Saturday, December 17, 2011

Golf tourism above par: Survey

Golf tourism above par: Survey
The Press Association
The golf tourism industry has shown signs of improvement this year, according to a poll. The survey, carried out by Golf Tourism Scotland (GTS) during its Gold Standard awards in November at the Fairmont resort in St Andrews, asked professionals from ...

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort to be sold to Resorts of the Canadian Rockies
Calgary Herald
“It's a positive for the community, a positive for the province of British Columbia because now there's Kicking Horse, Kimberley and Fernie in British Columbia working together to drive a strong ski brand for the province and grow tourism for the ...

Steve Massiah's passport confiscated
ESPNcricinfo.com
USA government officials have confiscated Steve Massiah's passport and restricted his travel to New York after arresting him on November 22 on charges of allegedly defrauding banks and mortgage companies by falsifying mortgage loan applications. ...

ESPNcricinfo.com

Mexico: A tourist's guide
Washington Post
A view from the beach in Resort Centre, Playa del Carmen. The resort area is safe for tourists and offers relaxing beach getaways. Tourists walk along the beach of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico. The area is largely a safe oasis from the ...

Ski Resort Opens Today With Plenty of Snow
Wheeling News Register
However, that's not the case at Seven Springs Mountain Resort located in Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands where today marks the opening day of the winter sports season at the resort. Delaying the opening of ski season until this weekend has allowed the ...

Wheeling News Register

Consultant tells tourism office to market itself to local residents
Chesterton Tribune
By JEFF SCHULTZ Results from a 2010 survey study on tourism in Porter County shows the number of visitors are on the rise, but suggests the county could benefit focusing on its internal resident base. Consultant Mitch Nichols of Nichols Tourism Group ...

Mayakoba Resort honored as top sustainable development
Boston.com (blog)
Last week, officials from United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Rainforest Alliance honored Mayakoba Resort as a world leader in sustainable tourism development. The more than 148 acres of mangrove forests along the coastline provide an ...

Agency continues resort review
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
RAY BROOK - State Adirondack Park Agency commissioners delved into some of the thorny issues surrounding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort project on Thursday during the second of three monthly APA meetings devoted entirely to the development. ...

Tourism Officials Tackle New Challenges in the Quad Cities
WQAD
Taylor says they're also looking at creating an app and other tech-savvy components to put the Quad Cities on the cutting edge of tourism. "This is customer service," says Taylor. "The old-fashion philosophy was visitors - come drive and come to us, ...

Tourism season draws blank
Deccan Chronicle
The months of December and January, especially the period over Christmas and New Year, are the peak season for tourist arrivals into the state. “There has been a slowdown in the flow of foreigners which has impacted the tourism industry of the state,'' ...

Deccan Chronicle

Passport office moving
London Free Press
By DEBORA VAN BRENK, The London Free Press London's passport service is moving to Cherryhill Village Mall, which will have free parking and more space for patrons than at the current downtown location. The new office is set to open on Jan. ...

Key Largo Resort Warms Up the Winter with Hot Hotel Deal
PR Web (press release)
The Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach Resort extends its popular Stay Here, Fly There hotel package offer for winter travelers. As the weather gets colder, consider taking a trip to Key Largo's most popular resort—the Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach Resort. ...

PR Web (press release)

Atlantic City Tourism District's Master Plan to focus on short-term projects
Press of Atlantic City
The CRDA awarded an $800,0000 contract to the companies to overhaul resort development plans by the Feb. 1 deadline assigned by state law - one Poulos said the team expects to beat. "There's concern about getting this master plan done, ...

Calvert tourism office shares state tourism council award
So Md News
The Calvert County Department of Economic Development's Tourism Office, along with the tourismoffices of Charles and St. Mary's counties, recently won a Maryland Tourism Council (MTC) Impact Award for efforts to promote Southern Maryland as a tourism ...

China Travel and Tourism Industry Reviewed in New BRICdata Report Published at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The country's recent hosting of major international events like the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the Shanghai Expo naturally led to a rise in inbound tourist volumes. China's strong economic growth, which reflected in generally higher ...

Edinburgh tourist tax would be 'illegal' and 'uncompetitive'
Daily Mail
By Travelmail Reporter A controversial tourist tax, put forward as a way for Edinburgh to raise more funds from visitors, would be illegal, according to Scotland's tourismminister. Fergus Ewing poured cold water on the proposal to charge a £1 or £2 ...

Daily Mail

Breckenridge Ski Resort celebrates 50th anniversary with Los Lobos
Summit Daily News
Breckenridge Ski Resort's actual birthday is today; exactly 50 years ago, Dec. 16, 1961, Breck opened. Here's the lineup of events: 4:30 pm Gather on street, outside of Breckenridge Theatre at 121 S. Ridge, for start of Birthday Bash; ...

Bartlett Predicts Another Record Winter Tourism Season
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
MONTEGO BAY — Against the background of projections for a five per cent increase in tourist arrivals for the 2011/2012 winter tourist season over 2010/2011, Minister ofTourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, was at the Sangster International Airport, ...

Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service

Nevis Range ski resort to open after storm repairs
BBC News
A ski resort aims to open a weekend later than planned after winds that reached gusts of 130mph caused extensive damage to its equipment. The wind speed was recorded at the summit of Aonach Mor in Lochaber during stormy weather last week. ...

BBC News

Delaware River Tubing Inc Selected For "New Jersey's Top Tourist Attractions"
MarketWatch (press release)
16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Delaware River Tubing Inc of Frenchtown, NJ has been honored with a recognition by NJBiz in its selection of "New Jersey's Top Tourist Attractions." A spokesperson from Delaware River Tubing Inc commented on the ...

Alyeska Resort Nailed by Snowfall
Ski Channel
270 muscled inches of snow have pounded Alaska's Alyeska Resort since October. The last blustery snow storm alone added 40 new inches to the upper mountain and ski patrol teams have opened most of the mountain as well as the notoriously steep and ...

Ski Channel

Ski resort open house
Advertiser-News
By Chris Wyman Vernon — It has been more than 12 years since the lodge at the Vernon Valley Ski Area burned to the ground. And it has been more than a year since Intrawest, the initial developer of Mountain Creek, decided to call it a day and sell its ...

Advertiser-News

Chandigam to come up as tourist, pilgrimage destination
GreaterKashmir.com
Chandigam (Lolab), Dec 16: The Jammu and Kashmir government is developing Chandigam village of Lolab valley in frontier district Kupwara as a major tourist cum pilgrimage destination. As part of its initiatives to tap the tourism potential of this ...

GreaterKashmir.com

Tourism website contract approved | Pahrump Valley Times
By Pahrump Valley Times
By Matt Ward The Pahrump Town Board awarded a five-year, nearly $30000 contract to a Reno company for the development of a tourism website. The website.
Pahrump Valley Times

Singaporean overstayer in Beijing tampers with passport to get ...
By Kenneth Tan
singapore-passport.jpg Odd story of the day: A Singaporean man who has been overstaying in Beijing for six years escaped from a Chinese jail term by tampering with his passport so as to get repatriated. The story via the Straits Times: ...
Shanghaiist

Tourism Authority set for review | Antigua Observer Newspaper
By efrancis
ST JOHN'S, Antigua – The Tourism Authority is set to come under review and may ultimately be scrapped, according to Minister of Tourism John Maginley. The organisation was formed by TheTourism Authority Act in 2008 under the then ...
Antigua Observer Newspaper

Bill's Gay Nineties, Not a Tourist or Craft Cocktail in Sight - A Beer At ...
By Eater Staff
There are more than 6000 bars in New York City. About 200 of them get regular press. This column is about the other ones. Robert Simonson, a journalist and blogger...
Eater NY

ZIMBABWEANS FLOCKING TO LOCAL TOURIST RESORTS ...
By newsdzezimbabwe
The tourism industry has for sometime been facing a number of challenges among them lack of international credit cards and lack of a reliable, consistent and credible national airline or flights intoresort towns like Kariba, Masvingo, Nyanga ...
NewsDze-Zimbabwe

Brewer seeks funding increase for tourism office | Washington ...
By The Associated Press
Jan Brewer is seeking a big funding boost for the Arizona Office of Tourism so it can step up efforts to market the state. Brewer announced Friday her proposed budget will request $7 million of additional state funding for the office, which now ...
Examiner Entertainment RSS

IDF PR Flacks Branch Out into Tourism Promotion and Touting ...
By Richard Silverstein
Avital Leibovich's specialties seems to be tourism promotion as she touts the beauty of Bethlehem during the Christmas season with a heartwarming video from the “Civil Administrator” about peace on earth and good will to man…except for ...
Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם:...

Learn How To Get An Emergency USA Passport Replacement
There are plenty of times when you could need to obtain a new passport at ... If you need the replacement in less than two weeks for international travel, you ...
www.hypercup.org/learn-how-to-get-an-emergency-usa-passp...

Tamarack Resort ski season is underway | KTVB.COM Boise
DONNELLY -- Tamarack Resort is open for skiing and snowboarding. The resort expects 900 people to hit the slopes on this opening day. The ski area will be ...
www.ktvb.com/.../Tamarack-Resort-ski-season-is-underway-1..

Tahiti Resort Master Plan Paints a Picture of Paradise | PRLog
Anderson Resorts International, Inc. (ARII) has been planning a Destination Resort in Tahiti called Huahine Beach Resort for a number of years now. and have ...
www.prlog.org/11746474-tahiti-resort-master-plan-paints-pict...

Customer Showcase: Singapore Tourism Board « Experience Delivers
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) wanted to develop marketing and brand experiences that resonated emotionally with potential visitors to the country. ...
blogs.adobe.com/experiencedelivers/2011/.../singapore-touris...

Bali Luxury Hotels & 4 Star Vacations - Bali
Welcome to the Conrad Bali resort and hotel, a beautiful , award-winning luxury resort located on the southern coast of Bali in the Indian Ocean, surrounded by ...
conradhotels3.hilton.com/en/hotels/indonesia/.../index.html

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