NPR (blog)
by Mark Memmott You may have heard about that Canadian man who says he got into the US by showing a Customs and Border Protection officer an image of his passport on an iPad. "The assertion that a traveler was admitted into the US using solely a ...
Massive avalanche traps hundreds of British holidaymakers at Alpine ski resort
Daily Mail
'The whole town is completely impassable,' said a spokeswoman for the Zermatttourism office. Snow has covered the train track and roads leading to the popular ski resort, while poor weather means that helicopters are also unable to take off, ...
Daily Mail
The business of big-mountain contests
ESPN
Hosting a big-mountain contest brings exposure to a resort, but is it good for business? By Megan Michelson K. Blum/Freeride World Tour A skier heading toward the finish line at a Freeride and Freeskiing World Tour stop at Kirkwood, Calif. ...
ESPN
Learning a snow sport
Chicago Tribune
So, just before the holidays, she took a ski lesson at Park City Mountain Resort(www.parkcitymountain.com), her first foray on the slopes in more than a decade. She's already planning a return trip with her husband and kids. ...
Singapore tourism industry records double-digit growth
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Tourism receipts recorded a 12 per cent year-on-year (yoy) growth to rake in $6 billion for the third quarter of 2011 and a 15 per cent increase in tourists to 3.5 million, the Singapore Tourism Board revealed. Asia's share of tourism ...
AsiaOne
'Justice Tourism's' Dangerous Agenda
FrontPage Magazine
According to the ATG, the organization was formed as a “non-profit tourist agency” in 1995. Tours focus on a number of lies, including insinuations that “Palestine” was and is a “country”; that Israelis “steal” land and commit war crimes, ...
Tourism industry optimistic after sold-out Christmas, New Year's
Marco Island Sun Times
Marco Island tourism is just now recovering from the stigma associated with last year's oil spill. Though Naples and Marco Island beaches were not affected by the oil, news media reaching Europe did not make that clear, Marco Beach Ocean Resort's ...
Italian ski resort lays bare tax evasion
Telegraph.co.uk
The raids caused indignation among locals and visitors in Cortina, who said that the high-profile resort had been unfairly demonised as a nest of rich tax evaders, when the problem was widespread. "Cortina is no different from the rest of the country," ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Fears for tourism as Islamists verge on victory
Daily News Egypt
I don't think they will ruin tourism," said Yassir, standing at a beach kiosk handing towels to guests. "They are flexible. They have been in politics for a long time." Tourist minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, who has been drawing up plans to ...
Tourist bus plunges off bridge in China
Herald Sun
AT least 18 people were killed, including one child, after a speeding, overloaded tourist bus veered off an icy highway bridge in southwest China, local authorities said yesterday. The 53-seat bus - packed with 57 people - plunged off the bridge in ...
Challenges to Egypt's tourism
Egyptian Gazette
By Salah Attia - The Egyptian Gazette CAIRO- Egypt's tourism underwent its worst crisis in 2011. Although there is much doubt about its recovery from this year-long problem, the tourist sector at home refused to relinquish hope that the year 2012 will ...
AIDS Walk Returns to the Disneyland Resort for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF) announced today that the Disneyland Resort will once again serve as the venue for AIDS Walk Orange County. The 26th annual walk takes place Sunday, May 6. Five thousand supporters are expected to attend and ...
Six thousand acres for Isiolo resort city
Daily Nation
Assistant commissioner of Lands Muthoni Ngaruthi says that the land identified would enable the Government to set up the facility while chief economist in the Ministry ofTourism, Mr. Simon Korir, says the project, to be funded through a Public, ...
Daily Nation
Park City Mountain Resort: There is Now an App for That (on iPhone, iPad, and ...
Ski Channel
If you're en route to Park City Mountain Resort this season you've got an amazing new resource to compliment your visit. Thanks to the resort's new mobile app, guests can utilize their smart phones to plan, track and share their experience on the ...
Ski Channel
Shawn Ryan's Last Resort Pilot Has A Director But No Official Green Light From ...
Cinema Blend
Back in August, Shawn Ryan, known for The Shield, The Chicago Code, as well as his work on Terriers and Angel, signed a pilot deal with ABC for a drama called LastResort. While there is no official word yet on whether or not ABC will move forward with...
