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Monday 26, July 2010
Sandcastles and paella at Nottingham city centre
Supported by the Spanish Tourist Board, the Region of Valencia, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, Nottingham city centre will welcome a boardwalk, exciting fairground entertainment and beach bars onsite more reminiscent of the beaches of Benidorm or the Costa Blanca than Nottingham’s urban centre.
Monday 26, July 2010
New MSC Cruises flagship confirmed
MSC Cruises and STX France has announced the conclusion of the legal process that finalizes the order of MSC Fantastica, a new ‘Fantasia’ class cruise ship (technically called U32), and the 12th in the MSCCruises fleet.
Friday 23, July 2010
Archaeologists discover “the Bulgarian Machu Picchu”
A team of archaeologists recently discovered a unique residence of the rulers of the Odrysian Kingdom - a union of the ancient Thracian tribes that lasted between the fifth and the third centuries BC, in central Bulgaria.
Friday 23, July 2010
Cape Town's World Cup winter boost
Cape Town, foreign tourists' favourite South African city, is set to enjoy long-term benefits from successfully hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup by building its reputation as a special-events destination in the winter off-season.
Thursday 22, July 2010
Environmentalist travels 25000 miles without flying to reduce his carbon emissions
273 days by bus, train, boat and hitchhiking and were needed by Belgian Francois de Halleux to come back from Sydney to his hometown of Brussels.
Thursday 22, July 2010
Charity discounts from Virgin Trains CharityLine
From 13 August charities will be able to benefit from 20% discounts on Advance fares for use over the Virgin Trains network.
Wednesday 21, July 2010
Amsterdam RAI successful in the conference market
Amsterdam can expect to play host to a large number of international conferences in the years ahead. Amsterdam RAI’s calendar is well-filled with ‘travelling’ events until 2013, including medical conferences with anaesthetists, lung specialists, orthopaedists, oncologists, pharmacists and pharmaceutical chemists, as well as professionals from the glass-fibre industry and petroleum engineers.
Wednesday 21, July 2010
Cultural Olympiad campaign discovering places launched at Houses of Parliament
Jonathan Edwards, LOCOG Board member and Olympic Triple Jump gold medallist joined Loyd Grossman, Chair of the Heritage Alliance, at the Houses of Parliament – a World Heritage Site – to launch the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad ‘Discovering Places’ campaign.
Wednesday 21, July 2010
Virgin Holidays launches first iPad app
Virgin Holidays, the UK’s number one long haul tour operator, has today unveiled its new iPad application. The ‘app’ is the first from a UK-based tour operator and is available free from Apple’s App Store on iTunes under the Travel category or via the search function under ‘Virgin Holidays’.
Wednesday 21, July 2010
Cool Courses: weird and wonderful golfing around the world
Suggestion from Skyscanner: looking for a golf course with a difference? Try one of these courses for a round with a twist.
Tuesday 20, July 2010
Corporate hospitality: Team boosting sporting events in July
Europe’s sporting heritage remains strong with some premier events on the horizon. There are always top-drawer corporate hospitality options at these events – from champagne receptions to grandstand seats to unlimited access to the pit lane.
Tuesday 20, July 2010
Progress of the EDEN project launched by the European Commission
The European Commission in 2006 launched the pilot project EDEN (European Destination of ExcelleNce) to start promoting smaller cities, far from mass tourism, where the objectives of economic growth are in harmony with social sustainability, as well as cultural and environmental tourism.
Tuesday 20, July 2010
Metz, a French answer to Bilbao?
What could bring fame to Metz in Eastern France, a 220,000 inhabitants metropolis, which disputes to rival Nancy the title of largest city in the Lorraine region?
Tuesday 20, July 2010
Shanghai Expo to hold “WTO Honour Day” on 22 July
Director-General Pascal Lamy will travel to Shanghai on 22 July to participate in WTO Honour Day at the Shanghai Expo 2010. Mr Lamy will attend a special flag raising ceremony to mark the occasion and will speak briefly about WTO-China relations before moving to a symposium at the Expo on the role of trade in cities around the world.
Tuesday 20, July 2010
Tourism Intelligence Scotland publishes new Golf Tourism guide
The guide is aimed at golf clubs/courses and tourism businesses, to help them develop innovative products and services that will provide a more enjoyable and more collaborative experience in Scotland for golf visitors.
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