to compete with the growing number of all-inclusive resorts. - October 13, 2010 - Travel Rental Network
Candlewood Suites Dallas/Plano Raises Money for Habitat for Humanity
Candlewood Suites Plano, an InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) brand hotel, initiated an early morning bake sale to help raise funds towards building another house for Habitat for Humanity. From the wee hours of 7am to 9am, the hotel operations staff along with the hotel’s sales department... - October 13, 2010 - Candlewood Suites Plano
Luxury Travel Ltd to Seduce ITB Buyers with New Luxury Leisure and MICE Products of Vietnam.
Luxury Travel Vietnam (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) to promote the leisure travel markets, corporate sector and MICE travel segment at ITB Asia in Singapore. Luxury Travel Company (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) doubles booth space and shows a luxury image of Vietnam in ITB Asia 2010, the third time... - October 12, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Luxury Travel Group Ltd to Publish Its Luxury Travel Guide 2010-2011
Luxury Travel Group Ltd (http://www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) announces to publish its first version of Luxury Travel Guide Book. - October 12, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Luxury Travel Group Company (LuxuryTravelVietnam.com) Unveils Its Newest Brochure of Southeast Asia for Luxury Travel Professionals
Luxury Travel Company (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) unveils its newest professional travel brochure 2010-2011 and the luxury travel guide of five destinations in Southeast Asia. - October 11, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Top 10 Fun Reasons to Take a Naked Vacation at the Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa in Sunny Palm Springs, California This 10/10/10
The number 10 has many meanings. It represents the universe to some. To others, harmony, fulfillment, or the circle of life. 10/10/10 is special. It comes around only once every 100 years. It's a big day. At The Terra Cotta Inn, they give you 10 fun reasons why you should change your vacation habits. Stop taking boring chain hotel vacations and try their fun nude sunbathing resort. So relax and celebrate this momentous occasion in sunny Palm Springs, California in your birthday suit. - October 10, 2010 - The Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa
Small Group Adventure Tour Operator Gap Adventures Offers 10% Discount This 10/10/10 Encouraging Travellers to Gift the Right to 20/20 Sight
Gap Adventures encourages travellers to ‘see the world’ and to help local people see it too. - October 09, 2010 - G Adventures
Popular Georgia Resort Gives Atlanta Families an Entirely New Reason Not to be Afraid of the Dark This October
Lake Lanier Islands Resort Sets the Stage for its First Ever Haunted Nights of Lights - October 08, 2010 - Lanier Islands Resort
Amtrak California on Board as Transportation Sponsor for Bike the Coast - Taste the Coast
Bike the Coast - Taste the Coast is pleased to confirm Amtrak California as official transportation sponsor for the unique cycling event and food/entertainment festival set for Saturday, Nov. 6. The inaugural Bike the Coast – Taste the Coast event, beginning and ending at the Oceanside Pier,... - October 07, 2010 - Bike the Coast - Taste the Coast
Science Provides the 'Why' of Love, Balinese Retreat Provides the 'How'
Balinese Retreat, boutique Melbourne couples accommodation, is helping couples put into practice the theories of love that science has uncovered over the past years. - October 06, 2010 - Balinese Retreat
Melbourne's Japanese Mountain Retreat Hot Spring and Spa Says 'Konichiwa' to World Tourism Trends
With the advent of internet-based research and trade, businesses are finding more than ever that their unique selling points are the key to success. Japanese Mountain Retreat Hot Spring and Spa, a boutique Melbourne weekend escape venue, is finding that this uniqueness, along with attention to... - October 06, 2010 - Japanese Mountain Retreat Hot Spring and Spa
Carol Garza-Thompson Owner of Compass Rose Cruise Planners Has Been Recognized as One of the Foremost Cruise Vacation Experts Among American Travel Agents
Carol Garza-Thompson has been designated as a Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Cruise Counsellor after recently completing the organization's certification requirements. - October 06, 2010 - Compass Rose Cruise Planners
"Over the Top & Back Again," a New Book by Lowell Thomas Award-Winning Author Brandon Wilson, Proves an Eight-Country Via Alpina Trek is Not Another "Walk in the Park"
"Over the Top & Back Again," a new book by Lowell Thomas Award-winning author Brandon Wilson, is the first full trans-Via Alpina travel narrative book published in English, with 53 photos, maps and custom illustrations by Ken Plumb. It provides a humorous first-hand preview for those who dream of making a similar trans-Alpine journey themselves—on foot—or maybe just in their mind. - October 06, 2010 - Pilgrim's Tales, Inc.
