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Crete and Lasithi Reach Out to Polish Travelers Thru Itaka

2018-10-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Itaka

A leading Polish tour operator, Itaka will have representatives in Heraklion from October 21st thru 24th to sample Cretan touristic product.

Tags: Agricultural Cooperative of Kritsa, Crete tours, Heraklion, Itaka, Kritsa, Lasithi, Poland travel, Si Mel, Sitia, tour companies, tours

Kraków UNESCO City of Literature

2013-11-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Market Square Krakow - Courtesy © Sergii Figurnyi - Fotolia.com

Last month Kraków was named a UNESCO City of Literature, only the 7th city to hold the prestigious title along with Edinburgh, Melbourne, Iowa City, Dublin, Reykjavík, and Norwich in England.

Tags: City of Literature, Krakow, Poland culture, Poland news, Poland travel, UNESCO

Poland’s Bydgoszcz Celebrates 667th Birthday This Weekend

2013-04-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The River Walker

This weekend the city of Bydgoszcz in Poland marks their 667th birthday with events scheduled around town. From a rapper performance in town hall to parties and an opera, all of Bydgoszcz will turn out with guests in celebrating this wonderful ancient place’s heritage.

Tags: Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz events, Bydgoszcz tourism, Bydgoszcz travel, Poland events, Poland tourism, Poland travel

Wroclaw Jazz Festival Hits Poland Tomorrow

2013-04-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Jazz Nad Odrą

Coming to Wrocław tomorrow April 9th through April April 14th, the 47th Wroclaw Jazz Festival, Jazz on the Oder presents some of the world’s best jazz performers.

Tags: Jazz, Poland Festivals, Poland travel, Warsaw events, Warsaw fests, Warsaw music, Warsaw travel, Wrocław events, Wrocław tourism

Is Warsaw’s Lotnisko Chopina a Social Media Top 10, Or #2?

2013-02-11 by Phil Butler

The world's airports on social media

Don’t you just hate PR fluff? No matter where you look these days there’s a social media expert lurking around the corner it seems. We found yet another fuzzy Internet engagement this morning, and in of all places, Warsaw.

Tags: airports, Lotnisko Chopina, Poland travel, social media profiles, Warsaw tourism, Warsaw travel, World airports

Qatar Airways Increases Flights to Warsaw

2013-01-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways just announced increasing capacity on their daily Doha to Warsaw route, the change goes into effect February 1.

Tags: Akbar Al Baker, Poland flights, Poland travel, Qatar flights, Qatar travel, Warsaw flights, Warsaw travel

Poland Celebrates 32nd Anniversary of August Agreements

2012-08-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Poland's Lech Walesa

Today all Poland celebrates the 32nd Anniversary of August Agreements, the 1980 declaration of Poland’s emergence as the first independent trade union in the former communist bloc. President Bronislaw Komorowski will reportedly be on hand to present awards to some 40 activists of the Solidarity Trade Union.

Tags: 1980, August Agreements, Bronislaw Komorowski, Lech Walesa, Poland events, Poland news, Poland travel, St. Brigid's

Euro 2012 Causes Sky High Hotel Rates in Poland

2012-06-04 by Guest Author

Euro 2012 hotel rooms

Football fans visiting Poland for the Euro 2012, be sure to stuff a bit of extra cash in your luggage; with thousands of football fans expected to visit the country in order to take in one or more of the 15 matches to be hosted there, hotels are responding by raising rates exorbitantly.

Tags: cheap hotels, Euro 2012, Europe Championships, hotel rates, Poland hotels, Poland tourism, Poland travel, soccer

LOT & JetBlue Connect on Flight Connections

2012-04-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

LOT Polish Airlines

JetBlue Airways and LOT Polish Airlines have announced a new partnership that will allow fliers to book and connect flights via the companys’ home airports.

Tags: Europe flgihts, flight connections, JetBlue, JetBlue Air, LOT, Poland air, Poland flights, Poland travel, transatlantic flights, US travel

March’s Most Popular Eastern European Destinations

2012-03-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Europe’s largest hotel search website, Trivago.com has recently launched March report regarding European hotels prices. According trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI), prepared each month, spring season shows an increase as regards Eastern European destinations.

