Welcome to Handmade In Italy 2010 Fashion Collections

What are the creativities that paint the Autumn of the fashion accessories and body fashion design - between Luxury and Glamour? What will next Christmas bring? What trends will take their steps in Winter?

Moesi tells the (Hand)Made in Italy of the complement furnishing accessories, of the bijoux and of the fragrances through alchemy of colours, forms and perfumes to outline the contemporary and infinite shades of a Person being, today.

Colours. Turquoise and Coral mixed in the furnace by Murano Masters in the creation of glass jewels to bring to mind the echo of nature, of the sea … and also more ranges of colour – from white to red, from purple to pink, to pearl grey - to move emotions on necklaces and pendants in classic and modern style…

"Echoes of fashion" is Moesi's new face for the bijoux collections Autumn/Winter 2009/2010. With Echoes Of Fashion, Moesi's bijoux will be combined with packaging subtended by three main themes in order to satisfy primary emotion moving each single person in his/her approach to body fashion: simple, sporty, sceneografic. Packaging for Bijoux enhanced by creative designs realized with various techniques to frame the beauty and the reflections of stones, pearls and micropearls in Murano Glass. From the tradition and the uniqueness of the Venetian conteria to the particular pose of crystal in the Italian charms: necklaces with charms hanging on strings of pearls or metal chains; pendants cleverly combined with satin ribbons; necklaces of big visual impact with falls of glass ; necklaces with geometric treats that design a woman of great personality.

Colours. Black, White, Gold, Silver and Bronze. A different colour for each scent, coupled with a delicate design bottle in the same satin colour-theme. A colour to give identity to the bottle design. A non-transparent solid colour to customize the brand-name of the perfume.

With the Collection Selected, selected and refined at the same time, the Moesi Quintessenza Division is built around two exceptional notes: colours inspiring the perfumes and packaging reflecting the tone of the five fragrances WHITE, SILVER, GOLD, COPPER and BLACK: Essence of White, characterized by natural and innocent notes with a fine and floral heart; Essence of Silver, effervescent, fresh, vital and silvery in an elixir of ginger and green tea to clear one's mind; Essence of Gold, a rich blend as precious as the metal itself for exotic and enfolding sensations; Essence of Copper, an impressive tribute to the colours and scents of a wood in autumn; Essence of Black, elegant and mysterious for a wrapping and seductive fragrance.

Colours. Gold and platinum to define the Points of Light of the Luxury Lines coupled with the glamour of the Lines Retro, winking at the decade 1960/1970 and harmonizing attention to detail and forms with the needs of single environments and spaces: design dedicated to define timing and paces of the intimacy of a house or of a workplace.

Lighting Retro, winking at the decade 60-70 of the last century, of a Point of Light that harmonizes attention to detail and forms with the needs of single environments and spaces. The new range of Moesi's Points of Light (see photo, the Die Line) is based on the concept of Lighting in Interior Design, according to which the Point of Light becomes an element of harmony with the environment of which it is an integral and indispensable part . Therefore, refined design to characterize environment transitions and to highlight "form and substance" of a single space. This is the concept applied by Moesi also to its first Luxury proposal: a line characterized by "third fire" ceramic uprights plated in speckled gold sequin (available also in platinum) with lampshades in golden lamé.

Moesi is interior design items in glass design, ceramics design, contemporary decorative objects and bijoux accessories. Moesi proposes innovative items, result of the artisan care with which they have been made. The interior design objects and the jewels of the bijoux lines in Murano's glass are the work of skilled craftsmen. Unique objects on account of refinement and elegance of the materials selected, entirely Made in Italy. Productions devoted to the sectors of interior design furnishings, gift items, wedding cadeaux and high-quality bijoux.

For more informations:

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Tel No. +39.049.5565953
Fax No. +39.049.9217571
mail info [at] moesi.com
corporate site www.moesi.com

Moesi s.n.c.
HANDMADE IN ITALY

Buy Italian Office Furniture on lamercanti.com

La Mercanti Srl, Italy, announce the possibility to buy leader Italian Office Furniture brands directly on www.lamercanti.com, delivery everywhere in the world.

One of La Mercanti most important resources, in addition to its personnel, know-how, strategies and innovation, is its reputation: from 1997 La Mercanti plans and supplies Office spaces and Community with exclusive collections of the most important national and international designer and Italian producers selected through a constant scouting about different forms of creativity, design, comfort, quality and observance of the regulations.

The straight and historic relationship with the Italian best producers of Italian office furniture (approximately 92 companies represented) allow us to offer great sales conditions.

The planning office of Italian office furniture La Mercanti is available to listen to your needs and aims, to advise and to choose with you the best Italian office furniture product, to realize your new offices layout, to coordinate all the competences for the job order realization, to support you quickly and carefully after the sale.

Contact:
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La Mercanti Srl
Via Pasubio, 10
63039 San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) - Italy
Tel. +39.0735.753833
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It's all about Sicily

If you are thinking about sea, traditions, culture, history and good food for your vacation, here you are, it’s all about Sicily. Sicily is an italian island in south italy.It’s a region full of traditions, the most ancient italian traditions. The capital and the biggest city in Sicily is Palermo, but we advice to visit also places that are not so famous for tourism. But Sicily is well known especially for its landscapes and coastlines.

Tourists are attracted from tourquoise water and baroque style towns.
To discover sicily we advice to rent an apartment.
Renting sicily apartments you will be free to do whatever you want at any time and you can have all the advantages that apartments offers to the tourist.
First of all renting an apartment in Sicily means enter in the real life of people in this place, it’s like to live in Sicily.
The tourism in Sicily has developed thanks to sunny, dry climate, magnificent scenery, cuisine, history, and splendid architectural legacy.What to see in sicily is the Mount Etna famous, the beautiful old town of Taormina and the neighbouring seaside resort of Giardini Naxos draw visitors from all over the world.For wine lovers Sicily is vaery famous because it has an high production of wine more than Hungary, Austria and New Zeland.Sicily cuisine and wines are famous all over the world. Sicily’s dished are made mainly of fresh vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes, artichokes, olive oil, citrus, apricots, aubergines, onions, beans, raisins commonly coupled with sea food, freshly caught from the surrounding coastlines, including tuna, sea bream, sea bass etc.As in every italian regions the main dish is made of pasta or rice. In Sicily very famous are Arancini (fried rice balls coated with breadcrumbs).All over the world Sicily is famous for sweet dishes as Cannoli that consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta cheese, blended with some combination of vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, Marsala wine, rosewater or other flavorings. Some chefs add chopped succade or chocolate chips.Another famous cake is Cassata a round sponge cake, covered with a shell of marzipan, pink and green pastel colored icing, and decorative designs, and moistened with fruit juices or liqueur and layered with ricotta cheese, candied peel, and a chocolate or vanilla filling similar to cannoli cream.But Sicily is not just about good food, it’s also about art! Many poets, philosophers, writers and painters have roots in Sicily.

