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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Mons 2015: 4 Out Of The 5 New Museums Are Already Open

To Xavier Roland, responsible of Mons’ museum pole “The weekend of the 4th and the 5th of April has marked a changing point between before and after Mons 2015! No European capital of culture has ever opened 5 museums in a year before! We have gained 10 years in terms

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Mar-Mac area looks to capitalize on geotourism

Geotourism is the new buzz word around the McGregor and Marquette area thanks to National Geographic’s new Mississippi River Corridor Geotourism Program. The term, according to National Geographic, means “tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents.”

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Airbnb Awaits Boost in Cuba Tourism

Airbnb – an online platform that allows people to market rooms in their homes to travellers in search of lodging – launched in Cuba last week with more than 1,000 listings available, taking advantage of looser telecommunications and trade restrictions that followed President Barack Obama’s December announcement of intentions to

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Rising demand in eco-friendly accommodation

Accommodation providers all over the world are responding to a shift towards more sustainable accommodation. A 2011 survey by Conde Naste Traveler found that 93 per cent of readers believed travel companies bore responsibility for environmental protection. Not only the implementation of solar pannels is the result of this change

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Gastrodiplomacy
Diane Dodd

FORTUNE COOKIE: India turns to Culinary Diplomacy

When the world’s largest industrial fair opens in Hannover on Monday, April 13, India will not be in full force as the partner country. But for the first time since 2007, when Incredible India was given a renewed push at the world’s largest travel and tourism show, ITB, Berlin, our cuisines

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