Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Ultimate In Bespoke Travel

The Ultimate In Bespoke Travel
Forbes
His passion for travel and intense focus on even the most miniscule details leave him with little time for anything other than planning and executing amazing trips. Indeed, his fastidious, arguably compulsive, attention to detail is his guiding light.
http://www.brownandhudson.com/
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Report: Fire at Cuba charter flight company in South Fla. was deliberately set
Washington Post
A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island. The Coral Gables Fire Department ...

Malloy announces Conn. tourism campaign, 2 weeks before Memorial Day's start ...
Washington Post
Connecticut is using a new marketing strategy to boost tourism that draws attention to the state's role in the Revolutionary War. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveiled on Monday a “Still Revolutionary” Connecticut brand, part of a two-year, $27 million state ...

Obama administration issues new travel and conference rules
Washington Post (blog)
By Joe Davidson In the wake of the General Services Administration (GSA) scandal over an excessive Las Vegas conference, the Obama administration has placed new restrictions on federal travel and meetings. In a Friday memo to government officials, ...

Walt Disney World Resort Update
USA TODAY (blog)
A new "Phineas and Ferb Summer to Remember Sweepstakes" will offer 26 winners, plus three guests each (104 people in all, to match the "104 days of summer" from the show's theme song) a Walt Disney World vacation from August 23 to 28, 2012.

Connecticut Invests Millions in Tourism Revival
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Malloy's tourism announcement comes nearly two years after he ran for governor promising quite literally to put Connecticut back on the map. His predecessor, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, cut thetourism budget to $1 in 2010. After the state failed to pay a ...

Spa & Resort/Medical Aesthetics Event Features Latest Trends, Tools ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A full slate of complimentary leading industry education is on tap at the New York Spa & Resort/Medical Aesthetics Expo, June 19-20, at the Javits Center in New York, including the latest trends on ...

Tibet Travel Coop Introduces Classic Tibet
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Tibet Travel Coop now offers a 7-day tour to the most famous and sought-after sights in central Tibet, including palaces, monasteries, stupa, ancient cities and sacred lakes. The coop focuses on responsible tourism, sustainability, and supporting local ...

Conn. unveils 2-year, $27m tourism campaign
Boston.com
By AP HARTFORD — Connecticut is using a new marketing strategy to boost tourism that draws attention to the state's role in the Revolutionary War. Governor Dannel P. Malloy unveiled on Monday a ''Still Revolutionary'' Connecticut brand, ...

Mexico To Welcome Leaders From The T20 And World Travel And Tourism Council (WTTC)
MarketWatch (press release)
MEXICO CITY, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mexico's Ministry of Tourism and the Mexico Tourism Board are pleased to welcome this week, the leaders of the T20 and the WTTC, to Merida and the Riviera Maya for two high level events: the 4th T20 ...

Washington see 6.2 percent jump in tourist spending
Washington Post
Tourism locally picked up last year, but the region's hospitality industry may not have gotten the full benefit as the federal government pulled back on travel and event spending. Washington's chief tourism bureau, Destination DC, said visitors spent ...
Report: Fire at Cuba charter flight co. was arson
Boston.com
May 13, 2012|Christine Armario, AP A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travelagency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island.

Tight Vacation Budget? Leave Spouse at Home
Wall Street Journal (blog)
If I can get enough money in the bank, it will hopefully persuade my husband to actually come with us on Christmas vacation to Colorado. You'd think that's a given, but as I wrote in The Juggle on Sunday, John has boycotted our last two trips because ...

Tourism officials take spin with disc golf
Burlington Hawk Eye
By JEFF HUNT FORT MADISON - The Fort Madison Tourism Commission is trying to diversify its efforts to spur tourism. Not only is the group pushing fishing tournaments, rodeos and hot air balloons, it has decided to throw a little money at disc golf.

Vt. tourist destination opens for season
CBS News
MONTPELIER, Vt. — One of Vermont's leading tourist destinations opens for the season this weekend. Shelburne Farms is a 1400-acre working farm on the shores of Lake Champlain that uses its historic landscape and buildings to teach the stewardship of ...

New Zealand school that hosted Boston U. students in deadly crash says it ...
Washington Post
“It's plainly riskier than other forms of travel,” he said. “The students, of course, are anxious to get out and see as much of the country as possible.” Baker said the university discourages students from driving during orientation seminars, ...

Philippine tourism industry braced for extended China travel ban
Channel News Asia
By Christine Ong | Posted: 14 May 2012 2015 hrs MANILA: The Philippine tourism industry is bracing itself for the worst after Chinese travel agencies suspended tours to the Philippines, as tensions over the disputed Scarborough Shoal escalate.

Royal family to travel on separate boats for the Queen's Thames Diamond ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The Royal family will travel on at least four vessels for the seven-mile journey along the river to mark the second day of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend. While the Royal Barge will be the flagship of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Air travel innovations I'd like to see
Herald Sun
It's quite an ambition, since the last time I found air travel truly fun was when I watched the umpteenth repeat of Flying High - and that was on the ground. I've devised a series of proposed air travel innovations which, while not necessarily making ...

InsureMyTrip.com + Meet, Plan, Go! = Peace of Mind for Career Breakers
MarketWatch (press release)
WARWICK, RI, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- InsureMyTrip.com, the leading onlinetravel insurance comparison site and Meet, Plan, Go! (MPG), frontrunners in the North American career break movement, are joining forces to help long-term ...

