2012 Greater Palm Springs Pride Festivities

Palm Springs, CA, 2012-09-27 — /travelprnews.com/ — Considered to be one of the most scenic pride parades, the Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival celebrates its 26th Anniversary, November 1 – November 4, 2012, with multiple block parties, a two-day festival and parade in Palm Springs, California. The 2012 theme, “Long May It Wave!” is a salute to… Read the full press release

AH&LA FALL CONFERENCE OFFERS WOMEN & UNDER 30 FOCUSED PROGRAMS, SPECIALIZED COMMITTEE MEETINGS, NETWORKING EVENTS

Washington, D.C., 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) 2012 Fall Conference, will be November 9-13, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City held with the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show® (IHMRS). The Fall Conference begins Friday with the Welcome Reception at the Waldorf Astoria.  IHMRS, which… Read the full press release

Whole Foods Market Develops a “Crush” on October Virginia Wine Month

Virginia Wine Month logo

New partnership will feature in-store wine tastings, expanded Virginia wine selection and chance to win a trip on the Virginia Crush Bus RICHMOND, Va., 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Virginia is a Commonwealth of wine, with more than 200 wineries statewide.  Wine is so big that the entire month of October is dedicated as Virginia Wine Month.  This… Read the full press release

Liverpool John Lennon Airport bosses head for Abu Dhabi World Route Development event

2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Senior Management from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) along with colleagues from owners The Vantage Airport Group are heading to Abu Dhabi this week to meet with airlines from across the globe at the 18th World Route Development Forum. The conference, taking place from 29th September to 2nd October, is an annual… Read the full press release

Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri Introduces Kachchi Handi Food Festival At Zune The Indian Specialty Restaurant

Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri announces a Kachchi Handi Food Festival at Zune, the Indian specialty restaurant. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

NEW DELHI, 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri announces a Kachchi Handi Food Festival at Zune, the Indian specialty restaurant. From September 28 until October 12, 2012, guests at the five star deluxe hotel, located adjacent to Janakpuri West Metro station, will be able to savour an exotic array of delicacies cooked in an unglazed… Read the full press release

Celebrate The End Of The Year At Hilton Pattaya

Hilton Pattaya today announced a year-end celebration package for its customers with fabulous party offers immediately available until January 2013. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts

Embrace the Year-end Spirit and Celebrate in Style at the Award-winning Hilton Pattaya PATTAYA, Thailand, 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton Pattaya today announced a year-end celebration package for its customers with fabulous party offers immediately available until January 2013. Featuring stunning views across the bay, the centrally situated Hilton Pattaya offers a range of venues suited for functions… Read the full press release

VERMONT STATE CALENDAR OF EVENTS: OCTOBER FOLIAGE CELEBRATIONS ABOUND

MONTPELIER, Vt., 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — The month of October marks peak foliage and harvest festivals honor this dynamic change of seasons statewide. Here’s a sampler of the 250 events on VermontVacation.com this month: SculptFest 2012 Now – October 21 West Rutland The 25th anniversary exhibition features sculptural installations by regional and national artists on the theme “Keep… Read the full press release

Hilton Pattaya Welcomes Leading Indian Wedding Planners From New Delhi

The award-winning, upscale Hilton Pattaya recently warmly welcomed Indian wedding planners organized by Tourism Authority of Thailand, New Delhi at Seaboard Ballroom on level 17 to showcase Hilton Pattaya’s wedding facilities as Thailand has become a popular destination for Indians. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

Well-designed Hotel Helps Boost Indian Weddings in Pattaya, Thailand’s Famous Beach Resort, Positioning as an Ideal Destination for Any Special Occasion PATTAYA, Thailand, 2012-09-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — The award-winning, upscale Hilton Pattaya recently warmly welcomed Indian wedding planners organized by Tourism Authority of Thailand, New Delhi at Seaboard Ballroom on level 17 to showcase Hilton Pattaya’s wedding facilities… Read the full press release

International Housekeeping Week 2012 At Hilton Pattaya

Hilton Pattaya recently organized the 'International Housekeeping Week 2012 Program' to celebrate the housekeeping team's effort in making guests' stay smooth and perfect, at Seaboard Ballroom, Hilton Pattaya. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

PATTAYA, Thailand, 2012-09-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton Pattaya recently organized the ‘International Housekeeping Week 2012 Program’ to celebrate the housekeeping team’s effort in making guests’ stay smooth and perfect, at Seaboard Ballroom, Hilton Pattaya. The International Housekeeping Week at Hilton also paid tribute to the hotel’s outstanding housekeeping team for their commitment to excellence, great support and hard… Read the full press release

