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international travelers
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PUGLIA
TOURISM
NEWS
14 BLUE FLAGS FOR
PUGLIA’S BEACHES
MAY 12 ‒ The International Blue
Flag Jury has just approved 2010
Blue Flag awards for 14 beaches
in Puglia…
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
FIVE PUGLIA HOTELS
FEATURED IN EXPEDIA'S
2010 INSIDERS' SELECT
RANKINGS
MAY 4 ‒ The online travel agency
Expedia.com today unveiled the
Expedia 2010 Insiders' Select
results, an annual ranking of the
world's best hotels for quality and
value as determined mostly by
traveler reviews...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
PUGLIA SAYS "NO"
TO OIL DRILLING OFF
TREMITI ISLANDS
APRIL 28 ‒ As UNESCO weighs
declaring the Tremiti Islands, a
major tourism site off Puglia's
Gargano promontory, a protected
World Heritage Site, regional and
local officials as well as tourism
organizations and
environmentalists are banding
together to oppose any plans to
drill for oil there...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
PUGLIA & OECD: WE WILL
COLLABORATE TO
IMPROVE TOURISM
EXPERIENCE
(ANSA) ‒ BARI, NOVEMBER 13 ‒
The Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD) will give the instructions
and the reference points for
training, competence and human
capital as a part of the monitoring
of the policies, programs and
actions for the councillorship of
tourism for the region of Puglia...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
COUNCILLOR TERREVOLI
PRESENTS PUGLIA AT
WORLD TRAVEL MARKET
(ANSA) ‒ BARI, NOVEMBER 13 ‒
“We are participating in this
important expo for the global
sector of tourism, in a market that
is so important for our region, to
export and promote the ‘Puglia
brand’ and Italy on the
international markets,” said the
tourism councillor of the Region of
Puglia, Magda Terrevoli...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
BARI 2020 OLYMPICS
BID QUASHED
(ANSA) ‒ ROME, NOVEMBER 11 ‒
The Italian Olympic Committee
(CONI) has formally quashed
Bari's hopes of bidding for the
2020 Olympics, confirming Rome
and Venice as the contestants to
become Italy's bidder...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
ARCHAEOLOGY:
NEW MOSAIC DISCOVERED
IN CANOSA DI PUGLIA
(ANSA) ‒ CANOSA DI PUGLIA
(BARLETTA-ANDRIA-TRANI),
OCTOBER 30 ‒ A mosaic showing
the figures of two animals was
discovered in the Basilica of Santa
Maria in Canosa di Puglia, a town
that is rich in early Christian
complexes ordered by the Bishop
Sabino in the sixth century AD, the
town administration reported...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
TOURISM
NEWS
14 BLUE FLAGS FOR
PUGLIA’S BEACHES
MAY 12 ‒ The International Blue
Flag Jury has just approved 2010
Blue Flag awards for 14 beaches
in Puglia…
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
FIVE PUGLIA HOTELS
FEATURED IN EXPEDIA'S
2010 INSIDERS' SELECT
RANKINGS
MAY 4 ‒ The online travel agency
Expedia.com today unveiled the
Expedia 2010 Insiders' Select
results, an annual ranking of the
world's best hotels for quality and
value as determined mostly by
traveler reviews...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
PUGLIA SAYS "NO"
TO OIL DRILLING OFF
TREMITI ISLANDS
APRIL 28 ‒ As UNESCO weighs
declaring the Tremiti Islands, a
major tourism site off Puglia's
Gargano promontory, a protected
World Heritage Site, regional and
local officials as well as tourism
organizations and
environmentalists are banding
together to oppose any plans to
drill for oil there...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
PUGLIA & OECD: WE WILL
COLLABORATE TO
IMPROVE TOURISM
EXPERIENCE
(ANSA) ‒ BARI, NOVEMBER 13 ‒
The Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD) will give the instructions
and the reference points for
training, competence and human
capital as a part of the monitoring
of the policies, programs and
actions for the councillorship of
tourism for the region of Puglia...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
COUNCILLOR TERREVOLI
PRESENTS PUGLIA AT
WORLD TRAVEL MARKET
(ANSA) ‒ BARI, NOVEMBER 13 ‒
“We are participating in this
important expo for the global
sector of tourism, in a market that
is so important for our region, to
export and promote the ‘Puglia
brand’ and Italy on the
international markets,” said the
tourism councillor of the Region of
Puglia, Magda Terrevoli...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
BARI 2020 OLYMPICS
BID QUASHED
(ANSA) ‒ ROME, NOVEMBER 11 ‒
The Italian Olympic Committee
(CONI) has formally quashed
Bari's hopes of bidding for the
2020 Olympics, confirming Rome
and Venice as the contestants to
become Italy's bidder...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
ARCHAEOLOGY:
NEW MOSAIC DISCOVERED
IN CANOSA DI PUGLIA
(ANSA) ‒ CANOSA DI PUGLIA
(BARLETTA-ANDRIA-TRANI),
OCTOBER 30 ‒ A mosaic showing
the figures of two animals was
discovered in the Basilica of Santa
Maria in Canosa di Puglia, a town
that is rich in early Christian
complexes ordered by the Bishop
Sabino in the sixth century AD, the
town administration reported...
SEE ARTICLE ON NEWS PAGE
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