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A Taste of the Rhine With eWaterways

2011-05-18 by Phil Butler

Rhine River Valley

If you ever dreamed of seeing the castles along the Rhine, the people at eWaterways have a sampler barge tour you should consider. The world’s best provider of custom and selective cruise experiences, eWaterways offers unparalleled variety in waterborne excursions around the world. And, no wayfarer’s log of travel experiences should be devoid of a cruise along Germany’s fabulous waterways.

Tags: Bundesgartenshau, Cologne travel, cruising Europe, Deutsches Eck, eWaterways, flower show, garden show, German Rivers, German tourism, Gernany Tours, Gordon Ramsey, Koblenz travel, Mosel River, Rhine River, river cruiese, Royal Crown

Rihanna and Milla Jovovich Help Shakhtar Celebrate

2011-05-16 by Phil Butler

Milla Jovovich at Saturday's press conference

In news from Ukraine, Shakhtar Donetsk just celebrated their 75th birthday with special guests pop star Rihanna and Ukrainian-born actress Milla Jovovich. The country’s top football side, Shakhtar reached the quarter finals of this year’s Champions League this year. Their new stadium packed to the rafters with 51,000 adoring fans, Saturday’s party for the team is the talk of the region.

Tags: Champions League, Euro 2012, European Championships, FC Shakhtar, Football, Milla Jovovich, Rihanna, Shakhtar, Shakhtar Donetsk, soccer, soccer champions, Ukraine news, Ukraine sports, Ukraine travel, Viktor Yanukovych

Malaysia Lures Singaporeans with Low Cost Holiday Promise

2011-03-24 by Phil Butler

Malaysia courtesy Taiwan Holidays

Malaysian tourism chiefs underlined how important their near-neighbors in Singapore are to the country’s tourist trade earlier today when rolling out new incentives to try and attract more visitors from across the straits. Zalizam Zakaria, director of Malaysia Tourism Singapore admitted “Singapore is a very important market for us”. Singaporeans made up almost 53% of […]

Tags: Asia tourism, Asia travel, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia tourism, Malaysia travel, Pahang, Putrajaya and Selangor, Singapore, Singapore tourism, Terengganu, vacation bargains, vacation market

Sabre Launches AgentStream Germany With Resounding Thump

2011-03-09 by Phil Butler

Sabre's AgentStream

In travel news from Germany, online travel giant Sabre Group has announced the launch of a social networking platform here in Germany. AgentStream is theoretically designed for travel agents in Germany to be able to engage the social web, at least this is what the over four thousand global participants at AgentStream hope. But aside the obvious PR push of this, is the platform really all that social? It looks more like a push to keep up with Travelport than anything.

Tags: agent tools, corporate travel, Europe travel, German travel, ITB Berlin, OTA's, Sabre Group, social travel, social travel tools, Tnooz, Travel Agent, Travel agent tools, travel tech, Travelport, Travelport's Opinions

Join Google and Women on the Bridge This Women’s Day

2011-03-08 by Phil Butler

Women on the Bridge

From the Millenium Bridge in London, to Brooklyn Bridge, on the Golden Gate and to the far reaches of the world – literally – Google, and many others, stand together to try and improve the lives of women around the world.

Tags: Bridge events, Google, Google causes, Google charity, Google initiative, Google organizations, Happy Women's Day, International Women's Day, Women On the Bridge, Women's Day, women's rights

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