Little hotel in Waikiki with big aloha spirit (Honolulu Advertiser)
You could call the 'Ilima Hotel ? with 98 condominium-style rooms and suites in Waikiki ? the little hotel that turned to Hawaiian cultural values before it was cool....more...First Edition Cycling News for September 24, 2007 (Cyclingnews.com)
It was a fine moment for Russia's Denis Menchov to at last be able to ride into Madrid wearing the leader's golden jersey and to enjoy the accolades that are afforded to a Grand Tour winner....more... A voyage of discovery to wondrous Antarctica (Boston Globe)
Antarctica is a wonderland, a home to penguins by the thousands, as well as seals, whales, albatrosses with massive wingspans, stark and beautiful ice formations, including glaciers, all surrounded by the waters of the Southern Ocean....more... Going to Seattle? Make it a point to visit lovely Victoria (Anchorage Daily News)
September and October are great months to head south to Seattle....more... Currency Parity Brings Canadian Shoppers South (New York Times)
The strength of the Canadian dollar is driving Canadians into the U.S. to shop for shoes, school supplies, gasoline, used cars and second homes....more... Canadian, U.S. dollars on equal ground (Everett Herald)
Area retailers and tourist stops hope to attract more consumers from Canada now that the Canadian and U.S. dollars are on par....more... VANOC INTRODUCES 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES CEREMONIES TEAM (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Tourism / leisure In 876 days, billions of people around the globe will tune in to watch the lighting of the Olympic Torch officially open the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games at BC Place Stadium for one of Canada's biggest international spectacles. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today introduced the Ceremonies team that ......more... Sagging U.S. dollar means little to Americans concerned with gas prices, housing (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WASHINGTON - Canadians may be doing a collective jig of pride over the soaring loonie, but in the United States no one's taking much notice of the sagging greenback....more... Bold wines, vistas and ambitions in B.C.'s South Okanagan Valley (Seattle Times)
You can't drive past the long stretch of desert and vineyards here, or even past the lakes and beaches, without seeing a resort or a billboard......more... |