Press Releases by Category Tourism, Cars, Traffic
Haliburton Forest Hosts Canadian Conference on Wood Biomass and Its Environmenta …
( EMAILWIRE.COM, March 08, 2007 ) Haliburton, Ontario -- Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve Ltd. is hosting a Canadian conference on wood biomass and its impact on the environment.
Demonstrating their commitment to protecting the environment, Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve Ltd. (http://www.haliburtonforest.com) in Ontario, Canada is hosting a Wood Biomass for Energy Conference on May 11, 2007. Partnering with the Haliburton Highlands Stewardship Council and the Haliburton…
117 g CO2/km CNG powered Opel Corsa - First world presentation at Geneva Auto Sa …
BRA GmbH, Schweinfurt (Germany), and Gasverbund Mittelland AG, Arlesheim (Switzerland) proudly present their latest joint project:
At the 77th Auto Salon in Geneva ( 8 March to 18 March) the partners will disclose the first world presentation of a CNG-powered Opel Corsa.
The environment friendly vehicle impressively shows the current state-of-the-art regarding CNG propulsion and packaging.
Some key facts:
• 1.6 ecotec engine with monovalent plus propulsion
• 74 kW (100 bhp), Vmax 190 km/h
•…
A passion sparked by a steel guitar: Interview with Texas Lightning's guitarist …
\'The band is in an excellent mood\' - when talking to Jon Flemming Olsen, the guitarist of Texas Lightning, you can almost touch his high spirits. And a glance at the recent history of the German country band actually shows no reason at all for moping. After all, their first album, \'Meanwhile, back at the Ranch\', has repeatedly been awarded gold since its release in the summer of 2005. The…
Travel channel voyages plans global platform
Hanover (Germany) 28 February 2007 - Multinational travel channel voyages aims to become a global platform for touristic marketing. Speaking to the leading German travel magazine FVW, Michael McNabb, CEO of voyages television, describes the takeover of TV Travel Shop by Hong Kong-based voyages as central to plans to build a platform for marketing tourism in seven core markets.
“Germany is one of the most important travel markets along with…
Customer Reviews Tell All About Hotels in Europe
In the new age of the internet, businesses are forced to deliver rather than depend on high dollar marketing campaigns. In an effort to create the most consumer friendly discount hotel bookings experience, EuroBookings.com exposes all in its high profile customer reviews.
Gone are the days when the hotels with the greatest promotional ability could corner the market. Transparency in the travel and tourism industry is among…
Springfield Auto Dealer, Premier Auto Outlet, Offers Free Car Service Clinic
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 19, 2007 ) Rogersville, MO -- Premier Auto Outlet, a Springfield, MO auto sales dealer, is proud to announce an upcoming free car service clinic. This Missouri car dealership has also teamed up with the Rogersville Police Department to offer free fingerprinting of children as an act of community service.
Wayne Lewis, President of Premier Auto Outlet states, “We are pleased to be offering an…
Annual Automotive Industry Meeting in Barcelona
From March 28th to 30th Barcelona will become the focal point of Europe’s automotive industry with the celebration of this year’s European Automotive Congress.
Among the top-class presenters will be industry experts like Erich Schmitt, President - Seat; Sergio Alcaraz, Sub-Director General - Nissan Motor Ibérica; Friedhelm Engler, Director GM Design Europe; Prakash M. Telang, President Light & Small Commercial Vehicles - Tata Motors; Vadim Shvetsov, CEO - Severstal-Auto and…
Accommotel challenges Booking Agents to deliver Service
London 18 February 2007 - Greater choice for both hotel and serviced apartment bookers - as easy as ABC
Corporate accommodation bookers are not being offered a comprehensive enough service by their Hotel Booking Agents (HBAs), Serviced Apartment Bookers or Travel Management Companies (TMCs) claims new accommodation booking company, Accommotel. The company, whose team has 20 years experience in both hotel and serviced apartment sectors, also believes that the specialisation…
Disney World Orlando To Host Largest Coastal Vacations Membership Event
The Swan Resort at Walt Disney World Orlando will host the largest Coastal Vacations worldwide membership conference March 16, 17, and 18, 2007. Over the last 2 years, the top rated Coastal Vacations home based business has expanded from about 40 countries to over 100 countries worldwide.
Since the Coastal Vacations Sales Center rolled out their powerful business model 2 years ago, Coastal Vacations membership sales have more than…
Anatoliamagazine - The Grand bazaar in Istanbul
Anatoliamagazine.com is a periodical online-magazine with topics about cities and regions, history, people and life, tradition, art, handcraft, nature and travel-information about Turkey. In Anatolia, the asian part of Turkey, are many traces of numerous nations and cultures from more than 10000 years.
