Sorrento luxury hotels: Grand Hotel Riveira

Between all Hotels in Sorrento, one of the most complete in quality of services and range of offers is Grand Hotel Riviera.

Placed in a strategic position that allows to have a private beach, with panoramic view on Naples and Sorrento gulf, and the possibility of additional services of renting and boat chater. Hotel Riviera, one of the most appreciated sorrento hotels, allow you to spend a relaxing holidays in Sorrento in contact with paesaggistic beauties.

The main feature of Hotel Riviera is the closeness both the beach and the centre of Sorrento : in fact it is just over 1 Km far from the main square, and it has the great advantage to be immersed in a wonderful and peaced place. This is demonstrated immediatenly when you arrive and admire the beautiful garden that makes an entrance for the structure.

And between all prerogative, Grand Hotel Riviera has the privilege to be one of the most searched Hotel for all weddings celebrated in Sorrento and Amalfi Coast, recognized all over Italy, and it attracts every year a mass of european and international tourists looking for an unforgettable holiday among the wonders of Italy. To get more info about special offers available for hotel visit website hotelriviera.com

Travel in Venice - Best web blogs

For travel in Venice visit this web blogs:

1. http://hot08ala.blog.com/
2. http://www.freeblog.org.uk/venice08ala/
3. http://hotala09.myblogsite.com/

Good luck!

Moto Guzzi Stelvio raid road trip through Tunisia

Stelvio RAID in Tunisia

Link: http://motoguzziworldclub.it/content/view/113/75/lang,en

Stelvio Raid is a successful Raid Road Trip through Tunisia, in a land with a continuous changing landscape. Over the last years many participants and enthusiasts run this raid and often it was their first time in Africa! 
An exciting runalong  Tunisian roads, from North to South, from the city of Tunis to the hairpin turnsof the mountain oasis of  Chebica, Tamerza and Mides. Then the arrival to Tozeur and to the long back straight going through and dividing Chott el Djerid lake. Then again on the move, on the asphalt strip between El Farouar, Sabria and Douz dunes. The bends and the bumps in Dahar Hills will follow us until Chenini and Tatauine,  before we reach the sea in front of Hammamet.
The raid is open to any motorbike, with passenger too, and is basically planned on the road, with the (optional) possibility of reaching off-road tracks with amazing panorama.

Info

Tunisia is a welcoming and safe country with stunning scenic drives and many ancient monuments. Spoken languages are Arabic and French in Tunisia, as well as Italian is in big cities and hotels. The national currency is the Tunisian dinar: 1 dinar = € 0.65 (you have to change your money locally when disembarking). Satellite GSM phones work almost everywhere in Tunisia. Your passport must have at least six months validity before travelling to Tunisia. National driving licences are valid. It may be advisable to have a certified photographic copy of your identity documents and make sure you have copies of papers that prove the bike is yours. Ensure that passports are up to date and valid before leaving. Tunisia is in the same time zone as Italy. On April temperature fluctuates between 10 degree during the night and 22/30 degrees during the day. 

Programme Timing

April 25 Meeting point: Genova Imbarchi Cotunav at 14:00 Boarding and cabin assignment. Dinner on board.
April 26 Breakfast and briefing, landing in Tunis, passengers customs and transfer to the enchanting Hammamet. Overnight stay in hotel.
April 27 Moving on to the South through villages and mountains, visit to Romans ruins at Sbeitla and overnight stay in hotel at Tozeur Oasis.
April 28 Riding over mountain roads towards Chebika and Tamerza, then crossing over on the Chott. Overnight stay in hotel in front of the dunes of Douz and the African sunset. 
April 29 Reaching Ksar Ghilane oasis, bathing in the warm spring or visiting to the huge palm grove, enjoying the sunset on the dunes, the dinner and.... the surprise overnight stay!
April 30 Back to northwards, at first along the mountains with stop off at Matmata to visit its troglodyte architecture, then in direction of Hammamet for a visit to the Roman amphitheatre of El Jem and finally back to the Hotel.
May 1 Complete tour in the city of Hammamet in the morning, with a visit to the beautiful and ancient Medina. Moving away in the direction of the port of Tunis where boarding at 16:00. Cabin assignment. Dinner and overnight stay on board.
May 2 Going ashore at Genoa at 13:00