Tags: Budapest, Bulgaria travel, Croatia travel, dubrovnik, Eastern Europe hotels, Eastern Europe travel, Estonia travel, Hungary tourism, Istanbul, Krakow, Ljubljana, Poland travel, Sarajevo, Sofia, spring events, Tallinn, Turkey Travel

Poland’s Białka Tatrzańska: An Outdoors Paradise (Part I)

2012-03-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

World Snowboarding Day

News from CBS calls our attention to the fabulous and under-publicized Kotelnica Mountain of Poland. The village of Białka Tatrzańska there, once about as isolated and remote as any could imagine, now beckons skiers in search of fresh, white, powder and adrenaline. Even though the season is drawing to a close this year, it behooves the avid ski enthusiast to investigate this unsung Polish ski destination.

Tags: Białka Tatrzańska, Kotelnica Mountain, Poland skiing, Poland travel, ski destinations, Tatras, Tatrzanski National Park

5 East Europe Luxury Stays To Experience

2012-02-26 by Phil Butler

View from Villa Dubrovnik suite

Though you may not realize it, Eastern Europe has some of the most exquisite hotel accomodations anywhere in the world. And, where relatively unsung excellence goes, the region has many small five star gems not many outside Europe have heard of. By way of revealing some of these, Argo Travel News presents; Marrol’s in Bratislava, Granary Suite Hotel in Wroclaw, Grand Hotel Toplice at Lake Bled, Villa Dubrovnik in Croatia, and Bulgarian ski resort Hotel Yastrebets.

Tags: Bratislava, Bulgaria hotels, Bulgaria skiing, Croatia hotels, Dubrovnik hotels, Dubrovnik travel, Granary Suite Hotel, Grand Hotel Toplice, Marrol's, Poland hotels, Poland travel, Rila Mountain, Slovakia hotels, Slovakia travel, Slovenia hotels, Slovenia travel, Villa Dubrovnik, Wroclaw, Yastrebets Wellness and Spa

LOT Polish Airlines Transatlantic Deals

2012-02-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

LOT Polish Airlines

In news from LOT Polish Airlines, business class airfares from New York and Chicago to some 30 destinations in Europe begin as low as $2533, according to a press release by the company.

Tags: airline news, Europe airlines, European airlines, flights, Poland tourism, Poland travel, Polish airlines. LOT, Polish companies, transatlantic flights

Poland President Komorowski Touring Caucasus

2011-07-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan

According to the news from Azerbaijan, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski met with Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Oktay Asadov today to further strengthen those nations’ ties. The meeting in Baku, Komorowski’s first stop on a trou that covers Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, was primarily focused toward Poland’s interests in Azerbeijan’s energy sector.

Tags: Armenia travel, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan travel, Baku, Bronislaw Komorowski, energy, EU industry, EU ties, EU tourism, Georgia travel, Komorowski, Oktay Asadov, poland, Poland travel, Serzh Sargsyan, Tigran Sargsyan, travel news

Travelport and Poland’s Blue Sky Team Up

2011-05-18 by Phil Butler

Malbork Castle

In news from Poland’s Blue Sky Travel, the company and Travelport have just penned a deal for supporting Blue Sky’s offerings with Travelport’s global flight inventory.

Tags: Blue Sky Travel, booking, Eastern Europe travel, Euro 2012, Galileo, Jerzy Ruszkowski, online travel, Poland bookings, Poland hotels, Poland travel, Poland travel plans, travel news, travel plans, Travelport, Worldspan

Tour Operators Looking to the East

2011-03-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Russian Venice: Saint Petersburg

More and more travel companies are interpreting Eastern Europe as the next big thing in tourism, a report from PhoCusWright says. An upcoming study is set to report on emerging holiday destinations such as Poland and Russia, and put the spotlight on what they have in store for travelers.

Tags: PhoCusWright, poland, Poland travel, Russia, Russia travel, Ukraine travel

Rezidor Hotel Group Adds Another Baltic Sea Hotel

2010-12-02 by Phil Butler

Europe's longest pier

Swedish hoteliers Rezidor Hotel Group announced their taking over of one of Poland’s top Baltic Sea resort accommodations Hotel Rezydent in Sopot. This fine accommodation in the heart of Poland’s Baltic Sea spa resort is a sure bet for Summer sandlappers.

Tags: Baltic hotels, Baltic resorts, Baltic Sea travel, Baltic spas, Baltic states, Hotel Rezydent, Kurt Ritter, Poland spas, Poland travel, resort news, Rezidor Hotel Group, sandlappers, spa resort

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