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AHI Travel Offers Week in Provence

AHI Travel is offering a one-week Provence Escapade, designed to emulate the Peter Mayle book “A Year in Provence.”

The headquarters for the Provence vacation is Aix-en-Provence. Accommodations are at the Grand Hôtel Roi René. The package includes a guided tour of Aix-en-Provence, the “City of Kings and Counts” and an excursion to Avignon, where sights include the Palace of the Popes, a medieval citadel.

Optional excursions visit Marseille, oldest city and first trade port in France, and an outing to Arles and Pont du Gard. Also available is a tour of Chateau Virant, with tasting of wine and olive oil. Price for the “Provence Escapade” is from $2,679, including round-trip air from New York or Boston to Marseille and round-trip motorcoach transfers from the Marseille airport to your hotel. Included are accommodations for six nights at the Grand Hôtel Roi René, welcome and farewell receptions and full American breakfast buffet daily.

Extras include “cultural connection” lectures, services of an AHI travel director throughout your trip, a deluxe travel wallet and all air fuel surcharges, air taxes and air security fees-no additional charges-plus $250,000 flight insurance.

From Washington DC, Chicago, Detroit and Dallas/Fort Worth, the package price is $2,729; from Atlanta and Houston $2,779; and from Portland $2,949. Land only cost is $1,690. Departures are also available from other U.S. cities.

Dates in 2008 are Nov. 10 to 17 and Nov. 22 to 29.

For more information, call 800-323-7373, or see www.ahitravel.com .

EEI Travel Affordable Europe Deals

EEI Travel, the private-label travel agent brand of Europe Express, is committed to providing affordable travel to destinations worldwide in spite of increases in fuel prices and the decline in the dollar.

Three of EEI Travel’s top selling package include three-night land only vacation to Rome from $309, Paris from $329, or London from $329. Additional nights, transfers, sightseeing tours, and airfare can be added to all reservations to complete the vacation itinerary.

For more information about EEI Travel’s packages to London, Paris, and Rome or to request a quote, call 800-927-3876 (6 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT, Monday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT, Saturday and Sunday) or visit www.eeitravel.com

AutoEurope Gas Coupon Offer

Auto Europe has extended its offer of a $30 coupon toward renters’ gas with every car rental reservation in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy and Portugal. The offer is valid with any car category booked, minimum five-day rental period, in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy and Portugal.

The coupon is redeemable once travel is completed and additional restrictions may apply. The offer is valid only for North American residents. For more information, click the banner below and search AutoEurope.

Düsseldorf’s Breidenbacher Hof Introductory Rates

Following a transformation and May 2008 re-opening, Breidenbacher Hof, a Capella Hotel, in Düsseldorf, Germany is offering special introductory rates.

Through Aug. 31 summer rates start at €225 ($354) for a Standard Room – proving anything but standard – with beautiful views of the hotel’s lush, inner courtyard. During this introductory period, Deluxe Rooms start at €325 ($512), and Capella Rooms, with separate living quarters and guest powder rooms, start at €500 ($788).

Beginning Sept. 1 rates will start at € 275 ($433), € 425 ($669) and €800 ($1,260) for the Standard, Deluxe and Capella Rooms, respectively.

Call 877-247-6688 or visit www.capellahotels.com

Geneva’s Hotel d’Angleterre Tamarind Dinner Deal

For the fifth year running the Hôtel d’Angleterre, Red Carnation’s hideaway in Geneva, will be hosting its annual summer sub-continental spectacular when a five-man team flies in from the Michelin-star Tamarind restaurant in London.

This three-week event runs from July 28 to Aug.16 in the hotel’s Windows Restaurant.

To encourage guests to enjoy the event, the hotel is offering a package that features: an overnight stay for two; buffet breakfast; a four-course Indian dinner; and daily newspaper of choice. Rates are from CHF640 for one night, based on two people sharing a double room, including VAT and service charges and excluding Geneva city tax of CHF 4.25 per person per night.