The most famous art in Sicily is Terracotta Ceramics, you can find any kind of ceramic souvenir in sicily shops.About Sicily culture the family is very important for people. Family members often live together in the same housing complex, and boys and girls stay at home with their parents until they get married.Wedding is a very important tradition in this culture especially for the Catholic tradition. Has you can read there are so many reason to have a vacation in sicily that you can’t avoid to think about it.

Beike Biotech Adds International Executives to Strengthen Current Technologies and Develop Future Pipeline

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (www.beikebiotech.com), a leader in stem cell research and regenerative medicine, announced the appointment of two senior stem cell scientists to key positions in the company. Li Tao, Ph.D., joins as Lab Director of the iPS (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell) Laboratory, and Susan Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., has been named Chief Science Officer. Dr. Sean Hu, Ph.D., CEO and Chairman, will remain focused on furthering the company's research achievements while strengthening its position in the international biotechnology field.

Dr. Hu commented, "Beike has been at the forefront of stem cell technology in China and we are currently expanding throughout Asia. We are addressing a number of important factors to strengthen our credentials internationally, and we see Dr. Li Tao and Dr. Susan Jiang contributing greatly to this effort. Dr. Jiang will spearhead our initiatives to enhance our current technologies and increase their acceptance by the Western scientific community while Dr. Tao will lead a group developing a pipeline of emerging technologies for the coming five to ten years."
Dr. Tao comes to Beike with over 20 years of research experience in genetics, epigenetics, cell and stem cell biology, molecular biology, cancer biology and protein chemistry. He was most recently a senior research scientist at Stanford University's School of Medicine. During his six years at Stanford, he authored or co-authored 22 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Science, Human Molecular Genetics, Cancer Research and Genomics. Before Stanford, he earned his Ph.D. at Tokyo University and spent nine years in Japan working on genetics and genetic engineering, publishing articles in 16 international, peer-reviewed, journals.

Dr. Hu stated, "Dr. Li Tao has considerable experience and has also shown his ability to consistently publish innovative research. We will look to his strong leadership skills when directing the research and development work of our iPS laboratory. This is a young field; his experience in senior roles in Japan and the U.S. is a great asset to our goal of being at the cutting-edge of research." With nine full-time researchers, the iPS lab's main focus is the safe manufacture of iPS cells for insulin production.

Dr. Susan Jiang began her career path as a physician in the field of otorhinolaryngology, specializing in head and neck (ENT-HN) surgery. After receiving her Ph.D. in China, she completed post-doctoral work in the Department of Physiology Biophysics at the University of Arkansas in 2002. In 2005, Dr. Jiang moved to the Pediatrics Department of Stanford University where she investigated the therapeutic potential of stem cells in neo-natal respiratory diseases and developed wound healing models based on stem cell technologies. After nearly three years at Stanford, she became Scientific Director at Escape Therapeutics in the U.S., managing their science team as they developed products based on genetically engineered human stem cells and beta cells for diabetic-related disorders.

Dr. Hu expressed his excitement over the recruitment of Susan Jiang: "Dr. Jiang's international clinical and laboratory experience gives her the right background to help us validate our current technologies internationally. She will also take on task of refining our stem cell cultivation processes and advancing the clinical development of our treatment protocols,"
Dr. Jiang added, "I decided to come back to China because of the nurturing research environment, where the government has consistently provided a supportive and practical regulatory framework with generous access to funding. I regard Beike as ideally situated to reap the benefits of this fertile environment because of its focus both on current clinical technologies and cutting edge research."

About Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
Beike Biotechnology focuses on stem cell research and on clinical applications of stem cell therapies. The company currently produces a full line of stem cell products derived from umbilical cord, cord blood, and bone marrow stem cells. Beike's proprietary processing and quality assurance technologies prepare the cells for use in treating a variety of serious medical conditions such as the ataxias, brain injury, cerebral palsy, diabetic foot disease, lower limb ischemia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury and optic nerve damage.

For more information, please contact:
T. Gutmann
Shenzhen Beike Biotech Company, Ltd.
Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park
Tel: +86-0755-8611-0575
Email: info@beikebiotech.com
Web: http://www.beikebiotech.com

SOURCE Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co. Ltd.

Florence apartments

Florence is the city of art and it is considered one of the most characteristic place of our peninsula. Site of a major artistic and cultural heritage, Florence is a city where the romance comes to life. Every year thousands and thousands of tourists from all over the world, and of any age visit Florence but it’s well known that most of the accommodations in Florence are not affordable for anyone. That’s why it could be helpful to rent florence apartments. To rent an apartment in Florence is affordable especially for a group of people and it’s helpful because you have not time problems and you can go in and go out whenever you want. But where could i find an apartment in Florence? It’s easy! In our web site you can book your apartment reading first the description, looking pictures, and consulting previous guests rates and opinions.

Fly to Italy with Meridiana-Eurofly!

Meridiana-Eurofly launched an extraordinary promotion to fly in Italy. Many as 6.000 seats to Florence from London Gatwick, 6.000 from Amsterdam and 1250 seats to Milan Malpensa from Cairo.
Fares are very interesting:

London Lgw – Florence from 61 £ (One Way per person, all inclusive)

Amsterdam – Florence from 74 € (One Way per person, all inclusive)

Cairo – Milano Mxp from 240 € (One Way per person, all inclusive).

This offer is available for purchases from September 22 to November 15, 2009, to fly until March 15, 2010.

For those who don't want to compromise on comfort, 1.200 seats to fly to Florence in Business Class:

London Lgw – Florence from 352 £ (Round Trip per person, all inclusive)

This offer is available until October 24, 2009.

Good flight from Meridiana-Eurofly!

And the Winner is... San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort

Proudly awarded by The Leading Hotels of the World during its Annual Convention in 2008, the San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort has been appointed with the Leaders Club Silver Award after a selection among all 450 Leading properties worldwide.

The principal criteria in determining the winners were responses to post-stay questionnaires and letters received by the Leaders Club Services Department from Club members themselves.

The winners of the Tenth Annual Leaders Club Awards were revealed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston where General Managers from the Hotels were invited to enjoy the gala dinner of the Annual Convention.

Last but not least, Travel+Leisure – the famous magazine dedicated to the most discerning travellers – has appointed again the San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort also for 2009 in its “500 World’s Best Hotels List”.

New showreel and corporate logo for Take One Productions Sydney

Take One Productions is proud to announce the launch of their new showreel and corporate logo.

With over 25 years experience, the creative agency (main services Video Production Sydney & Event Management Sydney) has seen a lot of changes in the industry, which is part of the reason they have replaced their old familiar logo of the classic film camera.

"There's more of an emphasis on digital delivery these days," says Company Director Steve Trgo, an accomplished cameraman who has seen the industry move into and embrace the digital age. "Customers think less in terms of the production equipment, and more in terms of the fast delivery that digital technology can provide – DVDs, online streaming, intranet videos, multimedia. This is the future of our industry."

