Settimana Della Cultura: entrata gratis nei musei toscani

Dal 16 al 25 aprile 2010 torna la “Settimana della cultura”: il Ministero dei Beni culturali apre gratuitamente, per 10 giorni, tutti i luoghi statali dell’arte: monumenti, musei, aree archeologiche, archivi, biblioteche con dei grandi eventi diffusi su tutto il territorio. Più di 3.000 appuntamenti per tutti i gusti: mostre, convegni, aperture straordinarie, laboratori didattici, visite guidate e concerti che renderanno ancora più speciale l’esperienza di tutti i visitatori. Per info: http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/opencms/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/MenuServizio/EventiCorrelati/index.html?regione=Toscana&pagename=65951&id=66143&idAsset=65951&regioneCombo=

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Tour Resellers in TravelManager – Quick Availability Grid

With the Resellers section of tours in TravelManager released this month we’ve already had some great feedback from resellers on how we could improve their experience and help them sell more tours. This week we’ve added a grid facility for a reseller to see all the available tours and times on a per week basis so when selling to a potential customer they all the booking options available on one screen

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Tour Resellers in TravelManager – Quick Availability Grid

New $40 Chef’s Tasting Menu at XIV by Michael Mina

Thanks to Rachel Krupa of Krupa Consulting, PR rep for XIV by Michael Mina , a guest and I were hosted by XIV to try out their New $40 6 Course Chef’s Tasting Menu and since a tasting menu is so much more fun with a group, a few of my dining club members attended as well. Our meal started with a dish that actually wasn’t part of the tasting menu. It was toasted pita bread with a dipping sauce made with feta and yogurt

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New $40 Chef’s Tasting Menu at XIV by Michael Mina

Become a Newsletter Subscriber and Save on Your Trip to Italy!

Ready to rent a villa in Italy or book a cooking class or choose a tour? We can help you save big on all of these Italy travel services! Here’s another great reason to become a subscriber to Dream of Italy’s award-winning print newsleter – subscribers are now entitled to exclusive discounts on Italy travel services as well as Italian products!! All of the discounts below can only be accessed with a code or password – a list of them is available to current subscribers in the Subscribers Center or will be automatically e-mailed to you when you become a newsletter subscriber today ! We will be adding more discounts each month.

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Ciao Laura Culinary Vacations Booking for 2010

Let the FLAVORS of Italy DANCE in your mouth and SING in your heart on a CIAO LAURA culinary vacation in Italy! Ciao Laura offers a wide variety of Cooking Vacations, Market Tours & Hands-on Cooking Lessons throughout Italy. BOOK NOW – 2010 is selling out quickly! Visit our Web site at www.ciaolaura.com Ciao Laura offers 10% off market tours & cooking lessons in Florence, Bologna, Rome and 10% off Simply Delicious hands-on cooking in Sorrento EXCLUSIVELY for Dream of Italy’s paid newsletter subscribers ( This is an ad .)

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Bariloche is waiting for you!

Lake Nahuel Huapi and its natural environment present a variety of alternatives that will seduce the visitor with its outstanding beauty and high level services. Bariloche is known as the capital of the southern lakes area, a city that does not rest, where you can enjoy the best services in a pristine environment in harmony with progress. Getting into the thicket of the forest, contemplating the beauty of the Andes while you feel the breeze in your skin are only a part of this adventure that will keep to your memory

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Travel Glossary

If you are new to travel, this handy Glossary will become your best friend!  The best consumer is the informed one.  If your online search reflects terms that you are not familiar with, return to the Glossary and clarify what you may be dealing with. Add-on – A selection, typically at an increased price, added to a travel reservation. Adjoining rooms – Bordering hotel rooms that do not share a common door

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Volcanic ash cloud: test flights raise hope for European air traffic

Air travel across much of Europe was paralysed for a fourth day on Sunday by a huge cloud of volcanic ash, but Dutch and German test flights carried out without apparent damage seemed to offer some hope of respite. By Patrick Sawer and Robert Mendick Daily Telegraph Volcano chaos could continue for months Britons stranded as Iceland volcano grounds flights British Airways and Irish Aer Lingus highlighted uncertainty over any resumption of flights in the immediate future by cancelling all of its flights for Monday

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Fun Filled Holidays at this Long Weekend Getaway in Oregon

If you are looking forward to a holiday filled with fun activities as well as leisure, then the best place for both is Hersey House – a renowned Ashland b & b. Situated in an idyllic location, this bed and breakfast hotel has comfortable rooms that are exquisitely carved and designed, based on Shakespearean themes. Patrons of this bed and breakfast can enjoy a sumptuous breakfast that contains delicacies from the Hersey House recipe collection while enjoying the beauty and serenity of the gardens and outdoors.

