Archive for January, 2008

It’s Cool In Mt Washington Valley in New Hampshire

North Conway, NH – Record snowfall and cooler temps mean hot winter conditions for snowmobilers, skiers, and outdoor recreationalists. Once football ends, there's plenty of time to get off the couch and enjoy the mountains with some fabulous skiing, ice climbing, dog sledding and even chairlift speed dating! Here are five great ways to burn [...]

January 26, 2008   Posted in: United States East

Ballooning in Kenya

New York, NY – January 25, 2008: – “CC Africa has brought hot air ballooning to Tanzania’s Eastern Serengeti”, says Nicky Fitzgerald, Director of Marketing of Africa’s foremost purveyor of sustainable luxury safaris. “This will enable guests of CC Africa’s Grumeti River Camp to book a morning of aerial game viewing,” according to Fitzgerald.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Africa

Enjoy Burns Night Supper then visit Scotland for the real deal in 2009

Born in Ayr in 1759, January 25th in Scotland marks the birth of the Nation's great poet and bard Rabbie Burns. Celebrated throughout the world, the pinnacle of Burns' national day is to gather family and friends for an evening of good food and company in the setting of a traditional Burns' supper. This year, [...]

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Scotland

From Never Land to Disney Lands Jennifer Lopez, Gisele Bündchen and Jessica Biel Live Out Their Disney Fantasies

BURBANK, Calif. – From Never Land to flying carpets to the forested domain of an Indian princess, stars travel to their very own Fantasylands in a new round of celebrity images from famed photographer Annie Leibovitz.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: United States SouthEast

Virgin Atlantic Tests Biofuel

Rich Steck & Judi Janofsky – wheretogonext.com Virgin Atlantic, one of the world’s leading long-haul airlines, announced Monday January 14th that it will fly one of its Boeing 747s on biofuel during a demonstration flight in February.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Airlines & Railways

Trinidad & Tobago Celebrates 170 Years Of Carnival in 2008

Port of Spain- Over the past two centuries, Trinidad's Carnival has developed into one of the most colorful and culturally diverse pre-Lenten celebrations in the world. The biggest part of its mystique lies in its unique ability to bring people from all walks of life and backgrounds together for a celebration of culture, calypso and [...]

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Caribbean

Scuba-Equipped Easter Bunny To Host Egg Hunt March 23 In Key Largo Florida

KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — Instead of bright flower gardens and green grass, the Easter egg hunt off Key Largo is to be staged near coral heads teaming with colorful tropical fish or a bed of sea grass in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. After all, when the Easter bunny is a scuba-diving gentle [...]

January 25, 2008   Posted in: United States SouthEast

Campaign Launched To Encourage Visitors to Baja

TIJUANA – With cross-border visits showing marked declines, business and tourism officials in Baja California are going into full-scale damage control in hopes of regaining ground lost over the past year.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: United States SouthWest

Singapore health officials given ‘legal’ powers to stem threat from chikungunya fever outbreak

By Yusof Sulaiman | Jan 25, 2008 (eTN) – Stepping up its fight against the threat of another "foreign" virus, the Singaporean government has conferred legal powers to its public health administrators to "detain or isolate" confirmed or suspected cases of the chikungunya fever outbreak.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Singapore

Taxi! Taxi! San Francisco's Pier 1½ Opens First Water Taxi Landing

As part of the $55 million historic redevelopment of Piers 1½, 3 and 5 by San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC, San Francisco's first water taxi landing and free public boat dock opened Dec. 14, 2007 at Pier 1½ on the Embarcadero.

January 25, 2008   Posted in: United States West