Located in Double Bay in Sydney, Take One Productions specialises in producing television and radio commercials and corporate and promotional videos.

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Breton machines at Verona MARMOMACC 2009

In keeping with Breton tradition, many innovations including new natural stone working machines will be premièred at "Marmomacc" in Verona.

The new CONTOURFIVE NC 700 is an extremely versatile Five Axis CNC milling centre designed for routing, carving, contouring and turning operations.

CONTOURFIVE NC 700 is built from the ground up expressly for machining pieces made from marble, granite, compound stone and stone in general. The machine is designed to fully exploit the high speed processing advantages of the Siemens 840D SL CNC platform with our own intuitive Smartcam Modelling and “Breton LathePlus” software for programming of the machine and lathe accessory. Using our Breton “Virtual Work” software the operator can see a full 3D cut verification thus eliminating program errors before cutting begins.

Thanks to its vertical travel of 700mm, and it's powerful spindle configuration,CONTOURFIVE NC 700, is the ideal machine for architectural and funerary art as well as for work which requires deep dishing.

This system offers users the possibility of performing the following unique and complex machining operations which would otherwise require several machines:

- shaping utilising the saw blade to work large pieces with complex shapes

- shaping and dishing out utilising milling tools

- contouring utilising shaping tools

- sawing utilising large diameter saw blades

- turning of columns with shaped profiles or machining of columns to create a twisted effect all along the surface (provided the lathe accessory is purchased).

SHAPEMILL NCF 1100/2T and 1400/2T, is our large capacity carving centre engineered especially for workshops producing pieces made from natural and compound stone, such as tanks, columns, bas-reliefs, capitals, banisters, sculptures, etc., and is particularly suitable for restoration works.

SHAPEMILL NCF is a CNC milling centre designed for contouring, carving, cutting and turning with five interpolated axes and a fixed work-table offering users the possibility of multiple and complex machining operations within a large work envelope. The machine is the Ideal piece of equipment for:

- the shaping of blocks or billets utilising a saw blade to obtain large size workpieces with complex shape

- shaping and creating recesses utilising milling tools

- contouring utilising shaped tools

- cutting slabs and billets into workpieces utilising a saw blade

- turning of columns with shaped profiles or machining of columns to create a twisted effect.

SMART-CUT S/NC800 is a CNC cutting and profiling machining centre with five interpolated axes equipped with rotating head and fixed worktable with tilting top (on request). The S/NC800 B model mounts a fixed worktable with motorized conveyor belt so as to automate the operations of loading and unloading while the machine is running.

SMART-CUT S/NC800 is designed to perform multiple and complex machining operations which otherwise require several machines. The machine is designed specifically for the long term to:

- cut blocks and slabs into workpieces

- mount a cutting disc for profiling blocks to obtain complex workpieces

- mount milling tools for creating recesses and for workpiece profiling.

- cut tightly nested slab layouts including inside corners to maximize material usage

EASYEDGE V7 is an up to 11 spindle vertical line polisher specifically designed to polish straight, flat edges and to perform the upper and lower chamfers on natural and compound stone panels placed upright.
The polishing spindle unit is designed with micro-oscillating motion in order to guarantee the maximum polishing finish, regardless of thickness. At the entry, the machine is equipped with a spindle which performs the rough profile-shaping of the edges, or the gauging of the piece lower part, or the “drip board cut”.

The CONTOURBRETON NC260K is our state of the art CNC work centre conceived of the experience and competence of Breton’s engineers and of over thirty years of technological evolution.

The CONTOURBRETON NC260K is available in four models and has useful working travels of 137.8" in “X”, while in “Y” the travels vary according to the model: 59" for NC 260 K15, 70.9" for NC 260 K18, 90.6" for NC 260 K23 and 145.7" for NC 260 K37. In all versions, its movable bridge design means ample freedom of access, even from above, for workpiece loading/unloading operations. Good frontal accessibility thanks to the sunken worktop and the step which is an integral part of the machine structure. Due to advanced CNC technology and an extremely rigid monoblock steel frame, cast iron bridge and spindle housing and HSK80 spindle, the machine is built correctly to fully exploit the industry’s trend toward high speed cutting.

ROBOCUP SYSTEM® - patented - is a revolutionary “HOSELESS” vacuum table system that allows automating the placement of the suction cups on the workbench thus paving the way for Robotic piece loading and unloading. The spindle automatically selects the double-action suction cups from the magazine and places them on the workbench at the exact position of patented suction nodes according to both the preset working program and the location of the pieces to be processed. Once the contouring has been carried out, the suction device first releases the pieces from the suction cups, then the robotic manipulator takes the machined pieces and places them into storage, the suction cups are then released from the workbench, and the spindle automatically takes the suction cups and places them in the magazine. Finally a suitable pressure washing system washes the workbench before starting a new cycle.

We look forward to meeting you from 30 September to 3 October at "Marmomacc", Pavilion 4 - Stand B6/C7-A6/A7.

Eurotech Launches Helios™ Platform, Industry’s First Programmable Edge Controller

Configurable Helios™ Platform Allows OEMs to Speed Time to Market with Industrial, Application-Ready Device

Amaro (UD), Italy, 14 Sept 2009 - Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today that it is launching the highly configurable Helios™ edge controller platform. The Helios platform offers data access and control on the edge of the cloud, to aggregate and deliver data from edge devices, pervasive sensors, and distributed monitors to the network core for further analysis and action. The Helios platform offers the greatest possible flexibility:

• Flexible hardware: Select an Intel Atom® Series Z5xx processor-based configuration, at up to 1.6 GHz with memory and video display options
• Software options: Choose Windows Embedded Standard, Windows CE 6.0 or Wind River Linux 3.0 for the operating system.
• Programmable: Quickly go-to-market with simple to use APIs offered within the Eurotech Everyware™ Software Framework (ESF)
• Connectivity choices: Use wired or pre-certified wireless network services for devices for cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi access within the secure and rugged USB bay area.

The Eurotech Helios platform can be equipped with the Eurotech ESF middleware to offer the industry's first easily programmable edge controller system. With ESF, OEMs have a Java-based middleware framework as a starting point for their application coding, leading to faster time to market and ultimately, future-proofing and greater market success.

"Combining our configurable hardware platform, Helios, with the ESF middleware gives Eurotech customers the greatest range of flexibility, in I/O options, connectivity choices, and object-oriented programming," comments Arlen Nipper, President and CTO at Eurotech, Inc. "The Helios platform is the next step in our product progression, and gives our customers the ability to go to market quickly with proven embedded hardware and software technology in a truly application-ready and programmable package."

"With the Helios platform, Eurotech launches a packaged device that makes it easy for OEMs to select Intel-based architectures for applications that are part of the 15 billion connected devices Intel sees in the near future," said Joe Jensen, general manager, Embedded and Computing Division, Intel. "With software and hardware configurability, Eurotech offers leading Intel technology to give OEMs a high degree of flexibility to deliver medical, transportation, or industrial applications to precisely meet their users' needs."

