Archive for September, 2008


Stockholm, the jumbo becomes hostel

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

There is a plane that remained grounded for sure. And we sleep in comfortable 85. Moreover, because throwing a cumbersome 747-200 Jumbo after years of honorable service, if you can turn a hostel for 25 rooms? We thought a businessman, Oscar Dios, who was looking for a place at the airport in Stockholm to set up a hostel. He decided to restrutturare an old veivolo own thinking to passengers departing and arriving which often must move to cities, only for a night.

Photos of ‘Atlantis Hotel in Dubai

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Only a few days ago we talked about the ‘opening of the luxurious Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, which took place last week. Now is also a gallery, you can find by clicking on the photo above. For more “selective”, after the jump, there are thumbnails. Now you know what to expect if you can afford a hotel from 18,000 euros a night … I am left without words … you comments!

Diamond Resort International: A Global Leader for Vacations

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Diamond Resorts International (DRI), is the famous name in international resorts. In the vacation ownership industry, Diamond Resorts International (DRI) is named as global leader. Diamond Resorts International (DRI) has signed an agreement with the Smart Circle International. This agreement is made to sell the DRI vacation resort packages in the United States. James R. Danz, the Chief Marketing Officer of DRI said that they are excited to have a partnership with Smart Circle International. He also said that this partnership will first time, set off sales of DRI’s lavishness vacation packages to the retail shoppers. Smart Circle International offers proven marketing plans that help the resorts and hotels to increase traffic and visibility and they contact with customers through a network of specialized distributors. DRI will be accomplishing out to prospective tourists within a retail occurring network. And these networks yearly accesses more than 50 million shoppers personally, by means of 1000 recognized retail allocation points in countries of US and Canada.

Ecotourism: Cristalino Jungle Lodge protection of Conde Nast Taveller

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Amazon region of Alta Forest, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. These are the coordinates of which, along with 37 other companies, won the World Savers Award 2008 of the magazine Conde Nast Taveller. His name is Cristalino Jungle Lodge and is the only reality in South America to have received this award, thanks to its private nature reserves (over 7 thousand hectares) and the fact of being “an oasis of environmental protection, in harmony with Forest, where the observation of birds takes place in the heart of nature. An excellent example of accountability and environmental sustainability that has caught the attention of one of the publications of tourism most prestigious in the world.

Not only is the Cristalino would be inserted into the surrounding well, but this hotel would contribute significantly to preserve the ecosystem of the region. A hotel built for betting on the possibility of doing eco-tourism in Brazil, when the north of Mato Grosso was not even considered a tourist destination.

The Cristalino Jungle Lodge began its activities in 1992 and supports scientific research projects and education programs on environmental proposes excursions that include, among other things, the observation of birds and butterflies, the paths of ecotourism and adventure tourism routes. One area of importance for the Brazilian tourism, which would help bring in major Latin American country about 20 percent of visitors each year crossing its borders.

Pantelleria: a “new” Garden Pantesco for Fai

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If this summer you are to sail around the island of Pantelleria, is a popular stop for inclusion in the travel plan, the Garden Pantesco Donnafugata: dry stone walls in lava rock with the vineyards of Zibibbo grown to sapling and dammusi , Whites and blacks to the bottom of lava that seem creations of the volcano. A gift that Sicilian wines, the company’s decision to make, last Sept. 12, the Italian Fund for the Environment, recognizing the Make a “sensitivity and authoritative primary responsibility for the protection and preservation of natural heritage.

Pantesco The garden, located in the village Khamma, is an example of agricultural technology and architecture that can grow fruit and a citrus tree, often connected with three different varieties, in a context dominated by extreme wind and drought. A centuries-orange variety of Portugal is un’ingegnosa “factory of vitamins”, which demonstrates how the ancient techniques were able to tackle problems such as scarcity of food and water. Only a few hundred panteschi gardens on the island have resisted time and degradation, but many of them are still in a state of abandonment: a condition, which in recent decades has also affected large portions of vineyards that once almost 4500 hectares.

The garden pantesco is inserted in an integrated also allows you to discover, from vineyard to cellar, the entire production process of Ben Rye (the passito of Pantelleria produced by Donnafugata). To book a visit to the garden, open daily from 9.30 am, during July, August and September, you must contact the canteen of a Donnafugata Khamma.

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