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This Just In Press Release Archive
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2010Carnival Cruise Lines Introduces Two-Day Stop in Cabo San Lucas Feel you need more time in Cabo San Lucas than most cruises provide? Carnival has what you need - more time. Read more at Carnival Cruise - Two Days in Cabo San Lucas Florida Keys Underwater Music Festival July 10th Divers and snorkelers might encounter "Alice in Waterland," the "Cheshire Catfish" and their fictional friends beneath the sea during the 26th annual Underwater Music Festival, set for Saturday, July 10, in the Lower Florida Keys. Yes, that's correct. It's an underwater music festival. Read more at Keys Underwater Music Festival American Railway Explorer to Offer Luxury Train Excursions The Denver-based American Railway Explorer (ARE) will offer a luxury train experience showcasing much of the country and several national parks. Read more at Luxury train trips coming soon Summer in Death Valley National Park California - Hot and popular with tourists Hard to believe, but July and August are boom months for this blazing hot desert destination on the edge of the Mojave desert in east-central California. Read more at Death Valley in the summer Musical Instrument Museum is the first ever global museum of musical instruments: Now open in Phoenix The Museum opened April 24, 2010 and showcases cultures from around the globe with more than 12,000 instruments from nearly every country in the world. Read more at Museum of Musical Instruments now open
Cook with the Chef with the Chef du Jour program at Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale Enjoy a personalized evening alongside Executive Chef Mel Mecinas and Sous Chef Evan Goldstein, while in the driver’s seat of the evening’s menu for your private meal. Read more at Become the chef with the Chef du Jour program at Four Seasons Scottsdale Gunfights Break Out at the Irma Hotel in Cody Wyoming starting in June Fun-loving, costumed locals gather six nights a week throughout the summer in front of the historic Irma Hotel to perform family-friendly, lighthearted skits depicting - not entirely accurately of course - rough-and-tumble life in the Old West. Read more at Cody Wyoming Gunfights 15th Annual Newport Flower Show Celebrates the Flora and Fauna of Africa Opens June 25th Africa boasts the most diverse range of plants and animals in the world. The 2010 Newport Flower Show, Safari Flora and Fauna, will capture the imagination as it celebrates that continent's exotic treasures with colorful and vibrant floral and horticulture displays, lectures, workshops, shopping and entertainment. Read more at Newport Flower Show 2010 York Pennsylvania is Factory Tour Capital adding three new tours York, Pennsylvania announces three new free tours. Added to their existing opportunities, there can’t be a better place to go for free factory tours. And, free tours of places and businesses that aren’t factories at all. Read more at New Free Tours in York, Pennsylvania Nightly Lighting of the Grain Silos in Québec City's Old Port -- Aurora Borealis The grain silos in the city's Old Port have come to life starting on October 31, draped in a luminous veil that lights up the night. Robert Lepage and Ex Machina will once again be working with the lines of this imposing architectural structure, installing permanent lighting that will turn on every evening from nightfall until 11:30 p.m., for the next five years. Read more at Quebec City Nightly Aurora Borealis Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 700 Bands, 11 Stages, 11 Days, 1 Unforgettable Live Music Experience -- Milwaukee’s Summerfest happens June 24 – July 4, 2010. Read more at Milwaukee Summerfest It's time for Beer: Mondial de la Biere - World of Beer in Montreal June 2nd through 6th The Mondial de la bière, the most important festival of international beers in North America and the first of Montreal's summer festivals, announces its 17th edition which will assuredly please all “Biertrotters” with its many flavor-filled discoveries. Read more at Mondial de la Beire in Montreal Brooklyn Botanic Gardens celebrates 29th Annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival: May 1 and 2, 2010 Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s peerless collection of more than 200 Japanese flowering cherry trees—the most diverse array outside Japan—creates an explosion of blossoms in spring worthy of a major celebration Read more at Cherry Blossom Time in New York City Machu Picchu reopens but entrance tickets are limited and must be bought in advance Machu Picchu reopens, but not all visitors will be able to enter the ruins. Read more at Machu Picchu Reopens but number of visitors is limited Tombs of Giza: New ones discovered, and a startling finding about the builders A collection of tombs that belong to workers