Promotions & News Releases

Vancouver's hotel shortage sets off an Olympic scramble - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111301832.html

Excerpt: " Last year I spent several weeks in Vancouver, doing research for Frommer's Day by Day Vancouver & Whistler, a soon-to-be-released guidebook pegged to the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will be s...

Cheers, The Frommers.com Team

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Vancouver 2010 Floating hotel
Vancouver Sun - May 09, 2009
http://www.vancouversun.com/Travel/Floating+hotel+organizer+hopes+ride+surge+Olympic+bookings/1560098/story.html April 16th, 2009 - Vacation.com's newwest preferred supplier charters NCL ship for Winter Games.








                                                      

Cruise ship turns hotel for Games
Edmonton Journal By David Finlayson, Canwest News Service Nov. 21, 2009

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Cruise+ship+turns+hotel+Games/2249574/story.html

Olympic deals for Vancouver, Canada?
LA Times By Jane Engle  March 26, 2009

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-money29-2009mar29

Worldwide Scramble to See the Top Sports Events
New York Times August 6, 2009 by Michelle Higgins

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/travel/09pracgames.html?_r=1&hpw

Vancouver is So Hard Up for Hotel Rooms That a Cruise Ship Is Stepping In
Hotel Chatter
http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Olympics%20Hotels

Cruise ship stops in Seattle before Olympics
KIRO- FM
Erin Covey
June 22, 2009
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=180886

Cruise ship docks in Seattle
YouTube – KIRO RM RADIO
June 22, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HaqjQu58Lc

Cruise ship stops in Seattle before Olympics
KIRO-FM
Erin Covey
June 22, 2009
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=180886

Train together, win together
Tacoma News Tribune
Craig Hill
June 21, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/olympics/story/785544.html

Go to the 2010 Olympics in comfort, stay in style
Examiner.com
Carlanne McCrystal
June 21, 2009
http://www.examiner.com/x-10533-Seattle-Travel-Industry-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Go-to-the-2010-Olympics-in-comfort-stay-in-style

Can't Find A Hotel Room For Vancouver Olympics? There's A New Option, Cruise ship is new floating option
Q13 Fox News
June 20, 2009
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-062009-cruiseship,0,3469779.story

'Floating hotels' headed to Vancouver for Olympics
KING5 News (NBC)
June 20, 3009
http://www.king5.com/video/featured-index.html?nvid=373274

Let the game promotions begin!
Boston Herald
June 16, 2009
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/entertainment/traveling_with_ginny_and_jim/?p=130&srvc=home&position=recent
 

April 2nd, 2009 - Newwest Special Projects stops in Victoria enroute to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.