Nominations invited for 2012 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism award

Nominations invited for the 2012 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism ...
By Thérèse
Some of the criteria for the Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism award are that the tourismoperator should demonstrate sound environmental management, good land use planning and management, and partnership with and ...
Green Antilles

Major step towards becoming permanent tourism hub
Oman Daily Observer
Our guests whether businessmen or executives should leave here with a complete picture of the promising tourist outlook of Oman. The world is witnessing a fierce business competition and accelerated pace of economic trends. This requires that we move ...

Oman Daily Observer

Bay tourism seeks compo assurance
Stuff.co.nz
Frustrated fishing and tourism operators said the latest batch is threatening their livelihoods. Frustrated Bay of Plenty fishing and tourism operators are demanding answers over compensation worries, saying the latest batch of stray containers lost ...

Stuff.co.nz

New Mexico Tourism Dept. picks new ad agency
Sacramento Bee
AP SANTA FE, NM -- The New Mexico Tourism Department has picked a Texas firm to develop a new advertising campaign promoting the state. Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson announced Tuesday the department has awarded a $2 million contract to Vendor, ...

Killington: A Huffington Post Travel Ski Resort Guide
Huffington Post
Killington Mountain Resort and Ski Area in Vermont is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Travel offers our guide to Killingtron, featuring all the key information snow lovers need to ...

Northern China tourist city of Xi'an bans large dogs from its downtown core
Washington Post
BEIJING — A popular tourist city in northern China says it will ban residents from keeping large dogs such as German shepherds in its downtown core. The city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province said in a statement posted on its website late Tuesday that the ...

Tourism Australia turns marketing focus to social media
Sydney Morning Herald
TOURISM AUSTRALIA'S Facebook page has claimed the title of the most popular tourism page in the world and the nation's travel authority has vowed to increase its spending on social media after this success. The page (Facebook.com/seeaustralia) passed ...

Tourism Charlottetown's request for more money ruffles city council
Toronto Star
A Charlottetown councillor is crying foul over Tourism Charlottetown's request of more than $100000 a year from the city while refusing to release two independent reviews of the agency. “Council hasn't received any information whatsoever,” Mitch Tweel ...

Lost parcel passport causes costly start to OE
TVNZ
A Hamilton man's dream OE has been thrown into chaos that has left him thousands of dollars out of pocket after a courier firm lost his passport and visa. Daniel Finlay, 21, thought he had reorganised his life to start afresh doing a two-year OE based ...

Zambia tourism minister bungee jumps after rope snapping incident to reassure ...
Daily Mail
By Stewart Maclean Video footage showing a holidaymaker plunging into crocodile-infested waters after her cord snaps during a bungee jump really isn't the best advert to encourage tourism. Which is probably why Zambia's tourism minister decided to do a...

Daily Mail

Tourist Arrested for Imaginary Crime Even Though He's White
New York Magazine
A Belgian student at McGill University in Montreal, Vansintjan made a second commontourist mistake (after going to Macy's) and took the long way to the museum from the nearest subway stop, which requires walking up a big ramp. ...

New York Magazine

India Andaman Jarawa tribe in 'shocking' tourist video
BBC News
The video was obtained by a British reporter who wrote an article on "trusting members of the Jarawa tribe being exploited by tourist safaris". Tribal affairs minister KC Deo described the video as "obnoxious" and "disgusting". ...

BBC News

LaTour Hotels and Resorts Opens Celeste Beach Residences, Resort & Spa
MarketWatch (press release)
EarthCheck is the largest environmental management system used by the travel and tourismindustry for the benchmarking and certification of their operational practices. Hualtulco is also Green Globe certified. The resort is donating a portion of unit ...

New Scottish tourism advert aims to highlight country's creativity
Scotsman
The video, voiced by television historian Neil Oliver, is part of VisitScotland's Surprise Yourself campaign, which the organisation said generated additional tourism income of £90 million for the Scottish economy last year. ...

Scotsman

Passport officials expect to reject many photos
CBC.ca
CBC reporter Dani Mario brought five passport photos to Passport Canada for inspection. The photo in the lower left corner was the only one deemed acceptable. CBC reporter Dani Mario brought five passport photos to Passport Canada for inspection. ...

CBC.ca

Tourism up 10 times in 40 years
Emirates 24/7
“The country has become a first class tourist destination and is now attracting millions of tourists from all over the world every yea,” said Asumi, who had also served as chief of the economic section at the Emirates Industrial Bank. ...

MEGA RESORT THREAT CLOSER
Bahamas Tribune
He said the establishment of high-end resorts in the immediate area and on US soil would be a problem not just for Atlantis and Baha Mar, but the entire tourism industry of the Bahamas. Since then, the Bills have been substantially reworked according ...

Passport scam: holders may have migrated to us
Hindustan Times
Sources said the passports are original and according to records available with FRRO, thesepassport-holders had last travelled to Guatemala in Central America "Traffickers usually use Guatemala to enter the US. We are scanning the record of every ...

Suncadia resort furloughs about 150 employees
Seattle Post Intelligencer
SEATTLE (AP) — A luxury mountain resort in central Washington has temporarily furloughed more than half its employees. Beck said the resort employed about 240 people last year. The company placed about 150 employees, including 19 managers, on ...

Passport to Music
Fairfax Connection
The FSO created the Student Passport Club where members get tickets to any FSO concert for $5. Youth ages 6 to 18 join the club for free and are issued a passport that allows them to attend FSO concerts. Student tickets are available from 6 -7:30 pm on ...

