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Greece Climbs 7 Spots in Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017

2017-04-20 by Phil Butler

Greece

According to the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017, Greece is has made a most impressive move to capture 24th place among world destinations.

Tags: GNTO, Greece economy, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek tourism, Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum

Russia’s Medvedev Announces Visa Free Far East Regimen

2017-04-17 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev in a meeting with deputy prime ministers

In news from the Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 18 countries will benefit from a new visa-free regime for Russia’s Far East.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia far east, Russian visas, visa free russia, visa-free, Vladivostok

Norwegian Cruise Lines Offers First Look at Project Leonardo-Class

2017-03-28 by Phil Butler

Project Leonardo conceptualization

Norwegian Cruise Line has released the first conceptual design images of the new Project Leonardo-Class ships at Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami.

Tags: cruise lines, cruise news, Mega ships, Norwegian Cruise Line, Project Leonardo-Class

Hitting Feodosiya’s Beach Club 117 in Summer 2017

2017-03-25 by Phil Butler

Beach Club 117

Beach Club 117 is a legendary Crimea seaside nightclub that features live music, beach partying, and a stunning Russian-seafood menu. This 20-something party spot is where the annual Crimea Trance Fest is held. My good friend, local expert Levent Alver has given us the scoop on yet another hidden Crimea gem. Located in fabulous Feodosiya, Beach Club […]

Tags: Beach Club 117, Black Sea resorts, Crimea, Crimes clubs, Feodosiya, Goan cuisine, Levent Alver

Ancient Greek Artifact Uncovered at Kerch Strait Bridge Site

2017-03-25 by Phil Butler

Crimea artifact

According to news from TASS, a unique terracotta statue has been found at the site of the Kerch Strait Bridge construction connecting Crimea to mainland Russia. Underwater digging and exploration near the Ak-Burun Cape, uncovered a “first of a kind” statue, according to Sergei Olkhovsky, head of the underwater unit of Russia’s Academy of Sciences.

Tags: Ak Burun Cape, Azov Sea, Crimea, Crimea archaeology, Greek antiquity, Kerch Strait, Russia antiquity, Sergei Olkhovsky

Fiolent Cape: A Bizarre and Wonderful Crimea Seascape

2017-03-16 by Phil Butler

December at Cape Fiolent

Fiolent Cape is one of the most pristine nature spectacles anywhere. Few reading this article will ever have heard of this Crimea picture-scape. Untouched nature, crisp clean air, the clear waters Jasper beach (below), and the still quiet await adventurous travelers to Sevastopol. peace and quiet, flowering almond and new experiences.

Tags: Cape Fiolent, Crimea, Fiolent Cape, George Monastery, Igor Kuzmin, Jasper Beach, Partenium, pistachios tupolistnoy, Sevastopol, Viktor Yanukovych

Blue Marble Private Offers RMS Titanic Tours

2017-03-15 by Phil Butler

RMS Titanic wreck

Intrepid tourists may soon have the rarest of opportunities, as London-based Blue Marble Private fathoms offering exclusives deep sea dives on the famous RMS Titanic.

Tags: Benjamin Guggenheim, Isidor Straus, John Jacob Astor, RMS Titanic, Robert Ballard, Titanic, Titanic dive, Titanic tour, Titanic wreck

No, Travel & Leisure – Love for Russia is Not Strange!

2017-03-14 by Phil Butler

Love by Vitaly Vakhrushev

A Travel & Leisure story this morning caught my eye. “Strange Love? U.S. Tourists Flock to Russia in Record Numbers” is a revelation that’s not surprising to some of us. What the writers at Time Inc. and Affluent Media Group don’t realize is, Americans and Russians don’t despise one another – so boosted tourism is not so “strange” after all. Here’s a photographic look at other reasons for Russia’s touristic value.

Tags: Moscow tourist, Russia tourists, Russia travel, St. Petersburg, T & L, Travel + Leisure, US-Russia tourists, Vitaly Vakhrushev

Five More European Stay Recommendations

2017-03-12 by Phil Butler

Grand Hotel Toplice Lake Bled

Over the last decade, our team has had the exquisite opportunity to stay at some of Europe’s most hospitable and beautiful hotels. Before the vacation season for 2017 gets in full-swing, it seems a good time to reflect on destinations and places to call home for your enjoyment. Here’s a list of superb accommodations we are sure you will remember forever too.

Tags: Angleterre Hotel, Copenhagen, crete, Crete hotels, Grand Hotel Toplice, Greece, Hotel Bethel, Hotel Félicien, la Ville Lumière, Lake Bled, Lato, Lato Boutique Hotel, Martin Soler, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Olga Malik, Oliver Green Hotel, Olivier Lapidus, Paris hotels, Philippe Vaurs, slovenia, World Hotels Group, Yara Lapidus

56th Parallel: Trekking Volcanoes in Kamchatka

2017-02-21 by Phil Butler

Kamchatka acid lake

A couple of times a month our my friend Michael Schneider, Founder of  56th Parallel emails me news and special deals for unique travel across Russia. 56th Parallel is an Independent travel company that specializes not only in trips to Russia, but adventure travel experiences off the scale. Michael’s most recent mail offers a real “bucket list” must – […]

Tags: 56th Parallel, Kamchatka, Kamchatka travel, Michael Schneider, Russia hiking, Russia tours, Russia treks, Russian adventures, Siberia

A Crete Itinerary for Easter: Week One

2017-02-19 by Phil Butler

Casa Leone

A couple of years ago our whole team took a once-in-a-lifetime jaunt to the island of Crete. This year we head back to the land of the Minoans on a reconnaissance mission to scout the best places to live on the island.