For bookings or further information, call +41 (0) 22 906 55 14 or visit www.dangleterrehotel.com

Paris’ Hotel Le Bristol Holiday Experience

Paris’ Hotel Le Bristol Paris is offering Christmas and New Year’s packages as well as special menus, decorations, gifts and delicacies, all of which are part of the festivities when staying at Hotel Le Bristol between Dec. 21, 2008 and Jan. 2, 2009.

Both packages feature: champagne, chocolate and a flower arrangement as well as a buffet breakfast for two. Children staying on either Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve and who leave their shoes in the corridor will receive a festive gift as homage to the European traditions.

On Dec. 24 and 25, guests can choose to have a special Christmas lunch or dinner served in the hotel’s winter restaurant. Christmas Eve dinner is 550 Euros per person, and Christmas day lunch or dinner is 360 Euros per person.

Le Bristol’s winter restaurant will offer a special dinner menu followed by a dance in the bar (700 Euros per person) on New Year’s Eve.

The bar will also be serving a special menu and guests who dine there will also delight in a DJ dance party (280 Euros per person).

Finally, in Le Bristol’s banquet rooms, cocktails will be served in the summer restaurant followed by dinner in the ballroom. Live performances and musical entertainment are guaranteed to bring guests onto the dance floor (850 Euros per person). All guests staying at Hotel Le Bristol are invited to experience the midnight fireworks display that will take place in the 13,000 square-foot gardens and celebrate the start of a new year. Both the New Year’s and the Christmas packages are based on double occupancy, include a buffet breakfast for two people, and start at 710 Euros per night.

For more information or for reservations, call 33 (0) 1 53 43 43 25 or visit www.lebristolparis.com

Monte Carlo Fireworks Competition

Monte-Carlo International Musical Fireworks will run on July 25 and Aug. 11 and 22. This free event attracts thousands from the area to view some of the most beautiful and original fireworks around.

The competition has been held since 1966 and brings pyrotechnic specialists from around the world to show off their talent. Fireworks begin around 9:30 pm, or when it is dark.

There is good viewing from several locations: around the port sitting at a café, from the palace area or along the ramparts of Fort Antoine, and just off the Casino Terrace. The competition continues through the month of August and the winner returns Nov. 18 to create the fireworks display on the evening before the National Holiday.

Visit www.visitmonaco.com

Monte Carlo Summer Festival

The 2008 edition of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival will take place until Aug. 23. Two guitarists will perform at the beginning and end of the summer: Eric Clapton will bring the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival to an end on Aug. 22 and 23.

American rock bands ZZ Top (July 21) and Chicago (July 28)

Call 800-753-9696 or visit www.sportingmontecarlo.com

Religious Travel Year of Faith Tourism

The World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) designated 2009 as The Year of Faith Tourism.

The year-long celebrations and activities will: Highlight the New Era of Faith Tourism; Increase the awareness of the personal and communal benefits of Faith Tourism;

and contribute to the overall growth and health of the global economy, travel industry, and individual travel providers.

The official host of The Year of Faith Tourism is the World Religious Travel Association, the leading organization dedicated to the $18 billion faith-based travel, tourism, and hospitality industry.

As part of its kick-off for The Year of Faith Tourism, the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) is hosting this fall the World Religious Travel Expo & Educational Conference in Orlando from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, 2008.

To learn more about The Year of Faith Tourism, visit the official website at www.faithtourism2009.com.

For more information about the World Religious Travel Association or the World Religious Travel Expo, call 800-657-1288 or visit www.religioustravelassociation.com

and www.religioustravelexpo.com

Magritte Museum in Brussels

When it opens, visitors will be able to discover the largest collection of works by René Magritte anywhere in the world. With the arrival of Magritte in 2009, the “Mont des Arts” district hopes to become a link between Brussels’ downtown and its upper town.

The 200 meeting rooms and accommodation for thousands of attendees within walking distance are re-profiling Brussels and its current Convention Districts Rogier, Grand’Place, Louise and Europe. It already has such venues as BELvue, BOZAR, Espace Culturel ING, Musical Instruments Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, the new BIP (Brussels Info Place)… it is close to the Central Station & Metro, the Royal Palace & Park and accessible to the major institutions.

Visit www.fine-arts-museum.be or www.brusselsinternational.be