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Sonoma - June Events 2007-06-04 16:30:00 Food & Wine Education, Family Fun: Delight in food, wine and entertainment at Sonoma
County Bites, a unique culinary sampler in an apple orchard setting in Sebastopol. Over 20 renowned Sonoma County restaurants and wineries will offer tastes. Bring the children and enjoy live music and entertainment from an exciting lineup of performers. The event will be held at 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, on the green at O'Reilly & Associates (corner of Hwy 116 and Mill Station Road). Sonoma County Bites is a low-waste, green event. A benefit for the Twin Hills Apple Blossom Educational Foundation.
U.S. Looks for Massive Influx of Chinese Tourists 2007-06-02 18:45:00 Though advertising American tourist opportunities is illegal in China, the name recognition of locales like New York and California is expected to attract a boom of Chinese
tourists who are now wealthier and face fewer travel restrictions.
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Governor to lead tourism delegation on a trade and tourism mission to Canada 2007-05-31 16:40:00 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will lead a trade and tourism delegation to Canada
on May 29-31, to encourage tourism to California's diverse destinations and promote business investment in California, all while highlighting the Golden State's unparalleled agricultural products, environmental technologies, high tech industry anddistinct California lifestyle.
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Travelers resigned to record high gas price 2007-05-29 16:47:00 GRAPEVINE, CALIF. — For gas-hungry motorists on the Grapevine, the view from the pump was grim Monday, with regular fetching a whopping $3.69 a gallon.
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, price
CA Travel Briefs 2007-05-27 17:00:00 The Aug. 11 cruise itinerary of the Crystal Symphony is aimed at the golf connoisseur. Voyagers will have the opportunity to play at Scotland's fabled St. Andrews Golf Club as well as at challenging and scenic courses throughout Ireland. On board the 11-day cruise of the British isles, will be golf clinics,
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Holiday travelers get off to a slow start 2007-05-25 21:36:00 Many Southern Californians who tried to get a jump-start on their holiday weekend today were met with congested freeways and air traffic delays.
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Gay Mecca San Francisco Courts Gay Travelers Too 2007-05-23 19:59:00 You’d think gay-friendly San Francisco
wouldn’t have to do much to court gay travelers, but even they are leaving very little to chance in their efforts to ensure that they continue garner their fare share of the very lucrative gay travel market.
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, Mecca
, San Francisco
California dreamin' on such a lovely bay 2007-05-21 18:08:00 A road trip north along California
's Central Coast and U.S. Highway 1 can be interrupted at any number of picturesque locations. One of our stops included Morro Bay, about 2 hours north of Santa Barbara, and a few hours south of San Francisco.More...
Hundreds flock to shipping channel to watch whales 2007-05-19 21:07:00 Hundreds of people with coolers, kids and dogs in tow lined the shores of a West Sacramento shipping channel today, eager to catch a glimpse of the two hapless whales
that have swum 70 miles into the heart of California and gained international renown. more...
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, flock
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Car rental triples when death in family cuts vacation short 2007-06-07 17:55:00 he Alamo policy is similar to the airlines rules. Booking a seat two weeks in advance is almost always cheaper than a walk-up fare. And if you change your plans, you're subject to a rebooking fee.
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The Monterey Way 2007-06-06 17:55:00 ohn Steinbeck wrote his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, in 1939 and in so doing solidified the Monterey
region’s place in the canon of American literature. But in spite of the gloomy outlook of the novel’s protagonists and the commentary on the changes in the agricultural landscape and those who work in it, the novel at least hinted at a part of the prosperity on the horizon.
California have the most green hotel projects underway 2007-06-11 16:37:00 Building green hotels isn't about fetching higher rates. Hoteliers view it as an advantage at a time when customers want to patronize green businesses and hotel operators want to cut high bills for electricity and water.
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Clifornia Travel - full schedule of wine country events 2007-06-09 17:26:00 If you are old enough to remember Jackie Gleason mouthing that line to orchestra leader Sam Spear, you might have a cellar full of well-aged wine. When I am not tasting wine, I am most often traveling through wine country. I travel for professional reasons and when I am not traveling to wine country in search of the next great bottle of wine, I am often found on the wine trail just for the fun of it.
