Archive for December, 2003
WINTER EVENTS IN ITALY 2004
Wintersports enthusiasts are marking their calendars for the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin, February 10 – 26, 2006. Sestriere, in Piedmont, will be a major venue for Olympic events. It will host an Olympic village and most of the Alpine skiing competitions. In the Aosta Valley, which like Piedmont, is part of the western [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Italy
WINTER SPORTS IN GERMANY
Berchtesgadener Land When winter sports fans from North American visit Bavaria, Germany’s southernmost state, they usually ski the slopes of Garmisch-Gartenkirchen, the country’s winter sports capital, presided over by the Zugspitze (10,000 ft). There are, however, other charming resorts, where skiing is a popular sport. Bad Toelz, Mittenwald, Berchtesgaden – all have a lot to [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Germany
SKIING IN AUSTRIA IN WINTER 2003/2004
Austrian ski resorts, like those of its Alpine neighbors, are typically nestled in valleys. The surrounding mountains are artfully carved with long open runs that begin above the timberline and lead into the resorts below. While Innsbruck, St. Anton, Kitzbuehel, Lech-Zuers are well known beyond Austria’s borders as ski resorts, the MONTAFON valley deserves to [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Austria
Families Come Together For Orlando Family Spring BreakTM 2004
Each year more than 350,000 families gather in Orlando to experience Family Spring Breaktm, a celebration of reconnecting as a family. Research shows that Orlando captures the largest market share of families traveling with children during the months of March and April — the typical spring break time period, therefore, Orlando exceeds any other U.S. [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: United States SouthEast
FOCUS ON ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia is truly a land of contrasts and extremes; a land of remote and wild places. Some of the highest and most stunning places on the African continent are found here, such as the jaggedly carved Simien Mountains, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites – and some of the lowest, such as the hot but [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Africa
WHO Experts Arrive in South China’s Guangdong Province
A joint team of experts from China’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Guangzhou, capital of the southern Guangdong Province, Monday. Wang Zhiqiong, deputy-director of the Guangdong provincial health bureau said the joint team consisted of three WHO experts, three Chinese experts and an interpreter. Five members of the team arrived [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: China
Security raised in cities, airports, trains
Surface-to-air missiles were being deployed around Washington, state troopers were authorized to ride New York area commuter trains, and air travelers encountered more delays — all results of the heightened terrorism threat alert level. On Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security raised the level from elevated, or yellow, to high, or orange, the second-highest level [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Travel Advisory
U.S. Airways and Expedia Settle Dispute
U.S. Airways Group Inc. and Expedia Inc. say customers can once again purchase US Airways tickets through the Internet travel site. US Airways had pulled its tickets off Expedia on Dec. 9, complaining that Expedia began charging US Airways customers $8.99 per booking, up from $5. Expedia still charges $5 to book flights on other [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Airlines & Railways
 Earthquake Devastates Iran Tourist Town
“Those who have visited Bam, may remember the happy smiles & beautiful palm trees of this fascinating ancient city, lots of memories from the nostalgic sunset scenes above the once world’s largest and fabulous mud-brick complex,” said Hadi Sh. Shakib, Pardisan Tour & Travel about the center of last Friday’s deadly Iran earthquake. That complex [...]
December 29, 2003
Posted in: Iran
Major Delivery Of China Southern 737-800 Operation in Western China; Newly Delivered Boeing Aircraft To Foster Development of Rural China
China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH) (HKSE: 1055), the largest airline in The People’s Republic of China, is pleased to announce the special delivery here in rural Western China of its newest Boeing 737-800 taken from Boeing last week. China Southern Airlines official took delivery of and departed from Boeing Field in Seattle of its newest [...]
December 27, 2003
Posted in: Airlines & Railways