Friday, December 23, 2011

Jungfrau urged to dream big

Resort “doctor” urges Jungfrau to dream big
swissinfo.ch
And like many doctors, the head of Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners had some good news and some bad news for the assembled mayors, tourism and transport bosses from the communes of Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald and Interlaken. “I wanted to tell them that ...

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Tourist for a day
NYDailyNews
Mayor Bloomberg announced today that New York City has attracted 50 Million visitors to the city just this year. Daily News reporter Rich Schapiro took to the streets around Times Square to see what type of reception a helpless looking tourist ...

At Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, Dine & Dance into the New Year!
Sacramento Bee
By Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort MIAMI, Dec. 22, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Doral GolfResort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, invites travelers to ring in the New Year with a Dine & Dance package. Guests who visit the Miami resort will enjoy a ...

Vizag set to create waves as tourist spot
Times of India
As part of this, a 30-km stretch of Vizag's beachfront starting from RK Beach to Bheemili will get a major infrastructure facelift, with a host of tourist attractions dotting the city's beaches, AP tourismsecretary Jayesh Ranjan told TOI. ...

Jong Un went to Disneyland in 1991 on fake passport
The Daily Yomiuri
SEOUL--Kim Jong Un, the third son and heir-apparent of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, went to Tokyo Disneyland while in Japan in May 1991 posing as a Brazilian tourist, Japanese public security officials have revealed. ...

Historic Makeover: Renaissance Vinoy® Resort & Golf Club Reveals New Lounge ...
Sacramento Bee
22, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Renaissance Vinoy® Resort & Golf Club has revealed a new lounge-like lobby featuring a library, cafe, resort shop and expanded Promenade bar. The team at Leo A Daly, ...

Tourism marketing for western circuit set to begin
The Standard
"We also want to invest heavily in training high quality staff in the hospitality industry as well as urge investors to put up more hotels to tap the tourist niche," he said. He disclosed that the ministry's target was to hit a 50 per cent mark of ...

China evinces Buddhist tourism interest in Odisha
Times of India
BHUBANESWAR: The Buddhist tourism potential of Odisha seems to have impressed China. The Chinese ambassador to India, Zhang Yan, is scheduled to hold discussion with the officials of state-run Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) here on ...

S Delhi passport centre shuts down
Hindustan Times
If you live in South Delhi, getting a passport will now be a really tough task. At least till January end. North India's biggest regional passport office at Bikaji Cama Place has shut down and is currently open only for tatkal applications. ...

Tourism needs to refocus
The North West Star
But in the three years we've been here only a handful would have made it a tourist destination," he said. "It's about getting them to stay a day or two extra once they're here and that's still more money coming into our city. ...

Jersey tourism gets £70000 for Christmas ad campaign
BBC News
The Economic Development Minister said the money would support Jersey's tourismindustry which he said was likely to face tough times in 2012. The money will be spent on a TV campaign fronted by singer Nerina Pallot launching on Boxing Day. ...

BBC News

Tourism: Stymied by turmoil and lack of security
Financial Times
Cairo has fared slightly better because of foreign reporters, tourism officials say. Since Hosni Mubarak, the former president, was toppled in February, turmoil and insecurity have stymied the tourism industry, an important foreign currency earner that ...

Financial Times

DeKalb tourism looks forward to New Year to continue marketing area
Times-Journal
This is what makes tourism so critical to DeKalb County's economy. We depend on tax revenue coming in from tourists to help fuel our local economy. If it were not for tourist dollars being spent in DeKalb County it would take an additional $201 from ...

Stalled tourism development given a strong push
Kathimerini
Among other things, the plan entails the construction of three hotels, tourist residences, three golf courses and a golf academy. It also includes the development of a 100-hectare organic farm and agritourism destination, as well as 45 kilometers of ...

Empire Resorts and Entertainment Properties Trust Announce Concord Resort ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The larger project is expected to include the casino resort, hotel and racetrack, as well as a golf course, specialty lodging, complementary retail, and other entertainment and recreational uses, along with new residential communities. ...

Schweitzer Resort Offers Winter Lodging Deals
OnTheSnow.com
Ski or ride Schweitzer with one of the resort's lodging packages. Photo courtesy of Schweitzer Mountain Resort. For Idaho Pandhandle getaways, Schweitzer MountainResort may be one of the best for lift skiing and cat skiing. With both options available...

OnTheSnow.com

Tourism's Contribution to Australian Economy Grows to $35 Billion
Invest in Australia
Domestic tourist consumption grew by 2.1 per cent. • Direct tourism gross domestic product increased 2.5 per cent (or $0.9 billion) to $34.6 billion. Tourism's share of total GDP was lower at 2.5 per cent (down from 2.6 per cent in 2009-10) as the ...

Casinos lay big bets on tourism
Sydney Morning Herald
The term integrated resort - where the casinos are blended with a variety of leisure and entertainment attractions - is the industry catchphrase. Crown ultimately will spend about $2.2 billion revamping its casino/resorts, including $540 million this ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Tourism to help revive Goodwill tourney
Royal Gazette
By Derek Dechabert Bermuda Department of Tourism will step up its effort to help the 60th Goodwill golf tournament recapture its former glory after a record low attendance at this year's event. The Goodwill, one of Bermuda's oldest golf tournaments, ...

Touting tourism, mayor ignores outer boroughs
Queens Chronicle
Despite having famous attractions such as Citi Field and the Museum of the Moving Image, he said that NYC and Company, the city's official tourism marketing organization, only focuses on Manhattan. “There are plenty of things for tourists to do, ...