Tags: Casa Leone, Chania, Chania accommodations, Chania hotels, Crete hotels, Crete stays, Crete tourism, Crete villas, EyeWide Digital, Kissamos, Lato Boutique Hotel, Stavros, Villa Bouganvillea, Zorba the Greek

Dreamlines Raises $19 Million Growth Capital

2017-02-16 by Phil Butler

Dreamlines funding

Hamburg-based Dreamlines has announced its most recent investment round of €18 million euro. This is the latest backing of the online cruise marketplace in the last 12 months.

Tags: Altpoint, cruise packages, cruises, Dimaventures, Dreamlines, Global Founders, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, startups, Target Global, travel startups, Venture Capital

Brands Eyeball Croatia & Airbnb Competitiveness

2017-02-15 by Phil Butler

Croatia coast

Fear of growing competition has made Croatia’s hotel market prime for big hotel management and development brands intent on expansion.

Tags: Accor, Adria Hotel Forum, Choice Hotel, Croatia hotels, Croatia investment, Dogus Group, Hilton, Hotel investment, Hyatt, Magnuson Hotels, Plateno Group, Takuya Aoyama, Tom Magnuson, Tomasz Janczak, Zagreb, Zagreb Airbnb, Zagreb travel

Putorana Plateau Calls from the Wilds of Siberia

2017-02-14 by Phil Butler

Putorana Nature Preserve

Our distant ancestors must have had their breath taken away by the sights and sensations of places like Siberia’s Putorana Plateau.

Tags: Arctic lands, Lake Lama, Putorana, Putorana Plateau, Russia nature, Sergey Gorshkov, Siberia, Talnikovy Waterfall

BoogelWoogel 2017: World’s Biggest-Nuttiest Ski Event

2017-02-13 by Phil Butler

BoogelWoogel 2017

Coming to Sochi ski resort Rosa Kutor March 30th to April 2nd, the second annual Russian alpine ski insanity BoogelWoogel welcomes 20,000 or more swimsuit-clad ski nuts.

Tags: BoogelWoogel, Our Russia, Rosa Khutor, Rosa Khutor ski resort, Sochi, Sochi skiing

Eastern Europe Hotel Investment Shines

2017-02-10 by Phil Butler

Croatian Dream

The outlook for growth in the hospitality industry in Eastern Europe is bright when looked at from the hotel investment angle. Judging from the number of projects slated for completion before the end of 2018, new hotels from Budapest to Dubrovnik will be cropping up across the region.

Tags: Czech Republic, dubrovnik, Dubrovnik Pearl Hotel, Eastern Europe, Europe hotels, Hampton, hotels, Hungary, InterContinental, macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Park Inn, TopHotelProjects, W Budapest

Spain Prices Boost Southeastern Europe Sales

2017-02-09 by Phil Butler

Greece via Thomas Cook

Hotel price hikes in Spain have prompted big travel entities to opt for Greece and Balkans destinations.
Thomas Cook Group executives say they expect a 40% rise in demand for Greek destinations.

Tags: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Greece travel, SPAIN100, thomas cook, travel agents, Turkey

#SEW17 – Innovation Invades Crete

2017-02-08 by Phil Butler

#SEW17

All this week the European conference ‘Startup Europe Week’ is being held across Crete, in Greece. Organized by the non-profit Youth Entrepreneurship Club, with the assistance of the Europe Startup/European Committee, the Region of Crete / Regional Unit of Chania, KEPPEDIH-CAM, and a host of others. After a two day stent in Chania, the conference moved up […]

Tags: Bluegrowth, Enerpaint, KEPPEDIH-CAM, Minas E. Liapakis, Municipality of Heraklion, SEWCrete 2017, Supermarketnow, Thanos Paraschos, Youth Entrepreneurship Club

Visit Crete at the Risk of Never Leaving

2017-02-07 by Phil Butler

Sitia, Crete

There are so many reasons for visiting Crete, but only one for staying away. Once you stay on this incredible island, you’ll have to be dragged back home.

Tags: Balcony Restaurant, Cretan diet, Cretan food, crete, Ecotourism, Greek food, Incredible Crete, Minoans, Petras, Richtis Gorge, Richtis Waterfall, Saganaki, Sitia, Tonya Karandinou, Vitsentzos Kornaros

Booking.com Launches Startup Accelerator

2017-02-06 by Phil Butler

Booking.com

Today Booking.com announced the launch of a new accelerator program, Bookingcom Booster, designed to jump start innovation. The new 3-week program gives startups the chance to pitch for grants of up to €500,000 euro.

Tags: Booking.com, Gillian Tans, startups, sustainable tourism, travel innovation, ycombinator

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