Photographer and writer Jens Helmstedt has more than twenty years travel-experience in Turkey. His stories in http://www.anatoliamagazine.com about wellknown and unknown regions, places and people in Anatolia should…
Surprise for cable households: Voyages and EWT launch 60,000,000 Euros marketing …
Hanover (Germany), 15 February 2007 - The Voyages channel, in cooperation with the Orion Cable subsidiary EWT, have launched a joint marketing campaign to digital households on the EWT network. The parties also announced the channel’s expansion to an additional 350,000 digital homes on the EWT network, bringing the total number of homes that can receive Voyages in Germany to 16 million.
Voyages offers viewers high-quality travel programming on destinations of…
Web Stats Reveal Trend in Business Travel: 'New Concept' in London Hotels Captiv …
Since the London hotel opened less than two months ago in early December 2006, the Trafalgar Square Club Quarters has commanded a steadily increasing volume of web traffic on Europe’s popular hotel bookings website EuroBookings.com. According to EuroBookings.com co-owner Marcel Stillekens, the Trafalgar Square Club Quarters is the 4th most viewed page on the company’s website and the #1 most viewed hotel for the months of January and February.
EuroBookings.com…
Beijing's First Boutique Design Hotel
Miami/Beijing: Stunning. The red neon bars at the entrance awe the arriving guest, as does the two story atrium-type lobby with its ultra-contemporary design features. Beijing meets South Beach. Concierges welcome you, dressed in bright yellow uniforms, contrasting with the radiant colors of the interior décor. The vibrant décor continues into the 168 unique, well furnished rooms that come in thirty different variations, and three categories: standard, superior and…
10th Edition 2007 of PLAIN VANILLA - travelbook and magazine in pocket size
The 10th Edition of PLAiN VANiLLA – the European travelbook - is a magazine for freestyle travellers. Combining lifestyle and information PLAiN VANiLLA focuses on young professionals and people with lifestyle ambitions and a soft spot for city trips and the cultural underground of Europe.
The target group is made up by the 18 to 35 year old. They represent the group of freestyle travellers which – with a high demand…
Hacienda de San Antonio, an Epoque Classic Luxury Hotel, Earns Nomination As Mos …
The exclusive Hacienda de San Antonio is nominated for The Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence as the Most Romantic Hotel in Mexico.
Miami, FL, January 30, 2007– Perhaps it’s the name that strikes romance—Hacienda de San Antonio. Built as a casa grande in 19th century in Colima, Mexico, the Hacienda de San Antonio hotel today serves as a model boutique hotel emitting exclusivity and passion; no wonder it was nominated…
Epoque Hotels Opens the New Year with 270 Exclusive Boutique Hotels in its Portf …
At the onset of 2007, the unique collection of avant-garde, trendy-chic, and luxury-classic boutique hotels of the American representation company grows to 270 properties.
Miami Beach, FL, February 8, 2007 – Epoque Hotels continues to excel in establishing the most coveted collection of internationally acclaimed luxury boutique hotels. Due to its immense growth and success in 2006, the ground-breaking company has closed the year with a load of new first-rate affiliates…
Heim Unibal® Unground Bearings Offer Full Complement of Balls with Solid Inner R …
(Fairfield, CT – January 2007) RBC Bearings’ Heim Unibal® ball bearings offer superior ability to handle high loads and provide longer service life to such applications as wheels, casters, ammunition loaders, textile machines, door closers, power tools, conveyors, wheelchairs, pulleys, and lift mechanisms. Heim’s unique manufacturing process produces races uninterrupted by splits or slots. The full complement of balls offers a significant capacity advantage over caged or split-ring designs.
While…
New Lens For Travel To Greece
Travel Europe, (travelswise.com) The Europe Travel Guide, is proud to announce the launch of the of a new Squidoo lens. This Squidoo lens, “Greece Travel Guide” offers advice and information about travel to Greece.
Squidoo's goal as a platform is to bring the power of recommendation to search. Travel Europe uses the platform to make recommendations to travelers interested in the beautiful country of Greece. The Greece Travel Guide lens includes…
2006 A Record Year For Boutique
With 17 new member hotels and a 16.7% increase in reservation revenues for the hotels in the first half year, 2006 is set to become the record year for Boutique Hotels & Resorts International®. Last November, more than 20 Boutique member hotels attended the alliance’s booth in the Global Village at the World Travel Market in London, the largest Boutique representation at any of the trade shows ever, and…
Barcelona Hotel Reservation Numbers Spike in Light of Carnival as Travelers Seek …
EuroBookings.com, Europe’s leading discount hotel reservation service, reported a dramatic increase in the number of visitors interested in Barcelona hotels during the month of January with the city’s popular ‘Carnival in Barcelona’ fast approaching.
