Italy is where anyone can find excitement and culture, all in one place. Italy is the travel hot spot of any time of year, and Italy is also a great destination for those romantic newlyweds or vacationing families that just want to get away from it all. Italy has many great attractions to offer any tourist or enthusiastic traveler.The art, the food, the life of the country runs richer than a perfectly aged wine. Who doesn’t love a good plate of spaghetti right outside an olive vineyard? Not many people could pass up the opportunity. The Country is so full [...]

Over the last ten years the travel industry has had to tackle terrorism, SARS, tsunamis, bird flu, swine flu, and the first ever true global recession. Through it all the industry has proven to be robust, resilient and dynamic, finding new ways to deal with adversity. 2010 brings with it fresh challenges and opportunities to which the industry must again adapt and react. The cyclical nature of the industry stems from the fact that it is inextricably linked to the health of the global economy. As you would imagine therefore, the next twelve months promise significant change in the travel [...]

If you have spent years dreaming of the perfect fashion school, Italy just may be the type of thing that you have to set in your sights. Not everybody has what it takes to make it in the fashion industry, but those who are successful have found ways of setting themselves apart from the rest by doing things that are extra and setting themselves apart from the rest as extraordinary. With studying fashion abroad at such a fashion school, Italy could really help a person set themselves apart from the rest of the fashion students who did not have the [...]

A high level “Economic Intelligence Unit” will soon be operational within the Ministry of Tourism. This was announced at the 37th Annual General Meeting of the “Association of Hotels and Restaurants In Mauritius” (AHRIM) on the evening of 24th June 24, 2010.The Tourism Minister has described that the new economic unit will work in his department as “the econometric of tourism”. The high level “Economic Intelligence Unit will be operated by a staff of world-class professional and experienced in economic and tourism.The Economic Intelligence Unit, of his department will play an important role in achieving the aim of the government. [...]

Contrary to what the name may imply, the famous Spanish Steps were actually built by the French. Regardless, visitors to Rome have been delighted by them for many year. Some feel they are “just stairs” from the Piazza di Spagna to the Villa Medici, but as any experienced traveller knows, often-times it’s not so much about the destination but about how you actually get there that truly matters.The 137 steps that make up the Scalinata di Spagna or the “Spanish Steps” were constructed between 1723 and 1725. They can be found not far from the Piazza di Spagna which is [...]