Cinema Blend
Hawaii Tourism Authority Releases Airline Seat Capacity Outlook
Travel Agent
The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state's tourism agency, has released its Airline Seat Capacity Outlook Report for the first quarter of 2012. The HTA's projections are based on flights appearing in OAG and Sabre airline schedules as of December ...
Travel Agent
Tourism Efforts Target Eastern Seaboard
Manila Bulletin
But there is not enough tourist accommodation in eastern Samar. Panlilio said that for regular flights to come, an area must at least have 500 rooms available for visitors. There are only 100 rooms available in eastern Samar. Siargao of Surigao del Sur ...
Indy tourism officials launch Super Bowl ad campaign
Indianapolis Business Journal
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association on Wednesday launched a 25-day, $100000 advertising campaign to lure regional visitors to the city the weekend before the Super Bowl, which will be played Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. ...
Indianapolis Business Journal
Tourism Interest in North Korea on Rise: What to See in the 'Isolated' Country ...
International Business Times
By Sanskrity Sinha Tourism in North Korea is restricted and controlled by the government. Tourists often visit the country in guided tours under strict supervision from Korean authorities. No one can tread through North Korea on their own. ...
International Business Times
'Spider-Man,' Jackman Set Broadway Records Amid Tourist Influx
San Francisco Chronicle
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," a theatrical punch line for its 182 previews and roughly $75 million production costs, sold $2.9 million of tickets last week, a Broadway record. It was for nine performances instead of the usual ...
Egypt Tourism Authority to Withdraw Some Land from Investors
BusinessWeek
5 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt's General Authority for Tourism Development plans to withdraw some land allocated to companies that breached terms of their contracts, the Tourism Ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. --With assistance from Ola Galal in ...
Can Egypt, tourism, alcohol and bikinis survive?
Bikya Masr
CAIRO: Worries are abounding in Egypt that the rise of Islamic groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-conservative al-Nour Salafist Party will mean an end to alcohol, bikinis and ultimately tourism to the North African country. ...
Bikya Masr
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Agreement for 473-room Pheasant ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, Jan 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the largest US-based global hotel management company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to manage the landmark 473-room Pheasant Run Resort, located just west of ...
U.S. Customs Denies iPad Passport Scan Got Canadian Across ...
By Peter Pachal
A Canadian says he got into the U.S. with just a scanned passport on his iPad, but U.S. Customs says it's not true.
Mashable!
Daily Mail
'The whole town is completely impassable,' said a spokeswoman for the Zermatttourism office. Snow has covered the train track and roads leading to the popular ski resort, while poor weather means that helicopters are also unable to take off, ...
Daily Mail
The business of big-mountain contests
ESPN
Hosting a big-mountain contest brings exposure to a resort, but is it good for business? By Megan Michelson K. Blum/Freeride World Tour A skier heading toward the finish line at a Freeride and Freeskiing World Tour stop at Kirkwood, Calif. ...
ESPN
Learning a snow sport
Chicago Tribune
So, just before the holidays, she took a ski lesson at Park City Mountain Resort(www.parkcitymountain.com), her first foray on the slopes in more than a decade. She's already planning a return trip with her husband and kids. ...
Singapore tourism industry records double-digit growth
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Tourism receipts recorded a 12 per cent year-on-year (yoy) growth to rake in $6 billion for the third quarter of 2011 and a 15 per cent increase in tourists to 3.5 million, the Singapore Tourism Board revealed. Asia's share of tourism ...
AsiaOne
'Justice Tourism's' Dangerous Agenda
FrontPage Magazine
According to the ATG, the organization was formed as a “non-profit tourist agency” in 1995. Tours focus on a number of lies, including insinuations that “Palestine” was and is a “country”; that Israelis “steal” land and commit war crimes, ...
Tourism industry optimistic after sold-out Christmas, New Year's
Marco Island Sun Times
Marco Island tourism is just now recovering from the stigma associated with last year's oil spill. Though Naples and Marco Island beaches were not affected by the oil, news media reaching Europe did not make that clear, Marco Beach Ocean Resort's ...