Registration

Registration fee: Rider + Motorcycle; 1,400 Euro 
Entry fee Passenger: 1,300 Euro 
Maximum Number of Participants: 50 - Not less than 15

Registration fee includes: Round trip ticket in double bed cabin. Dinner, lunch, breakfast on-board. Overnight stay, dinner, breakfast in hotel (double bedroom). Packed lunches. Motorcycle maintenance support. Medical assistance. Full support services. Motorcycle escort. Europ Assistance Insurance.
Registration DOES NOT include: Fuel consumption (petrol costs about Euro 0, 70 per litre). Drinks. Anything not specified in the programme is to be considered as additional cost.

Insurance

Europ Assistance Multirischi Viaggi Nonstop is the multi-risk insurance policy covering the participants. It would be advisable to print the specific PDF form in order to examine it carefully. Other personal insurance policies can be taken out (optional). 

Wearing apparel

Technical wearing road apparel Don't forget your waterproof suit and the bumbag 
Normal clothing : A pair of long trousers and a pair of short ones T-shirts A fleece jumper or a strong sweatshirt A pair of very comfortable shoes A pair of slippers or sandals Bathing suit Underware

Motorcycle

Motorcycles must be in good order, according to the highway code and must be in perfect shape (the event promoter reserves the right to refuse to authorize the departure of any unsuitable motorcycle). Technical support staff can help both on the way and in the evening, for an emergency repair service. Insurance is mandatory as well as the green card valid for Tunisia (please check it). Please remember to hold in reserve your motorcycle and trunks keys. Motorcycles must be registered (test plates are not allowed). If the driver borrowed the motorcycle he must be given a written proxy bythe owner. Motorcycles will be stored in the hotel secure parking at night time. 

Vehicles

Van for your luggage transport (one single hand luggage per person; maximum size.80 x40x35 cm.) Four-wheel drive car

Staff

Motorcycle tour guide, technical crew, doctor

For further information please contact

 TuttoMoto Brescia - Mr. Bruno Birbes
TEL.: 030.305251 FAX.: 030.301228
www.tuttomotobrescia.it / info@tuttomotobrescia.it


Tom 42 - La Spezia (SP)
Tel +39 0187280483 - Fax +39 0187 520232

www.tom42.it / tonimerendino@tom42.it / gianluca@tom42.it

Offers Easter 2009 holidays in Sardinia Italy

Easter 2009 is coming, the lovely bridge that begin April 11 and ends on the day of Easter Monday, April 13, will be perfect and will enjoy the excellent climate that already in these days we are welcome in Italy.
The most popular destination in Italy is always Sardinia, for lovers of sea, sun and beaches.
During the weekend Easter events are many folk who can be found.
Easter is a deeply felt, in all the villages in the South of Sardinia, in particular, there are many events that recall the Passion of Christ.
In Cagliari for the Easter weekend you can not miss the Procession of the Mysteries, celebration beginning on Friday before Palm Sunday.
Since now you can book a low cost flight with Ryanair and EasyJet, which connect the airport of Cagliari with a lot of Italian airports truly exceptional prices.
We raccomanded a excellent hotel near Cagliari Airport: HOTEL FLAMINGO RESORT.
This is offer Easter 2009 Hotel Flamingo Resort: different packages offere starting with one night's stay until the package of three nights stay.

Your Holidays in Sardinia: Prices down by 20%

The Island of Sardinia with its stunning sandy beaches and the Kristal clear waters it has always been one of the favourite destinations of the Mediterranean sea. Over the past decades Sardinia's fame has grown mostly as a very expensive VIP hot spot.

Thanks to the Credit Crunch Sardinia is now much more approachable! You can fly there for as little as 40 gbp with Ryanair and Easyjet and if you want to come by car, both Tirrenia and Moby are offering free tickets for the car.

