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Conquer the top of Mt. Fansipan~how high you are with the top?

Submitted by panviettravel on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 05:26.

Sapa is the most popular place to go in the Far Northwest amongst budget travelers and packages tourists alike. By using Sapa as a base you can hike off to more remote ‘traditional’ hill tribe villages and sometimes you will be offered a bed in a village for the night. Sapa was originally built as a hill station in the early part of this century and, in winter, gets bitterly cold. If you are going to be visiting Sapa in winter do not forget the winter woollies.

'The roads to the World Heritage Sites of Vietnam'!

Submitted by panviettravel on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 05:16.

Hue City - The an ancient capital of vietnam!
Hue served as Vietnam's capital under the Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945, and is arguably the most beautiful city in Vietnam. The city’s regal past can still be seen today inside the walls of the Citadel and the war-ravaged Imperial City.

Santander

Submitted by antoniusestrillo on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 08:22.

Santander is also known as a city of the Spanish language, this is the capital and the largest city of the province of Catambria in Spain. It features a small historic center and handful of beaches. Its features a small historic center and handful of beaches. Magdalena Palace is one of the tourist attractions of the place, a palace that was used as a summer getaway of Spanish royalty.

Effects of Political Instability in Thailand on Hotel Operators – A Study by HotelsCombined.com

Submitted by HotelsCombined.com on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 05:15.

Sydney, 19 December 2008 – Hotel comparison search engine HotelsCombined.com has released statistics on the effects of anti-government protestors blockading Bangkok airports on hotel operators in Thailand. The research was conducted by calculating the number of daily reservation requests to Thailand by global travelers.

Results can be found: http://www.hotelscombined.com/aboutus/press/thailand.aspx

Discover Andorra

Submitted by antoniusestrillo on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 07:17.

This place is the sixth smallest nation of Europe, after Malta, Liechtenstein, San Marino and the Vatican City. This is known as Principality of Andorra, also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, small landlock country in Western Europe, and bordered by Spain and France. The official and historic language is Catalan. Because of immigration, historical links and close geographic proximity other language such as Spanish and French are commonly spoken. Currently, this place is one of the prosperous country because of tourism and its status as a tax haven.

FastBooking partners with HotelsCombined.com

Submitted by HotelsCombined.com on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 05:11.

Sydney, 2 December 2008 – HotelsCombined.com, the world’s leading hotel price comparison search engine announced its new partnership with FastBooking, the global provider of advanced internet booking systems and e-marketing solutions for the hospitality industry.

VISIT PORT ELIZABETH - THE FRIENDLY CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 11:13.

I am going to start off by letting you know a little about our city and why you should visit us. At least let us by on your list of things to do.

Doña Casilda Iturrizsr Park

Submitted by antoniusestrillo on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 07:36.

A public park located in the Basque –Spanish city of Bilbao, it is named after Casilda Iturrizar who donated the terrain. The main park of the town regarded as the best of all green spaces in the cities surveyed.

billing software, online booking and payment software for tourism

Submitted by magstudios on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 07:47.

MAG Studios is a multilingual low cost high performance room reservation software solution for any hotel,motel, b&b, guesthouse, accommodation, residence or travel websites!. The MAG is available in seven versions, for one hotel only, for chain hotels, for hotels portal(unlimited number of hotels), for apartments/flats/cottages/villas, for one hostel only, for hostels portal(unlimited number of hostels) and for daily tours.You can have your own state of the art, robust PHP/MySQL based real time reservation system.

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