Destination News - Destination, Rail, Road.Aug 13, 2007Apple Vacations Shares Trade Show Dates Apple Vacations has announced the dates of its annual travel agent trade shows and seminars that take place across the country. Aug 10, 2007 New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded CVB CVB Convention and Visitors Bureau CVB College Van Bestuur (Dutch: Managing Council) CVB Camper Van Beethoven (band) CVB Common Vision Blox CVB Center for Veterinary Biologics New Orleans CVB Debuts New Traveler Web Site. The New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau recently launched a customizable web site, 24NOLA, for travelers and agents to plan itineraries to the Big Easy. Aug 9, 2007 Norwegian Coastal Voyage Increased Commission on Gutsy's September Departures Norwegian Coastal Voyage is expanding its Discover Winter Norway Program to include a new theme cruise for bridge players. Aug 9, 2007 Jackson Hole Jackson Hole, fertile Rocky Mt. valley, c.50 mi (80 km) long and 6 to 8 mi (9.6–12.8 km) wide, NW Wyo., partly in Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Lake, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), a natural lake through which the Snake River flows, was dammed in 1916 to control Jackson Hole's New High-End Vacation Destination. Pure Jackson Hole began welcoming guests this month to Wyoming's best-known destination, following in the footprints of its Hawaiian sister programs, Pure Kauai and Pure Maui. Aug 8, 2007 MOMA Moma (mō`mä), town, E central Mozambique. It is important mainly as a harbor for the export of tropical produce. of the Mountains" Opens in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) is an arts center located just north of downtown Colorado Springs. Located on the same city block are the American Numismatic Association and part of the campus of Colorado College. (FAC FAC - Functional Array Calculator. An APL-like language, but purely functional and lazy. It allows infinite arrays. ["FAC: A Functional APL Language", H.-C. Tu and A.J. Perlis, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 3(1):36-45 (Jan 1986)]. ) opened August 4 after a $28.4 million transformation to better display one of the largest compilations of Native American and southwestern art in the country, a $2 million collection of Dale Chihuly Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.) is an American glass sculptor. Biography Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his glass (one of the largest in the world), and American art by John Singer Sargent, Georgia O'Keeffe, John James Audubon and Robert Motherwell. Aug 8, 2007 Aruba Aruba's Travel Agent Month Program Aruba is offering travel agents the opportunity to become Aruba experts and learn more about the island's tourism, culture and entertainment opportunities through its Travel Agent Month program, being offered now through October 31. Aug 8, 2007 Turks & Caicos Turks & Caicos Aims to Improve Customer Service. The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board has announced the islands' commitment to a multi-phased service initiative designed to improve the quality and consistency of customer service. Aug 7, 2007 Financial Times reports that biotechnology companies have been flocking to list on the Swiss exchange Swiss Exchange The major securities market of Switzerland. over the past year, giving further weight to the country's reputation as the natural home of the drugs industry. At the end of 2006 there were 137 biotech companies and 81 biotech suppliers inSwitzerlandgenerating sales of SFr 6bn ($4.99bn) according to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. The country has seen a constant flow of biotech start-ups since the early 1990s and the industry now employs almost 14,500 people. Industry observers saySwitzerlandis attractive on account of its highly-skilled workforce, low corporate taxes and lack of regulation. Biotechnology companies now account for about one out of every three initial public offerings in the country.Full story:www.ft.com/cms/s/fa1ca812-33fe-11dc-9887-0000779fd2ac.html Aug 6, 2007 Switzerland follows Japan among the world's most innovative nations according to Innovation: Transforming the way business creates, a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is part of The Economist Group. It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. , sponsored by Cisco. The Economist Intelligence Unit compiled a ranking of 82 economies based on their level of innovation from 2002-06. The aims of the study were to analyze the importance of innovation, then determine which countries innovate the best and why. Aug 6, 2007 Switzerland opened its labor market labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience to the 15 original EU and 5 EFTA EFTA: see European Free Trade Association. Nations by eliminating a quota system limiting companies' abilities to hire needed staff on a permanent basis as of June 1. The action is expected to be a boon to companies requiring skilled personnel in excess of those graduating from Swiss universities and institutes of technology. Foreign-based firms as well as Switzerland's own companies now can draw staff from among the best Europe has to offer. 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