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American Tourism Campaign Launches in May

by Hannah Monahan on May 16, 2012

The first endeavor of the 2010 Travel Promotion Act will begin this month in the form of a new marketing campaign to entice international tourists to travel to the States for their next vacation. According to an articlein the NewYork Times, the act was established after a more then six percent drop in international visitors [...]

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New Menu Onboard the VIA Rail’s Canadian

by Hannah Monahan on May 12, 2012

The VIA Rail Canada trans-continental route connecting Toronto and Vancouver, will be serving a new menu. The 78 new meals were selected through a Menu Creation Challenge, which brought eight VIA chefs together for a two-day competition. The challenge was meant to reinvent the already delectable menu in a fun environment. VIA chefs were apart [...]

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Auction for a Traditional Nantucket Fishing Getaway

by Hannah Monahan on May 10, 2012

The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce is launching an auction promoting the island’s historical landmarks, remarkable natural beauty, and the local small businesses of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Your family or party of four will arrive on the island via Cape Air, where you will stay in a petite cottage maintained by the renowned Nantucket Island Resorts, overlooking charming [...]

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“Flanders is a Festival” Tourism Competition

by Hannah Monahan on May 9, 2012

Do you love festivals? Then get ready for the ultimate festival summer! Tourism Flanders is looking for the ultimate festival fan and one lucky friend to visit every festival in Flanders, Belgium for a 2-month summer tour as part of the project “Flanders is a Festival”. Every year millions of music lovers travel to the [...]

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Siberian Airlines Announces New Routes

by Max Hartshorne on May 9, 2012

Air service is now available to Kamchatchka, Russia! Here’s their latest news… Russia’s S7 Airlines (Siberian Airlines) is the newest member of our Russian Far East travel alliance. The airline has launched service between Tokyo (Narita)  and the Russian Far East cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk with A320 aircraft. Service is twice weekly …

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Passports with Purpose Travels to Zambia

by Malea Ritz on April 23, 2012

Passports with Purpose is  headed to Zambia to explore the project that was built this year. Expedia has made the trip possible by taking care of airfare and hotel accommodations. In Zambia, they will go to a ribbon cutting, see the results of the peoples’ work and tell stories about those who benefited from the 2011 Passports with [...]

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October 11-14, 2012 the 16th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival will take place in Hailey, Idaho. Trailing huge herds of sheep from summer grazing to winter pastures still occurs in Idaho every year, as it has for the past 150 years. In Sun Valley, Idaho, the sheep pass by million dollar homes and parade [...]

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