Archive for August, 2006
Hip Happenings in West Hollywood
Pacific Design Center Unveils Red Building 8687 Melrose Ave.; West Hollywood, CA 90069; www.pacificdesigncenter.com Developer Charles S. Cohen and Architect Cesar Pelli have unveiled new plans for ‘Red'-a spectacular 400,000 square foot addition to the current ‘Blue' and ‘Green' buildings that comprise the 14-acre Pacific Design Center (PDC) in West Hollywood. The Red Building will [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: United States West
Ring in the New Year in Grand European Style with Jazz Greats in Italy
Reston, VA – Trade Times Square for Tuscany this New Year's Eve! Celebrate with a week of feasting and jazz with Music and Markets in Italy – a New Year's tradition to top all others. The Music and Markets professionals invite you to enjoy New Year's celebrations soaked in jazz at Umbria Jazz Winter – [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: United States East
UNESCO lists three Saudi sites as heritage
By Aftab H. Kola l eTN Middle East al-ola.com Until recently, Saudi Arabia has been considered a not very tourism-friendly destination. Unfriendly no longer, as three historical sites in the country have met the UNESCO approval for being the heritage sites.
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Middle East General
Oman's Khareef tourism fest a success
By Aftab H. Kola l eTN Middle East ocodubai.com The Salalah Khareef Festival, an extravaganza of cultural spectrum in the midst of mist and rains, evoked good response from tourists from outside Oman. The number of visitors from June 21 to August 21 reached 259,865, an increase of 42,232 visitors, compared to 217,633 visitors during [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Middle East General
Thailand needs to boost tourism marketing in China, India and Eastern Europe
By Satish G. | eTN Asia As the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) seeks to achieve a target of 13.8 million international arrivals in 2006 and 15 million in 2007, its been acknowledged that the government needs to boost tourism marketing in China, India and Eastern Europe to earn more revenue to offset a shortfall [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Thailand
Taiwan establishes agency to oversee cross-straits tourism
By Yusof Sulaiman l eTN Asia cnn A newly established liaison travel and tourism agency, The Taiwan Strait Tourism and Travel Association (TSTA), has been formally established in Taiwan to oversee and handle the opening-up of cross-straits tourism. A joint government and travel sector initiative, TSTA will oversee and handle cross-straits tourism issues faced by [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Taiwan
Australia's tourism industry responds to gov't work scheme
By Nelson Alcantara l eTN Australia's tourism industry has praised the Australian government's effort to motivate unemployed Australians to go back to work by taking jobs in regional areas.  Under the program, jobless Australians are given A$5,000 (US$ 3,810 approx.) to move for work. In response, the peak industry body representing the A$18 billion inbound [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Australia
Visitors to Hawaii Spending Topped $1.2 Billion in July
HONOLULU – Hawaii visitor expenditures increased .3 percent to $1.2 billion, due to a 4.4 percent rise in average daily spending in July 2006, a record month, according to preliminary data released by the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today. Total visitor spending for the year has increased 4.6 percent to $7 [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: Hawaii
Northstarâ„¢ and Sierraâ„¢ Resort Athletes Nominated For TransWorld Snowboarding Riders' Poll Awards
Truckee/South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort riders Chaz Guldemond and Eero Ettala and Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort rider Jamie Anderson were all nominated for the prestigious TransWorld Snowboarding Rider's Poll awards, which will be announced Thursday, Sept. 7 during the Action Sports Retailer (ASR) tradeshow in San Diego, Calif.
August 30, 2006
Posted in: United States NorthWest
Introducing Classic World Adventures in Hot Air Ballooning
St. Peters, PA – The United States Hot Air Balloon Team has announced the launch of Classic World Adventures offering first class vacations packages to top destinations around the world. These unique packages include the very best in accommodations, dining, touring, and low-level balloon flights daily for a magnificent and unique view of each area [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted in: United States