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Articles tagged “arts & culture”

Ground Transport

Helsinki Humanizes Public Transportation With a Beautiful Photo Project

We'd love to see similar projects done by cities around the world, and then have them use the participants' stories and suggestions to make public transportation a little better every year.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Helsinki Humanizes Public Transportation With a Beautiful Photo Project

SkiftX

Over 200 Vintage Travel Posters Coming Up For Auction Next Week

The full Skift team is going for a company outing to this exhibition next week. How could we not go?

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Over 200 Vintage Travel Posters Coming Up For Auction Next Week

Hotels

How Towel Art Adds a Personal Touch to Hotel Rooms

This is one hotel amenity you can't outsource to technology.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

How Towel Art Adds a Personal Touch to Hotel Rooms

Tourism

Paris plans to fix bad business manners with manual on tourist etiquette

The booklet is available online in French and is in a basic look at the differences in habits and schedules of tourists from around the world from what time they eat to whether they travel in groups or pairs.

Reuters | 10 years ago

Paris plans to fix bad business manners with manual on tourist etiquette

Tourism

New Mexico tour peels back layers of artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s private life

The tours serve as much as a tribute to the artist as to the unique New Mexican landscape that inspired so much of her work.

Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times | 10 years ago

New Mexico tour peels back layers of artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s private life

Cruises

Native Alaskan tribes use tourism to turn a profit and keep traditions alive

Turning small native communities into an attraction is one way to boost sales taxes and create jobs, but it can also turn tradition into a show and create a fresh batch of problems like draining resources and pollution.

Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press | 10 years ago

Native Alaskan tribes use tourism to turn a profit and keep traditions alive

Tourism

Iconic Louvre pyramid painted for first time in controversial exhibit

The new exhibit is more about politics than attracting tourism, but those visitors that understand its relevance will be drawn in by the historical and social implications of an edgy installation.

Thomas Adamson, Associated Press | 10 years ago

Iconic Louvre pyramid painted for first time in controversial exhibit

Hotels

Hotels boost business after hooking up with live theatres

In hotels’ infinite search for unique offerings, a live theatre appears to a costly investment but one that’s proven to diversify corporate hotels’ customer base or provide hotels with a specific clientele to court.

Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels boost business after hooking up with live theatres

Tourism

Rio de Janiero emerges as Latin America’s burgeoning art hotspot

Rio de Janiero is up and coming in every way, from business to travel, so it’s logical that an art scene and a clean-up of its once rough neighborhoods would soon follow.

Jenny Barchfield, The Associated Press | 11 years ago

Rio de Janiero emerges as Latin America’s burgeoning art hotspot

Tourism

World-renowned street art boosts tourism in London’s creative East End

With chain stores and iconic sights, it's difficult to experience a city from an angle that doesn't seem well trod. Street art tours give visitors an angle on a destination that may have a few surprises.

Oliver Bennett, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

World-renowned street art boosts tourism in London’s creative East End