Australia has lot to do to catch China's tourism boat
Xinhua
Think Global Consulting CEO, David Thomas said that the Chinese tourist spends twice as much as their Japanese counterparts, yet Australia's China-centric tourism platform from mandarin speaking guides to a synchronized online infrastructure remains ...

Loon Mountain Resort Opens Additional Terrain To Kick-Off The Holidays!
Ski Channel
In the past week, the resort has more than doubled its open terrain and expects to open even more for the upcoming weekend! With the most open terrain of any resort in New Hampshire, visitors can already enjoy 28 trails, 178 acres and over 12.5 miles ...

Ski Channel

In Wailea, new resort concepts promised
Maui News
WAILEA - At the blessing of the Andaz Wailea Hotel on Wednesday, on the site of the long-closed Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort, Bud Pikrone, executive director of the Wailea Community Association, said the revival of the property "will definitely ...

South Africa: Air-hotel deal centers on Cape Town resort
Los Angeles Times
The upscale resort near Cape Town, South Africa, derives its name from the nearby mountain range. The mountains stand on one side of the resort; the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Guests can watch whales and dolphins in the ocean and hike the surrounding ...

Los Angeles Times

Tourism contribution to GDP seen as stable
BusinessWorld Online Edition
On the other hand, inbound tourism expenditures or the total purchases of non-resident visitors including foreign visitors and Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad was valued at P109.2 billion, 9.6% higher than the P99.7 billion from ...

Lee tourism upgrades to entice visitors
The News-Press
Terry Allen Williams/news-press.com • Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel: More that $1 million spent renovating one- and two-bedroom suites and improving the pool deck. • Holiday Inn Downtown Historic District: Almost $600000 spent on room upgrades, ...

Gorillas Pet Tourist In Uganda (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
An American tourist on a gorilla-watching tour in Uganda came a little closer to the gorillas than he expected. ... 9-Year-Old Girl, Stranded For Five... Nude Tourism: Florida County Undresses For European... New York City Reaches Goal Of 50. ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Luxury resort harbors Tanzania's last tropical coastal forest | Gadling ...
By Kraig Becker
The first two items on that list are unmatched experiences that simply can't be beat, but those looking for alternative to the beaches of Zanzibar may want to consider a stay at the Ras Kutani lodge, an eco-resort that offers access to the last ...
Gadling

Tour The Gorgeous Disney Resort That Just Opened In Hawaii
By Meredith Galante
Here's an aerial view of the resort. You can see the Waikolohe Stream, a A closer look at the exterior of the hotel. The resort's name in Hawaiian means “messenger of a chief.” There's contemporary Hawaiian art and architecture featured ...
Business Insider

UbuntuDeals Teams With Cape Town Tourism for Residents and ...
By Stephanie Taylor, Daily Deal Media
In South Africa, Cape Town Tourism, the city's #1 destination for advice on things to see, do, and experience, is teaming up with Ubuntu.za to ensure its users ge great deals on the things they want to do. Cape Town Tourism (CTT) is still flying ...
Daily Deal Media

Baltic tourism leaders signed a cooperation agreement in Tallinn ...
By The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
Since Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania alone are small; it is more reasonable and also cheaper to act together, the tourism leaders of the three states, who signed a cooperation agreement in Tallinn, stated, LETA/Postimees Online reports.
The Baltics Today

Space New Destination for Turkish Tourism Firm
VIP Tourism, a Turkish tourism firm, will start organizing space tours to the stratosphere by 2014, the company announced yesterday.

The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel: Taiwan Tourism trying to ...
By Tim Hughes
Taiwan Tourism trying to sell snow to eskimos. I cam across this advertisement by Taiwan Tourismwhile catching a train in Sydney. They can ... My marketing tip for Taiwan tourism - selling surf to Australians is like selling snow to eskimos. ...
The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel

Moroccan Terrorists "Reassure"(?) Tourism Industry - Grendel Report
In Casablanca, Tangier and Marrakech, cities well-known for their spirited nightlife, dynamic touristtrade and the availability of a wide range of leisure activities, the PJD secured more than half of all seats in the early legislative elections in ...
Grendel Report

Daily Snow Report 12/22/11 | Heavenly Mountain Resort Blog
By Ashley Smith
Celebrate the holidays with some on-mountain fun. Enjoy 20 lifts, 21 trails and 13 miles of corduroy! Thanks to our world class snowmaking and grooming.
Heavenly Mountain Resort Blog

Ryoo Si-won signs on as representative of Korean tourism in Japan ...
Actor Ryoo Si-won is set to become the new face of Korean tourism for a Japanese travel agency. The Hallyu star's agency, RS Company, stated on Dec. 21 that Ryu has signed a one-year contract cemen.
HanCinema Daily News and Updates

New York celebrates 50 millionth tourist : TTRweekly
By AFP
NEW YORK, 22 December 2011: New York's mayor celebrated record tourist numbers last Friday by awarding the city's 50 millionth visitor this year a symbolic golden ticket — and some serious cash prizes — in Times Square. Newlyweds Craig and Lucy Johnson ... “New York City's quality of life has contributed to this great success and we are confident we will sustain the success of our tourismindustry in the months and years ahead,” Bloomberg said. The Johnsons were given a ...
TTRweekly

SIERRA-At-Tahoe Resort To Open For 2011-12 Season ...
Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort will open for the 2011-12 season on Saturday, December 17, 2011 with very limited terrain. Due to low snow, Sierra will open Easy Rider ...
snowboarding.transworld.net/.../sierra-at-tahoe-resort-to-open-...

Olympics: tourism gloom mitigation strategies | UK news | guardian ...
Recent games-related initiatives to boost tourism look a little like damage ... the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) said that tourist bookings for ...
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/.../dec/.../london-olympics-tourism-fa...

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