Hilton Worldwide Signs Agreement with Hoan Kiem Tourism & Trading Company ...
MarketWatch (press release)
HANOI, Vietnam & McLEAN, Va., May 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hilton Worldwide today signed a new management agreement with Hoan Kiem Tourism & Trading Company Limited to introduce the first Hilton Garden Inn and Hilton Worldwide's second property in ...

Virginia Is For Lovers, Civil War Buffs
Huffington Post
Virginia's tourism slogan, "Virginia is for Lovers," may be one of the most recognized statetourism slogans in the country, it doesn't mean what you think it means. "It was, what do you love to do, do you love to go to the beach, do you like historic ...

Plane crash near Nepal tourist area kills 15 foreigners
GlobalPost
The survivors, including a flight attendant, were taken to a hospital in Pokhara, a tourist city about 125 miles west of the capital, Kathmandu, for treatment, the New York Times reported. The airport, 125 miles northwest of Kathmandu is a gateway to a ...

Steal Jessica Alba's Comfy Travel Style in Five Easy Steps ...
By Us Magazine Team
It's the perfect travel bag. Almost every celebrity goes through security with a bag like this. It holds everything from your tickets to passport and even a change of clothing -- it's beautiful and refined -- and doesn't look like you're carrying your ...
Us Magazine All Channel News

Bike Snob NYC: Homeword Bowned: One More Travel Day
By BikeSnobNYC
Today is the last of many travel days in a whirlwind BRA tour that has taken me everywhere from Hudson Street to Brindisi, Italy. Very shortly I will scrape myself off of Italy's heel and board the series of planes that will eventually take me home ...
Bike Snob NYC

Israel Matzav: Travel day
By Carl in Jerusalem
Travel day. I'm at the airport in Israel, it's ten minutes to flight time, I've been up all night and they're just starting to board. Grrrr.... And the internet at the gates is really slow.... I will try to update as much as I can, but I will be airborne much of the ...
Israel Matzav

Coral Gables Travel Agency Fire Was Arson: Report Says Airline ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island.
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Best vacation photo contest - Photography Competitions
By PhotographyCompetitions.net
G8Journey-color-logo Vacation photos of all kind can enter the competition that is open to the 16th June 2012. Enter up to 100 photos and add description to each uploaded photo and you have possibility to win a $500 gift card from Amazon.
Photography Competitions

Dorothy Surrenders: Vacation Vixen: Charlize Theron
By Dorothy Snarker
Vacation Vixen: Charlize Theron. I'm pretty sure that much leg is illegal. Or, at the very least, should come with a warning. Posted by Dorothy Snarker at 12:15 AM. Labels: Charlize Theron,Vacation Vixen · Email ThisBlogThis!Share to ...
Dorothy Surrenders

Jupiter Beach Resort Wedding by Catherine Marciniak Photography ...
By Dawn
We hit it off quickly, bonding over our mutual love of cooking and travel. The more ... We knew that we wanted our wedding to have a laid-back yet elegant feel, and we have both always loved the beach, so Jupiter Beach Resort was just right.
Style Me Pretty : The Ultimate...

Panel pulls up ministry for low tourist traffic | IndiaPost
By ghanshyam
In its report tabled in Parliament, the Standing Committee on Tourism and Culture reprimanded the Ministry for spending Rs 194 crore on overseas promotion saying the expenditure was not commensurate with foreign tourist arrivals.
IndiaPost

NJ Tourist Officials Want You To Spend Your Summer Vacation ...
By David Matthau
NJ Tourist Officials Want You To Spend Your Summer Vacation Here [AUDIO]. David-Matthau By: David Matthau | 35 minutes ago. The New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism has launched a new campaign the promote the Garden state ...
New Jersey 101.5

Travel & Flight Deals of the Day from Skyscanner
Find the best travel deals from 14 May including £10 off all flights to the sun with Fly Thomas Cook - handpicked by Skyscanner for you.
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How To Travel Plastic-Free | Gadling.com
While we've written about how to have a more eco-friendly vacation, there is a growing traveltrend of vacationing plastic-free. For example, backpackers ...
www.gadling.com/2012/05/14/how-to-travel-plastic-free/

Florida Travel + Life | Weekend Getaways, Beaches, Road Trips and ...
Plan Florida vacations, win travel sweepstakes, find Florida vacation ... annual photo contest and you could win a three-night stay at the WaterColor Inn & Resort !
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Tommy Girl: Summer Vacation Style | theglitterguide.com
This spring, we've been dreaming of packing our bags and hitting the road for a warm weathervacation from our busy schedules. There's nothing better than ...
theglitterguide.com/2012/.../tommy-girl-summer-vacation-styl...

Traditional Travel Agents Are Seeing a Surge in Business
2012-05-14 17:08:04 - With instability in air travel, more and more people are choosing to ...Groups & Meetings Department and Vacation Travel Department.
www.pr-inside.com/traditional-travel-agents-are-seeing-a-r318...

Small Kitchen College » The After Life: Vacation, All I Ever Wanted ...
Even though I don't technically get a summer vacation anymore (major ... must or cannot stay, and you'll still have to cover your transportation to the resort site.
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travel - Pinterest
travel. Photo of Heather Wolfe Heather Wolfe. 62 followers, 31 pins. Comment · Repin Like. bazaruto archipelago in mozambique mr. & mrs. smith hotel ...
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