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Mihaela Lica Butler: Travel Writer, Recipe Developer

The Digital Future of Hospitality: ConnectedHotel TV by Swisscom

2011-02-23 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Swisscom ConnectedHotel TV

ConnectedHotel TV, developed in partnership with LG, is the first all-in-one hospitality solution that delivers TV, VoD, wired and wireless HSIA through one network and one single device.

Tags: communications, ConnectedHotel TV, hospitality, hospitality innovation, IT solutions, LG, Madrid, NH Parque Avenidas, SwissCom

Brâncuşi’s Gate of the Kiss – A Metaphor of Romanian Spirit

2011-02-19 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The Column of the Infinite (Coloana infinitului)

Romania celebrates today Constantin Brâncuşi’s 135th birthday – a reason for Argophilia to invite you to Târgu Jiu, to see the sculptor’s finest outdoors works.

Tags: Brâncuşi, Column of the Infinite, Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brâncuşi at Târgu Jiu, Table of Silence, Târgu Jiu, The Gate of the Kiss

Foreign Visits to Romania on the Rise

2011-02-18 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The Carpathian garden.

Foreign tourism in Romania is in recovery mode, but the country still has a lot to do to enrich the tourist market in the country with authentic values.

Tags: Romania Tourism Report Q1 2011

Yerevan Is the 2012 World Book Capital

2011-02-10 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Yerevan bookstore.

The city of Yerevan (Armenia) was named as the World Book Capital 2012 at the conclusion of the meeting of the selection committee, which was held at UNESCO Headquarters on 2 July, 2010.

Tags: Yerevan

Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome Travels to Brazil

2011-02-09 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The Roaming Gnome

The campaign is currently live on Travelocity. Elements include targeted banner ads to shoppers to South America, email placements and a custom micro-site featuring premier tourism destinations within Brazil

Valentine’s Day Discount from OpenSkies

2011-02-09 by Mihaela Lica Butler

-OpenSkies, the unique all-business airline, is offering a special Valentine’s Day discount.

Customers who purchase two roundtrip flights from Washington D.C. to Paris with OpenSkies will receive a $400 discount.

Tags: OpenSkies, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day discount

Alexandria Is America’s Most Romantic City

2011-02-09 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Alexandria Marina.

Alexandria, a romantic city on the Western bank of the Potomac, could be the ideal retreat this Valentine’s Day.

Tags: Alexandria, america, romance, romantic city, united states of america

Valentine’s Day Romance: A Day in the Spas of Františkovy Lázně

2011-02-08 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Františkovy Lázně: Lázeňský dům Goethe

Františkovy Lázně, a favorite of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and the smallest spa of the West Bohemian spa triangle, could be the ideal retreat this Valentine’s.

Tags: Czech Republic, Františkovy Lázně, Valentine's Day

San Francisco CityPASS Just Got Better

2011-02-07 by Mihaela Lica Butler

San Francisco cable car rides

With San Francisco CityPASS, smart travelers can save nearly half off admission to the city’s top attractions and enjoy a week’s worth of unlimited cable car rides.

Tags: San Francisco CityPASS

With EveryTrail, TripAdvisor Mobile Just Got Stronger

2011-02-05 by Mihaela Lica Butler

TripAdvisor Mobile Apps

TripAdvisor announced the expansion of its mobile travel offering with the acquisition of Palo Alto, California-based EveryTrail.

Tags: EveryTrail, TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor Mobile

NBTA Re-brands as Global Business Travel Association

2011-02-04 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today announced the launch of its new name: the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).

Tags: GBTA, Global Business Travel Association, global travel, National Business Travel Association, NBTA

Dubrovnik Celebrates the Feast of St. Blasius

2011-02-03 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Feast of St. Blasius

Today is St. Blasius Day, celebrated with a large open air mass followed by a majestic procession. The complete Feast of St. Blasius lasts from February 2nd, to February 7th.

Tags: dubrovnik, Feast of St. Blasius, Sveti Blaž, Sveti Vlaho

Off & Away: Pamper Your Love with a Luxury Valentine’s Suite

2011-01-25 by Mihaela Lica Butler

SuiteMe Deck

Off & Away’s February “Whole Lotta Love” series gives you the chance to win an all-inclusive stay in the luxurious 9,757 square foot, bi-level Cancun Hotel’s Suite ME.

Tags: off & away, Valentine's Day

Oprah’s Endorsement Drives Tourism to Australia

2011-01-24 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Oprah's fans visited Melbourne.

Oprah Winfrey kicked off her 25th and final season in Chicago by surprising 302 loyal viewers with a trip to Australia.

Tags: australia, Nothing Like Australia, oprah, travel, Ultimate Australian Adventure

Travel to Africa with The Far Horizons

2011-01-18 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Uganda - Lake Mburo and Queen Elizabeth national park

The Far Horizons, an African travel company offering luxury safari tours, has re-launched its website today, with a better, more modern design and added interactive features for a better user experience.

Tags: luxury travel, safari tours, travel to africa

Skyscanner Acquires Zoombu

2011-01-17 by Mihaela Lica Butler

zoombu - a door-to-door travel search engine

Europe’s top flight search site Skyscanner has acquired Zoombu, one of the UK’s most exciting online travel start-ups.

Rijeka Opens Croatia’s Carnival Season

2011-01-17 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Rijecki karneval is one of the biggest carnivals both in Croatia and in the world.

The 28th Rijeka Carnival opens Croatia’s carnival season. The carnival lasts from January 17, to March 9, 2011.

Tags: carnivals, cultural events, culture, festivals, Rijeka Carnival, traditions

Open Invitation: Sarajevo Winter 2011 Coming this February

2011-01-17 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo

Visit Sarajevo this February: the XXVII International Festival Sarajevo – “Sarajevo Winter 2011” February 7-28, 2011 – has a lot to offer.

Tags: arts and culture, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bosnian culture, cultural events, Sarajevo Winter 2011, winter festivals

Armenia: Where Sandaramet Made Her Wines

2011-01-16 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The winery consists of fermentation vats, a wine press, storage jars, pottery shards, drinking cups and bowls.

The Areni-1 winery is a 6,100-year-old winery that discovered in a cave in the village of Areni in the Vayots Dzor province of the Republic of Armenia.

Tags: areni wine festival, Armenia, winery

Albania and Bulgaria Top Destinations for 2011

2011-01-15 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Main Square of Tirana, Albania

Albania and Bulgaria are considered among the best travel destinations in the world this year. Two publications ranked these Eastern European countries among the world’s top 10 destinations: CNN and Lonely Planet.

Tags: albania, Bulgaria, top travel 2011

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