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#Travel Tuesday Short: A Passion for Boats on the Elbe

2013-03-05 by Phil Butler

Sailing the Elbe

Our attention was directed this #Travel Tuesday toward the Baltic and North Seas and tje wonderful traditional ships in Museumshaffen Oevelgönne e.V. These vessels, part a more than 100 years old tradition are simply a marvelous time portal back toward the heyday of Hamburg, the Elbe River, and the commerce that made seafaring the heartiest of professions.

Tags: Baltic Sea, Baltic travel, Elbe River, German maritime, Hamburg travel, Klaus D. Lehmann-Gräve, North Sea, sailing

Will airBaltic and Estonia Air Merge?

2012-09-10 by Phil Butler

airBaltic takes off

In airline news from the Baltic region, Latvia ministers seem to think that Estonian and Latvian national air carriers should merge. Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia’s Prime Minister, and transportation head Aivis Ronis spoke recently of a Riga central hub serving both countries.

Tags: airBaltic, Aivis Ronis, Baltic Business News, Baltic flights, Baltic travel, Estonia Air, Estonian Air, Ilona Eskelinen, Latvia travel, Valdis Dombrovskis

Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square Vilnius Opens

2012-09-10 by Liliana Steffens

Cathedral Square

Kempinski announced last week their first Vilnius hotel opening with Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square. A 96 room luxury affair, this is the first Lithuanian and the first Baltic accomodation offered by the famous luxury hoteliers.

Tags: Baltic hotels, Baltic travel, Lithuania hotels, Lithuania travel, Vilnius

Seebad Prora: One Hitler Vision Comes to Pass

2012-04-12 by Phil Butler

Colossus of Prora turned festive

In a bit of nostalgia news from Germany, the Baltic Sea resort monstrosity, the Colossus of Prora, is slated to become a luxury German resort of some proportions soon. One of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s projects for the Thousand Year Reich, Prora was built in the 1930’s as a Nazi resort complex by the sea, but never actually used as such.

Tags: abandoned property, Baltic travel, Colossus of Prora, Dr. Robert Ley, Eagle's Nest, Hitler, Nazi, Ruegen hoels, Ruegen tourism, Ruegen travel, seaside resorts, Seebad Prora

Russian Billionaires, Finnair, airBaltic – Which Way Is Up?

2011-07-02 by Phil Butler

Will Vladimir Antonov resque airBaltic?

Troubled Latvian airline, airBaltic, is in the news accusing Finnair’s Estravel of attacking the carrier. airBaltic is all in the news with both positive, negative, and conflicting news of late. With staggering losses so far this year, can the Latvian carrier weather such a storm?

Tags: air travel, Baltic tourism, Baltic travel, Estravel, Finland tourism, Finnair, Finncomm, Jānis Vanags, Latvia, Latvia travel, troubled airline, Uldis Augulis, Vladimir Antonov

Estonia’s Unique Tour Industry Imbalance

2010-12-17 by Phil Butler

Vilnius, Lithuania

A recent report shows Estonian tour companies hiring more out of country drivers because of cost variables. With qualified Estonian bus drivers have to look for work in Scandinavia, how long will it be before the government there imposes wage standardization to free up jobs?

Tags: Baltic news, Baltic tours, Baltic travel, Baltics transportation, Estonian jobs, job parity, job security, LETA/Postimees, Reisiekspert Travel, Riga, Tallinn, Turismeweb, Vilnius, wage parity

Welcome to Russia Joins Forces With ASTA

2010-10-22 by Phil Butler

Russia on the move in world travel

Welcome to Russia joins the elite list of travel companies belonging to the ASTA. According to this latest news, Russia’s leading conduit for travel support joins the world’s largest travel agent association. Russia is set to engage travel and tourism on an unprecedented level.

Tags: ASTA, ASTA business, Baltic travel, Eastern Europe, Hyatt, online travel, Russia travel, Russian Federation, Sabre, travel, travel agents, travel business, travel destinations, travel market, travel news, travel tours, Vladimir Putin, Welcome to Russia, world travel




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