Getting Ready for Prime Time While not yet a popular tourism destination for travelers from the USA, Bulgaria attracted approximately 10 million tourists (2015) from Greece, Romania, Turkey and Russia – accounting for 50 percent of all visitors. Tourism contributed 15 percent to the economy’s GDP and supports 150,000 (2014) jobs. Currently there are 9 […]
An International Threesome: French Taittinger Champagne, Italian Calvisius Caviar & a suite at NYC’s Hotel Surrey
Between online pop-ups, Groupon discount coupons, television advertising, and in-store flyers, holiday gifting is made to appear as a very complex decision-making process. In fact, holiday gift giving is extremely easy – everyone on the list gets Taittinger Champagne, Calvisius Caviar, and a hotel suite at the Surrey Hotel. Of course, it would be delightful […]
Hello Budapest. Goodbye Vienna
© Dr. Elinor Garely, Editor in Chief, TourismExecutives.com (a division of eTN Publishing) Apr 21, 2016 It is always hard to leave a city; there is never enough time to explore the streets and buildings and shops and food… so much to see and taste and so little time. However, my Rail Europe pass keeps […]
Sensuous and Seductive: Sete – Destination Southern France
With a global focus on Paris, the other charming, beautiful, delicious, curious, inspiring parts of France frequently get lost. A destination that must be discovered in Sud France, a very upmarket but unpretentious part of the country, is the city of Sete, Languedoc-Roussillon region. May in Narbonne I was recently introduced to Southern France through an […]
The Gang of the French Caribbean
Crime.Drama.Politics – all part of this must see movie, The Gang of the French Caribbean. The film recently showcased at the Cinepolis Chelsea Cinema, NYC. As the centerpiece screening for the African Diaspora International Film Festival, project support includes the Guadeloupe Islands Office of Tourism, and norwegian.com. The film is a loosely adapted autobiography by […]
Luxurious Modena, Italy: Home to Ferrari
A short distance from Bologna is the distinctive small town of Modena. Located on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy, the city proudly offers visitors the Ferrari Museum and some of the most unique shops to be found in the entire […]
Book Bologna, Italy. Jazz, Food and Wine
All of Italy is renowned for its wines and cuisine, and it has more UNESCO world heritage sites than any other country in the world resulting in it being a tourist destination for centuries. However, each city and village is distinctive and exceptional and each one deserves our undivided time and attention.Bologna may not be […]
Sexy. Sensuous. Santa Margherita Ligure. The Italian Riviera
Only 45 minutes by car, but light years away from the busy city of Genoa, Santa Margherita Ligure, the Italian Riviera of Hollywood fame, attracts the rich and famous looking for a cool (and Kool) place to hang out. From spring through autumn, the beautiful seaside resorts, gourmet dining and elegant shops seduce visitors into […]
Genuinely Genoa
Genoa, the capital of Liguria in north-western Italy, is an Italian city that has become a tourism destination – almost by accident. Historically it was important for shipbuilding and steel works (since the 19th century), international trade, commerce and banking (since the Middle Ages), and now, because it is a treasure trove of art, […]
Neighborhood Literary Giants
The United for Libraries, in partnership with the Empire State Center for the Book, recently dedicated two Literary Landmarks to honor authors from the Sutton Place community, Erich Maria Remarque and E.L. Doctorow. East 57th Street Although we frequently walk by 320 East 57th Street, NYC, the Art Deco building built in 1926, and […]