Eurotech designs and manufactures a range of innovative embedded single board computers, application-ready platforms and configurable systems for customers who operate within the transportation, medical, communications, defense, security, and industrial industries.

The Helios platform will be generally available in the first quarter of 2010.

About Eurotech
Eurotech is a global leader in the design, development and production of application-ready embedded computers and systems. Eurotech architects systems that help companies bring their products to market quickly through the latest technologies with advanced graphics capabilities, low-power consumption, and robust functionality. Eurotech specializes in helping customers connect their applications to the latest available wireless, mobile and enabling technologies. Eurotech develops digital technologies aiming to create a better world by making everyday life safer and more comfortable, today and for tomorrow. For more information, please visit the Eurotech website at http://www.eurotech.com

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Video Production & Event Management Sydney

Since 1980, Take One Productions has delivered innovative and visually impressive video products in the field of video production in Sydney.
Take One clients have benefited from Take One's attention to detail as well as the quality of their video works and equipment.
Here are some of the products that Take One provides:

Tv Commercials: particular specialty of Take One, TV commercials are still considered the most effective mass-market advertising format with a high standard of advertising content.

Corporate Video Production: purporse of professional corporate videos is to let potential customers, employees and investors impressed. From the client brief to the develop of the script, treatment or storyboard Take One provides Corporate Video for different needs, time, scale and budget... see more here: Corporate Video Sydney

Training Video Production: purporse of training videos is to allow employees or consumers to learn about information or procedures about your company or your organization. Training videos are more effective because they speak directly to your staff. see more here: Training Video Sydney

Event Management: supporting their video production service Take One provides also a proven successful event management service that will leave your audience inspired. Specialised in product launches, corporate events, awards nights, fashion parades and more, Take One will be behind you all the way from creative stage & theme development, lighting & sound design, integrating video presentation into the event. See more here: Event Management Sydney

Chianni, among the hills surrounding Pisa, to learn the secrets of Tuscan cuisine

September among the hills surrounding Pisa in Tuscany to learn to eat and cook ethically, having fun, at the B&B Podere la Sterza at Chianni (Pisa)

Aim of the courses of Tuscan organic cuisine is above all to transmit appreciation for nature and the seasonal produce it offers. They are organised from September 2009 at the bed & breakfast, housed in an old and restored country house of podere La Sterza, at Chianni, on the hills in the province of Pisa.

When asked why precisely the month of September was chosen to start this project, Carlotta, the hostess and owner of the B&B, responds the following: “Our cuisine follows the seasons, and here, autumn especially is a great time of the year to taste all the products that this generous land has to offer: pore mushrooms, new olive oil, truffles, game, grapes.”

The program includes theory cooking lessons, tasting sessions at local farms of wine, cheese, salami, and theme dinners, prepared by the owners, and served in the hall of the villa for the guests and the course participants.

Jusy Accetta - blog.internos.it

Sleep in florence Italy

If you are looking to come in Italy sure one of the must do is Florence the reign of reinassence. The capital of Tuscany is one of the most beautiful city in the world and you will be impressed when are you going around and see the ancient city!

I advice to you this beautiful bed and breakfast Florence Italy really charming and with a real italian touch to suite your italian dream, the dolce vita is the real side of florence and you would like to come here for good!

Going around in the city centre and feel the taste of all the genius that worked in the site, looking all the amazing jewlleries on Ponte vecchio the old bridge, tasting the best italian red wine, drink a italian coffee in a real traditional italian coffee bar!

This will be your best holiday ever becouse Florence is charming and will catch your eyes for ever, perfect for a romantic holiday in florence!

RACING DASHBOARD CYCLOPE BY ACCOSSATO

CYCLOPE is an innovative digital instrument panel designed for the market but also of other racing enthusiasts sports .The dashboard features a Compact Flash memory slot that provides a great versatility to the instrument in the storage of data collected on the track, road sensors on the race .The set at will on the dashboard has an Ethernet interface that allows using your own PC to set up and appoint a pleasure sensors available and their values of operation, download all the statistical and dynamic of your bike to analyzing as you want .With the connected sensors can also be connected to a GPS. The GPS sensor is very useful for measurements of position and lap times for use in the more demanding during the race There is the possibility of having the display reverse color, you have the following versions:

MODEL STK

MODEL STK INJ

MODEL SS

MODEL SS INJ

MODEL SBK

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MYO Suite, online rich media application, lands in Australia

MYO (Make your Own) Suite is an online merchandising application that allows manufacturers to create and publish in their website unlimited interactive and compelling product demos, selectors, buying guides and brand stores.
MYO was developed by Easy2 Technologies and launched in the U.S. in the late 2006. Now Wispa (web agency in SYDNEY) will serve as the exclusive value-added reseller of Easy2's MYO application in Australia and New Zealand.

"Partnering with Wispa allows us to extend our MYO product offering beyond traditional U.S. borders, providing interactive content to Australia- and New Zealand-based manufacturers and their retail channels," said John Bukovnik, Easy2 president and co-founder.

Nowadays the Australian market seems to be ready for rich media online retailing applications such as MYO, as shown by the recent success of the Online Retailer Expo & Conference in Sydney last week.

More info about : Wispa to Exhibit at Online Retailer Expo in Sydney

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Relactions presents the new Forte Village Resort “Kid City” minisite

The Kid City is the new Forte Village Resort area completely dedicated to children: a space that has been totally renovated with a new and exciting selection of activities, games and laboratories. Children will be guided by Sardinia’s best artists and craftsmen as well as acrobats and actors, to learn Ceramics, painting, sculpture, how to make mosaics and puppet shows.

Relactions, leader company in Web Design for the Tourism Industry, designed and developed an interactive minisite for Forte Village Resort that shows the areas and features of the Kid City, letting adults and little ones to enjoy an joyful and unusual online preview of the real experience they can live in the Resort. An animated fable based on original illustrations, with an easy and intuitive navigation interface that leads users to explore the Community, the Lab art, the Square, the Arena and the beautiful Lagoon. An imaginative and unique visual style, that mixes the traditional illustration technique and a Flash graphics interface, in a fluid, colourful and immersive way.

Paro Valentina
Relactions srl - Leader company in Web Design for the Tourism Industry

Meridiana.com, the first web site in Italy among Airlines company in July 2009.

With a survey of 1.322.000 unique visitors and as much as the 5,85% of active reach (that is the percentage of active users referred to the total Internet users), the web site Meridiana-Eurofly is the most visited among all the airlines company in the Italian market. This is shown by the results of Online Nielsen panel referring to the month of July 2009.

The average time spent per person is 2 minute and half, data who confirm a good usability of the web site: a reservation online system easy and functional and the comfortable Calendar Shopping simplify and speed the flight search and reservation.

But the aim of the web site is not only to be an efficient tool of selling. In fact a big care is placed in the customer support, with special sections “before”, “during” and “after” the flight. Then an information area on the reached destinations, with a lot of useful indications on history, transportation, language, currency, phone and a useful guide, make the web site a complete tool for the customer who choose Meridiana-Eurofly for his travels.