who built Khufu’s pyramid (better known by his Greek name of Cheops) has been discovered on the Giza plateau, just outside of Cairo, Egypt. Read more at New Tombs Discovered in Giza Ten Top Reasons to Visit France for 2010 Need an excuse to visit France? Here are some darn good reasons to be booking that trip. Read more at Reasons to visit France in 2010 A New Ship is Cruising the Nile: Uniworld's River Tosca re-enters service Pulled from service, the River Tosca has been in dry dock for almost two months, and is now ready to cruise. Read more at Uniworld Returns to the Nile River Native Trails in Scottsdale Arizona: Free Noontime Native American festival Every January through April the outdoor amphitheater at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, just north of the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, comes alive with Native American music, dance, art and traditional food. Read more at Native Trails at Noon Giant Alligators Invade Gatorland: Mile of Monsters features ten of the most notorious reptiles in captivity Gatorland is home to thousands of alligators and crocodiles, but some of the biggest and baddest reptiles alive can be found ruling the lakes and exhibits at the Alligator Capital of the World. Read more at Gatorland's Mile of Monsters Traverse City Michigan is a winter playground for skiing, snowshoeing and more Winter is Traverse City's second busiest season - and once those fat white flakes start floating down from the sky, people start celebrating. Read more at Winter in Traverse City, Michigan The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens in Greensboro North Carolina: celebrate the famous Woolworth lunch counter sit-in On February 1, 1960, four young students told the world that they had enough. They walked into the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter for “whites only” and sat down. The 50th anniversary of that the sit-in movement will be the grand opening of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, N.C. Read more at International Civil Rights Center and Museum Opens The Nightclub & Bar Magazine has just announced today the finalists in the 2010 Nightclub & Bar Awards program. Are your favorits here? And, new places to try across the country. Read more at Bars and Nightclubs Award-winning finalists Scottsdale, Arizona Recognizes Green Initiatives - 2009 Orange Tree Golf Resort, Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch, and Desert Botanical Garden (as well as O’Neil Printing) were recognized for exhibiting outstanding sustainability practices. Read more at Scottsdale Arizona Green Awards The London Jewish Museum of Art: New home of Marc Chagall holocaust drawing and highlight of new exhibit London Jewish Museum of Art has just acquired a previously unknown Marc Chagall drawing, one of his rare creations with a holocaust theme. This is a previously unknown drawing, and brings the total number of these creations to... three. Read more at New Chagall Holocaust drawing at London Jewish art museum Burj Dubai: World's tallest building opens January 4th in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Although it will certainly be the world's tallest building no one is talking about exactly how tall is the actual building. Read more at Burj Dubai wrests title away from Taipei 101 in Taiwan Remota Hotel is well-named - explore Patagonia in Chile with a luxury base Enjoy the slide show of Remota Hotel in Chile and explore Patagonia See it at Remota Hotel Ten Reasons to Visit Aquitaine, France Aquitaine is an ideal vacation spot year-round: mild weather, great beaches, beautiful villages, and terrific food and wine. Not to mention nonstop festivals. Read more at Ten Reasons for Visit Aquitaine France Hôtel Gavarni: First independent hotel in Paris to earn the European "eco-label" This label is awarded to businesses for their eco-friendly efforts, but it doesn’t come easy. In order to be eligible for the label, businesses must meet 84 strict ecological criteria. Read more at Hotel Gavarni "Green" Luxury
Québec Winter Carnival - 2010 For its 56th annual presentation, the Québec Winter Carnival in association with Loto-Québec will be offering visitors a unique winter experience from January 29 to February 14, 2010, with an all-new theme – the Carnival makes you dance! Read more at Quebec Winter Carnival History Within History at Calico Ghost Town: Civil War re-enacted on streets, hills of old West mining town Calico, like the State of California, did not participate in the Civil War. But the dusty hills and sagebrush of the town lend itself to quite the staging for a Civil War re-enactment, February 13th through 15th. Read more at Civil War Re-enactment in Calico, CA British Virgin Island - First Annual Kite (Boarding) Jam, March 1st through 5th, 2010 BVI Kite Jam will be a five-day event aimed at building awareness of the destination to