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Flamingo Beach Resort and Spa in Costa Rica: It's "Pura Vida!"

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Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer

They met in Durham, North Carolina, students at Duke going for an MBA. Pam was a pretty blonde from Long Island, cheerful and outgoing. Carlos was a tall and burly guy from Costa Rica with a gentle demeanor that inspired trust and confidence. Through the spring semester, they saw a lot of each other. When it ended, Carlos invited Pam to come home with him. He wanted to introduc

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Salvador da Bahia
 has one of most passionate and distinctive culinary traditions in all of Brazil, thanks in large part to the huge African influence on its culture. The African customs (such as the use of dendê (palm) oil, a typical Bahian ingredient) are fused with European and also native traditions, resulting in intense and exotically-tropical dishes.

From small bars on the beaches and streets of the city to sophisticated restaurants, there is a multifaceted and vast range of culinary options

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The famous San Francisco sea lions that occupy prime dock space on Pier 39 first appeared there shortly after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Then in 2009, they mysteriously disappeared for three months. Where did they go? 

Oregonians believe that the celebrity sea lions headed north to holiday on the
turbulent and exciting shores of the central coast of Oregon. To be exact, they headed for the famous Sea Lion Caves in Florence. 


As evidence, the Oregon locals point to the massive increase in

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9008963452?profile=originalCosta Rica is one of the hottest holiday destinations of 2016, but planning a vacation to Costa Rica can be overwhelming given the seemingly endless choices of what to do, and where to go and stay. A simple Google search for “Costa Rica vacations” yields close to 78 million results!

Who has the time to research all of that information? You just want a vacation, right?

To help you plan your perfect Costa Rica vacation, see these essential insider travel tips from travel expert Eliot Greenspan of Co

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Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

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Singapore’s Garden by the Bay redefines the whole garden strolling experience. Spread over 250 acres of area , the gardens are located near the Marina Reservoir and have three large garden spaces in which many people consider it to be a virtual garden city.

The Bay South Garden segment, which opened midway through 2012, is perhaps the most impressive area, with two bio-controlled conservatories, dubbed Cloud Forest and the Flower Dome. You will find plants from the different corners of the earth,

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9009071667?profile=originalNew Delhi: A renowned media person and alumnus of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Delhi University Sandeep Marwah has been invited by the SBSC authorities to join the organizing committee of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the institution this year.
Sandeep Marwah the founder of Noida Film City, president of renowned Marwah Studios and Asian Education Group is five times world Record Holder and recipient of more than 300 awards from all over the World.
Sandeep Marwah is chairing large number of Inte

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SAIL INTO SUMMER

June 25, 2016 

East End Hospice Annual Summer Party, “Sail into Summer”, will take place on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the Sandacres Estate on the waterfront at 4 Sandacres Lane, Quogue. The event is to benefit a great cause and should be a fabulous evening which will include cocktails, dinner, dancing, casino games, and a silent auction. 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

This year we are pleased to honor many who have done a great deal for East End Hospice. Patricia and Wesley Lowd will serve

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Santorini's Nea Kamini Volcano

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Most cruise ships sailing the Aegean Sea call at the island Santorini. Although none of the harbours can accommodate larger ships, and they have to anchor, and transfer their passengers ashore by tender, it is nonetheless quite popular.

Santorini owes its crescent shape and steep cliffs to a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in 1450 BC, which left the world’s biggest caldera, or crater. All that remained were the main island, the neighbouring island of Thirassia and the outlying islet of Aspronissi

 

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PUERTO RICO TOURISM COMPANY LAUNCHES SEALS OF APPROVAL

 

Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), Ingrid I. Rivera Rocafort, announced the company’s initiative to grant seals of approval to hotels and tourist facilities endorsed by PRTC. PRTC currently endorses 154 accommodations, which are inspected a minimum of two times per year.

 

9009071286?profile=original“These new seals of approval will help visitors identify hotels and tourist facilities endorsed by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company,” said Rive

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New York, N.Y.  …. June 21st, 2016 KIE/Kintetsu International held its 7th annual KIE Travel Showcase, Thursday, June 9th, at the beautifully renovated NOVOTEL Hotel, in midtown Manhattan. In total, a record 50 of KIE’s preferred travel partners attended; including 8 major airlines, 40 major hotel brands, and a major car rental company.  All of their preferred suppliers exhibited their products and services to a record number of 200 KIE clients who attended this event.