Amazing Milan: fly to Milan from Paris with Meridiana-Eurofly

With Meridiana-Eurofly, to reach Milan from Paris costs only 109 €. Milan is an amazing city: it is renowned as one of the world capitals of design and fashion. The English word millinery, referring to women's hats, is derived from the name of the city. The Lombard metropolis is famous for its fashion houses and shops (such as along via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in the Piazza Duomo (reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall). The city hosted the World Exposition in 1906 and will host the Universal Expo in 2015. Inhabitants of Milan are referred to as "Milanese" (Italian: Milanesi or informally Meneghini or Ambrosiani).

CARPET CLEANING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Carpet cleaning sometimes is an easy task if you have the opportunity to act immediately and before the stain has a chance to set in.

But to have a deeply cleaned and healthy living environment you should rely to a Professional Cleaning Service.

Because of its lasting emphasis on quality workmanship and an incomparable commitment to customer satisfaction DRY TECH became a trusted leader company in the professional carpet and Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning in Sydney

Becoming a trusted company in the cleaning industry is an hard walk that involves qualifications and certifications such the ones given by the ITI (Interactive Training International), strict standards, advanced equipment knowledge and obviously customers satisfaction.

DRY TECH, besides Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning provides in all Sydney these services: Rug Cleaning, Leather Cleaning, Stain Protection, Mattress Cleaning, Pet Stains, Anti-allergen Cleaning, Car Interior Cleaning, Water Damage and many others...

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Fly to London in Business Class with Meridiana-Eurofly economic fares.

With Meridiana-Eurofly, to fly to London from Florence in Business Class costs only 398 € round trip.

London is one of the world's foremost global cities alongside New York City and one of the largest financial centres alongside New York City and Tokyo. Central London is home to the headquarters of more than half of the UK's top 100 listed companies and more than 100 of Europe's 500 largest. The city's influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, the arts and culture in general contributes to its global position. It is a major tourist destination for both domestic and overseas visitors. London hosted the 1908 and 1948 Summer Olympics and will host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; the historic settlement of Greenwich; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church.

Within the City of Westminster, the entertainment district of the West End has its focus around Leicester Square, where London and world film premieres are held, and Piccadilly Circus, with its giant electronic advertisements. London's theatre district is here, as are many cinemas, bars, clubs and restaurants, including the city's Chinatown district, and just to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The United Kingdom's Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera and English National Opera are based in London and perform at the Royal Opera House, The London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Theatre and the Royal Albert Hall as well as touring the country. Islington's 1 mile (1.6 km) long Upper Street, extending Northwards from The Angel, has more bars and restaurants than any other street in the UK. Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long — which makes it the longest shopping street in the world — and home to many shops and department stores including Selfridges. Knightsbridge — home to the Harrods department store — lies just to the southwest.

The New Blink Optical Integrated Advertising Campain in Australia

After a competitive pitch process, Wispa, Sydney-based Advertising Agency, wins the Blink Optical integrated advertising account in Autralia.
In the part of a significant revamp of the marketing activity for the Blink brand Wispa will develop strategy, advertising and direct marketing campaigns, as well as in-store visual merchandising and digital marketing solutions for the 48-store chain.
The goal is to create some uniqueness in a highly competitive retail marketplace.

Blink Optical provides with its stores around Australia Optical frames, Sun glasses, Contact Lenses and High Fashion Designer products and services from eyewear design to eyecare consultations: 'Eye Examinations', 'Frame Fitting', 'Contact Lens Fitting', 'Digital Retinal Imaging'...
Blink Optical has a joint venture arrangement with BUPA who through its brands MBF, HBA and Mutual Community, promotes the Blink offering to its members.

The source: http://www.wispa.com.au/advertisingblog/advertising/wispa-wins-blink-optical-integrated-advertising-account

Wispa - Advertising Agency Sydney

The Italian Charms and Composable Bracelet Blog Goes Live with Nomination

The Italian Charms and Composable Bracelet Blog Goes Live with Nomination

Florentine fashion jewellery brand, leader in the gold and steel jewellery market and original creator of the Composable Link Bracelet - aka the Italian Charms bracelet, launches its own blog.

Passionate about your Composable Link Bracelet? Then click on to www.nomination.com and join the Nomination BLOG.

The original creator of the Italian Charm Bracelet - the iconic Composable bracelet, is now inviting you to take the role of protagonist online.. not only can you keep up to date with all the latest Nomination news and collection launches but this is also an opportunity for you to ask technical questions, share your comments and opionions and yes even suggest designs for the new additions to the Composable collection.

Why not share the secrets or your Composable bracelet by explaining the special messages behind your choice of links? The blog is a virtual space that allows you to reveal something about yourself and your style, interact with other "Nomination addicts" or participate in the online activities and competitions that Nomination is planning for later this year that will be hosted via the Blog. The Nomination blog is live in two languages - English and Italian - the company's mother tongue.

Nomination, worldwide leader in the steel and gold jewellery market, developed the Nomination blog following the success of other online initiatives - the Nomination Facebook group and links to YouTube, where it is possible to view the brand videos and adverts produced since the company was established in 1987.

Ufficio Stampa Nomination: UNIQUE ITALIA Via G.B.Morgagni, 33 20129 Milano - Italia Tel. +39 02 74281284 - Fax +39 02 29400739 pr@uniqueitalia.com

NOMINATION s.r.l. Via Fratelli Bandiera, 22 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) Italia Tel. +39 055 425471 - Fax + 39 055 42547230 www.nomination.com

Meridiana Eurofly: more “cuddles” for their frequent flyers

All the additional services available with customer loyalty programs, increase quantity and quality.

At the beginning of this year, Meridiana-Eurofly customer loyalty program, Hi-Fly Now, resolved in a new online version, which earn a big success for quality, efficiency and simplicity. This program proposes the traditional store of points through effective flights: more you fly more you increase points and up the possibility to win amazing prizes: flight tickets for Meridiana-Eurofly destinations, holidays with Wokita, our tour operator, stays in the hotels partner of the program and many others objects and accessories you can find in the Hi-Fly catalogue.

Since the 1° of July, Meridiana-Eurofly enlarged the advantages for Fly Pass, exclusive club for elite customers wish to feel unique and want absolute quality. The Fly-pass Card owners can enjoy the privilege to reserve their flight seat, to do the check-in in the dedicated positions, which in some cases they correspond to the Business Class Electa desks, and to access to the Vip rooms in the main airports.

The Fly Pass passengers can access in the Vip rooms with a guest, too. The Vip rooms are available in the airports of Olbia, Cagliari, Florence, Milan Linate and Malpensa, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Verona and, since the 1° of July also in Bologna. For who flies over national borders, the Vip Lounges that have an arrangement are in Amsterdam, Barcellona, Dakar, London, Malè, Mauritius, Mombasa, New York and Seychelles.