the international kite boarding community and will highlight BVI as a Mecca for this growing sport. BVI provides the perfect weather conditions and winds necessary for kite boarding. Read more at British Virgin Islands Kite Boarding Jam See your verse in cement in St. Paul - sidewalk poetry contest Sidewalks are the blank pages of our city as a book, writes Marcus Young Artist-in-Residence City of Saint Paul. Thanks to this innovative program, people of St. Paul are having their verses inscribed on the foot paths of the city. And the contest is now open for new contributions. Read more at St. Paul Poetry on the Sidewalk Contest Richmond Canada: A cranberry tribute and speed skating for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Richmond, Canada is not only the site of the Speed Skating competition for the 2010 Olympics, it is also cranberry country. So it seemed natural to use 13 million of them (weighing about 30,000 pounds) to form the Canadian Olympic Committee's iconic logo complete with maple leaf, torch and the Olympic rings. Read more at Richmond Canada Celebrates the Olympic Games with Cranberry Tributes
2009Rocky Mountaineer Wins a Prestigious World Travel Award for the Fourth Time Rocky Mountaineer, Canada’s internationally renowned rail experience, has been honoured with a World Travel Award in the category of “World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train” for the fourth year. Read more at Rocky Mountaineer a Four-Times Award Winner Works of Art by More Than 90 Aboriginal Artists at 2010 Winter Games Venues An airy stream of metal salmon shimmering overhead, five intricately carved spindle whorls inspired by curling rocks and three long-limbed wolves howling in unison on the Prairies are among the beautiful works of art by more than 90 Aboriginal artists that will grace the 2010 Winter Games venues as part of the Vancouver 2010 Venues’ Aboriginal Art Program. Read more at First Nation Art at at Olympic Games Visiting the Traditional Quilt Barns of Old Missions Peninsula, Michigan The Peninsula is saturated with history. Home to the region’s first permanent settlement, its 18-mile length is dotted with picturesque farms, schoolhouses, homes and churches. And with the possible exception of its cozy two-story lighthouse, the most iconic structures on the Peninsula are its many barns, enduring reminders of rural culture in this rapidly gentrifying landscape of wineries, vacation homes and beaches. Read more at The Quilt Barns of Old Missions Peninsula The Florida Keys Overseas Highway -- an All-American Road Not only is this a great drive, taking you over water, through small towns and across all the Keys, now it's an All-American road. The Florida Keys Overseas Highway, from just north of Key Largo to Key West, is now an All-American Road. Read more at Florida's newest All American Road Virgin America trying out new program - no carry-on luggage? You can board first They have advised the teams for some flights (limited to San Francisco-SFO at the moment) to selectively test a board without carry-on first approach to see if it helps speed up the boarding process. Read more at Virgin America tests new boarding policy New Tour Lets You Follow in the Steps of Julia Child Amidst all the buzz of the new movie Julie & Julia, New York based culinary travel company Tour de Forks has just announced a new package: A Taste of Julia Child’s Paris & Provence. Read more at Follow in the Steps of Julia Child Tours vailable.html" target="_new">Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville closed until end of 2009 Olive 8 Condominiums and Hyatt at Olive 8 Awarded LEED® Silver Certification The cornerstone Hyatt at Olive 8 hotel located within the Olive 8 building is now also one of only 20 hotels in the US to be officially designated “green” by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™. Read more at Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle is LEED Silver (and very green) Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, and Stovepipe Wells Team Up With Pink Jeep Tours to Offer Tours to Remote Attractions in Death Valley National Park Starting in September, guests at the Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort as well as Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park now have the option of being picked up at the in-park hotels and taking guided jeep tours to some of the park’s remote attractions. Read more at Death Valley Tours Courtyard by Marriott - Portland City Center Earns LEED Gold The U.S. Green Building Council recently awarded the Courtyard by Marriott – Portland City Center a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification. Read more at Marriott Portland goes LEED Gold Celebrate Hamshushalayim festival in November and December in Jerusalem, Israel For three consecutive weekends in November and December, the Hamshushalayim festival