A self-catering accommodation it is still the best option especially if you are a small family or a group of friends. In this period, Explore Sardinia (Leading accommodation provider) is offering up to 20% discounts on Villas and apartments. You can roam around the offers visiting the website: www.exploresardinia.co.uk

"We realized that in order to meet the demands of the over 7500 clients that every year trust us with their holidays we needed to take into account the deep financial crisis that have hit us all. We have therefore decided to radically cut prices of our holiday Villas, in order to being able to put together a compelling offer that in some cases reaches £ 15 per person per night" says Erika Faggiano, Incoming Manager at Explore Sardinia.

Explore Sardinia RE is a Real Estate Company with a clear focus in Touristic properties . The company is registered with FIAIP and is the only Sardinian company registered with the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP). Over 7500 clients choose us every year choosing between a Portfolio of over 1000 self-catering acomodation and property investments.

For more information:

Mrs Erika Faggiano
Incoming Manager
email: erika@exploresardinia.it
www.exploresardinia.it

Skiroll: a sport for everybody!

“A great success that confirms the power of our philosophy: skiroll is a sport for everybody!” – comments the chairman of i-gliti, Stefano Foroni, less than a month after the conclusion of the Ispo Winter. Many, in fact, the distributors and retailers who are interested in the new products i-gliti, presented in preview at the fair in Monaco.

With the technical innovations introduced in the 2009 new collection, i-gliti has has designed not only to athletes but also to the general public of enthusiasts and beginners who would like to experience this healthy sport. Protagonist of the i-gliti stand was the off-road skiroll that, associated to universal binding, allow to practise also on a white road both with the classical and the skating technique.

Great attention was aroused by the universal binding which makes the use of the product easier and allows, thanks to its technical characteristics, to achieve both techniques in absolute safety and full stability. This innovation can be used on any kind of skiroll, with a significant costs reduction.

Just from the universal binding comes the demand to set up a system for the rental of skirolls: a fun and cheap way to try this exciting sport in the open air. An idea that, togheter with the other i-gliti proposals, enjoyed not only to the Italian market but also to the German, Austrian, Dutch, Spanish and American market.

i-gliti proves itself to be a well-advanced brand, able to grasp the changes and to answer promptly to the market needs with products and excellences that make the skiroll a sport full of charm and available to everybody.

Premiere Vintage Workshop(R) – Region Marche

Première Vintage Workshop^® – Region Marche

Vintage Workshop has already been organized for some seasons even on demand by Fashion Houses, Styling Offices, accessories and semi-row materials manufactures that produce items finalized to the Textile/Clothing sector. The show consists in a sort of show-room exhibition with sale of vintage accessories that are combined with factories' samples (for instance leathers, metal ware, textiles etc.) produced by the host factory so that customers (designers, product managers) can also visualize some possible creative applications by means of the vintage accessories on show. For the shoe makers sector in the Marche Region, a Vintage Workshop has been imagined as a great effort for those designers and fashion producers willing to improve, experience and test new inspirations taken from the rarest and most exclusive shoes, belts and purses of the past.

So, the first Vintage Workshop® Marche - Shoes & Bags - will be held in Porto S. Elpidio, at the showroom "VEP Pellami", well known Company world over for the assessment, production and distribution of the best leathers aimed at the manufacturing of both shoes and fancy leather items, specialized in the research and development of materials, colours and modern finishing in permanent contact and co-operation with shoe and purses designers as well as fashion leatherwear product managers.

What can we say more than this? That your are all complimentary invited next March 27th or 28th by Vep at the seaside!!

(a further detailed press release dedicated to this event will follow around mid March)
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Vintage de-Luxe: Luxury & Yachts 2009, International Luxury Fair Exhibition in Vicenza, Italy

Luxury & Yachts 2009, 7th ed. for the International Luxury Fair Exhibition in Vicenza with a new luxury Vintage area.

After the great success of the Vintage at top quality stands, which entered the Luxury sector first time ever last year, the new venue planned for next March 6 to 8 and from March 13 to 15, will host for the second time the group of Vintage hunters and collectors who promise to strike again both visitors and press. Luxury Vintage will be situated at Pavilion G, booth G08, just in front of the VIP Lounge ;-)

The new challenge will be to surprise and go over any expectations by exhibiting the rarest period accessories and unique vintage items, Jewelry and art pieces in a mix between art, design and fashion.