“Travelers are adventure seekers—they love to have a fun. It’s not uncommon to see a spike in hotel bookings for a particular country when an event centered purely on fun is scheduled. As…
anatoliamagazine - On the way in Turkey
Anatoliamagazine.com is a periodical online-magazine with topics about cities and regions, history, people and life, tradition, art, handcraft, nature and travel-information about Turkey. In Anatolia, the asian part of Turkey, are many traces of numerous nations and cultures from more than 10000 years.
Photographer and writer Jens Helmstedt has more than twenty years travel-experience in Turkey. His stories in http://www.anatoliamagazine.com about wellknown and unknown regions, places and people in Anatolia should…
Popular European Discount Travel Planning Company Now Offers Online Support in 1 …
EuroBookings.com has proven its commitment to international travelers once again by adding support for 12 additional languages to its travel planning website http://www.eurobookings.com. Visitors can now click on one of the 13 flag icons to instantly convert the entirety of the website content into their preferred language. The 13 languages now available are English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, Russian, and Greek.
“The European…
San Bernardino is the new site for official California Welcome Center
The State of California Department of Tourism awarded an official site for the California Welcome Center to the San Bernardino Convention & Visitors Bureau on Thursday, September 7, 2006. The Welcome Center in San Bernardino is scheduled to open during Spring 2007 at 1955 Hunts Lane with 2,500 square feet for the center. The site, adjacent to the I-10 Freeway and Hospitality Lane, will also house the San…
North Carolina Golf Resort Host Governor's Conference On Tourism
Sea Trail Golf Resort & Conference Center, a 2,000-acre golf resort and residential community in Sunset Beach, N.C., will be the host site for this year’s North Carolina Governor’s Conference on Tourism, March 25-27, 2007. Sea Trail offers the largest conference center on the North Carolina coast and is known for its three “golf courses of distinction.” Sea Trail was recently acknowledged as one of Meetings South magazine’s “Best of…
Caribe Island Resort becomes one of only a handful of Belizean resorts to provid …
SAN PEDRO, Belize – January 29, 2007 - Caribe Island Resort (caribeisland.com), on the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize, is pleased to announce that a FREE wireless Internet access point has been installed. The system, which was implemented by NLG Consulting of Belize City, Belize, will cover the entire complex of the resort and will be accessible to all guests of Caribe Island Resort.
“Regardless of whether a guest is…
Untravel Media and Unofficial Tours Present 'Untraveling Hahvahd'
Friday, February 2nd, 10am-1pm (moved from Jan 12th)
Starting point: Z Square Restaurant & Bar, 14 JFK Street, at the heart of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, www.z-square.com
Untravel Media (a new Boston-based company that produces mobile narrative content and production software for the rapidly growing travel media market) is launching “Untraveling Hahvahd,” a cutting-edge media experience which is unique in its rich interactive features and depth of narrative and based on an…
Promotion Valentine's Day: 6% discount on stays in Majorca until December 31, 20 …
Valentine's Day is around the corner. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other, sending them cards, flowers or sweets. In the best of traditions, Come2Mallorca.com would like to give its customers a very special present!
True to the promotion’s slogan “Give away Emotions on Valentine’s Day”, a 6 % discount will be applied to all bookings of hotels, aparthotels, apartments and fincas in Majorca…
France – Free Pocket Travel Guide of Paris by Flashbooking
A growing youth hostels and hotels directory specializing in budget accommodation, Flashbooking is a recognized source of information and services for independent travellers who love creating their trips and book their bed nights securely online.
A special promotion allow travellers to earn money and credits of 1,5 euros by inviting other friends to subscribe and receive the monthly newsletter, rich of information about hostel and hotel deals. For each friend that…
New Services on MICE-Contact: Top Stories and Destination Reports
MICE-Contact establishes a new service on its web page. Top Stories & Destination Reports are editorial items that can be easily and quickly placed on the main page of this B2B MICE-Contact site. MICE-Contact invite the travel industry to exclusively publish extensive features on destinations and their suitability for incentives, events or meetings. This is an effective and inexpensive means of delivering promotional messages or announcements to the global…
Exotic Panama Considered Central America's Hottest New Tourism Destination
Miami, FL January 23, 2007 -- New and tell-all website, The Panama Report, reveals that hunting with century-old indian tribes, spelunking through mysterious jungle caves, and exploring secluded Caribbean islands isn’t just reserved for Hollywood anymore.