KIE’s Travel Showcase giv

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Experiencing India Along the Kerala Trail Through Club Mahindra Holidays

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Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer

 “I am basically a finance professional,” said Arun Nanda, founder of Club Mahindra Holidays, a collection of family-oriented properties throughout India. We had met Arun, (who is also one of the principals of Mahindra and Mahindra, the automobile manufacturing and tractor sales company), in Israel the year before when he was delivering a series of lectures at Tel Aviv
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by Cristóbal Ramírez


The hopping, happening district of Chile's capital between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill these days throbs with both colour and young people eager to take on the world. Back in the 17th and 18th centuries it was of course quite different - in this case a quarter where the colonial aristocracy erected its grand manses. More recently, in the 20th, it became something of a bohemian quarter of intellectuals and artists, most famously Nobel-Prize-winning poet Pablo

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The digital world is proliferating by leaps and bounds. Right from the advent of internet in the late 90s, the surge of this form of media has been unstoppable. Today, we are living right through a digital revolution, one that will be studied for ages to come. Everyone and everything is online now, computer has become man’s best friend and the internet has become his biggest source of support.
9009066088?profile=originalShopping has become a huge part of this online world. This type of shopping saves time, energy and eff

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Master Class by Dharmesh Darshan at AAFT

9009072888?profile=originalNoida: Renowned filmmaker Darmesh Darshan expressed his desire to make a short film with the young talent of AAFT while talking in the master class at Asian Academy of Film And Television at Noida Film City.
Dharmesh Darshan has directed films like Lootre, Dharkan, Bewaffa, Mela, Aap Ki Khatir and one of the first ten largest grossers feature film Raja Hindustani. Sharing his experience of 30 years in film business Darshan narrated many instances from his shooting days and his accountancies with

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Our “ultimate European road trip,” started in Suttgart, Germanyafter we picked up our brand-new Porsche Macan S from the factory, now heads north from Lake Lugano (Italy/Switzerland) back to Germany, at Lake Konstanz.

This lake has multiple attractions, but the two most important to us was that the city of Konstanz is an excellent jumpoff point for the final leg of our journey, and the city of Friedrichshafen is the birthplace of the Zeppelin airship, as well as the base camp for Zeppelin sig

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Please join us for a festive evening to support clean water & conservation on Long Island:

Saturday, June 25, 2016
A Barefoot Contessa Dinner
Summer Benefit

Hosted by

Honorary Co-Chairs
Ina and Jeffrey Garten
Co-Chairs

Anne and Nicolas Erni
Pam and Peter Flaherty
 

Cocktails at 7:00 pm
followed by a dinner from Ina Garten's beloved cookbooks
Summer Party Dress 
The Center for Conservation • East Hampton, NY

The Nature Conservancy on Long Island will hold its Summer Benefit on Saturday, June 25, 2016. It is our

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13th Anniversary of Harit Kranti at Sarita Vihar

9009068484?profile=originalNew Delhi: “I congratulate J. S. Saluja and his complete team of Sarita Vihar Harit Kranti for celebrating 13th foundation day and being the part of this successful journey for their absolute dedication, hard work and zeal to achieve their mission” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios at the annual day celebration at Sarita Vihar.
Sarita Vihar Hart Kranti a registered NGO is working since 2003 with a mission to create clean and green ambience for the residents and also to bring in awar

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Dominican Baseball Hits a 'Jonrón'

 9008631454?profile=originalIf you're a baseball fan, you well know how much "America's pastime" owes these days to  the Dominican Republic – starting with greats like Pedro Martínez, Matty Alou, David Ortiz, Juan Marichal, Manny Ramírez, and of course the great Sammy Sosa (right).  

These are just a small handful of the 400 peloteros the country has sent to the U.S. major leagues, and the reason is that beisbol is as popular here as in any country in the world, with a long pedigree stretching back more than a century, int

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Dublin’s Top 10 Spots for Dinner

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As the capital of Ireland, amazing Dublin has won the hearts of many visitors, impressing with its mysterious castles and palaces, stunning nature, and beautiful landscapes. 

But while sightseeing is great, many also need to focus on the practical, such as affordable eats. Dublin isn't quite on the list of the world’s most expensive cities, but it's not exactly cheap these days, either. So in order to make your weekend pleasant and stay within budget limits, we’ve selected 10 establishments w

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Aruba Establishes Limits on All-inclusive Acommodations 

Oranjestad, Aruba – The Aruban Government is promoting a policy to foster a balanced portfolio of on-island accommodations and consequently a healthy contribution to Aruba’s GDP, currently 91 percent reliant on tourism and travel. Aruba’s government and tourism officials have conducted the necessary analyses and formulated actions that specifically impact the future of the destination’s all-inclusive sector.

“Given Aruba’s high level of de

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