Since the 1° of July, only for national flights, you can buy the transportation of sportive equipments and the service of underages without companion calling the call center and receiving a discount of 20%, or 10% if you turn to your travel agency. Over this facilities, we recognize a plus to the customers from Olbia, Verona and Cagliari, who can take advantage of the priority baggages redelivery in the Rome Fiumicino Airport.

The dedicated phone number for Fly Pass service is 199.111.335: passengers can have all the informations or to buy the Card that is valid for an year, only for 300 Euro.

With a lot of additional services and all this cares, it will become more pleasant to travel, feeling “cuddled” like at your home.

More and detailed informations are available in the dedicated section of the web site

Rome: Shots of War, 3 July – 30 August 2009

65 years after the Normandy landings, an important stage of the Second World War, Rome hosts a photo exhibition that tells the last phases of the war through images.

“Shots of War”, an exhibition that will be held at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome from the 3rd of July to the 30th of August, gathers the pictures taken in 1944 and 1945 by two important war photographers, Lee Miller and Tony Vaccaro, pictures that will give all the tourists who will travel to Rome a more concrete image and a direct testimony of some epochal events, from Normandy Landings to Berlin liberation. Lee Miller and Tony Vaccaro experienced war personally, but in two different ways, and with their photos they conveyed the tragicalness of war, making us get indignant and think.

Two lives and work experiences very different from each other, which will cross in Rome in this interesting exhibition, which will certainly attract many people with a passion for history and photography, but not only them (book now discount guest houses and hotels in Rome, the city is always overcrowded in summer). On the one hand Lee Miller, war correspondent for British Vogue since 1940 and correspondent for the US Army in 1944, a courageous woman and a famous photographer, who had lived in Paris becoming friend of many surrealists and intellectuals. On the other hand Tony Vaccaro, a young soldier of the US Army coming from Italy, who decided to become a press photographer when he felt the need to express himself, but he was unable to do that through words because of his poor knowledge of the English language. The pictures taken by Lee Miller and Tony Vaccaro will be displayed in the same exhibitory space at the Scuderie del Quirinale, but on different walls, to compare two different ways of telling, two different styles and points of view, which are both useful to learn something more about that historical period. On the one hand the photos taken by Lee Miller, who stands out for her good and refined technique, and who was interested above all on what happened out of the battlefields, focusing on the faces of common people: nurses, soldiers, victims and the injured. On the other hand Vaccaro, the soldier who personally experienced war, who was in contact with death daily and who portrayed the atrocities of war through images. Both photographers became witnesses of important events: Lee Millers followed the US Army during the siege of Saint Malo, Paris liberation, Alsace and Luxembourg campaigns, the taking of Munich (here she portrayed Hitler’s abandoned house), the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau. Tony Vaccaro, who landed at Ohama Beach on the 6th of June 1944, portrayed, with his photos, the advance of the allied through France, Belgium and Germany.

To help visitors follow the paths of both photographers and to expand on the historical context, the exhibition also includes a reconstruction of the Normandy landings made with aerial photographs of the Royal Air Force and a historical introduction realised by Umberto Gentiloni, who curated the exhibition together with Marco Delogu.

If you visit the exhibition (you can stay in a camping in Rome), with the same ticket you will have the possibility to watch the screening of a film.


Tickets: 5 euro, reduced 4 euro
Date: 3rd July – 30 August 2009
Location: Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy


This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Discount accommodation in Rome. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to 3 stars hotels in Rome.

Travels Booking is now renewed with new services

Travels-Booking.com is a site that offers from 2006, an online reservation service. Actual and careful to the travelers requirements, the website is now renewed in the graphical aspects and offers new interesting functions.

Thanks to a vast choice of hotels and destinations all over the world, Travels-Booking.com offers the best accommodation for any budget, for vacation or business-related travelers.

To be competitive in the challenging tourism business, Travels-Booking.com is now renewed and improved.
A new winning graphic style and a flexible and easy configuration with new options are the core of the website success.

Two are the main innovations: a research module with more functions and special selection filters.

The research module make possible to set up your research by area, hotel name, or more specific requirements as the block or a particular hot spot in the city you are visiting.

Thanks to the special selection filters, is now possible to find an accomodation that satisfy any requisite or service necessity.
For example, if you are looking for a hotel with Wi-Fi service, you can select the voice on the special menu on the left side of the main page and have an overview of the hotels offering this service.

Are you looking for hotels with physically impaired guests facilities? A hotel with swimming pool or spa? A gay friendly hotel?

Just select the appropriate filter and the best option for you will pop up as a rabbit from the magical hat.


This article was written by Dario Caputo for Travels Booking

Rome: Asian Film Festival, 4 – 11 July 2009

If you have a passion for Eastern cinema do not miss the Asian Film Festival.

The Asian Film festival will take place from the 4th to the 11th of July in Rome, at the Cinema Farnese, and like every year it will feature a rich programme of projections of Eastern films: a unique chance for all the most refined cinema lovers who will enjoy a travel to Rome and watch films that are not usually distributed in many Italian cinemas.

Although Eastern cinema is achieving success in international festivals and competitions, and with the passing of time it is becoming more popular abroad, we cannot claim that it is well-known by most people: for this reason the Asian Film Festival, its 7th edition being celebrated this year, is meant to intensify the connection between Italy and East, and in particular it is meant to strengthen the visibility of Asian films, providing a rich and high-quality programme, which includes both famous and emerging directors, and which gives space also to films that otherwise are difficult to be found.

If you book a guest house in Rome you will have the chance to watch films of different genres realised in various Asian countries, from Taiwan to Japan, from China to South Korea, from Singapore to Malaysia, which in some cases will be projected for the first time in Italy (“Pongso No Tao” by Wang Jingui, “The Shaft” by Cht Zhang, and many more) or in Europe (just to make few examples: “Homeless FC” by James Leong and Lynn Lee, “Er Dong” by Yang Jin, “Keeping Watch” by Fen Fen-Cheng).

The films presented at the festival are traditionally divided into 5 categories: the competition section, featuring this year directors like Hirokazu Kore-eda with “Still Walking”, Eric Khoo with “My Magic” and Yeo Joon Han with “Sell out”, includes the films that might win the following prizes: best film, best director, best actor, best actress and most original film, while the out of competition section includes films like "Ashes of time redux" by Wong Kar-Way, "Face" by Tsai Ming Liang and "Tokyo" by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bang Joon-ho; also the other sections of the festival are very interesting: “Newcomers from Taiwan” is meant to give voice to new talents and to strengthen the relationship with Taiwan cinema (do not miss “The Wall” by Lin Chih-ju, “Sincerely Yours” by Rich Lee and “Candy Rain” by Chen Hung-i), while “Focus on Singapore” is meant to promote Singapore films (three films realised in Singapore are to be found also in the competitive section). Like every year, the programme of the festival is enriched by a retrospective dedicated to a master of Eastern cinema: this year’s retrospective will be dedicated to Jia Zhang-ke, one of the main contemporary directors, who is also known for having won a golden lion at the Venice international film festival in 2006 with “Still Life”. Staying in a hotel in Rome the fans of the director will have the possibility to immerse themselves in his films, but they will also have the great chance to meet their favourite director, who is the guest of honour of the festival: Jia Zhang-ke, indeed, will personally present “Going Home”, one of his first films.


