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Head to Heidelberg for V-Day

PRESS RELEASE FROM VICTORIA LARSON COMMUNICATIONS Heidelberg Celebrates 400 Years of Romance for Valentine’s Day Celebrations will be sweet in Heidelberg this year! Woo with a kiss, a sleigh ride, a spa and a ring! Celebrations for St. Valentine’s Day in Heidelberg and nearby towns in SouthWest Germany are romantic, and February 14 will kick [...]

January 25, 2013No CommentRead More

Norway makes the world scream

PRESS RELEASE FROM VISITNORWAY: Norway makes the world scream Visitnorway is making the longest scream in the world to celebrate the anniversary of the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, who painted the world renowned scream painting. Today marks the opening of the official Munch Year in Norway, 150 years after the birth of the painter. [...]

January 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Vienna up thanks to Klimt

Klimt ‘Kiss’ celebrations help Vienna to record tourism year (via AFP) Special events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of painter Gustav Klimt helped Vienna enjoy a record year for tourism in 2012, with overnight stays rising 7.5 percent, the Austrian capital’s tourism board said on Monday. “I would like to give Gustav Klimt [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Greetings from Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, Easter Island, etc. (take your pick of names and idioms). treKKen’s finally arrived on this mysterious and minute (64-square-mile) volcanic triangle rising from the middle of the Pacific…a dream that’s been a long time in coming finally fulfilled. Flew in from New York, via Lima, Peru, [...]

November 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Philadelphia promotes holiday happenings

PRESS RELEASE FROM GREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORP.: CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS IN PHILLY, WHERE OLD & NEW TRADITIONS MEET Fun & Affordable Festivities Include Lights, Tours, New Year’s Eve Fireworks Shows & Mummers PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7, 2012 – In Philadelphia and The Countryside®, families partake in old and new traditions—many of which are free or [...]

November 7, 2012No CommentRead More

Orlando discounts holidays stays

PRESS RELEASE FROM VISIT ORLANDO: Celebrate The Holiday Season in Orlando; save up to 45% on Orlando hotels this holiday season ORLANDO, Fla. – This holiday season, Orlando decks the halls with festive celebrations for the entire family. Visitors who book their Orlando holiday hotel by Dec. 15 can save up to 45% and experience [...]

November 6, 2012No CommentRead More

‘Mustache Madness’ at SF’s Hotel Adagio

PRESS RELEASE FROM HOTEL ADAGIO: HOTEL ADAGIO CELEBRATES MUSTACHE MADNESS MONTH IN “MOVEMBER” SAN FRANCISCO (November 1, 2012) – Hotel Adagio, a boutique hotel located in San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood that recently unveiled a dramatic multi-million dollar new look, today kicked-off the celebration of Mustache Madness month. Hotel Adagio launched the “Get ‘Stached and [...]

November 3, 2012No CommentRead More

New Louvre to open in France

PARIS–Much attention has been paid to the planned–but long-delayed–opening of a Middle Eastern branch of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi (now not expected to open until 2014 or after) but the world’s most famous museum is set to open a less-heralded, but no less spectacular, outpost a bit closer to home with the Dec. 4 [...]

November 3, 2012No CommentRead More

Supremes’ show hi-lites vintage Philly

Press release from the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.: “SUPREME” VINTAGE FASHION IN PHILLY Retro & Designer Duds Abound At Region’s Vintage Sho PHILADELPHIA, October 24, 2012 – When Come See About Me: The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection exhibition debuts on January 25, 2013, at The African American Museum in Philadelphia, visitors will have the [...]

October 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 3

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

October 10, 2012No CommentRead More

Review: Reykjavik airport digs go green

REYKJAVIK — Most airport hotels are prime examples of function trumping form … and fun. Sure, some such facilities now boast the odd celebrity chef outlet or spa/gym to pamper higher-end business travelers in transit, but their main calling card remains their convenient proximity to connecting flights. Few airport hotels, usually quite a distance from city [...]

August 8, 2012No CommentRead More