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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer
The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…
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Staff were pleasant, cheerful, truly friendly and ever ready to help. I enjoyed the food. Good locations to use as a base for wandering around. In Vail the beds were so thick and I'm so short I almost had to get a running start to get on to the bed. Not the most damning thing to be said of a place.
Media visited EcoTraining as part of the Green Product tour to South Africa
SA Tourism and EcoTraining – The “Green product”. I do a yearly introduction to green products as part of SA tourism drive; if you’re interested to join the next group let me know. We are interested in sustainable and adventure tourism writers and bloggers with large audiences. EcoTraining
The last one was in February 2011 and provided insight into unknown products that is on offer in South Africa. 8 journalist were sponsored by Media agencies internationally and SA Tourism to join in the 5 day trip to experience emergence with the bush like no other.
Contact Corne – Marketing@ecotraining.co.za for more info or visit our website for more information.
The official Web site for the joint Northeast and Atlantic Caribbean -ACC chapter meeting in Pittsburgh June 26-29, 2011, is LIVE.
Visit at www.satwpittsburgh.com.
The registration page should be functional in the next week or two; I'll keep you posted in the SATW NE/AC Meeting group.