Archive for October, 2007
Monday, October 29th, 2007
The Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel is back open for business after a $7 million renovation that was done to make it the top meeting place in the city.
Highlights of the major upgrade to the 393-room property are the 37,000- square-foot, state-of-the-art conference and meeting space and elegant ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Cedar Fair, the parent company of Great America Theme Park recently announced that 2008 rings in a new identity (and a number of renovations) for the amusement park.
"Ultimately, it is all about providing our guests with new and exciting reasons to visit," says Bill Lentz, General Manager of California's ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Carnival Cruise Lines recently announced that they were extending a special offer to Military personnel for the entire month of November.
They are offering active and retired military personnel to book up to three “Fun Ship” staterooms for themselves and their friends and family members at special discounted rates, starting ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Traveling to and from Alaska just got a bit more expensive. Alaska Airlines recently announced that they are raising the cost of airfare by $5.00- $10.00 to offset the raising cost of jet fuel.
"With the price of a barrel of crude oil spiking more than 50 percent since this last ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
If you've been thinking about taking a jaunt to the Poconos mountains, there is a new resort and casino in town. The Mount Airy Resort and Casino officially opened today.
Located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains, the $412 million Mount Airy Casino Resort becomes the first stand-alone casino ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Looking for a holiday concert that isn't anything like any other you've attended before? Then don't miss your chance to see the Internationally Acclaimed Handbell Ensemble, the Raleigh Ringers as they "ring in" the upcoming holidays on December 1, 2007 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
The ensemble of 17 ringers perform on ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
As someone who has been to the Dominican Republic, you can see how nice the place is for a vacation for young people. But now older folks are getting into the act as well in the Caribbean country.
After decades of hard work and limited relaxation, mature adults deserve to ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Virgin America Air has launched a new flight service between San Francisco (SFO) and Las Vegas (LAS).
The addition of this flight service was inaugurated by Sir Richard Branson with a 407 feet repel off the Palms Casino Resort's Fantasy Tower along with a number of star studded events.
To find ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Amtrak recently announced that they have partnered with Grandluxe to offer new luxury rail services on some of their more popular long distance routes.
The new GrandLuxe Limited service uses a separate, private, seven-car luxury train attached to several regularly scheduled Amtrak trains. The GrandLuxe train, which features Dining, Lounge ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
If you didn't know that October 17th. 2007 was the "World's Largest Cruise Night" you can be forgiven. But after reading this post you won't have any excuse! The World's Largest Cruise Night is coming soon and you'll have the ability to learn about what cruises are available ...
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