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The Vienna Ball of Bucharest<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At the beginning of March took place, in the Palace of Parliament, the 8th edition of the Viennese Ball. The event, organized by JW Marriott<\/a>, had as a patron Dr. Michael H\u00e4upl, the mayor of Vienna. The ball has been once again a charitable action for the benefit of United Way Romania<\/a>.
\nXXX Porecki, general director of JW Marriott said: \u201cVienna Ball, organized by Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, is an event that honors us and represents us in the same time. It is a pleasure to bring the elegance of famous Viennese balls in Bucharest, Vienna Ball being the only event in Romania that reconstructs this atmosphere. As in previous years we had about 950 guests that have enjoyed this unique evening.\u201d The Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a> Palace Orchestra, led by Russel McGregor, opened the evening. One of the exquisite moments was marked by the elegant presentation of the 80 beginners dace couples. They were followed by young dancers of The Ballet School of the Romanian State Opera, coordinated by Magda Rovinescu. The Austrians Elisabeth Bauer and Sebastian Huppmann enchanted with opera interpretations, while Horia Brenciu and his jazz band added some modern rhythms to the floor.<\/p>\n

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B\u0103neasa Airport is historical monument<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main building of the International \u201cAurel Vlaicu\u201d Airport in Bucharest was declared\"\"<\/a> historical monument of national interest. The place had been built between 1947 \u2013 1952, having an airscrew shape, by the architects Cleopatra Alifanti, Mircea Alifanti, N. B\u0103descu, Ascanio Damian, T. Iconomu, Pompiliu Macovei and Al. \u015eerbescu.<\/p>\n

The first stories about the place appear in 1910, when, on the \u201cB\u0103neasa fields\u201d the pioneer of Romanian aviation, Aurel Vlaicu, was making demonstrations with a plane that he had conceived. The first flights in the area where carried by Louis Bleriot, in 1909, using for landing and takeoff lands belonging to the domains of the Montesquieu countess. November 12, 1922, the first intercontinental flight, Europe-Asia, was operated, having stops in Paris – Strasbourg – Prague -Vienna – Bucharest (B\u0103neasa) \u2013 Constantinople. Baneasa has been the first and only international airport in Romania until the opening, in 1970, of the Otopeni Airport in Bucharest.<\/p>\n

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ANBCT is 40 years old!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The oldest professional association in Romania \u2013 ANBCT \u2013 celebrated four decades of existence.
\nABC, the Association of\u00a0 Chefs and Confectioners in Romania, was born in 1971, having Berbece Constantin\u00a0as president, Burtea Dumitru, Cotan Vasilica and Mihai Constantin as vice-presidents and Cear\u0103 Cornelia as secretary. The goal of the association was contributing to the development of jobs in the gastronomy field, participating at international events, etc. The same year ABC adhered to the international organization that will become WACS (World Association of Chefs Societies).
\nAfter 1995 ABC reorganized as ANBCT \u2013 The National Association of Chefs and Confectioners of Tourism in Romania.
\n\u201eRomania has been participating in various contests and international exhibitions, in all the 10 Gastronomy Olympics and 12 World Congresses, receiving over 50 trophies, medals and diplomas\u201d \u2013 said Dumitru Burtea, Honorific member of WACS, president of Euro-Toques Romania and Honorific president of ANBCT.<\/p>\n

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Romania in \u201eBusiness Airport World Expo 2012\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bucharest Airports National Company participated in the international exhibition \u201eBusiness Airport World Expo\u201d in Cannes. Over 150 aviation companies, regular or \"\"<\/a>business, from all over the world, have presented their offers. The main goal of the participation of B.A.N.C was promoting the new business terminal, opened last year, of the International Airport Bucharest B\u0103neasa Aurel Vlaicu.<\/p>\n

The concept of the Romanian exhibit had a historical 20es touch. It focused on underlining the 100 years old story of this airport, one of the first gates of business flights of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Christian Tour launched Senior Voyage <\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Tour, the largest Romanian charter tour operator created Senior Voyage. This is the first Romanian brand dedicated to passengers over 55, which wish to spend their holiday time in Europe. Cristian Pandel, manager of the agency, considers that the expansion on the external markets is firstly supporting its position in Romania: \u201eWe have developed following the principle: a large volume of tourists brings after it an even larger one. You buy more and more rooms, tickets; you get greater discounts from hotels, carriers, local suppliers, etc. Last year we have registered a total of 100.000 tourists and a sales volume of 30.000.000 euro. We can offer great prices on all destinations that we operate and we were determined to expand our agency in Europe, through Pegas Holidays. In 2011 we have opened four new offices, in Bulgaria and Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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RTF \u2013 an exhibition record<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 27th edition of the Romanian Tourism Fair (March 15-18th), hosted by Romexpo Exhibition Center in Bucharest, gathered over 200 participants from 25 countries. Comparing with last year (110 participants from 19 countries exhibiting on 8.500 sqm) it seems that the interest of the tourism business holders went up. \u201eRTF, organized by Romexpo in a partnership with various organizations, presented destinations, products, and hotel investments, internal and international offers, in six pavilions, on a total surface of 15.000 sqm\u201d said Mariana Suciu, general director of Romexpo.<\/p>\n

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Change for Lufthansa in Romania<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belgian Patrick Artiel is the new manager for Romania and Moldova of the Lufthansa carrier. Last month he replaced the German Stefan Versemann, which led the company in the last four years. Patrick comes from Holland where he has been the general director of Lufthansa for about two years. In his portfolio one can see he occupied similar positions for Swiss Airlines in Holland and Belgium. As the regional office announced, Lufthansa reached a 23% market share in Romania.<\/p>\n

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Bra\u015fovul and Linz in brotherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n

The city of Bra\u015fov, one of the capitals of Romanian tourism, is now one of the 17 \u201ebrother\u201d cities of Linz (Austria). The decizion came due to the fact that \u201ethe two cities are very much alike, modern, facing an interesting economic and cultural development\u201d \u2013 said vicemayor of\u00a0 Linz, Christiana Dolezal. He also commented to have noticed, during his visits, several common aspects such as industry, cultural, educational and social projects. The partnership will make the two cities collaborate in sectors such as tourism, sports, university. Brasov has other 10 \u201cbrother\u201d cities in the whole world, and also seven other similar collaboration projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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