The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) has announced that they will be holding their 2008 conference in Marrakesh in Morocco. The Conference is scheduled for November 27-30.
Marrakesh, with its friendly people, exotic charm and warm weather is a natural choice for the association, with many AITO members promoting the city as an ideal holiday destination.
As news of the decision reached the industry, Derek Moore, AITO chairman explained: “It has been a long-term goal of mine to bring the AITO conference to Morocco. It’s a fascinating destination and is certain to be a popular choice among delegates”. Read more...
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Finnair is to launch scheduled passenger flights from Helsinki to Yekaterinburg on 2 September 2008. The destination will be served three times weekly with Airbus A319 aircraft. Yekaterinburg is Finnair’s third scheduled destination in Russia, after Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Finnair will operate the route in cooperation with Ural Airlines. The short, roughly three hours flight time from Helsinki to Yekaterinburg and excellent connections through Helsinki Airport make the route competitive in Russia, the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe.
"Yekaterinburg is the gate to the vast areas of Urals and Siberia, attracting a growing amount of international businesses. Our route offers excellent connections for business travellers from the Sverdlovsk region to the Nordic countries and Europe. It also serves passengers from across Europe, North America and Asia heading towards Russia," said Finnair’s Sales Director in Russia, Vesa Vilkkula.
Yekaterinburg was established in 1723. The city has more than one million inhabitants and is situated on the border between Europe and Asia, along the Trans-Siberian railroad. It is the administrative centre of the Urals area and the key industrial, cultural and academic city of the Sverdlovsk region. In its proximity lie the cities of Chelyabinsk and Perm. Today numerous international businesses are located in Yekaterinburg. The city and the surrounding mountains also offer excellent opportunities for incentive travel and new trails for globetrotting adventure travellers.
Finnair will offer departures to Yekaterinburg on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings at 23.50. From Yekaterinburg flights will leave on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6.50 Read more...
Tallinn is a coveted tourist destination widely known for fully preserved gothic Old Town, vivacious nightlife, repositories, parks & gardens, zoos, and many other things. There are lots of more things and places to explore the fascinating city of Tallinn.
The Alexander Nevsky cathedral, located on the Tompea, is a Russian orthodox cathedral in the old town. Established in 1900, it is a glorious example of Russian structural design. It’s a must visit place for its beauty.
Vanalinn is Tallinn's old town, which is covered with beautiful winding cobblestone avenues, towers and Hanseatic architecture. Despite the superb medieval structural design, there are lots of bars, eating joints, repositories, shops, houses etc.
Estonian Maritime Museum is located in the cannontower Fat Margaret. It is a 4 storey repository that exhibits all aspects of marine activities including multi-purpose seafaring, ship and boat building, lighthouses, ports, navigation aids, fishery, cleaning upholstery at of seafaring and marine education. The museum also includes more than 7000 objects, 15 000 documents, 30000 photos and negatives about every kind of maritime activities.
Kiek in de Kok, situated on the Toompea Hill slope, is one of the strongest defense towers in old Tallinn. It is a six-storey cannon tower, which was built in the late 15th century. Kiek in de Kok is 38 meters tall with 4 meters thick walls.
Kadriorg Palace is one of the most glorious places to see in Tallinn. It was established by Russian czar Peter the 1st for his wife Katariina 285 years back. The vast region upholstery cleaning richmond the Palace is encased in park. The palace also serves as an art repository and its surrounding park is also very gracious.
Rocca al Mare is one of the Tallinn’s best zoos that is a home to over 5400 animals from 350 different species including polar beers, elephants, buffalo, camels, deer, seals, crocodiles, lions, monkies, hypopotamus, birds, tigers and reptiles. It was established on 25 August 1939.
The Viru Gates are the main entranceway to the Tallinn’s mediaeval part, leading to the chief shopping and dining street. The gates were constructed in the 14th century.
Tallinn Town Hall Square is one of the most renowned symbols of the city. It was built on the central square at the start of 13th century. carpet rug cleaning substantially remodeled in 1402-1404. It is furnished by gorgeous buildings, plenty of outdoor cafes, eating places, open air concerts, handicrafts fairs and medieval markets.
Established for the 1980 Olympiad, the 314-meter-high TV Tower is wonderful place to visit in Tallinn. The viewing platform, at 170 meters high, is open to visitants. You can see a delightful sight of Tallinn, its surrounding areas, and the Gulf of Finland from the height of the tower.
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Meeting Place festival of contemporary art, Literary Museum of Odessa
(2 Lanzheronovskaya, Odessa), 3-7 September
The name of this festival will remind Ukrainians of the Soviet movie starring the great bard singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky: one gets the sense that the organisers are using Vysotsky’s darkly romantic, oppositional persona to underscore what this festival’s atmosphere will be about. So get ready for experimental forays in literature, music and theatre. Apart from presentations by artists and writers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and Georgia, visitors will be able to enjoy what the locals call the ‘velvet season’ on the Black Sea coast and some fine Bessarabian wine. Read more...
28 Aug 08; THE GEORGIAN Football Federation (GFF) and the Football Association of Ireland should, finally, learn today where Saturday week's World Cup qualifier between the nations will be staged, with Fifa due to end the uncertainty surrounding the fixture, created by the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, by making a decision on the venue for the game following a meeting today.
The Georgians are awaiting a response from Fifa after they sent a letter yesterday to the governing body asking for the game to go ahead, as originally scheduled, in Tbilisi, the country's capital.
They have, though, as requested by Fifa, nominated an alternative venue, with Karlsruhe in Germany now believed to be their choice, after they had initially considered venues in Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan and, later, Krakow (Poland) and Graz (Austria).
With the assistance of their Karlsruhe SC forward Aleksandre Iashvili Georgia have, according to GFF spokesman Aleksandr Tsonbalidze, received a positive response from the Bundesliga club to their request that the Wildparkstadion ground be made available, if required, for the fixture.
The stadium has a capacity of 29,699 but with just 15,237 seats, compared to the 55,000 all-seater capacity of the venue in Tbilisi, the Boris Paichadze National Stadium.
We still have rooms for the FIFA World cup qualifier match in Bratislava on 6 September - but not many! Book now if you are planning to travel! Read more...
In 2009 restrictions will be introduced regarding the traffic in Riga's Old Town, which will reduce the number of vehicles in downtown Riga, as Riga Mayor Janis Birks (For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK) said in an interview on the Latvian State Radio yesterday.
It is planned that from the beginning of the next year, only those drivers will receive passes to enter Riga's Old Town who can produce a rent contract for an apartment or a property in Riga's Old Town or prove their right to access a site in the Old Town by car.
"This bureaucratic provision will limit the number of cars entering Riga's Old Town," said Riga mayor.
It is estimated that only 200 to 300 cars enter Riga's Old Town to stay there overnight, whereas the number of permits for driving into the Old Town is around 1,500.
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27 Aug 2008;
"Hi Inna,
Just dropping you a quick note to say that Mark & I had a brilliant time in Moscow & St Petersburg!
We really enjoyed ourselves & found both places to be very interesting & a great experience.
Once again thanks for all your help & support with our booking - you really did provide excellent customer service.
Best Wishes"
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 22 Aug 08; Hotel aerostar has reduced prices for a range of dates in September and October - prices from €120 per night in twin/double room including breakfast and tax! Limited availability - book now!
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