For the most important anticipations, invitations and further info, visit: http://vintagevents.blogspot.com/2009/02/luxury-yachts-2009-il-vintage-del-lusso.html

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Vintage Workshop(R) Milano from March 2 to 4 2009

Vintage pro-fashionable events in Italy

Spring/Summer 2010 Collections Issue

www.vintagevents.blogspot.com

(visit the blog here above or read the Italics further below for English text and images)

Vintage Workshop^® will soon be back in Milano

from March 2 to 4 2009

After the great success of the 16th ed. of the Vintage Workshop^® with a meaningful visitors record which have increased of more than 40%, the event will soon be back at the Admiral Hotel in Milano from Monday March 2nd. During the 3^rd and 4^th of March the show (programmed to stay open non-stop from 9 a.m. through to 8 p.m.) will operate contemporaneously to the nearby Anteprima Pelle at Fieramilanocity. This will be a great chance to join the moment and proximity in order to see, buy and rent a bunch of research vintage shoes and period purses of many different styles, ages and provenience.

Being the Vintage Workshop^® a collective exhibition in progress, presented in the format of a very convenient and discrete show-room with always new assortments, proud to boast various imitation attempts, the organizers (Italian Cultural Association of the Vintage Hunters, dealers and collectors) will be glad to host the best international fashion pros, among with the most qualified buyers and designers as well as vintage addicts willing to be once more favourably surprised by the enormous creativity of past fashion accessories. There will be at least 5 thousands accessories among with shoes, purses, belts, buckles, fancy leather items, luggage, coming from many different Countries world over and preminently dated 1880/1980.
For the most refined tastes, there will also be an archive selection of the rarest vintage exemplars that can't be usually seen at vintage shows, markets and fairs. These particular selection will be visible exclusively for ongoing customers who will have a chance to rent them for one or more months, provided any piece will be covered by a security deposit in a form of a check or bank wire transfer.
Every sell as well as every rental is protected by a special guarantee that the model has never been published and consequently there will be the absolute photo shooting ban ;-). This special grant will extend to the rented pieces as they will never be exhibited or shown any longer for at least 1 year.

For the most curious ones wishing to have a panoramic look, we have got some few small pictures that have been authorized by the organizers (click on the "read more" tag). A unique show definitely not to miss!
Vintage Workshop landscapes:

More info on: http://vintagevents.blogspot.com/2009/02/vintage-workshop-will-soon-be-back-in.html

About how to reach the location, visit: http://www.vintageworkshop.it/comearrivare.jsp

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MoesiQuintessenza, Furnishing Fragrances Colours and Forms

Essences and Fragrances produced in Italy with perfumes and natural components. Moesi presents its new Quintessenza Division, fragrances matched with very original ceramic and venetian blown-glass diffusers or proposed in candles and pot-pourri matched with refined items in painted ceramic.

MoesiQuintessenza is the new Division of Moesi dedicated to natural essences and fragrances for the well-being at home. In a sector where the Made in China is very popular, Moesi is able to offer a range of products Made in Italy availing itself of perfumes and natural components (with no added colouring) for the creation of essences and fragrances entirely produced in Italy and matched with very original objects that allow the new Division of Moesi to enter the market of essences and perfumes as useful and original gifts. Furnishing Fragrances, Colours and Forms presented by Sensation and Mediterraneo mother lines.

MoesiQuintessenza SENSATION: 5 essences (Amber of the Tropics, Bergamot of the Aspromonte, Cinnamon and Orange of Sicily, Vanilla of Madagascar, Lily and Earth of the Mediterranean) presented in exhibition boxes that include a bottle containing 250 ml of essence diluted to 15% in kits of natural wicker sticks, a guarantee certificate and the instructions for use. Five essences matched with ceramic and venetian blown-glass diffusers, for embellishing the environment and creating a suggestive atmosphere.

MoesiQuintessence MEDITERRANEO: 4 essential fragrances (Cocktail of Citrus fruits, Fruit Nectars, Cream of Vanilla, Garden in Bloom) at the base of 11 different arrangements of perfumed Candles and pot-pourri matched with refined items in painted ceramic and presented in gift-set boxes.