Four Seasons Hotel Austin Presents: A Very Austin Christmas

UT Tower Gingerbread Village

“Eclectic Austin” Gingerbread Village, custom ornaments add to the holiday magic. 2012-09-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — This December, Four Seasons Hotel Austin is keeping things weird – Austin-style – with new holiday décor throughout the downtown luxury Hotel that shows off the city’s eclectic side. Front and centre in the Lobby, the annual Gingerbread Village will this year showcase… Read the full press release

Haunted Fun is Para-Normal for Halloween Trips to Virginia

Haunted Fun is Para-Normal for Halloween Trips to Virginia

RICHMOND, Va., 2012-09-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — Virginia is one of the most beautiful, serene and scenic destinations on the East Coast, with legendary southern hospitality. Some of Virginia’s finest homes, hotels and inns and historic sites are so hospitable, in fact, that some guests decide to stay forever, as in well into the afterlife. With more… Read the full press release

AIR FRANCE AND SERVAIR CELEBRATE FINE DINING ON BOARD A FLIGHT TO DAKAR

2012-09-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — To mark the 2nd edition of the Gastronomic Festival on 22 September, Air France and Servair will offer gourmet treats and an original Q&A session with chefs for passengers of flight AF 718 between Paris and Dakar. With the cooperation of three Servair chefs present on board, Air France and its airline… Read the full press release

Global and Local Partners Line Up to Sponsor 2012 World Routes Development Forum

Key partners, business sponsors, suppliers and media partners support world’s largest event for airlines and airports United Arab Emirates, 2012-09-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) presented the key sponsors of the 18th World Route Development Forum to be held in Abu Dhabi from September 29th to October 2nd at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition… Read the full press release

PABU at Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore Celebrates International Sake Week

Sake Sommelier Tiffany Soto

Sake Day is October 1; events continue all week. Baltimore, U.S.A., 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — October 1, 2012 is International Sake Day, and the team at PABU is celebrating with a full week of sake events at Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. Every evening will be devoted to a different sake varietal, and in-house Sake Sommeliers will host complimentary tastings to educate,… Read the full press release

Revised program of 24th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest

2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — The 24th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest is held on the Macau Tower shorefront during September 8th and October 1st.  The fireworks display by “Marutamaya Ogatsu Fireworks Co., Ltd. from Japan”, originally scheduled to perform on September 29 (Saturday) at 21:00 is cancelled. At this time slot, a Macau company, ” Kat… Read the full press release

Hardman Triumphs at World’s Most Luxurious Surfing Event Hosted by Four Seasons Explorer as National Surf Champion Areef Wins the Domestic Event

Hardman Triumphs at World's Most Luxurious Surfing Event Hosted by Four Seasons Explorer as National Surf Champion Areef Wins the Domestic Event

Four Seasons Resorts Maldives take competition surfing five-star Maldives Explorer (Island Cruise), Republic of Maldives – 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Australian surfing legend and two-time world champion Damien “Dooma” Hardman (Narrabeen, NSW, Australia) has won the second annual Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy – organized in conjunction with luxury surf pioneers Tropicsurf – after a sensational week of surfing… Read the full press release

Countdown to World Tourism Day 2012

Madrid, 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — With less than one week to go to World Tourism Day (WTD) on September 27, preparations for the official celebrations in host country Spain are well underway. In the presence of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Asturias, Maspalomas, one of Spain’s famed seaside towns on the island of Gran… Read the full press release

Dancers Celebrate Unity Month at O’Hare and Midway

Dancers Celebrate Unity Month at O'Hare and Midway

CHICAGO, 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — From 2 to 5 p.m. this afternoon , travelers can experience a variety of multicultural music and live dancers in the terminals at O’Hare and Midway International Airports. The Unity Month entertainment celebrates the diverse people, music and arts that make Chicago a unique and culturally rich city. The entertainment lineup includes energetic tap dancing by… Read the full press release

Hard Rock Hotels Around The World Think Pink For Pinktober

2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Rock out for the cause this fall by celebrating PINKTOBER® at Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos during the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month, from October 1-31, 2012. GET INTO BED FOR A CAUSE 2012 Along with special PINKTOBER® events, concerts and personal experiences, Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos will invite guests to… Read the full press release

Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay Unveils the Art of Blind Tasting Culinary Journey

Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay Unveils the Art of Blind Tasting Culinary Journey

Chef Joseph Yaple presents sustainable tasting with a twist. Hawaii, Lana’i at Manele Bay, U.S.A. 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hulopoe Court, the signature restaurant at Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay, unveils an innovative concept developed by Chef Joseph Yaple, appropriately titled The Art of Blind Tasting. The concept puts a new spin on the traditional tasting… Read the full press release