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Fun Filled Holidays at this Long Weekend Getaway in Oregon

Get Your Pasta on in Bologna Next Week

Next week, the city of Bologna will turn into a pasta lover’s paradise as it hosts the first-ever major pasta fair, Pasta Trend . Pasta Trend celebrates all things pasta and presents a variety of exhibits and workshops for manufacturers and consumers

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99Touchbase: All Set to Holiday!

So summer holiday season’s coming up–and the gloves are off when it comes to serious getaway planning. In fact, if some people are to be believed, vacations are how they get through the rest of the year! 99labels is up for an interesting week with some seriously great labels in the house, and you’re invited.

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Hilton Worldwide Becomes First Hotel Partner for JetBlue Airways’ Customer Loyalty Program

Hilton Dublin – Coming very soon! Enjoy the magic!:) , originally uploaded by U-g-g-B-o-y-(-Photograph-World-Sense-) . http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hilton-worldwide-becomes-first-hotel-partner-for-jetblue-airways-customer-loyalty-program-2010-04-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp From the article: “” Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s portfolio of hotel brands, today announced its new partnership with JetBlue Airways, making Hilton Worldwide the first hotel partner for the award-winning airline’s customer loyalty program, TrueBlue. Starting today, members of Hilton HHonors and JetBlue’s TrueBlue program will have the opportunity to earn TrueBlue points towards JetBlue Award flights for stays at more than 3,500 hotels across Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.””

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Get Organized With Eagle Creek Pack-Its

Looking for some help staying organized while traveling?  Try the new Eagle Creek Pack It System .  These products fit in almost any suitcase, and provide wrinkle-free organization.  Shop the entire selection of Eagle Creek travel products at Luggage Pros! Bookmark It

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An amazing newspaper: il Leonardino!

Buon Giorno, Guten Morgen, Good Morning, Buenos Dias, Mirmengjes, Ohio Gozaimasu…. così comincia il giorno alla scuola Leonardo da Vinci. This is the beginning of an amazing newspaper written by our students of Italian language in Milan! They produced a real student magazine with articles about their experiences as well as a mail corner and horoscope!! We strongly suggest that you read every page: you can dowload it here: Il Leonardino

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ecotourism in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a small country in Central America, with 6% of all the species of flora and fauna on the planet. This country has been the leader of conservation and ecotourism, with the ambition that all hotels would become eco hotels, green hotels in Costa Rica and would implement sustainability practices. Costa Rica has demonstrated its innovation and leadership in sustainability

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Vedder Mountain Ridge Trail

The first photo is the north-east side of the Vedder Mountain Ridge Trail I hiked on Easter Sunday 2010. The peak in the distance left of tree in the center is cheam. At this elevation the wind cuts through unobstructed so the temperature drops off quite a bit compaired to the rest of the trail.

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Vedder Mountain Ridge Trail

Touring the Countryside while staying at Hersey House

Tired of your daily work and hectic schedule and really need a break? Well, you can have one – touring the countryside while staying at this Ashland Oregon bed and breakfast destination. Apart from having excellent rooms that are tastefully decorated on Shakespearean themes, this luxury bed and breakfast also offers an idyllic location to those who want peace and comfort

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Touring the Countryside while staying at Hersey House

Let Battle Commence

The two-week Easter break was more hectic than even we had anticipated and our headquarters began to resemble Churchill’s war rooms at the height of WWII.  The sheer logistics involved in ensuring all areas and major establishments are supplied with the correct leaflets both before and during the school holidays can be daunting – especially when so many outlets don‘t open for business until the

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Let Battle Commence

June Fest in Brazil

The June feasts began as small celebrations in countryside towns, which celebrated Saint Peter, Saint Anthony and Saint John, greatly devoted to by Brazilian. Over the years, however, they began to grow until they became mega events, gathering millions of visitors in June and July.

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New Exhibit at Pompeii Site

A new exhibit dedicated to Pompeii ’s destruction opened this weekend, according Italian news agency ANSA . The exhibit is located at the entrance to the Pompeii site and contains five parts, each of which give visitors a glimpse into the city’s fateful final hours. The exhibit incorporates archaeological evidence, virtual reproductions, films, photos, and ancient documents to realize the devastation that Mt.

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