It’s a leap year, when, according to tradition, women can get down on bended knee and ask their dithering partner to take their hand in marriage. With 29 February 2012 fast approaching, World Travel Awards (WTA) has...
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Iteca Caspian Traditionally Start in September
International exhibitions in Azerbaijan traditionally start in September. Iteca Caspian and its partner, the British ITE Group Plc, have scheduled eleven exhibitions to start this autumn, including the debut of the...
The Melbourne Convention Launches Melbourne Planner’s Guide
The Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB) has launched the Melbourne Planner’s Guide 2011/12, its annual, flagship publication and a must-have item for any meeting planner or event organiser Now in its 38th year...
Spanish Grand Prix Celebration Awaits Families and F1™ Fans at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
™Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will be transformed in a blaze of colour and Spanish festivities as the Grand Prix season moves to Barcelona this weekend – home of exotic delicacies, culture and Catalonian traditions. ...
Samui Is Becoming a Wedding Destination
Samui has long been an ideal honeymoon destination, but new intimate-scale resorts such as X2 Samui Villas by Design are also making the island an attractive venue for weddings. X2 Samui Villas (the X2 is pronounced as...
Yvonne Hu at the 2011 IT&CM China Invited to Answer the Question “What’s in it for Me?”!
Yvonne Hu, IAPCO Honorary Member and representative at the 2011 IT&CM China, invited as guest speaker at the Future Leaders’ Forum which accompanied the IT&CM China expo, sought to answer the question so often posed by...
IT&CM China 2011 Joins The Inaugural Shanghai Business Events Week Line-Up Of Activities
T&CM China will anchor the first-ever Shanghai Business Events Week launched by Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration (SMTA). Taking place from the 11th to 15th April 2011, this initiative to theme leading MICE...
Maritime Greenwich World Open Doors for Free
Several of the historic attractions in Maritime Greenwich open their doors for free offering great value summer days out for all the family.
Foreigners arriving in St. Petersburg on the ferry, no longer need a visa
From April 2010 between St. Petersburg (Russia) and Helsinki (Finland) resumed a ferry service. To provide the transportation to St. Petersburg-Helsinki will be a passenger ferry “Princess Mary” of the Finnish shipping...
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch Theme Park
Work is expected to begin this year on a 100-acre Michael Jackson entertainment complex that would include a museum, performing arts center, hotel, golf course and theme park inspired by the pop singer’s Neverland Ranch.
10 Coldest Places on the Earth
The coldest city in the earth is Yakutsk is a city in the Russian Far East, located about 4° (450 kilometres) south of the Arctic Circle.The coldest place into Yakutia is is Ojmjakon village, in 1933, the temperature...
William Carrick: a Scottish Photographer in 19-Century Russia
4 December 2009 – 22 January 2010 William Carrick (1827-1878) was an Edinburgh-born artist, who established himself as a professional photographer in St Petersburg in 1859 and left a remarkable collection of images of...
How New Year Is Celebrated in Russia
According to the head of the National Center for Public Opinion Research, Valery Fyodorov, the most popular holiday in the country is going to celebrate 91 per cent of Russians surveyed.
Armenian National Tourist Office opens in Moscow
In Moscow, started to operate National Tourist Office of Armenia (NTOA). Organization’s activities will promote tourism opportunities of the republic in Russia and CIS countries. "Among the priorities of the office - PR...