Travel Business News.Aug 13, 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 American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, by John Singer Sargent, Georgia O'Keeffe, John James Audubon and Robert Motherwell. Aug 8, 2007 A North East Asia Colloquium col·lo·qui·um n. pl. col·lo·qui·ums or col·lo·qui·a 1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views. 2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting. will address specific travel management issues in China, Hong Kong and Japan, in addition to 14 breakout sessions where travel professionals present topics and discuss the latest industry challenges. Aug 7, 2007 Anguilla Anguilla Tourist Board Appoints New Director of North America The Ministry of Tourism and the Anguilla Tourist Board recently announced the promotion of Marie Walker, regional director of the Anguilla Tourist Board, to the position of director of North America, effective immediately. 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 New Orleans 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 Travcoa In response to increasing demand for custom trips, luxury tour operator Travcoa has added four new positions to its "Custom Journey" division. Aug 9, 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 Virtuoso In Quest of the Classics, a tour operator specializing in travel to places like Italy, Greece, Estonia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , recently became a preferred supplier with Virtuoso. Aug 9, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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