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Milan Marriott Hosts MICE & More

2014-05-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. LOGO

Coming to Milan May 27th, the MICE & More networking event will be held at the Milan Marriott Hotel. More than 200 companies and 50 exhibitors are expected to attend a symposium of event managers, travel execs, marketing and communications types from some of Italy’s leading industry businesses.

Tags: Italy hotels, Marriott, Milan hotels, Milan travel

Travelport Adds NTV Italian High Speed Rail

2012-02-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Some good news from Travelport, clients will now be able to book rail travel on the much talked about Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV), the first Italian private high-speed railway. The strategic partnership tells of NTV distribution via Galileo-connected travel agencies in Italy and around the world.

Tags: GDS, high speed rail, Italy railroads, Italy tourism, Italy travel, Milan travel, online bookings, online rail, OTA's, Rail, rail bookings, rail travel

EuroCheapo Celebrates Deals and More Deals

2011-06-21 by Phil Butler

Eurocheapo landing page

EuroCheapo, one of the online world’s most popular travel sites, celebrates their 10th anniversary this week. According to the news the European budget hotel finders will also launch new guides for Zurich and San Francisco.

Tags: cheap airfares, cheap hotels, Eurocheapo, Europe hotels, Europe travel, France travel, hotel comparisons, Idea Hotel, Milan hotels, Milan travel, online travel, OTA, OTA comparisons, Tom Meyers, travel deals, travel startups, UK travel

The Best of Norway: Real Places, People, and Things

2011-06-17 by Phil Butler

Ålesund, Norway, aerial view

Are recent trip to Milan proved more fruitful than we could have imagined when to our surprise Italy was made much cooler by a Nordic blast. I am not referring to the arctic winds from crisp Scandinavia either, but of great people from a place not many will have heard of. What you are about to read will hopefully be as pleasant a surprise for you as Norwegians Frode and Yvonne Aass (image below) were for us.

Tags: Bacalao, Bacalhau, Battle of Rastarkalv, Brady AS, Eirik Bloodaxe, Frode Aass, João Vaz Corte-Real, King Haakon the Good, Kristiansund, Kristiansund Norway, Milan travel, Norway food, Norway travel, Norway's coast, Norwegian cuisine, Norwegian tourism, Portugal cuisine, Portugese dishes, salted cod, traditional Portugese, Visit Norway, Yvonne Aass

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Rain Causes Samaria Gorge Closure on September 23

2026-09-22 By Iorgos Pappas

The Samaria Gorge will remain closed on Wednesday, September 23, after an updated weather forecast shows rainfall above the gorge’s approved safety limits. The Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (OFYPEKA) made the decision based on the latest forecast from Greece’s National Meteorological Service. For travelers planning a hike, that means one important thing: don’t […]

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