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

For more Informations:

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

Armal, portable toilets production leader, signed a new distributorship agreement for the UK market

Armal Portable Toilets is pleased to announce the opening of a new Showroom and Goods Distribution Centre in Hampshire, U.K.

With the launch of the portable toilets Top Line Armal has performed very well in the European market. Since then and along with the renewed strategy for products and quality improvement, Armal has been strengthening its brand policy, fact that makes Armal to be one of the leading companies for the production of mobile toilets and related products worldwide.
Armal is setting up a global sales network with the aim to provide you with direct backing and more flexibility. These partnerships shall play a major role in the enhancement of products cost-effectiveness and their accessibility.

With these premises and as a result of a deep consideration we are glad to announce that CONVENIENCE SERVICES LIMITED is the Distributor for the U.K. We recommend you to make contact with your Distributor and make arrangements to visit the new Showroom. We encourage you to speak to CONVENIENCE SERVICES LIMITED for your next purchases, technical or sales related questions, assistance and instant supply of products.

You will soon see how you can simplify your efforts and reduce your costs to access our products, assembly and spare parts in any quantity and at any time. You will deal with responsive and experts sales people. Please, find following their contact info:

CONVENIENCE SERVICES LIMITED
Unit 3, Freemantle Park Farm, Cottington Hill, Hannington Tadley RG26 5UD
Tel. 0845 0060 737
Fax. 01634 298 548
http://www.armal.biz
mike(at)armal.biz

 

The company

Armal is a leading company in the production and supply of a vast range of high quality products, competently designed with superior professionalism and targeting portable toilet rental companies for the construction industry, the events and sports meetings management, agriculture, transport and the emergencies resulting from situations of crisis and environmental disasters.

Nowadays Armal benefits from many years of experience in the automated production of portable toilets and of the products essential for their maintenance. Armal has a reputation for being a highly technological innovator able to provide unique logistic solutions specially conceived for the portable toilet industry. Along with the new portable toilet TOP LINE, Armal offers products which can be customized to the client’s needs.

Armal conducts all its research and production development internally achieving high quality standards. Armal invests in human resources and counts on strongly motivated personnel in all its departments led by a creative management team with solid business principles.

 

Contacts

Via Fiorentina, 109 - 50052 Certaldo, Florence - Italy
Tel. +39 0571 665 305
Fax +39 0571 651 260
http://www.armal.biz

At MWC 2009 UbiEst and Aepona announce partnership for location-based family services

Ubiest and Aepona have signed a partner agreement under which UbiEst will provide its leading suite of location-based applications for Aepona to integrate with its award-winning Universal Service Platform

Barcelona, GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 - At MWC 2009 UbiEst, global developer of location-based mobile services, has announced a partnership with Aepona, the leading supplier of telecom service layer products and solutions to Telcos globally, to bring to market a compelling family application, based on NAVTEQ® maps showing the benefits for Telco's to embrace the "Network-as-a-Service" (NaaS) business model.

Ubiest and Aepona have signed a partner agreement under which UbiEst will provide its leading suite of location-based applications for Aepona to integrate with its award-winning Universal Service Platform and take to its mobile operator customers. UbiEst's location-based services form a significant part of Aepona's Family Bundle service offering, which will be launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 2009.

"We are very pleased to have UbiEst as a partner for location based applications", said Al Snyder, CEO of Aepona. "They have proven sector knowledge and the ambition to support Aepona in our mission to help telecom operators be more competitive in the new Web 2.0/Telco 2.0 market. With this combined application and platform solution, Aepona is providing a clear route to market for an application provider, as well as helping to jump-start the commercialisation of a NaaS business model for our operator customers."

UbiEst has developed a suite of Mobile Location Based Services for fleet and workforce management, personal security, off board navigation and social networking. UbiEst also provides MapBroker Infomobility Platform, an application framework of functional components, modular services and ready-to-use applications enabling an integrated approach to the development, implementation and delivery of Location-Based Information across a wide range of mobility services. UbiEst's strategic alliance with NAVTEQ ensures their products have the best cartographic support worldwide.