Italian ski resort lays bare tax evasion
Telegraph.co.uk
The raids caused indignation among locals and visitors in Cortina, who said that the high-profile resort had been unfairly demonised as a nest of rich tax evaders, when the problem was widespread. "Cortina is no different from the rest of the country," ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Fears for tourism as Islamists verge on victory
Daily News Egypt
I don't think they will ruin tourism," said Yassir, standing at a beach kiosk handing towels to guests. "They are flexible. They have been in politics for a long time." Tourist minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, who has been drawing up plans to ...
Tourist bus plunges off bridge in China
Herald Sun
AT least 18 people were killed, including one child, after a speeding, overloaded tourist bus veered off an icy highway bridge in southwest China, local authorities said yesterday. The 53-seat bus - packed with 57 people - plunged off the bridge in ...
Challenges to Egypt's tourism
Egyptian Gazette
By Salah Attia - The Egyptian Gazette CAIRO- Egypt's tourism underwent its worst crisis in 2011. Although there is much doubt about its recovery from this year-long problem, the tourist sector at home refused to relinquish hope that the year 2012 will ...
AIDS Walk Returns to the Disneyland Resort for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF) announced today that the Disneyland Resort will once again serve as the venue for AIDS Walk Orange County. The 26th annual walk takes place Sunday, May 6. Five thousand supporters are expected to attend and ...
Six thousand acres for Isiolo resort city
Daily Nation
Assistant commissioner of Lands Muthoni Ngaruthi says that the land identified would enable the Government to set up the facility while chief economist in the Ministry ofTourism, Mr. Simon Korir, says the project, to be funded through a Public, ...
Daily Nation
Park City Mountain Resort: There is Now an App for That (on iPhone, iPad, and ...
Ski Channel
If you're en route to Park City Mountain Resort this season you've got an amazing new resource to compliment your visit. Thanks to the resort's new mobile app, guests can utilize their smart phones to plan, track and share their experience on the ...
Ski Channel
Shawn Ryan's Last Resort Pilot Has A Director But No Official Green Light From ...
Cinema Blend
Back in August, Shawn Ryan, known for The Shield, The Chicago Code, as well as his work on Terriers and Angel, signed a pilot deal with ABC for a drama called LastResort. While there is no official word yet on whether or not ABC will move forward with...
Cinema Blend
Hawaii Tourism Authority Releases Airline Seat Capacity Outlook
Travel Agent
The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state's tourism agency, has released its Airline Seat Capacity Outlook Report for the first quarter of 2012. The HTA's projections are based on flights appearing in OAG and Sabre airline schedules as of December ...
Travel Agent
Tourism Efforts Target Eastern Seaboard
Manila Bulletin
But there is not enough tourist accommodation in eastern Samar. Panlilio said that for regular flights to come, an area must at least have 500 rooms available for visitors. There are only 100 rooms available in eastern Samar. Siargao of Surigao del Sur ...
Indy tourism officials launch Super Bowl ad campaign
Indianapolis Business Journal
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association on Wednesday launched a 25-day, $100000 advertising campaign to lure regional visitors to the city the weekend before the Super Bowl, which will be played Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. ...
Indianapolis Business Journal
Tourism Interest in North Korea on Rise: What to See in the 'Isolated' Country ...
International Business Times
By Sanskrity Sinha Tourism in North Korea is restricted and controlled by the government. Tourists often visit the country in guided tours under strict supervision from Korean authorities. No one can tread through North Korea on their own. ...
International Business Times
'Spider-Man,' Jackman Set Broadway Records Amid Tourist Influx
San Francisco Chronicle
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," a theatrical punch line for its 182 previews and roughly $75 million production costs, sold $2.9 million of tickets last week, a Broadway record. It was for nine performances instead of the usual ...
Egypt Tourism Authority to Withdraw Some Land from Investors
BusinessWeek
5 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt's General Authority for Tourism Development plans to withdraw some land allocated to companies that breached terms of their contracts, the Tourism Ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. --With assistance from Ola Galal in ...
Can Egypt, tourism, alcohol and bikinis survive?
Bikya Masr
CAIRO: Worries are abounding in Egypt that the rise of Islamic groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-conservative al-Nour Salafist Party will mean an end to alcohol, bikinis and ultimately tourism to the North African country. ...