Tickets: daily ticket 4 euro, admission to all screenings 30 euro
Date: 4th – 11th July 2009
Location: Cinema Farnese, Rome, Italy



This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Discount guest house in Rome. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to 2 stars hotels in Rome.

Eurotech announces two new Panel PC and Box Computer models.

Amaro (Italy), 2nd July 2009– Eurotech announces today the new Panel Computer Vx-120F-N270 and Vx-150F-N270, based on the Intel® Atom™ N270 series. The efficiency, high performance and low power consumption of the 1.6GHz Ultra Low Voltage processor are embedded in a highly integrated design making them totally compatible with Intel® Core™ platforms. These two new models join Eurotechs comprehensive range of Vx Panel PCs.

The fanless, high performance Panel PC has been developed using no moving parts and a high quality mechanical engineering. The new Vx-120F-N270 12" and Vx-150F-N270 15" models are equipped with a high brightness TFT display that allows the installation in several applications, such as process control, HMI, building automation and other demanding applications.

The 8 wire resistive touch screen can guarantees a high calibration stability and a long term accuracy. The front panel has an IP65 protection, a USB port and is equipped with power on and HD LEDs. A monitor, mouse and keyboard can be connected externally, allowing fast set-up operations. Both Panel PCs come with 2-Gbit Ports as well as one expansion slot for add-On boards.

In addition Eurotech announces the new Bx-400F-N270, an extremely rugged and compact box computer. It has been designed for fanless applications and is based on N270 1.6GHz Ultra Low Voltage Atom™ processor from Intel®; its new, state of the art architecture is taking over embedded systems.

The new Box Computer Bx-400F-N270 has been designed to resist mechanical and temperature stresses, commonly found in industrial applications. Thanks to 4 USB interfaces, 2 ethernet ports and 2 serial ports, the Bx-400F-N270 can be easily connected to the most common interfaces available on the market.
Using the two mounting kits, the Bx-400F-N270 can be installed on DIN rail alternatively, it can be wall mounted with an optional mechanical kit.

For embedded applications the Bx-400F-N270 can be equipped with a Compact Flash reader and a pre-installed Windows XP or XP embedded operating system.

Availability: Mid September 2009

For more information, please visit the Eurotech website at www.eurotech.com

Companies contacts:

Eurotech Italy
Moira Picco
+39.0433.485400
moira.picco@eurotech.com
Eurotech Group
Giuliana Vidoni
+39.0433.485462
g.vidoni@eurotech.com
Eurotech USA	Eurotech Europe
Hilary Tomasson	Jenny Shepperd
+1.301.490.4700 int. 113	+44.1223.403421
hilary.tomasson@eurotech.com	jenny.shepperd@eurotech.com
Eurotech South and South East Asia	Eurotech Japan
Tomi Hanninen	Masaki Takahashi
+358.9.477.888.0	+81.904.5798683
tomi.hanninen@eurotech.fi	takahasi@advanet.co.jp

Rome: Roma Vintage, 13 June – 15 August 2009

This year the rich programme of summer events in Rome features a new, interesting happening: Roma Vintage.

Roma Vintage will take place from the 13th of June to the 15th of August in Parco San Sebastiano, and as the name of the event suggests, it will make all tourists who travel to Rome go back to the recent past. Roma Vintage, indeed, is a space dedicated to the 70s and the 80s, two decades which were very different from each other and which keep fascinate also young generations. From music to fashion, from films to sport, many cult items and events of that period are now part of our collective memory and not outmoded at all.

To experience that period again you only need to book a hotel in Rome and visit Roma Vintage, which will include many spaces and events, not to forget any feature of the culture and fashion of the 70s and the 80s and to meet everybody’s desires, both of those who personally experienced those years, and of those who were born or grew up later, but who are very interested in those decades. Parco San Sebastiano will host a large exhibitory area where you will find all kinds of vintage stuff: sport, music, fashion, motors items, and a whole section will host Italian products that have become symbols of that era, both in Italy and abroad.

The visitors who will stay in a campsite in Rome will not only have the possibility to visit stalls, they will also have the chance to participate in a number of events that will take place during Roma Vintage: an area of the park, indeed, will host theatre, music and dance shows. The programme includes many concerts of Italian (Scialpi, Righeira, Alberto Camerini…) and international (Imagination…) stars, who composed songs that marked those years, but music will play an important role also in other events: Revival Parties will make you dance with the disco and dance music of the 70s and 80s, while Pop Parties will include also the best music from the 90s to nowadays. Space will be given also to salsa and Latin-American music, with Latin Revival Parties, and to latin hustle, the dance that has become popular thanks to the cult movie “Saturday Night Fever”, with Hustle Dance. Besides music, the programme of Roma Vintage also includes theatre shows, readings of poems and monologues and films projections: you will have the chance to watch movies that are now considered as cult, like Italian sexy comedies, which are very appreciated by Quentin Tarantino, but also films, like “Il marchese del Grillo”, featuring Alberto Sordi, which have come down in cinema history.

The 70s and the 80s were also characterised by the spreading of Japanese cartoons and by some sport events, like the popular football match Italy-Germany 4-3 (1970), which is considered as one of the most thrilling sport matches ever: Roma Vintage will celebrate also these events, with projections of period films and pictures.

Tickets: various prices
Date: 13th June – 15th August 2009
Location: Parco San Sebastiano, Rome, Italy


This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Discount guest house in Rome. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to 2 stars hotels in Rome.

Rome: The Mind of Leonardo, 1 May – 30 August 2009

It is very difficult to present Leonardo Da Vinci’s work in an exhaustive way: his eclecticism, that made him being considered as a universal genius, made him look into many different fields of knowledge, from art to science, and although many events and exhibitions have been devoted to him all over the world, they have mostly focused on only one feature of his work, going thoroughly into only a part of the studies carried on by this genius, without providing a complete idea of his work.

The exhibition “The Mind of Leonardo”, which will be held in Rome, at Palazzo Venezia, from the 1st of May to the 30th of August 2009, is meant to deal with Leonardo’s work in a different way, providing a complete image of it. The exhibition, indeed, which has already attracted many tourists in Rome’s guest houses, will not be focused on only one field of study (art, technology, anatomy, studies on water and flying, just to make few examples), but it will try to present Leonardo’s work from a different point of view: focusing on all the fields of study which the great scientist and artist was interested in, the exhibition is meant to look into the idea that Leonardo had of knowledge and into his analysis method, in order to make us discover that his study method featured some constants that could apply to any fields of knowledge. Leonardo, indeed, had a unitary idea of knowledge, and he was convinced that all the operations of men and nature were governed by the same rules.