UbiSafe, the location based mobile service developed by UbiEst for family peace of mind, allows users to precisely locate families carrying a GPS-equipped smartphone or a small portable GPS tracker, called UbiSafe box, and track their movements from an Internet connection or a mobile phone. The GPS device is a small locator weighing 70 grams, responding to locations requests with the exact GPS position and the speed of the person carrying it, as well as triggering SMS alarms in case of leaving "safe zones", exceeding a stated speed limit or sudden braking. UbiSafe was the Grand Prize Winner at EMEA NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge®.2008.

"The UbiSafe application won a NAVTEQ LBS Challenge 2008 award, supported by Nokia and Blackberry for best consumer application. By using the Aepona Telecom Web Services APIs we could very quickly improve and add new features into our application. Things like network based location, call control and audio call have really improved the application for the end-user. We also are pleased that Aepona selected us for their Family Bundle solution and the tools and support they provided have been excellent for us. We think that that this service demonstrates how all parties in the value chain can gain, from the end-user to the Telco." said Nicola De Mattia, CEO of UbiEst.

Aepona's Universal Service Platform is a carrier-grade software solution that allows operators to open up their networks to third party application developers, web-based service providers and Enterprises, in a controlled, standards-based and billable manner. The platform has been chosen by Tier 1 operators such as Sprint, TELUS and Bell Canada to enable them to drive service innovation through collaboration with partners, enable faster time to market for new services, and to dramatically reduce the cost of onboarding third party application developers and service providers.

About Ubiest
Founded in 2000 and based in Treviso (Italy), UbiEst SpA provides location based solution on Internet and Mobile connections for Business and Consumer markets. UbiEst holds a strong leadership in Italian B2B market of Location Based Services and is among NAVTEQ main EMEA partners.
The company has developed its own mapping technology in order to provide state of the art and highly performing Internet and mobile solutions, available for in-house or SaaS (Software as a Service) and provides provides the location technology, the expertise and the infrastructure to develop new value added location based services for business and consumer markets.
Currently the company provides a suite of mobile location based products for fleet management, personal security, off board navigation and workforce management. Significant customers: Fiat, Trenitalia, Vodafone Italy, Ferrari, Enel, Telecom Italia, etc.

About Aepona
Headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland with offices in North America, the UK and Europe, Aepona's products have been deployed by Tier 1 operators such as France Telecom/Orange, Sprint, Vimpelcom, Bharti Airtel, TELUS, BT and KPN, providing services to several hundred million subscribers worldwide. Aepona's solution allows Telcos to embrace the Network as a Service (NaaS) business model by securely publishing their network capabilities - communications, information and intelligence - to the outside world as standards-based Web Services, enables thousands of 3rd parties to telecom-enable both Enterprise business processes and web-based consumer services.
Aepona is also the technology provider for the GSM Association's "OneAPI" initiative.

For further information contact:
For Ubiest:
Alberto Falcione
Vice President Sales, UbiEst
E: alberto.falcione@ubiest.com
T: +39 348 450 14 74
www.ubiest.com

For Aepona:
Michael Crossey
Vice President Marketing, Aepona
E: michael.crossey@aepona.com
T:+44 7734 318210
www.aepona.com

Moto Guzzi World Club: Eagles on track, Imola - march 6. 2009

At Imola, Dino and Enzo Ferrari circuit, on Friday March 6 next, paddock opening at 9.30 in the morning, pit lane and then… Wrooommm! The roaring big-twins coming from Mandello del Lario will turn on the fantastic circuit on the bank of the Santerno river.
In this event motorbikes will be grouped into 4 classes, 10 rounds of race tests are scheduled with two final parades, which are meant for every model range of Moto Guzzi. Parades are free for Moto Guzzi World Club members.
During the event, new Moto Guzzi model year 2009 will be available for test drive.
Everybody is invited to the happy hour party in the circuit VIP LOUNGE, at the end of the meeting.