Bikya Masr
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Agreement for 473-room Pheasant ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, Jan 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the largest US-based global hotel management company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to manage the landmark 473-room Pheasant Run Resort, located just west of ...
U.S. Customs Denies iPad Passport Scan Got Canadian Across ...
By Peter Pachal
A Canadian says he got into the U.S. with just a scanned passport on his iPad, but U.S. Customs says it's not true.
Mashable!
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in ...
By Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano
Clearly, any treatment that makes patients with arthritis more comfortable and functional while obviating the need for surgery is beneficial, but more data is necessary before everyone starts hopping on a plane to Germany.
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'Justice Tourism's' Dangerous Agenda | David Horowitz Freedom ...
By Nichole Hungerford
More and more, sojourners to the Holy Land are falling into the orbit of the growing “alternative travel” or “justice tourism” industry, which specializes in politicized tourism to Israel and adjacent territories. As the name indicates, alternative travel is entirely focused ... According to the ATG, the organization was formed as a “non-profit tourist agency” in 1995. Tours focus on a number of lies, including insinuations that ... West Coast Retreat. March 30-April 1. Terrenea Resort Palos Verdes ...
David Horowitz Freedom Center
By Nichole Hungerford
More and more, sojourners to the Holy Land are falling into the orbit of the growing “alternative travel” or “justice tourism” industry, which specializes in politicized tourism to Israel and adjacent territories. As the name indicates, alternative travel is entirely focused ... According to the ATG, the organization was formed as a “non-profit tourist agency” in 1995. Tours focus on a number of lies, including insinuations that ... West Coast Retreat. March 30-April 1. Terrenea Resort Palos Verdes ...
David Horowitz Freedom Center
Georgia coast tourism officials unveil new logo | Washington Examiner
By The Associated Press
Scott McQuade, director of the tourism bureau, said the effort is designed to make the Golden Isles competitive with nearby tourist destinations such as Savannah, Hilton Head Island, S.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C.. ___. Information from: The ...
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10 Resort-ready Pieces Under $250 | The Zoe Report
By The Zoe Report
Andrea, There is no time to get away like now—resort season! Almost as exciting as the actual vacation itself is the wardrobe you get to wear. To point you.
The Zoe Report
Silversea Opens The Books On 2013 & Offers Savings For 2012 Sailings
USA TODAY (blog)
It often pays to plan ahead, and for those who heed such advice, now may be a good time to begin planning for 2013. One compelling reason is a new offer by Silversea Cruises. Make a deposit on a 2013 sailing by February 15, 2012, and save an additional ...
Resort to settle dispute with lab - Today's News - TheSunNews.com
Supporters of the nationally acclaimed Baruch marine research center near Georgetown have derailed a plan that could help protect million-dollar beach homes ...
www.thesunnews.com/2012/01/04/2582321/resort.html
St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort
Yabu Pushelberg's latest hotel project resets the notion of modern luxury.
www.coolhunting.com/travel/st-regis-bal-harbour.php
From Terrorism to Tourism: Waving the Flag of Development in ...
"This country has moved from terrorism to tourism," former Colombian President ... media figures to see Colombia's tourist attractions and recent achievements in ...
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2914
Florida Legislature: Tourism lobbyists prep for battle on casinos ...
Florida's tourism industry is bracing for two big battles when the Legislature convenes for its 2012 session next week - one with out-of-state casino developers, ...
articles.orlandosentinel.com/.../os-cfb-cover-tourism-legislatio...
Maldives Resort Spas Called to Reopen After 'Anti-Islamic' Protests ...
President Reopens Resort Spas Despite Muslim Protests. Posted on January 4, ... The court decision could be critical to the tourism-dependent island nation's economic future. ... Do not spend one tourist dime in muslim countries. Just stay ...
www.theblaze.com/.../more-massages-in-maldives-president-re...
Durango Mountain Resort -
Durango Mountain Resort offers a complete Rocky Mountain Colorado vacation, winter and summer, perfect for families, kids and groups, with lodging and ...
www.durangomountainresort.com/index.cfm/fa/...id/277
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