Summer Splendour Special: Peninsula Hotels, Worldwide
Summer Splendour Special: Peninsula Hotels, Worldwide
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Dive Into A Digital Underwater Photo Contest: Bonaire
The annual Dive into Adventure Bonaire 2006 Digital Photo Contest is nearly here. Like dive photo shoot-outs in which I’ve participated, both novice and expert underwater and above water photographers are invited to test their artistic expression and technique to win great prizes. But this year, all images must be digital.
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The Skype’s The Limit: Skypecasts Preview
The tagline on Skype’s Web site says: “The whole world can talk for free.” They’re keeping that motto alive by offering a free downloadable program that works on most computers. It lets you make free calls within the US and Canada to all phones until the end of the year. But Skype to Skype calls…
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Snow Geese A Go-Go: Quebec A Pit Stop for Thousands on Their Way to the Arctic
There’s a big flap going on in Cap-Tourmente National Wildlife Area, an hour’s drive east of Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. The 2,400 acre-wide wetland preserve is in the heart of the Atlantic Flyway and is a pit stop for up to 100,000 Snow Geese on their way to…
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A Feast of Med Flavours: Grand Lido Negril Resort & Spa, Jamaica
On a daily basis, the Grand Lido Negril Resort and Spa is one swanky Jamaican joint as a world-acclaimed destination and the flagship of the SuperClubs fleet of Super-Inclusive Resorts. But with six classic restaurants and renowned master chefs, the Grand Lido elevates itself annually during the 7th Annual Epicurean Escape, presented with Food &…
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Drunken Rugby Story on US Airways Flight
Yesterday, a friend’s wife was on a crowded US Airways flight from Charlotte to SFO. She knew it would be a long, problematic journey when one of the attendants saw the rugby team from the Bay Area and said, “Oh no, not again!” First, the A/C didn’t work on the back of the plane during…
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Sweet New Ride: Hershey Park, PA
Hershey Park is going to draw more than the usual sugar-high thrill-seekers this coming Memorial Day weekend with the launch of the new $5.4 million Reese’s Xtreme Cup Challenge Ride. It’s a multi-sensory laser dark ride that’s suited to the whole family. One car, dubbed team peanut butter, is pitted against another car, dubbed team…
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Classic Cars & California Wines: Jaguar Wine Country Classic
Vintage wine, fine cuisine and classic car afficionados can all enjoy a few days at the races as the 20th Anniversary Jaguar Wine Country Classic zooms into Sonoma on June 3rd and 4th. Your ticket includes a souvenir program, entry into the COPIA Wine Coutnry Pavillion and the chance to see 300 of the finest…
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Making Mom’s Day
Until I went to college, I took dozens of trips with my parents — to the desert, to Mexico, to Hawaii, to the mountains, and more. My Mom was always the travel leader in terms of packing our clothes, making sure we wore enough sunscreen on our noses, ensuring we ate the right foods while…
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#1, Again & Again: San Francisco
Tourism is San Francisco’s biggest money maker. After all, my home town has bridges, hills, cable cars, great weather, terrific hotels, wonderful restaurants, a cosmopolitan atmosphere, scores of high end stores for world class shopping, and two convention halls. In fact, for the 13th straight year and 17th in the past 18, a poll in…
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By The Book: Da Vinci Code Tour, Paris
Ok, I admit it. I love the Da Vinci Code. I’ve read the book twice, will be one of the first people to see it when it’s released next week, and can’t wait to visit the Louvre when I return to Paris in two weeks. If you’re like me and want to tour the mentioned…
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This Ain’t No Baby Grand: Grandhotel Pupp, Czech Republic
We just watched the Queen Latifah movie, “Last Holiday,” and most of it took place at the Grandhotel Pupp in the alpine town of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. And what a grand hotel it is! The opulent main building was erected in 1701. The Presidential Suite goes for about $4,000 US per night, but a…
