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Great Midsummer festivities!
Finland is celebrating !Midsummer, which means pretty much that everything is closed and most of the locals have been deserting cities and towns heading to the countryside. So did we at least.We wish you great Midsummer time! See you and hearing from you next week! ToolBox-travel marketing & consulting
Meeting with St.Petersburg City Tourism authorities 23.6.2011
Hi! I just arrived from a meeting (23rd June, 2011 at 3.38 p.m. local time) with St.Petersburg City Tourism authorities. There were ALL startings with Mrs. Marianna Ordhonikidze, Mrs. Elena Pozdeeva, Mrs. Nana Gvichia , Mr. Alexander Martynov and Mr. Lev Kuznetsov. We were talking about cooperation with tourism information, joint marketing campaigns, meetings industry operations, organizing joint events, about ENPI…
Helsinki most livable city in the world by Monocle
See the article itself by clicking this link: http://monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Most-liveable-city-Helsinki/
Quick reminder
I was today reading hundreds of e-mails after my vacation. I was reading one my colleque has sent to me couple of weeks ago. In the end there was greetings and then the ONE which was striking me – aphorism. I liked it a lot so I put here too.”Il viaggio non soltanto allarga la…
IATA “attacked” by Qatar Airlines
Interesting news from the recent IATA summit in Singapore.Source: TravelMole by Dinah Hatch 8.6.2011″Qatar Airways’ chief exec has attacked airline industry body IATA, saying it is “run for the few, by the few”.Akbar Al Baker blasted the organisation during a session at the IATA AGM in Singapore, saying it failed to be adequately transparent in…
Experiences from Italy
Hi!I just came back from Italy – my second home I could say. This time I spent some time in Rome and in Tuscany. I have been living in Rome and visiting in Tuscany many, many times. I have some friends living in Southern Tuscany, in Sovana which is a very small village. The area…
To Celebrate – Every 1s A Winner!
Due to my 50th birthday next Monday I wanted to share this video with you guys! 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejHpNr0lB6I
One thought for today – Carpe Diem. Watch the video!
I got this link from my friend Satu Raunola from Sydney, Australia. Thank you Satu for this! The guy in this video is explaining his thoughts when his plance crashed! I found his experiences extremely facinating and at the same very positive. This tragic event had a silver lining definitely. Press the link and enjoy the video! http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html
Best Western is renewing it’s accommodation categories
Best Western will do segmentation in three different categories: Best Western, Best Western Plus and Best Western Premier. There are two Best Western Hotels in Helsinki and one in Vantaa. All three are differing from each other. It will be interesting to see how to labelize these three. The segmentation by Best Western will be targeted to over 4000 Best…
ToolBox is at Linkedin.com for travel professionals
We consider Linkedin.com remarkable environment for travel professionals in social media. “Helsinki Tourism Marketing & Consulting” is group ToolBox is taking care of by the owner Kari Halonen. There the focus is in the capital of Finland, Helsinki.