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Privacy Concerns of Web Surfers
February 19, 2009
80% of Web Users Are Concerned about Privacy Online, and over 3,000 of the web users surveyed were most concerned with information being gleaned from sites that could compromise an individual’s credit information, banking and even the type of information being displayed on sites, based on the viewer profile. Increases in concern went up along [...]
New Conde Naste VP
February 19, 2009
Chris Mitchell was named vice president and publisher of Condé Nast Traveler effective immediately. Announced by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O. of Condé Nast, Mitchell has been the Vice President and Publisher of Wired Media since April 2008, and before that, he was with Details, and also served as Associate Publisher of The New [...]
World’s Largest Skateboard Championship
February 17, 2009
World’s Largest Skateboarding Championship Maloof Money Cup 2009 to be Held in Costa Mesa, California
Skateboarding’s Biggest Names and Rising Stars Compete for Largest Skateboarding Purse in History – Over $450,000 in Prize Money at the Orange County (California) Fair July 10-12, 2009.
The Maloof Money Cup (maloofmoneycup.com), is 3 days of world class skateboard action with [...]
Phil Mickelson at Northern Trust Golf Tournament in California
February 13, 2009
February 16-22, 2009: 2009 NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Golf Tournament features Phil Mickelson. A beautiful golf course setting at the upscale Riviera in Pacific Palisades will feature Phil Mickelson who returns another year to defend his title at the Northern Trust Open. His win in 2008 – the 33rd (out of 34) of his career – [...]
Whistler, BC Bearfoot Bistro is Northern Comfort
February 13, 2009
Whistler, BC–Bistro-style French food at Bearfoot Bistro in Whistler, BC, Canada, (home to upcoming Summer Olympic Games) has Canadians and vacation travelers turning heads. Canada’s best chef, Executive Chef Melissa Craig, has a new menu and invites patrons to sample 15 casual menu items, trading out the foie gras and stone crab for organic Pemberton [...]
Fiji makes a new splash at Fijime.com
February 12, 2009
Looking for a new vacation at an affordable price? Tourism Fiji is out and about spreading the word that vacation to Fiji Islands are affordable and typically all-inclusive, with hotel, sight-seeing packages and all your entertainment tied into one fee. That makes it easy to get there. Travel to Fiji was up by over 15% [...]
Building Brand in Travel
February 10, 2009
When a car rental comparison site decided that Google wasn’t treating them right, they decided to wean off Google to build a brand and drastically increase conversion rates. Companies whose bottom lines rely on SEO and SEM need to be found in Google, while not ignoring development of brand & product. Companies with clear direction [...]
Cleveland, Ohio Baseball Capital
February 7, 2009
Traveling to Cleveland to see a Cleveland Indians Baseball Game, Hooray!
Cleveland Indians baseball fan with his glove stands in front of statue at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Why would anyone visit Cleveland? One major league answer is Cleveland’s MLB action, with the Cleveland Indians.
I am going to Cleveland because of feeling–I think that something’s missing in L.A. [...]
Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans
February 6, 2009
Tales of the Cocktail 2009 New Orleans
What are you doing this summer to enhance your cocktail enjoyment? Tales of the Cocktail is gearing up to make the lives of thousands of people a little tastier in an annual event to be held on July 8-12, 2009.
Every summer spirits from around the world descend on America’s [...]
Speak English in Castile-Leon, Spain
February 6, 2009
Teach English for 2 Months in Exchange for Spain Vacation
The Spanish Government seeks volunteers to teach English to Spanish kids in Castile-Leon, Spain region (its capital is Valladolid .) While living in the quaint Spanish countryside, you will teach pre-schoolers and early elementary school students English, which is part of a project administered by Vaughan Systems in collaboration [...]
Truffles Celebrated at Asheville, NC Festival
February 5, 2009
Truffle Festival Showcases Asheville’s Culinary Excellence
National Truffle Grower’s Association is sponsoring the first Truffle Festival in Asheville, North Carolina from March 5th to 8th, 2009.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are the backdrop to Asheville’s National Truffle Fest designed to experience truffles with wine lovers, truffle growers, chefs, and food fans.
Guests can view an art exhibit, “The [...]
February 2009 Travel
February 1, 2009
People are traveling all over the world right now. Though travel plans have been scaled back overall, the tourism outlook remains bright. We’re heading out on a trip to write about a national forest in the U.S., Sequoia National Forest, with the General Sherman tree. Though it is winter in the national park, this is [...]