With its teeming rainforests, hidden beaches, and rich history and culture, the tiny isthmus that was once only known for a Canal, is now making sound waves as perhaps the most authentic travel…
Wegolo upgrades with weather tool
Wegolo.com, the European no-frills airline search engine, is to launch an unconventional new function that allows users to find prices based on the weather in a particular location. The new tool, developed by Wegolo-parent company PR Aviation, is the first in a series of improvements to the site.
The first phase of the weather search service allows users to select a desired weather forecast and find all destinations served by…
Schmittenhöhe: a top athlet goes after an extreme record
He was born and raised in Oberhausen, right in the middle of the Ruhr. It is there, among the coal mines, that 34-year-old Christian Flühr has got his roots. But in contrast to the preferences of countless football fans in the region, there is only one thing that Flühr ever wanted to do: skiing. Nowadays, the Bavarian by choice still enjoys spending every single minute of his free time on…
Holland: Free Pocket Travel Guide of Amsterdam by Flashbooking
Flashbooking.com provides a large accommodation offer in Amsterdam where there are plenty of budget solutions in youth hostels, Bed and Breakfast and budget hotels.
Flashboking.com is a young dynamic hostels-booker that provides students, independent travellers, backpackers, conscious tourists, families etc. with an online secure booking service.
A growing database of selected budget accommodations worldwide from cheap hotel deals, (http://www.flashbooking.com) Cheap Hostels Amsterdam, B&B, apartments, campsites and guesthouses is easily available online…
Europa-Sportregion extends its pistes as far as Germany
The \'Europa-Sportregion\' can offer its guests 132 kilometres of pistes on Kitzsteinhorn and Schmittenhöhe. And since the beginning of this year there has even been a further addition: Zell am See and Kaprun have extended their network of pistes by another 300 metres - although the piste in question is not to be found locally.
The scene of this latest expansion is Wittenburg, a little town of about 5,000 inhabitants…
Lifetime Coastal Vacations: Spring Break Discount Travel Options
With families and college students planning for Spring break vacations, the pressure is on to book your trip for the least amount of money while staying at a four or five star resort. In this pursuit, many people turn to travel agents or online discount promotions in hopes of getting “the best deal.”
Michael Smith, Level III Director with Coastal Vacations, has a tremendous offer for those who must escape…
Missing Christmas Flight Mystery For Malta
A flight from London to Malta that didn\'t depart on December 26 has set alarm bells ringing on the holiday island of Malta.
The flight operator, well known and popular airline Ryanair, claims no flight was scheduled, while one newspaper said they had a photograph showing a departure board with \'cancelled\' next to the flight number.
The Malta tourist industry pushed for low cost airlines to be allowed to operate to the…
New (Free) Ways to Explore San Francisco's Ferry Building and Market Street
Geogad, Inc. today introduced two new Geogad Mobile Tours of San Francisco’s Ferry Building Reborn and San Francisco’s Market Street to its collection of free MP3-based audio and image self-guided walking tours. These free virtual tour guides make touring easy for busy, independent travelers. Travelers can download these free tours and walk them whenever they have time during their day in San Francisco. These tours provide the same detailed local…
England - London: Free Pocket Travel Guide by Flashbooking.com
Useful tool Flashbooking staff has put at travellers’ disposal is the London Pocket City Guide: this free travel guide of London contains, just in a few pages, all the essential information and very good suggestions about the Great Britain Capital as shopping areas and markets, Museums and Art Galleries, budget restaurants and cheap accommodations, classic itineraries you can’t miss, transports and a lot more.
Flashbooking.com is a young dynamic hostels-booker…
New Tuner to be released for the Dodge Cummins 5.9L Ram 2500 & 3500 - up to 285 …
January 30, 2007, TunerTools.com will begin shipping the all new Diablosport Predator model U7131 designed specifically for the 2006 & 2007 Dodge Cummins 5.9L Diesel Ram 2500 - 3500 trucks.
This new tuner is a first in several ways:
~ Switched on the fly* selection of tunes from towing to extreme RKL performance
~ Unit automatically clears all trouble codes when the original backup is restored to the vehicle. Meaning no…
Travel-Buggy Lightens the Load for Visiting Babies
Travel-Buggy is the only company of its kind in Montreal. Lisa Knight, President of Travel Buggy Services Inc. (www.travel-buggy.com) started the baby equipment rental business in April 2006 to service a currently untouched market.