will feature live musical performances, culinary events and free admission to museums and cultural attractions throughout Jerusalem. Read more at Celebrate Hamshushalayim in Jerusalem, Israel Heidelberg's Christmas Market Sparks the Holiday with Shopping and More The Christmas season in romantic-baroque Heidelberg is characterized by pulsating activity and a blaze of lights. Read more at Christmas in Heidelberg, Germany Preparing for Christmas - From Handicrafts in Thuringia to the famous Christmas Market in Frankfurt There are gifts and markets across Germany. Read more at Christmas Markets of Germany Anne Frank's Chestnut Tree to Bloom Again Across the USA The tree is ill and failing but its descendents will live on. And some in the United States. Read more at Anne Frank's Trees Comes to the United States Families Help to Restore the Once Thriving Town of Nevada City Nevada City was once a thriving town, thanks to the gold rush of the 1860’s. By 1876, Nevada City was nearly a ghost town and, over the following decades, gold dredging and highway construction destroyed most of the town’s original buildings. Now, it's getting a face-lift. Read more at Nevada City Preservation WorkshopOctober 2nd through November 11th - Enjoy Jazz Festival in cities across Germany Great music and great cities -- Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen Read more at Jazz Festival in Germany Alaska Celebrates Fifty Years of Statehood On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the 50th state of the United States, so the arrival of 2009 fifty years later has been a reason to celebrate. Read Alaska's 50th Anniversary A Visit to Albany, Georgia For such a quiet town, Albany is making a lot of noise these days. Tucked into the southwest corner of Georgia, Albany has long been connected with the Civil Rights legacy, Southern history encompassing plantations, African-Americans and Native Americans, and outdoor adventure — but these treasures have been treated like best kept secrets. Lately, with many Albany attractions getting a spit shine, the city is getting downright noisy about sharing its unique story. Read Albany Georgia The 61st Annual Albany Tulip Festival May 8 - 10, 2009 at Washington Park, Albany, New York A highly anticipated spring tradition continues when over 209,000 tulip bulbs blossom into a sea of colors just in time for this Mother's Day celebration in Washington Park. Read Albany New York Tulip Festival How many people do you think can simultaneously skinny-dip across North America? Guinness World Records™ organization has agreed to create a new category for the largest number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping, and AANR is the contact association for this record event. Read Going for the Skinny Dipping Record Vandenberg Artificial Reef Opens Off Key West A retired U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship has been intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and it's now opened for public use. Read Artificial Reef in Key West Celebrate French Culture, Arctic Exploration and Aviation This year, the four provinces of Atlantic Canada will be celebrating their Arctic explorers, Acadian culture and food, glorious food. New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island offer striking natural beauty, interesting cultures - Irish, Scottish, English or French Acadian - plenty of outdoor activities and delicious seafood, all at reasonable prices. Read French Culture, Arctic Exploration and more in French Canada Hampton® Hotels Save-A-Landmark® Program Restores Atlas Theatre Local Hotel Volunteers Refurbish Historic Vaudeville Theatre in Time for Annual Frontier Days. In 1908, the Atlas Theatre in Cheyenne, Wyo., first opened its doors to the public, showcasing the Vaudeville theatre genre that was considered to be one of the most popular in America between the 1880s and 1930s. Today, in time for the city’s annual Frontier Days, volunteers from Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark program refurbished the historic Atlas Theatre. Read Atlas Theatre restored There's a New Whale in Town Aurora, a 20 year old beluga whale, gave birth today at the Vancouver Aquarium. Read A New Whale at the Vancouver Aquarium 2009 Ice Magic Festival January 23rd through 25th at Banff National Park Dry, fluffy powder is blanketing Banff National Park this week and skiers and snowboarders are lapping it up with ear-to-ear grins at Mt. Norquay, Lake Louise Ski Area, and Sunshine Village. In the last three days, more than half a metre of fresh, light snow has piled up on ski resort bases that already top six feet (187 cms and growing) — translating into endless untracked turns covering almost 8,000 acres of terrain. Read Ice Magic - 2009 The first ever BBQ Boot Camp is not only fun on its own, but it's also part of Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass. BBQ Boot Camp will be held May 12-14, 2009 at Walters State Community College and feature three nights of classes from 5:30pm – 9:30pm. BBQ Champion Mike Davis (head cooker for Lotta Bull BBQ from Marietta, OK) will be the featured instructor for the event with two nights of classes featuring everything from spices, rubs and sauces (May 12) to advanced BBQ smoking (May 13). Chef Catherine Hallman will present the final night’s class – Pastries & Desserts (May 14). Read BBQ Boot Camp - 2009 Buckley Old Engine Show - August 13th through 16th, 2009 The village of Buckley lies just a few miles south of the trendy shops and beaches of Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay. For most of the year, it’s a sleepy little crossroads surrounded by cornfields and cow pastures, with a population that hovers around 650. But every year on the third weekend in August, the little town explodes into roaring, clanking, chugging, shuddering life as more than 50,000 visitors descend on Buckley and its environs. Their goal: the Buckley Old Engine Show, one of the largest gatherings of huge antique machines in the world. Read Buckley Old Engine Show Sleeping Outside the Box: Camping at Island Espiritu Santo For some, paradise is a luxury suite overlooking the ocean, complete with a private pool and world-class amenities. For others, it is the sloping green of a championship golf course against a dramatic desert backdrop or the peaceful serenity of a holistic spa. For those who enjoy being lulled to sleep by the sound of crashing waves, awaking to a magnificent sunrise and enjoying the endless wonders of the Sea of Cortes, the island of Espiritu Santo in Baja California Sur is a paradise worth seeking. Read Camping at Espiritu Santo March 1 through October 31st (2009) -- Magical History Tour of Canyon de Chelly National Monument The Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly National Monument again offers the popular "Magical History Tour," a two-night package that offers a way for visitors to learn about this magical canyon's 2,000 years of human existence and to take in the canyon's breathtaking and rugged landscape. Read Canyon de Chelley National Monument Chinese Culture Days at the Missouri Botanical Garden April 25th and 26th Celebrate Chinese arts, culture, music and cuisine during Chinese Culture Days at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Marvel at the daring acrobatic feats of the New Shanghai Circus Troupe, experience a traditional dancing dragon parade, and enjoy a new Chinese Fashion and Cultural Show highlighting regional and clothing, song and dance. In honor of the Garden’s 150th anniversary, this year’s Chinese Culture Days will also feature a rare art exhibit of Chinese bronze artifacts from the Song, Ming, Hahn and Qing dynasties. Read more at Chinese Culture Days in St. Louis - 2009 Citygarden: An Urban Oasis Blooms in St. Louis A public garden with spectacular landscaping and internationally renowned modern and contemporary sculpture in a completely open, accessible downtown setting. Read St. Louis City Garden
2008National Parks Are for Everyone: Accessible OpportunitiesLast year more than 276 million people visited sites managed by the National Park Service (NPS) - each one finding their own meaning and value in a personal way. What about visitors with special needs – are they given the same opportunities to experience and appreciate the national parks? Read Accessible National Parks British Columbia Canada Promises Holiday Cheer for 2008 Should a blast from the past beckon this wintry season, look no further than BC's snowy scapes. Victorian settings. Horse drawn sleigh rides. Yuletide carols. Read Holiday Cheer for 2008 in British Columbia Fall in Fun in the Catskills -- 2008 The best way to see the blaze of fall colors is from the high peaks and rolling mountain tops in the western Catskills. We have the earliest fall season in the lower half of New York State - usually starting around the third or fourth week of September through the second or third week of October. The days can be as warm as August when Indian summer rolls through but the nights are always magically cool. Read Fall Fun in the Catskills The Heidelberg Christmas Market Opens: Romance, Social Commitment, and Culture En Masse From the 26th of November through the 22nd of December, 2008, Heidelberg's Old Town is ablaze with the magical lights of Christmas. The romantic, ofttimes (with luck) snowcovered backdrop of the Heidelberg Castle, and the expansive, world renowned Heidelberg Christmas Market, cast a spell of enchantment over the city during the season of Advent. During this four-week period, the Christmas Market, with over 140 special stands distributed over six areas in the Old Town, is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Read Christmas in Heidelberg - 2008 |
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