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- New travel guides, from 'Lonely Planet' and backpackers ... - Canada East
- New travel guides, from Lonely Planet to luxury - msnbc.com
- Get app-happy with new tools - Park Record
| New travel guides, from 'Lonely Planet' and backpackers ... - Canada East Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT NEW YORK - Spring is the time when many travellers plan their biggest vacations of the year: Leisurely road trips, family getaways with kids out of school, and travel abroad over the peak summer season. Here are some of the new guidebook releases from this season to inspire you and help plan your itineraries. They include titles from Lonely Planet, Frommer's, DK Eyewitness, a luxury hotel group, and Budget Travel. Lonely Planet's "Discover" series: Once upon a time, the stereotypical Lonely Planet reader was an adventurous young backpacker on a budget, ready to rough it and explore. But today, Lonely Planet fans include older travellers, travellers who don't mind spending more for comfort, and travellers looking for advice about basics and must-sees, not just offbeat adventures. To cater to this audience, Lonely Planet has launched a new series called "Discover," with thick paperback books just released on Australia, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain and Thailand. The books are ideal for planning one-to two-week trips. "Discover Europe" will be added to the series May 10. The full-colour books include maps, best-of lists, recommendations for a variety of budgets, tips from locals on visiting major attractions, and suggested itineraries organized by region, theme and length of trip. One especially nice touch: "If You Like" features direct readers to less well-known attractions by comparing them to better-known places. For example, the Venice section of the Italy guide says that "If you like the masterpieces of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, we think you'll like these other modern art gems," and it goes on to list Ca' Pesaro and Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Frommer's "Day by Day" guides: Frommer's "Day by Day" city guides have been among the brand's best-selling books for years. Earlier this year, Frommer's launched full-size "Day by Day" guides to countries, states and other large regions. The full-colour books are itinerary-based, include more than 100 maps and a pocket with a large pullout map, and are chock-full of photos. "Frommer's Italy Day by Day," "Frommer's Ireland Day by Day" and "Frommer's Hawaii Day by Day" are available now, while Costa Rica and Spain are due out in October. The guides include easy-to-use features like what to see if you have a day, three days or a week, and "best-of" lists for lodging, dining and shopping. The Ireland guide, for example, includes a list of favourite moments (taking afternoon tea at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, visiting the Giant's Causeway, and seeing the murals of the Belfast peace wall), along with a list of favourite small towns (Carlingford, Inistioge, Kinsale, Kenmare, Dingle). Also new from Frommer's is "500 Adrenaline Adventures," providing inspiration for daredevils, geeks and other travellers with a taste for unusual, wacky and heart-racing experiences. Among the ideas listed in the paperback: ziplining, wildlife encounters, extreme eating contests, like the famous Coney Island hot dog competition, and the annual Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Race in England. DK Eyewitness Travel's "Back Roads": Road trips are a beloved way to explore America but DK Eyewitness Travel has launched a new series this spring to inspire road trips in Europe. The "Back Roads" series includes guides to France, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland and Spain. Each paperback describes two dozen "leisurely drives" designed to take anywhere from a day to a week. Tours outlined in the France book, for example, include the Alsace wine route, Obernai to Eguisheim; the Champagne route, Reims to Montagne de Reims; Normandy, from Giverny to Varengeville-sur-Mer; and the Pyrenees, from Collioure to St-Jean-de-Luz. Other features include mapped itineraries with highlights, detours and activities; "where the locals go" listings of small hotels and restaurants with regional cuisine; a pullout country map; zip codes to make it easy to co-ordinate the text with a GPS; and practical information on driving conditions, road signs and parking. "Luxury Connection" destination guides: This set of six paperbacks from The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, a group of more than 70 hotels and resorts in 30 countries, includes guides to India, Italy, the U.S., Spain, Argentina and Greece. The slim paperbacks do not offer the detailed content of traditional travel guides but do have lush photographs, inspirational quotes and a few pages of highlights listing select museums, cultural institutions, shops and restaurants in each destination. Each guide also includes commentary from celebrity chefs, with Mario Batali providing his thoughts on Italy, including a recipe for tortelloni with sage butter and his recommendations for favourite restaurants: Cibreo and Teatro del Sale in Florence; Al Covo, Da Fiore and Lina d'Ombra in Venice, and Ristorante Matricianella, Roscioli, Antico