Visitors with babies and small children can now rent strollers, cribs, highchairs and a host of other essential baby items when they stay in Montreal and surroundings, rather than having to bring all their bulky baby…
Prague CZ: Great Free Pocket Travel Guide by Flashbooking
Flashbooking is a growing (flashbooking.com) cheap hostel Prague and hotels directory specializing in budget accommodation for independent travellers, students, adventurous backpackers, international volunteers, families and all the ones that travel on a budget.
Those who love travelling light, those with a sense for adventure, those who love flexibility in their trips, those who like meeting locals and travelling slow and low... those are Flashbooking happy travellers!
Flashbooking accommodation database is…
VIII European Automotive Congress 2007 in Barcelona
Change of scene for the European Automotive Congress. The event, established as the annual meeting point for industry decision makers in Madrid, shifts its venue in 2007 to Barcelona.
From March 28th to 30th, the congress offers a diverse program featuring a variety of presentations by renowned speakers such as Seat’s new president. The event is supported by major European Automotive Associations like CLEPA, VDA and SERNAUTO and complemented…
Europe's first winter park opens at Hunderfossen, 6th of January
The 6th of January the door to Europe’s first winter theme park opens at Hunderfossen outside Lillehammer. The park offers a variety of winter activities for children and adults alike, and will feature a spectacular and enchanting landscape with ice and snow sculptures.
Fairy tales and action packed experiences
Hunderfossen Winter Park is located at the bottom of Gudbrandsdalen, an area known for its heavy snowfalls and wonderful winter…
Race Video Forums are financially supported by Tuner Tools, llc
Tuner Tools, llc has become a corporate sponsor for Race Video Forums - racevideoforums.com
Race Video Forums specializes in gathering, posting, linking and displaying fresh video content with a focus on automotive racing, performance and action videos from all over the world. This mix includes street racing scenes and other videos of interest to racers and tuners everywhere (Victoria's Secret Fashion show anyone?)
With the racing videos as the…
The FAST LSX Patented Polymer Intake Manifold System is now available at Tuner T …
Tuner Tools, llc has added the FAST LSX line of Intake Manifolds, Throttle Bodies, Fuel Rails, Fuel Systems & LSX Direct Port Nitrous Systems to their product line at www.TunerTools.com
Made from space-age composite polymer, the patented FAST LSX Multi-Piece Intake Manifold shows a 20+ horsepower increase over the LS1 intake and 15+ horsepower over the LS6 intake, with no loss of drivability or low rpm torque. Best of…
The Apartment Service wins Best Serviced Apartment Company 2007
London- 28 December 2006- The Apartment Service has received the award for Best Serviced Apartment Company at the prestigious 2007 Buying Business Travel Diamond Awards and Christmas Ball, held at London's exclusive Hurlingham Club on Thursday 7 December 2006.
The Awards are seen as among the most valued and respected of all the accolades, representing the views of the industry's most important customers - those who are responsible for securing the…
Memphis Racing Scene online community gains a new sponsor: Tuner Tools, llc
The online community known as Memphis Racing Scene has gained a new official sponsor with the addition of Tuner Tools, llc
Memphis Racing Scene is an active online community of sports and performance automotive enthusiasts with an online market place, group buys, photos, videos and numerous other benefits to members. Read more about Memphis Racing Scene at: www.MemphisRacingScene.com
Tuner Tools, llc has begun an active campaign to sponsor such online…
Enginuity gains a new sponsor in December with the addition of Tuner Tools, llc
Effective in December 06, Tuner Tools, llc has become the latest official sponsor for the online open source development community known as Enginuity.
Enginuity is a free, open source application created for viewing, editing and tuning Engine Control Units (ECUs). Coding on Enginuity began in November, 2005, and is now continuing to grow into a full featured tuning suite. Read more at www.Enginuity.org
To read more about Tuner…
Collaboration project transforms automotive tuning applications available to con …
27 Dec 2006: Tuner Tools, llc - A new collaborative project in automotive tuning components yields new integrated tools for engine diagnostic & reflashing.
Innovate Motorsports has developed a plug-in to the popular open source ECUflash [ www.OpenECU.org ] application allowing full integration with their in-house Logworks software. This is a significant step forward to the automotive tuning community in general and specifically to those involved with tuning the late model…
Ridesharing Made Easy With E-Carpool.eu
42 countries, 17 languages and over 200 departures and destinations mark the proud balance of the European wide carpooling website “ride4cents.org,” which has accomplished all of this within its first year of existence.
Polish drivers and passengers currently use this service the most (circa 60%), followed by users from Czech Republik, Germany, Hungary, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands. Mr. Wiktor Hubar, the enterpriser of “e-carpool Network” from Frankfurt, pointed out…