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, events
Plenty of Pre-Race Activities Scheduled for Sonoma 2007-06-15 16:27:00 The action won't be limited to the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway on Sunday, June 24.
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, Sonoma
California Timeshare Industry Contributed $2.8 Billion 2007-06-13 17:11:00 The California
timeshare industry contributed $2.8 billion to the statewide economy in 2005, according to a study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and released today by the ARDA International Foundation (AIF), the research and educational arm of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). The study was conducted for AIF to analyze the impact of timeshare developers and owners and their value to California’s economy.
California dreaming 2007-06-17 17:53:00 If even the most hard-bitten, overprotective parent - and nervous traveller - is demanding, 'Take me to the Drop Off!' - it's clear Disneyland's new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is making waves to the depths of the Happiest Place on Earth.
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Top Ten Affordable Restaurants in San Francisco 2007-06-21 16:46:00 RealTravel a travel blogging and travel guide site that enables people to plan trips with insights from other travelers, today announces top 10 affordable restaurants in San Francisco
, according to our editors.
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, San Francisco
Sonoma 2007-06-19 18:13:00 Known most simply as Wine Country, the Sonoma
Valley was actually a country of its own for less than a month.
Fire Destroys 220 Structures in Lake Tahoe 2007-06-25 19:11:00 Since the fire began yesterday, rescue workers have evacuated about 1,000 people from the path of the ``very hot, rapid-burning fire,'' Kevin House, a lieutenant with the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, said today in a televised news conference. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
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, Tahoe
Travel California With the Top Down 2007-06-23 17:28:00 To cruise with the California
crowd, you need to drive alfresco. "Finding a convertible in California in the summertime should be fairly easy," said Sean Comey, a spokesman at AAA of Nothern California. Most of the big-name rental car companies stock convertibles; however, they may place restrictions on the higher-priced models -- mainly, the pickup and drop-off must be in the same vicinity or city. In addition, prices are higher when you rent one way.
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San Bernardino's California Welcome Center 2007-06-27 16:35:00 If Wayne Austin could sell hotel rooms in Lake Arrowhead after a devastating fire and a devastating pest decimated scenery since 2003, even when the resort had no lakeside access and no golf course, he can sell the city of San Bernardino as a tourist destination, he said.
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, Welcome
, Center
California travel experiences 2007-07-04 18:03:00 Joie de Vivre Hospitality has launched their latest online innovation, jdvhotels.com, a web site that rivals even the industry's largest brands.
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, experiences
California Wildfires Burn 34,000 Acres, Close Parts Of Highway 2007-07-08 19:26:00 In the latest indication that this will be a long, smoky summer, two lightning-sparked wildfires burned unchecked Saturday through 34,000 acres of the Inyo National Forest, forcing officials to shut down long stretches of U.S. Highway
395, the gateway to the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
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, Acres
, Close
, Parts
Laguna Beach festival 2007-07-07 14:55:00 Famous in recent years as the star of a sudsy MTV reality show, the Southern California coastal enclave of LagunaBeach
prides itself on a long-standing, eclectic arts scene — most notably the Festival of Arts, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this summer.
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Northern California: Mansion vs. hotel 2007-07-12 17:06:00 Are you planning on a late summer road trip to San Francisco or Monterey? If so, take a side trip to San Jose and get a taste for the good life. The Dolce Hayes Mansion
has slashed prices 40% for travelers looking for a weekend escape.
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, California
Travelocity Partners with California State Parks and California State Parks Foundation to Support State Treasures 2007-07-10 17:26:00 ravelocity today announced its alliance to support and promote some of the nation’s most diverse state parks – CaliforniaStateParks
. As a “Proud Partner” of California State Parks and the California State Parks Foundation
, Travelocity
offers new options on its site for visiting California State Parks and provides online travel booking capabilities to the California State Parks Foundation web site. It is also the first online travel company to provide the option to purchase annual California State Parks passes, along with a newly created 3-day pass designed for out-of-state visitors (or park enthusiasts), through its web site.
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, Support
Entertainment has new home: LA.COM 2007-07-16 18:46:00 And on the revamped LA.COM Web site, there's a rich database and a lot more to come in the weeks ahead. Punch in a ZIP code, and bang, you've got options from restaurants and clubs to boutiques and hotels. It's the go-to guide for the last-minute local and the plan-ahead visitor.
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