Forno and Checchino in Rome. The set of six is packaged in a beautiful oversized box. The books also will be available in Luxury Collection guest rooms, in Assouline Boutiques in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York, and online at http://www.luxurycollection.com and other retailers. "The Smart Family's Passport": This book from Budget Travel is subtitled "350 Money, Time & Sanity Saving tips." Among the suggestions: Bring powdered iced-tea or fruit-punch packets to theme parks and add them to cups of water to save money on expensive drinks; find out if a membership to your local museum has reciprocal privileges at other institutions where you can get in free when you travel; and make your own picture dictionary. That way, if you don't know a foreign word for bathroom or taxi, you can get help from a local wherever you are just by pulling up the picture of the object on your phone or camera. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| New travel guides, from Lonely Planet to luxury - msnbc.com Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:15 PM PDT NEW YORK - Spring is the time when many travelers plan their biggest vacations of the year: Leisurely road trips, family getaways with kids out of school and travel abroad over the peak summer season. Here are some of the new guidebook releases from this season to inspire you and help plan your itineraries. They include titles from Lonely Planet, Frommer's, DK Eyewitness, a luxury hotel group and Budget Travel. LONELY PLANET'S DISCOVER SERIES: Once upon a time, the stereotypical Lonely Planet reader was an adventurous young backpacker on a budget, ready to rough it and explore. But today Lonely Planet fans include older travelers, travelers who don't mind spending more for comfort, and travelers looking for advice about basics and must-sees, not just offbeat adventures. To cater to this audience, Lonely Planet has launched a new series called "Discover," with thick $25 paperback books just released on Australia, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain and Thailand. The books are ideal for planning one- to two-week trips. "Discover Europe" will be added to the series May 10. The full-color books include maps, best-of lists, recommendations for a variety of budgets, tips from locals on visiting major attractions, and suggested itineraries organized by region, theme and length of trip. One especially nice touch: "If You Like" features direct readers to less well-known attractions by comparing them to better-known places. For example, the Venice section of the Italy guide says that "If you like the masterpieces of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, we think you'll like these other modern art gems," and it goes on to list Ca' Pesaro and Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia. FROMMER'S DAY BY DAY GUIDES: Frommer's "Day by Day" city guides have been among the brand's best-selling books for years. Earlier this year, Frommer's launched full-size "Day by Day" guides to countries, states and other large regions. The full-color books are itinerary-based, include more than 100 maps and a pocket with a large pullout map, and are chock-full of photos. "Frommer's Italy Day by Day," "Frommer's Ireland Day by Day" and "Frommer's Hawaii Day by Day" are available now, while Costa Rica and Spain are due out in October. The guides, all under $30, include easy-to-use features like what to see if you have a day, three days or a week, and "best-of" lists for lodging, dining and shopping. The Ireland guide, for example, includes a list of favorite moments (taking afternoon tea at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, visiting the Giant's Causeway, and seeing the murals of the Belfast peace wall), along with a list of favorite small towns (Carlingford, Inistioge, Kinsale, Kenmare, Dingle). Also new from Frommer's is "500 Adrenaline Adventures," providing inspiration for daredevils, geeks and other travelers with a taste for unusual, wacky and heart-racing experiences. Among the ideas listed in the $20 paperback: ziplining, wildlife encounters, extreme eating contests, like the famous Coney Island hot dog competition, and the annual Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Race in England. DK EYEWITNESS TRAVEL'S BACK ROADS: Road trips are a beloved way to explore America, but DK Eyewitness Travel has launched a new series this spring to inspire road trips in Europe. The "Back Roads" series includes guides to France, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland and Spain. Each $25 paperback describes two dozen "leisurely drives" designed to take anywhere from a day to a week. Tours outlined in the France book, for example, include the Alsace wine route, Obernai to Eguisheim; the Champagne route, Reims to Montagne de Reims; Normandy, from Giverny to Varengeville-sur-Mer; and the Pyrenees, from Collioure to St-Jean-de-Luz. Other features include mapped itineraries with highlights, detours and activities; "where the locals go" listings of small hotels and restaurants with regional cuisine; a pullout country map; zip codes to make it easy to coordinate the text with a GPS; and practical information on driving conditions, road signs and parking. LUXURY COLLECTION DESTINATION GUIDES: This set of six paperbacks from The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, a