If you plan to travel to Rome and visit the exhibition, you will discover that the whole Leonardo’s work was characterised by common analysis methods, and you will personally see the results of his studies. The exhibitory spaces of Palazzo Venezia, indeed, will host original drawings and manuscripts, but also working models of Leonardo’s projects and digital stations to see, in a virtual way, the works that have been lost. Working models, in particular, have been built very thoroughly, following blindly Leonardo’s projects and using materials, like wood, which might have been used also when Leonardo lived, and together with drawings, which are very precious pieces, they make us enter the world and mind of Leonardo. Among the displayed items, a drawing and two autograph fragments with the studies for a theatre with movable stage for the staging of Poliziano’s Orpheus in Milan, and two drawings that document Leonardo’s interest in flying machines.

The Rome exhibition focuses also on Leonardo’s artistic work: Palazzo Venezia will host some preparatory drawings, two paintings realised in Leonardo’s studio, Leda Spiridon and Leda Borghese (Leonardo interpreted the myth of Leda and the swan as a symbol of the unbridled vitality of nature, which could be found in all living beings) and a work realised by an anonymous Florentine artist who took inspiration from Leonardo’s studies on Virgin with Child and St John.

Book now a 5 star hotel in Rome (the city is always overcrowded in summer), and do not miss the exhibition “The Mind of Leonardo”.


Tickets: 9 euro, reduced 7 euro
Date: 1st May – 30 August 2009
Location: Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy


This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Holiday apartments in Rome. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to Cheap hotel reservations in Rome.

Rome: The Cinema Isle, 18th June – 30th August 2009

The connection between Rome and the magic world of cinema is very old and still strong due above all to Cinecittà studios, the core of Italian (and not only) cinema production since the 30s.

Italian cinema was born at the beginning of the 20th century, but it broke out after the Second World War, in particular starting from the 50s, when a number of Hollywood productions were hosted in Cinecittà studios and many Italian directors who then came down in history began to emerge, turning Rome into cinema capital city and into a magnet for Italian and international stars.

Fifty years after that extraordinary cinema season, and after a decrease of the prestige of Italian cinema (above all in the 80s), we can claim that Italian cinema is now emerging again, and Rome keeps being one of the most important capital cities of cinema. An evidence of the strong connection between Rome and cinema is given by the great number of cinema events that are hosted every year in the eternal city, like the International Rome Film Festival, which takes place every year in October. However, you do not need to wait for autumn to arrive to take part in an important cinema event in Rome: this summer, more precisely from the 18th of June to the 30th of August, the city will host “L’isola del cinema” (the cinema isle), a festival dedicated to prestigious Italian cinema.

The 15th edition of the event, which will take place on the Tiber Island, will be focused on one of those films of the 50s that have made history, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, the 50th anniversary of its realisation being celebrated this year, and it will give all cinema lovers who travel to Rome the possibility to immerse themselves in Italian and international cinema. The programme of the festival, indeed, includes many projections: not only classic auteur films and a selection of the best films of last season, but also previews and premieres. Staying some days in a guest house in Rome you will have the possibility to watch films that have come down in history, some recent successful works (films like Marco Risi’ Fortapasc, Marco Pontecorvo’s Pa-ra-da, Gianni Di Gregorio’s Pranzo di Ferragosto, Roberto Burchielli’s Sbirri, Umberto Carteni’s Diverso da Chi?, Edoardo Winspeare’s Galantuomini have been chosen), but also works realised by young talented directors, and you will have the chance to enjoy the preview of some films that have not been projected in Italy yet, like Amalfi, 50 Seconds realised by Japanese director Hiroshi Nishitani.

The festival will host also various special events, like “Nati sull’Isola Tiberina” (born on the Tiber Island), which is meant to celebrate all those who were born on the Roman island, exhibitions dedicated to the theme of this year’s edition of the festival, events dedicated to poetry and literature, with meetings with important authors. Moreover the festival’s organisers collaborate with Comunità Sant’Egidio: as a result, the festival will host the projection of the film Tutta Colpa di Giuda, which was shot by Davide Ferrario in Turin’s prison, featuring not only professional actors, but also some prisoners and the prison’s staff.

One more reason to book cheap hotels in Rome and immerse in the magic of cinema in one of cinema capital cities.


Date: 18th June – 30th August 2009
Location: Tiber Island, Rome, Italy


This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Bed and Breakfast Rome near Coliseum. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to Discount accommodation.

Rome: Along the Tiber…Rome, 11th June – 30th August 2009

Summer nights in Rome are enlivened through a series of free events addressed to both tourists and the Roman citizens that stay in the city.

“Along the Tiber…Rome” is a diversified festival that takes place every summer from June to August in the heart of Rome, between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Palatino. Every night at 6 tourists and Roman citizens can enjoy good food, various shows and other cultural and music events along the revalued and renewed area of the quays, or they can simply take a relaxing walk along the Tiber, visiting the stalls. “Along the Tiber…Rome”, indeed, features many different happenings, which make the festival fit for people of all ages, tastes and provenience.

The programme of the 7th edition of the festival is divided into two big sections: entertainment and cultural events. The first section includes many different events that will be held cyclically every week: Sundays will be dedicated to comics and cartoons lovers, with meetings with drawers and dubbers and the performances of a band specialised in cartoons music. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays music will play the main role: you will have the possibility to choose between different music genres, from piano bar to jazz, and to enjoy the performances of some high-quality emerging musicians. Literature lovers will certainly enjoy the programme of Thursdays, featuring theatre and books presentations, while those who will spend a weekend in Rome will have the chance to take part in country music show-lessons (on Fridays) or to enjoy cabaret shows (on Saturdays).

If all this has not convinced you to book a bed and breakfast in Rome yet, you need to know something more about the programme of cultural events. Sundays will be dedicated to classical music, with the performances of two groups: a string quartet that will play both classical-romantic and more modern pieces, and a vocal group that will make you discover the music of Roman Renaissance, with madrigals and other kinds of compositions. Cinema lovers will enjoy the short films festival “L’altro corto” (every Monday): this year it will host works dealing with two themes: memory and otherness. Space for literature lovers on Tuesdays, with novels readings, while Wednesdays will be dedicated to history lessons, which will make you discover something more about the story of the city, of the river and of the bridges that cross it. Thursdays will be dedicated to another important feature of the city’s history and culture: Roman folk songs.

“Along the Tiber…Rome” is always very appreciated by the tourists who stay in the hotels of Rome not only for all these events, but also for the stalls of local and international handicraft products which can be found along the quays and for the restaurants and bars arising in this area, the ideal choice to enjoy a drink or a dinner in a very impressive location, choosing between dishes of Roman traditional cuisine and ethnic food.


Tickets: free event
Date: 11th June – 30th August 2009
Location: Rome, Italy


This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with support from Youth hostel and camping Rome. For any information, please visit Travel to Rome or for travel information have a look to 2 stars hotels in Rome.