XCom Global Offering Discounted Pricing on International Wireless Internet Access Rentals from Now Until the End of the Year
Travelers heading overseas can save even more using XCom Global’s Unlimited aXcess plan. - October 05, 2010 - XCom Global, Inc.
Custom Acrylic Podiums Now Available from Vikki Smyth Inc
Vikki Smyth Collection Now Includes a Custom Acrylic Podium Line - October 05, 2010 - Vikki Smyth, Inc.
New Book by David Nghiem Captures 5768 Mile Bike Trip Through Latin America
When the airlines wouldn't take his return flight tickets because his ticket agency went bankrupt, American born adventurer David Nghiem made other plans. With the funds he had left over, he bought a ticket to Panama City, then biked across Central America. Tired and weary when he got to the... - October 04, 2010 - davesnewadventure.com
Paris Fractional Developer Bucks Bad Real Estate Market
Paris Home Shares announces the successful sellout of their latest fractional ownership real estate project in Paris, France. - October 04, 2010 - Paris Home Shares LLC
iXiGO.com Named One of the Fastest Growing Indian Brands on Facebook
Iffort study praises iXiGO.com’s Facebook fan growth & engagement. - October 03, 2010 - ixigo
Cruises.co.uk Reveal the Godmother for Queen Elizabeth
After great anticipation Cunard Cruises have officially confirmed that their latest superliner Queen Elizabeth will be named by the none other then the much loved British Royal Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. - October 01, 2010 - cruise.co.uk Ltd
New Book Encourages Young Travelers to Plan Their Disney Vacation
"Kid Tips for Walt Disney World" is interactive from beginning to end. It includes tips from kids that will help you plan your vacation, as well as removable components to employ on the trip. This is truly a learning and sharing opportunity that only a teacher-author could arrange. Young travelers between the ages of 7 and 15 years of age wrote and shared their experiences with the author. - October 01, 2010 - Vacation Field Guides
New Expatriate Guide Helps People Moving to Israel
Just Landed's new expatriate guide for Israel provides extensive information for moving to Israel; from visas to practical tips on how to find an apartment for rent and applying for a job. - October 01, 2010 - Just Landed
First Car Rental to be Represented at All Gautrain Stations
First Car Rental will soon be represented at all Gautrain Stations. Gautrain Stations are strategically positioned and add a new dimension to public transport. - October 01, 2010 - First Car Rental
RateTiger Adds GDS Shopping and Completes 600 Channel Integrations
Channel management specialist facilitates benchmarking across Global Distribution Systems - October 01, 2010 - eRevMax Inc.
Inner Maldives Holidays Launches First Holiday Catalogue for Locals and Expatriates
Inner Maldives Holidays today announced the launch of the first Holiday Catalogue in Maldives, a free quarterly magazine that includes holiday packages to India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Australia, Africa, Medical packages, Honeymoon packages, Bollywood Tours, Disney Hong Kong... - September 30, 2010 - Inner Maldives Holidays
Nordic Walking Poles Welcome at 2010 VASA Trail Run - Home of the North American VASA Festival of Cross Country Ski Races
Participants at the 2010 VASA Trail Run will have the opportunity to run or walk the beautiful VASA ski trails. Nordic Walking Poles will be provided by www.SKIWALKING.com and the American Nordic Walking System. Participants opting to use poles can choose to Nordic Walk or Nordic Run the VASA Trail. Free Nordic Walking lessons will also be provided by Pete Edwards, the owner/founder/coach of www.SKIWALKING.com and the American Nordic Walking System. - September 30, 2010 - American Nordic Walking System SkiWalking.com
LRA Worldwide and iSKY to Present Innovative Loyalty Model at Cornell Hospitality Research Summit
Rob Rush, CEO of LRA Worldwide, Inc., will co-present a case study featuring an innovative new loyalty model at the upcoming Cornell Hospitality Research Summit (CHRS). The “Relationship Investment Model” (or RIM) has proven to be a far more effective model for predicting future customer loyalty and spending behavior than many of the traditional methodologies currently in use. Rush and his co-presenter, Cindy Whiteway of iSKY, will present findings from LRA’s sports industry clients. - September 30, 2010 - LRA Worldwide, Inc.
