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Monthly Archives: November, 2007
Happy hour at Jazeera Airways
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Harvey World Travel owner buys Global Travel Group
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Quick heads-up for blog readers. The industry saw some more consolidation yesterday: Harvey World Travel owner Stella Group announced that it has bought Triton member Global Travel Group.
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Jake Warga: Lalibela
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To lighten the mood of TTP’s recent posts, here is independent producer Jake Warga who has always dreamed of taking the perfect photo. He tells this story from a recent trip to Lalibela in Ethiopia, where he tried — in vain — to duplicate a photograph he saw in National Geographic Magazine. The quality of the photographs is impaired by the video compression, but it’s still enjoyable.
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Indonesians make up Singapore’s largest tourism market
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Tourism figures released from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) for October 2007 have shown a 6.2% increase from the same time last year, with 911,000 visitors.
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Chinese tourists visiting Bali up 131 percent
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The number of Chinese tourists who visited Bali in the first ten months of 2007 was more than 69,400 or up 131 percent from the same period last year, a tourism operator said.
The figure put China in the sixth place after Japan, Australia, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia in terms of foreign tourists visiting the resort island, Tjok Gde Agung said Tuesday.
Tjok said he was pleased with the rising number of Chinese tourists visiting Bali and asked the government and tourism operators to work hard to attract more Chinese tourists.
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Mississippi River Cruise
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All About Mississippi River Cruise
Summary: Whether youâre a history buff or youâve always been fascinated by the thought of riding on a steamboat — a Mississippi river cruise blends lessons in history and fun, perfectly. There are a number of different ways to enjoy a Mississippi river cruise and many different places to begin your journey. You can board a steamboat and travel down the river southern-style, or you can ride on a riverboat and take in the sights from the deck.
Whether youâre a history buff or youâve always been fascinated by the thought of riding on a steamboat — a Mississippi river cruise blends lessons in history and fun, perfectly. There are a number of different ways to enjoy a Mississippi river cruise and many different places to begin your journey. You can board a steamboat and travel down the river southern-style, or you can ride on a riverboat and take in the sights from the deck.
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Australia Cruises
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All About Australia Cruises
Summary: A great way to experience Australiaâs exciting regions and territories is on an Australia cruise. There are numerous different cruise journeys in Australia that will allow the cruiser to experience the famous Great Barrier Reef or excursions that will take the cruiser on an Australian Outback adventure.
Australia is not only a country, it’s an entire continent made up of six states and two regions to explore. States include: New South Wales (Sydney), Victoria (Melbourne), Queensland (Brisbane, the Gold Coast), South Australia (Adelaide), Western Australia (Perth and large desert areas), and Tasmania (a devil of an island). Territories include: Australian Capitol Territory, and The Northern Territory.
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What do you think about New Mexico’s new ad campaign?
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What do you think about New Mexico’s new ad campaign?
Some people are calling New Mexico’s new tourism ad campaign creative and bold, but there are also a lot of critics out there. The ads have won an Adrian Award.
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