group of more than 70 hotels and resorts in 30 countries, includes guides to India, Italy, the U.S., Spain, Argentina and Greece. The slim paperbacks do not offer the detailed content of traditional travel guides but do have lush photographs, inspirational quotes and a few pages of highlights listing select museums, cultural institutions, shops and restaurants in each destination. Each guide also includes commentary from celebrity chefs, with Mario Batali providing his thoughts on Italy, including a recipe for tortelloni with sage butter and his recommendations for favorite restaurants: Cibreo and Teatro del Sale in Florence; Al Covo, Da Fiore and Lina d'Ombra in Venice, and Ristorante Matricianella, Roscioli, Antico Forno and Checchino in Rome. The set of six, packaged in a beautiful oversized box, costs $140. The books will be available in Luxury Collection guest rooms, in Assouline Boutiques in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York, and online at http://www.luxurycollection.com and other retailers. THE SMART FAMILY'S PASSPORT: This book from Budget Travel, $14.95, is subtitled "350 Money, Time & Sanity Saving tips." Among the suggestions: Bring powdered iced-tea or fruit-punch packets to theme parks and add them to cups of water to save money on expensive drinks; find out if a membership to your local museum has reciprocal privileges at other institutions where you can get in free when you travel; and make your own picture dictionary. That way, if you don't know a foreign word for bathroom or taxi, you can get help from a local wherever you are just by pulling up the picture of the object on your phone or camera. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Get app-happy with new tools - Park Record Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT Now that many of Park City's businesses and nonprofits have jumped on the Facebook and Twitter bandwagons, the 'next big thing' in the world of digital media is apps, or applications for mobile devices. Although few local groups have developed apps, the state of Utah and some surprising entities have jumped on board. From finding a date to finding out how much your neighbors contribute to political campaigns, it turns out that there really is an app for almost anything. Below, check out a list of applications that directly or indirectly pertain to Park City and get a glimpse into what you can find at the touch of a finger pad: Entertainment This is a fan app that makes it easy to listen to your favorite public radio station. It is not sponsored or endorsed by KPCW. Meet local singles by creating a profile that links to compatible matches. View photos, exchange messages, and "wink" at other users. The official app from the local business combines music, surf, snow, skate and video. Flag your favorite surf spots and skate parks, listen to music, and browse videos from SkullcandyTV.com. Sports Access your favorite teams' info right at your fingertips. Review the standings, check the calendar, and get roster data, player stats, box scores and player bios. An app for avid football fans: receive daily news, view detailed roster lists, review schedules, and get instant updates on BCS top 25 team standings. An unofficial app for Ute football fans, TeamView provides team information including schedules, rosters, staff and scores. Recreation Park City's ski resorts may be closed for the season, but Snowbird remains open through mid-May. Get mountain stats and snow reports with one click. An application for local runners who want information about upcoming race events and other activities. Find trail guides, facts, photos, maps and safety tips for Utah's most popular hikes. DogParkUSA.com filtered three years of research into this app, which includes more than 2,000 dog parks, user reviews, photos, and pertinent details. Get to know Utah's different mountain ranges and find the highest peak in each county. Features include trail guides, driving directions, hike logs and safe hiking tips. Plan a road trip and carry detailed information about each stop in your pocket. Features include general info, getting there, transport, sights, entertainment and more. Search Utah's state parks, get the latest news from the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and read descriptions of points of interest. Education Check out campus news and the events calendar to find out what's happening at the U of U. Features include a campus map, sports updates, interactive polls, and relevant photos and videos. Download complete courses and take your education on the go. Browse classes, listen to audio lectures and review test materials. Find information about education and career training, Utah colleges, jobs and scholarships all in one place. Politics Find contact info for state agencies; browse citizen, business and government services; and keep up with the latest new and announcements. Brush up on state laws in an easy-to-use format. Search for specific laws by title, chapter or keyword. Quickly search a massive database of federal political contribution records and return the results directly to your mobile device. Find out who has contributed money to federal political candidates, how much, and when. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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