"EAGLES ON TRACK"  IMOLA, March 6. 2009

1. In the paddock 8:30-9:00. Admission free - neither registration nor fees needed.
2. Free practice on track: in the morning from 9:30 to 12:30 and in the afternoon from 14:30 to 17:30
3. Last two rounds will give rise to 4 low-speed parade laps, under the safety cars.
4. Every model range of Guzzi motorcycle is welcome to the parade. Not more than 50 motorcycles running in the parade. Technical wearing is mandatory (full-face helmets, jackets with protectors etc.) while track wearing is optional (racing suit, gloves, boots, full-face helmet). Motorbikes must be in road trim (mirrors, lights and indicators allowed).
5. Road test drive for 2009 Guzzi models from 9.00 to 17.00: tests can be booked at the Guzzi Hospitality Tent.
6. Happy hour from 18.15 to 20.00 in the circuit VIP LOUNGE, price: 20 € per person

CLASSES IN TRACK DAY AND MAXIMUM OF MOTORCYCLES ALLOWED.

MODERN: any small twin Guzzi motorcycle which is currently in production and any Sport or Naked Guzzi, from 1100 Sport onward.
OPEN: MODERN class motorbikes in addition to any big twin, from V7 onward, and every Special with cafe racer, sport or track set up as well as bikes in track trim.
RACE: motorbikes which are going to enter any contests and/or trophy in year 2009, (big or small twin) or run in Road Race Championships as well as in Speed or Regularity races (Endurance/Gr. 3-4-5 Epoca, Trofeo Guzzi, Naked Air, Roadster Cup, etc.) and Vintage Racing Motorcycles.
EXTRA: Moto Guzzi Tourism or Custom are grouped in this class, both in big and small twin, besides every Vintage Street Sport, even with different engine from V90
Maximum 25 (twenty-five) motorbikes on track, with the exception of drive testers, instructors, guides

TECHNICAL NOTES FOR MOTORCYCLE AND APPAREL REQUIREMENTS IN TRACK DAY 

• Mirrors must be removed. All lights and position indicators must be taped or removed
• Open exhausts, no DB Killer required
• Riders must meet the following track requirements: full-face helmet, leather one piece, or two piece leather suit, back protection, tech and/or race gloves and boots.
• In order to participate to track or street practice, you have to sign the Disclaimer Form at the Guzzi Hospitality Tent
• Driving Instructors and/or Test Technicians will be in the lead and at the end of the bikers' group on track.

PRACTICE HOURS AND CLASSES 
09,30-09,50: OPEN        10,00-10,20: MODERN            10,30-10,50: RACE
11,00-11,20: OPEN        11,30-11,50: MODERN            12,00-12,20: RACE
14,30-14,50: OPEN        15,00-15,20: EXTRA                    15,30-15,50: RACE
16,00-16,20: EXTRA       16,30-16,50: FINAL PARADE (1st - 50th)      17,00-17,30: FINAL PARADE  (51st - 100th)

COST DETAILS

Moto Guzzi World Club 2009 members will have a discount on the price of the event.
Riders who are not Moto Guzzi World Club members yet and want to register, can do it at the Hospitality Tent, so they will be able to take advantage of the discount for members

Parade 
Member: free             Not member: € 10, 00  
Non members booking at least 1 round in free practice = FREE   

Practice
1 round:  for members € 25               not members  € 40 
2 rounds: for members € 50               not members  € 75
3 rounds: for members € 75               not members  € 100
4 rounds: for members € 95               not members  € 120

BOOKING FOR PRACTICE, PARADE, HAPPY HOUR
If you are interested in attending this event, please write to pistaimola@motoguzziworldclub.it stating: 

• What kind of motorbike you are going to use in free practice, as well as the number of rounds you are going to book
• If you would like to take part in the final parade and what model of Moto Guzzi you are going to ride
• If you would like to participate to the Happy Hour ( if you come with some guests you have to state it in the booking form)
• Your first and last name, along with your phone number and email address
• Moto Guzzi World Club 2009 members have to quote their membership number when booking, please also let us know if you are not a member and you want to subscribe, when you will arrive at the Hospitality Tent.
• Rounds for track ride will be assigned in the morning, until availability

Moesi International Channel: behind the Handmade in Italy

Moesi activates the information and representation Channel for international clients and partners. With H-MADE ITALY will instead be an area dedicated to in-depth analysis of the concepts of the Handmade in Italy among History, Tradition, New Trends.

With a new Division on its way and a consolidated position on the Italian territory, Moesi proposes itself abroad with two complementary projects aimed at promoting the brand as well as the concepts that are behind the "Handmade in Italy" claim and that make unique the experience of Moesi's products and lines.