Time Travel Without Ever Leaving 2012 Chicago

Clarke House Museum, Chicago’s Oldest Surviving Building, Hosts Family Day, October 13 2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — A trip to 1850s Chicago is as easy as visiting the Prairie Avenue Historic District where Chicago’s landmark house museum, the Clarke House Museum, hosts the free admission Family Day, Saturday, October 13, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., one of… Read the full press release

Woodland Park Zoo: Construction begins for phase one of tiger and sloth bear exhibit complex

A hundred kids, elected officials, donors, and community members joined Woodland Park Zoo at a groundbreaking ceremony today for the zoo’s $19.6 million tiger and sloth bear complex. Phase one – Asian small-clawed otters and a kids’ nature play area -- will open in May 2013. Photo credit: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo

Hundreds of guests join zoo at groundbreaking ceremony SEATTLE 2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Tiger-striped shovels, a hundred kids and a huge dirt pile, Southeast Asian-themed festivities, and sloth bears slurping watermelon and peanut butter were among the sights, sounds and smells at a ceremony today to break ground for Woodland Park Zoo’s new tiger and sloth… Read the full press release

Chicago Artists Month Kicks Off With Bridgeport “Block” Party, October 5

Featured Artists and Events Highlight the Month of October Cindy Gatziolis    312.744.0573 2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — The 2012 Chicago Artists Month (CAM) celebrates “Art Block by Block” with an opening night event taking place on three separate blocks in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.  The Bridgeport “Block” Party is Friday, October 5 at the Bridgeport Arts Center (1200 W…. Read the full press release

Scores of school kids to join zoo in breaking ground for major exhibit

Woodland Park Zoo will break ground on phase one of tiger and sloth bear exhibit complex, which will feature Asian small-clawed otters and a kids’ nature play area. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Phase one of tiger and sloth bear exhibit complex to open in 2013 WHAT Woodland Park Zoo will move one step closer to bringing Asian small-clawed otters, tigers and sloth bears to the zoo when it breaks ground for a 2-acre Asian tropical forest. Nearly a hundred school kids will join zoo… Read the full press release

Run wild. Save animals. Inaugural Pumpkin Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk and free 1K Kids Dash for the zoo

Run wild for the Pumpkin Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk presented by Chevron Sunday, October 28. Photo Credit: Dennis Dow/Woodland Park Zoo

2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — WHAT Clear the cob webs from your costumes, lace up your running shoes and run wild at Woodland Park Zoo’s inaugural Pumpkin Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk presented by Chevron Sunday, October 28.Woodland Park Zoo’s Pumpkin Dash presented by Chevron kicks off the Halloween season with two spooktacular races, the 5K Run/Walk… Read the full press release

Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri Announces the Launch of Chick-n-Tandoor Food Festival at Twenty-9 the All Day Dining Restaurant

Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri today announced the launch of ‘Chick-n-Tandoor’, a weeklong food festival at Twenty-9, the popular all day dining restaurant. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts

NEW DELHI 2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton New Delhi / Janakpuri today announced the launch of ‘Chick-n-Tandoor’, a weeklong food festival at Twenty-9, the popular all day dining restaurant. From September 15 – 24, 2012, guests at the upscale hotel, located adjacent to Janakpuri West Metro station, will be able to choose from sixteen different varieties of… Read the full press release

Saint Louis Zoo Calendar of Events — September-December 2012

2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — September 2012 Daily through September 30, 2012 Stingrays at Caribbean Cove featuring Sharks. Admission is $3.00 for general public and $1.50 for Zoo Friends members up to Zoo-Goer level. Members at the Family level and above may use their Anywhere Plus passes for admission. Children under two are free. Feeding is… Read the full press release

Christmas Tree Lighting And UL Santa House Kick Off The Holidays

2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — The City of Chicago and UL, the city’s official safety partner, are proud to present the official start of the holiday season, with the99th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Wednesday, November 21, 2012!  The Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is a highly-anticipated event drawing people of all ages to the heart of Chicago’s… Read the full press release

Sydney to host major youth tourism conference

Key facts Tourism Australia Managing Director, Andrew McEvoy and ATEC Managing Director, Felicia Mariani, have congratulated Sydney on becoming the host city for next year’s World Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC). The conference, to be held in Sydney in September 2013, will bring the international youth tourism industry right to the door of Australian… Read the full press release

Virginia is Ready to Celebrate October Virginia Wine Month

Wine lovers invited to “Discover Your Local Crush” during statewide celebration at wineries, festivals and special tastings RICHMOND, Va. 2012-09-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — October Virginia Wine Month is just around the corner, presenting the ideal time for wine lovers to visit Virginia and Discover Your Local Crush at more than 220 wineries statewide.  2012 marks the… Read the full press release