Federal court hears case on Arizona ski resort
BusinessWeek
By TERRY COLLINS A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments in a case challenging the planned use of treated wastewater for snowmaking at a northern Arizona skiresort. Attorney Howard Shanker, representing the Save the Peaks ...

'Bourne' may boost PH tourism
ABS CBN News
When “Entrapment,” which starred Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, shot a scene in the Malaysian landmark, the Petronas Tower, this bit of trivia made its way onto every tourist brochure and tourist guide spiel in Kuala Lumpur. ...

The Breakers Resort Reigns Supreme in Palm Beach
JustLuxe.com
World known for its first class service, stunning appearance, amazing restaurants and Palm Beach state of mind, this historic property, located just seven miles from Palm Beach International Airport, is truly a destination resort like no other in sunny ...

JustLuxe.com

Tourist saw man step off the cliffs, inquest hears
Eastbourne Today
A CHURCH-GOER who suffered from psychosis was seen to step off Beachy Head by a Canadian tourist, an inquest has heard. Andrew Juniper, 32, took his life on July 8 and an inquest into his death has held at Eastbourne Magistrates Court last Thursday ...

Lushan Mountain Attendance Up 15 Percent; Resort Kicks Off The New Year With ...
Sacramento Bee
11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Lushan Mountain's tourism business got off to a good start during China's three-day New Year's holiday from January 1st to 3rd. The number of visitors to the area rose 15 percent from last year, with 12000 people making ...

Slowdown to hurt tourist arrivals in `difficult' year
Hong Kong Standard
Tourist arrivals will see a more conservative 5.5percent increase during this "difficult" year, thetourism chief believes. More than 44 million visitors are expected, with mainlanders continuing to dominate tourist arrivals. The forecast compares with ...

Foundering resort needs major renovations
Arizona Daily Star
"The lack of capital investment and general rehabilitation of the resort property has significantly impacted the ability of Wilder to maintain operations of the restaurant and bar," the document says. Wilder, who runs Janos Restaurant and J Bar, ...

Lake Lawn Resort « CBS Chicago
By Erik White
Boasting more than 130 years of rich history, Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin is a Midwest landmark that has served as a popular destination for both Chicagoans and Midwesterners alike for generations.
CBS Chicago

Bizarre Nagano ski resort a true winter hot spot | CNNGo.com
By Jessica Ocheltree
Nozawa Onsen is a big name in the Japanese ski scene as the home of several big pro ski meets and as the largest single resort in the country. More on ... As at many small tourist towns, there's a fantastic selection of free hot springs. If you're ...
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Ratatouille Ride at Disneyland Paris Resort Gets Funding | The ...
By John Frost
Disneyland Paris Resort and its operating company Euro-Disney SCA have spent years on a carefully crafted plan to eliminate some of the mountains of debt the resort was left with after opening with too many hotels. For a while they ran into a ...
The Disney Blog

NYPD Wins Over Foreign Friends by Arresting Tourist for Crazy ...
By Max Read
The next time people ask me what it's like to live in New York City, I'm going to refer them to today's New York Times story about Aaron Vansintjan, the 21-year-old Belgian college student who managed to undergo about four key New York ...
Gawker

Tourist Gets Tour of New York City's Racist Prison System | The Awl
By Choire Sicha
Add yet one more reporter to the long list of those getting arrested in New York! The chair of McGill's daily publications society board of directors, 21-year-old Aaron Vansintjan, might be interested in Occupy Wall Street, according to his ...
The Awl

The Vigilius Mountain Resort – The Luxury of Simplicity ...
By Design Rulz
The Vigilius Mountain Resort, as a “wooden house of modernity,” has been committed to its ecological approach from the very beginning. It is manifested in a genuine and.
materialicious

Outstanding lease payments for Celina resort made, says Benn ...
By Stabroek staff
Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn says that outstanding lease payments for the Celina Atlantic Resort were made and he is not aware of any.
Stabroek News

SHELTER: Neat as a pin - Gucci Resort 2012
By My name: Julie My design firm: SHELTER
I'm leaving for St. John ( I haven't been to a warm destination in years, so I'm pretty giddy about my trip) in a couple of weeks, so I'm on the look out for some new resort wear. I just want to add a couple of items to my warm weather frocks. ...
SHELTER

Once Unthinkable, Space Tourism Has Arrived | IdeaFeed | Big Think
By Big Think Editors
The space tourism industry, which a short time ago would have elicited jokes, is quickly being accepted into the business community. Insurance companies, for example, are marketing policies to cover citizen space travelers. While Virgin ...
Big Think

Uranium Ban at U.S. Grand Canyon Pits Tourism Against Mining ...
An Obama administration ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, the second most-visited U.S. national park, has touched off a debate over jobs ...
www.businessweek.com/.../uranium-ban-at-u-s-grand-canyon-...

Carefree Arizona Resort - Scottsdale Arizona Resorts- The Boulders ...
The Boulders, A Waldorf Astoria Resort. Discover an enchanting escape at our chic resort in Carefree Arizona – just outside Scottsdale. Book your vacation ...
www.theboulders.com/Resort-Activities

Given Lubinda: Zambia's tourism minister bungee jumps from ...
Leap of faith: Tourism minister Given Lubinda made the bungee jump after an Australian tourist was sent plunging into the Zambezi by a snapped rope. Zambia's ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Given-Lubinda-Zambias-tourism-min...

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