The Yachts of Seabourn has announced its next highly anticipated ultra-luxury yacht will be named Seabourn Sojourn in a glittering ceremony in London in June 2010, before sailing on its 14-day Maiden Voyage. The sleek new vessel is being built in Italy, and will position from Genoa to London before its inauguration.
“London has always been [...]

Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) announced the opening of two new Hilton Garden Inn properties in Italy. These two additions, located in Milan Malpensa and Bologna San Lazzaro, boost the Hilton Garden Inn brand’s presence in Italy to five hotels.
Simon Vincent, President of Hilton Hotels - Europe, commented: “There is significant demand in the hotel [...]

This weekend has snow in the forecast, turning thoughts to crisp winter days and nights on the mountain and in the lodge with friends. As spending money goes downhill, Boston Ski & Sports Club (BSSC) offers snow sports fans the most affordable, fun, and easy way to ski the best resorts in New England and [...]

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Tourism industry is available in its catalogue.
World Travel and Leisure Market Brief
http://www.reportlinker.com/p097859/World-Travel-and-Leisure-Market-Brief.html
The global outlook series on Travel and Leisure provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report provides a bird’s eye view of the glitzy, effervescent, [...]

IBM is announcing a collaborative effort with European Union partners to develop new technology that will help support active aging and prevent cognitive decline in the elderly population.
Based on intelligent audio and visual processing and reasoning, the “HERMES Cognitive Care for Active Aging” project will develop a combination of home-based and mobile device-based solutions [...]

Troops stationed overseas will test their skills in one of this year’s hottest new video games from Activision, Call of Duty®: World at War. Pro vs. GI Joe, the USO, and the Cleveland Browns are teaming up with Activision Publishing, Inc. for a series of online matches featuring the newest installment of the blockbuster Call [...]

The luggage-contents of this year’s “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” contenders’ remains to be seen - but teabags and slippers are a good bet, reveals new research by TripAdvisor®, in a survey of the home comforts and foods that Brits miss the most when travelling abroad.
Creature comforts: travel “essentials”
“Home sweet home” may [...]

The fourth edition of the biennial event Trieste Espresso Expo is a sell-out. Scheduled for 13 to 15 November at the Montebello complex, the trade fair is organised by Fiera Trieste Spa in collaboration with Associazione Caffè Trieste and with the sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce. The exhibition area of some 11, 000 m2 [...]

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, announced today that it has completed the sale of the 196-room Westin Excelsior in Venice Lido, Italy, the 191-room Hotel Des Bains in Venice Lido, Italy and the 31-room Villa Cipriani in Asolo, Italy to Estcapital-SGR S.p.A. for 164 million Euros (approximately USD$212 million).
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is [...]

This November, Barack Obama and John McCain aren’t the only ones looking for votes, so are five travel-related nonprofits participating in TripAdvisor’s “More than Footprints(TM)” philanthropic initiative at www.tripadvisor.com/Causes.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/tripadvisor/35761/
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With voting top-of-mind, TripAdvisor released a video (www.youtube.com/TripAdvisor) starring Hollywood phenom Rosario Dawson challenging people to make [...]

Kayak.com, the world’s largest travel search engine, surveyed more than 1,400 users on Kayak.com and Sidestep.com this month about their travel plans for the 2008 holiday season. Despite industry warnings that travel costs will continue to rise as Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approach, more than 63 percent of travelers have yet to book their plans. [...]

TAMM4) was a winner in the Folha Top of Mind 2008 survey, an award recognizing the most memorable brand names in Brazil. The company’s name was cited by 37% of those interviewed when asked what was the first brand name of an airline that came to mind. The Airline category returned this year to the [...]