Archive for September, 2003

New Travel Service for North of Toronto

Barrie, Ontario……September, 2003. Consumers looking for the latest in travel news when travelling north of Toronto will be able to source information from 400ELEVEN.com. An array of fall information from Collingwood Hummer Tours, to Fall Fairs, Jumping Georgian Bay Fish, Artists & photography workshops, wolf howls, and the Agawa Canyon Fall Colour train, can all [...]

September 24, 2003   Posted in: Canada

Kauai’s Hanalei Colony Resort

HAENA, KAUAI, HAWAII – Hanalei Colony Resort, a small, intimate beach resort on Kauai?s north shore, now offers guests a variety of wellness activities designed to enhance their relaxation and capitalize on the healing aspects of the natural surroundings. Set between a secluded beach and a backdrop of lush, towering mountains in Ha’ena, Kauai’s remote [...]

September 23, 2003   Posted in: Hawaii

Lake Louise Gets Highway Improvements

September 22, 2003 HIGHWAY IMPROVMENTS NEAR LAKE LOUISE, CALGARY, AB – An announcement was made on September 16 by Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock that a $70-million project to enhance the safety of the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park from Castle Mountain to the B.C. Border. The project will see an expansion of the [...]

September 23, 2003   Posted in: Canada

England’s Fall Festivals

Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival 5 October St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London Pearly Kings and Queens are traditional cockney costermongers and this is the best occasion to see them. The altar and the pulpit are arrayed with the fruits of the earth, and a Pearly King or Queen reads one of the Lessons, while the [...]

September 22, 2003   Posted in: England

Liverpool is European Capital of Culture 200

In 2008 Britain will be home of the European Capital of Culture. Last October Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, NewcastleGateshead and Oxford became Centres of Cultural Excellence when they were chosen from a dozen hopefuls. In June, after months of speculation and campaigning, Liverpool beat off stiff competition from the five rival cities to win the [...]

September 22, 2003   Posted in: England

London Presents Elizabethan-style Shakespeare plays

The 400th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I’s death will be market with Shakespearean productions staged just as the queen would have seen them, at the playwright’s reconstructed ‘theatre in the round’ in London. The 2003 season at Shakespeare’s Globe, staged between May and September at the theatre which is a faithful reconstruction of the bard’s [...]

September 22, 2003   Posted in: England

ONTARIO IMAGES THANKSGIVING STUDIO TOUR

IMAGES STUDIO TOUR SHOWCASES QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE Barrie and Ontario’s Lake Country – On October 11, 12, and 13, 2003, The Images Thanksgiving Studio Tour will celebrate 20 years of artistic excellence. For its twentieth anniversary, this popular annual event will feature the works of 42 artists and artisans at 24 studio stops throughout the [...]

September 22, 2003   Posted in: Canada

Visits to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island

A Well Kept Secret: Holiday Thanksgiving to New Years Day, thousands of tourists converge on New York City for a cross-section of Holiday activities. Even though frigid temperatures often accompany these events, New York City’s early winter visitors are not daunted. Yet, it rarely crosses their minds to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis [...]

September 20, 2003   Posted in: United States East

MORE SNOW AT NAKISKA, ALBERTA

CALGARY, AB – Nakiska Ski Area has announced improvements to the state-of–the-art snowmaking facilities at the resort. The $100,000 purchase of snowmaking nozzles and electrical upgrades will increase the snowmaking output by 40% for this upcoming winter. The new nozzles will not only provide the resort with an increase in snowmaking output but will do it in [...]

September 19, 2003   Posted in: Canada

MOSAICULTURE INTERNATIONAL MONTRÉAL

19th September 2003                                                                        Thanks to the warm weather lately, attendance figures for Mosaiculture International Montréal have climbed to unprecedented levels, far exceeding those from 2000 and 2001. But the fine weather alone doesn’t explain visitors’ enthusiasm for this unique event. People are also realizing that this is their last chance to admire these superb floral [...]

September 19, 2003   Posted in: Canada