WSI and Travelmate Engage in Search Engine Marketing Campaign
WSI Quality Solutions announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with Travelmate on a search engine and internet advertising campaign. - September 29, 2010 - WSI Quality Solutions
Mazatlan Will Build on Successes of September’s Western Canada Tour
Mazatlan Hotel Association representatives will return to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver in October to meet with travel agents and trade media; as well as provide a training seminar to WestJet Vacations reservations staff. - September 29, 2010 - Mazatlan
Luxury Travel Ltd Attends The Luxury Meetings Forum at ITB Asia
Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) will attend The Luxury Meeting Forum at ITB Asia on 21 October 2010, Suntec Ballroom 1. Luxury Travel is the first luxury tour operator based in Vietnam operating tours in the destinations of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar. ITB Asia... - September 29, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Vietnam’s First Tour Operator Seduces ASEAN Tourists at ATF Cambodia 2011
Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ) to Search Luxury Tour Operators and Travel Agencies Partners ATF 2011 in Phnom Penh Cambodia from 19 to 21 Jan 2011. - September 29, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Asia Travel & Hospitality News Portal, Traveltechie.asia Launched on World Tourism Day
Asia Travel News site, www.traveltechie.asia launched on 27th September 2010 on the occasion of World Tourism Day. The site will publish the most relevant Travel & Hospitality Industry News across Asia & APAC Region & mail the news to its registered users. - September 29, 2010 - Induss Interactive Pvt. Ltd
Ardanaiseig Hotel Awarded 3rd AA Rosette and Inspector's Choice Status
Ardanaiseig Hotel in Argyll has today been awarded a third rosette for its restaurant, placing it in the top ten per cent of AA rated-restaurants in the UK. The hotel has also achieved the coveted ‘Inspector’s Choice’ status. - September 29, 2010 - Ardanaiseig
Luxury Travel Group Ltd Announces Wholesales Tour Prices 2011 and Travel Agents Commissions
Luxury Travel Ltd launched their award winning travel experience, service, tours, www.luxurytravelvietnam.com , wholesales tour prices 2010-2011 and Travel Agents Commissions, and announced that there will be a focus on Vietnam and the city of Hanoi due to its 1,000th year celebrations. To better... - September 28, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Luxury Travel Ltd to Launch Helicopter Services to Veteran Travelers to Former Battle Fields in Ba Ria Vung Tau
The company is going to launch a day trip by private charter helicopter to Ba Ria Vung Tau for interested travelers from Ho Chi Minh City. The Luxury Travel Company (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ), Vietnam’s leading bespoke travel experience, is experienced in providing special services and... - September 28, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Vietnam's First Luxury Tour Operator Receives “The Year’s Best” Award in the Tourism Industry
Luxury Travel Ltd Receives “The Year’s Best” Award in the Tourism Industry in Vietnam with 124 leading tourism businesses at the 11th Guide Awards ceremony in Da Nang city on September 25. The prestigious awards recognize excellent performance by hotels, resorts, and room booking... - September 28, 2010 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
The Béziers Mediterranean New Wine Festival
The Béziers Mediterranean Tourist Office has announced details of this year's festival of New Wine (Vin Nouveau). The festival is one of the main annual events for the Béziers Mediterranean area, which covers 13 towns and villages in Languedoc Roussillon, south of France, including... - September 28, 2010 - Béziers Mediterranean Tourist Office