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A series of historical blizzards raging through Colorado caused one local Winter Park business to look to the past for strategy. Vacations Incorporated, a vacation rental management company located in picturesque Winter Park, Colorado was hit hard during the 2006 Holiday Blizzard.

The Abbey Resort—the 334-room vacation destination located on beautiful Geneva Lake in scenic Fontana, Wis.—offers four fabulous fall packages just in time for the change of season. Featuring luxurious accommodations in newly refurbished guestrooms, deluxe treatments at The Fontana Spa and luxurious hotel amenities, The Abbey Resort’s standard room only rates start at $179.00 per night. Special featured packages have been designed offering excellent values: The Geneva National Golf Package, The Abbey Springs Golf Package, The Spa Package, The Romantic Getaway Package and special guest star, The Core Experience.

With tourism consistently in decline, the Mediterranean island of Malta is hoping that 2007 will see new life breathed into her hotel and holidays industry.

Icefall Lodge, British Columbia’s newest backcountry ski lodge, will start its first full winter of operation this December. Located on the continental divide and bordered by Banff National Park, the lodge perches at treeline in the shadow of some of the highest peaks in the Rockies. The nearest town is Golden, B.C., some 60 km to the south. Winter access is by helicopter only, leaving 12 lucky skiers with 200 km2 of skiing terrain for their exclusive use - the largest terrain of any ski touring lodge in Canada.

The founders of SeeVacationRentals.com believe everyone’s vacation should begin at the planning stage---because why shouldn’t the journey to find the ideal destination be as enjoyable as the holiday itself? So they are introducing this new service as a means to fill a void they found with existing online resources.

The founders of SeeVacationRentals.com believe everyone’s vacation should begin at the planning stage---because why shouldn’t the journey to find the ideal destination be as enjoyable as the holiday itself? So they are introducing this new service as a means to fill a void they found with existing online resources.

When was the last time you received a side order of real personality when eating out where you savoured the food, enjoyed the décor, appreciated the atmosphere and were entertained by the characters that run the restaurant?

Winter Park Resort will open for its 68th consecutive ski season on November 15, 2006. Colorado’s longest running resort will feature a new triple chairlift, and seven brand new trails.

Now that Halloween is upon us, have nightmares of travel by plane, train, and automobile begun to keep you awake at night? As the holiday season approaches, travel with kids is getting easier with assistance from family friendly travel accessory websites like Family Travel Gear. Family Travel Gear is one of a handful of family-friendly websites that is dedicated to providing families traveling with babies, kids and teens with products, tips, check lists, advice and more to take the hassle out of holiday family travel.

Cruising Through Life Incorporated, a travel service specializing in LIFEcruises, recently announced their new travel itinerary for the 2007 season. The company plans to sail roundtrip from Seattle, WA Alaska, stopping in various port cities along the way.

Travel sites abound. There are thousands of them. Consumers are faced with the daunting task of figuring out where the best deal is on the net. The founders of www.MySmoot.com know that feeling. We have been avid family travelers to places throughout the world.

The news that the Malta tourist industry has been waiting for so long for has finally been confirmed - low cost flights to the island have been granted approval.

New Orleans, with its vast heritage of diverse cultures and ethnicities, is reemerging as a tourism destination, starting with the return of group tours.

Continuing their commitment to the best online photo tours MetroShots.net announces the addition of Scottsdale, Arizona to their list of featured cities. Visitors to the website can take a virtual tour of Scottsdale with over fifty exclusive photos.

Dine Originals, also known as the Council of Independent Restaurants of America (CIRA) expanded its ranks recently with the addition of the Greater Cincinnati Originals. What started as a grassroots effort just a few years ago now has over 700 member restaurants---about the size of the TGI Friday restaurant chain.

As the world is getting smaller, people are traveling more and more. The survival skills that any seasoned traveler must have are not as clear as they might seem. John Newman, webmaster of travellerpass.com comments: “There are many ways for a vacation or a business trip to go horribly wrong. Ensuring that these things will not happen is actually easier than you might think. It just takes a little practice”

The Bloomberg Property Group has been busily working away all winter to upgrade their luxury Cape Town holiday accommodation. Not only are these exquisite properties better than ever before but the Group has extended their services and facilities even more.

Spoiled beaches, poor roads and a bad infrastructure could be costing Malta's economy millions in lost revenue, according to a travel guide for the island.

The annual Pocono Garlic Festival will be held Saturday, September 2, 2006 in Stroudsburg from 10am-5pm. Admission is free, as are all events at the festival including live entertainment.

The Pocono Mountains, a long-time favorite driving destination for vacationers, anticipates a busy fall season despite high gas prices.

Figures just released show a fall in the number of visitors to Malta for the first six months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, adding pressure to the Malta government to secure a deal to allow low cost airlines to fly to the Mediterranean island to reverse the trend.

Vacations Inc. announces the launch of its Premier Properties Program in Winter Park, CO. This significant venture adds upscale condos, town homes, and private homes to its already impressive portfolio.

The Malta holiday industry has received the latest target set by the island's tourism authority with more than a little sceptism after an announcement that a target of a million and half visitors a year to the island could be achieved in three years time.

The pacific states of USA offer a cornucopia of destinations as myriad as the very tastes of human race.

Monaco is to build a new island in the Mediterranean, just off Monte Carlo, confirming rumours that have been circulating for a year of a major new development in the Principality.