With MOESI.COM, Moesi activates the information and representation Channel for international clients and partners. moesi.com is a channel dedicated to the previews of productions, the spreading of Moesi's on-line catalogues, updated information on new lines, divisions and sectors, as well as an informative window for future collaborations and partnerships in the EU and other areas. Moesi currently seeks collaborators and partners in the UK area. Among the proposals received, Moesi will only take into consideration companies that have their own core business in at least one of the following sectors: groups of buyers, groups of agents, cooperatives already treating Ita lian products.

H-MADE ITALY will instead be an area dedicated to in-depth analysis of the concepts of the Handmade in Italy among History, Tradition, New Trends. Through its claims "Handmade in Italy" and "Living Style", Moesi simply communicates dynamism, tradition and sector trends. These concepts give a clear picture of the ethics and the business policy of its activities. Moesi is Handmade, is Living Style and also innovation and design for environment and personal outfit, emphasizing its uniqueness. H-MADE is the visual and textual experience leading the reader through History and Tradition of the sector of the Made in Italy, but not only that.

Moesi stands for furnishing articles in glass design, ceramics design, day-to-day decorative objects, high-quality bijoux and accessories, wedding favours, presents and gifts. Moesi proposes innovative objects, result of the artisan care with which they are manufactured. The furnishing objects and the jewels of the line bijoux in Murano glass are the outcome of the work of skilled artisans. Unique objects on account of refinement and elegance of the materials selected, and all Made in Italy.

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Small boat exhibition in Lignano Sabbiadoro: Barcamania

The 120.000 visitors of the first edition urged the cultural association of Lignano “From a wave a smile” to organize again Barcamania, providing a richer programme.

The main purpose of this event is to promote not only the market of small boats, but also all the world around the sea and the golden beach of Lignano. For this reason, in addition to the professional associations and the institutes, will also be involved traders, hoteliers, sport associations and the tourist high school Savorgnan di Brazzà.

As the last year, the exhibition of small boats will take place along the main street of Lignano, with new locations between Piazza City and Terrazza a Mare and it will involve also the beautiful and well-equipped docks of the seaside resort with specific projects. The boats on display will be more than 40 with its gazebos and they will be framed by shops and bars, a gastronomic area with typical dishes from the Marano Lagoon and an entertainment area for shows. Barcamania will offer also international nautical news and debates and meetings on yachting held by experts in this field. Art and culture will be part of the event: a photographic and a painting exhibition will be present for all the duration of Barcamania.

The small boat exhibition wants also to promote Lignano during the winter season, when the seaside resort hasn't tourist flow, through the creation of ad hoc events. In this case the event is addressed to boats and sailing lovers, that knew Barcamania the last year and also this autumn during the famous Nautilia in Aprilia Marittima.

Very good comments were expressed by the President of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Renzo Tondo, and by the President of the Province of Udine, Piero Fontanini, who emphasised the importance of such initiatives to deseasonalize the tourist offer and to suggest holiday packages for the next summer season. Danila Ciotta, President of the association “A smile from a wave”, clarified that the aim of Barcamania is to help children in trouble in Friuli Venezia Giulia, through solidarity projects and donations to unlucky children and families.

Barcamania 2009 will take place from Saturday the 21st of February to Sunday the 1st of March along Via Udine, Viale Tolmezzo, Viale Venezia and Parco S. Giovanni Bosco.

The programme of the small boat exhibition includes:

exposition of small boats
presentation of international nautical news, meetings and debates on yachting
photographic and painting exhibition
gastronomic and entertainment areas
open shops, Shopping-Day
promotions of the holiday packages for the summer season 2009 in Lignano

Barcamania waits for you in Lignano Sabbiadoro from February the 21st to March the 1st!


www.lignano.it

The Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro to host Jackie Sleper's exhibition dedicated to Mexico

In January, February and March 2009, Dutch artist Jackie Sleper will exhibit "Dulce y Amargo" in the Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

From 21 January - 21 March 2009, the Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, will host the famous Dutch artist's, Jackie Sleper, touring exhibition "Dulce y Amargo" inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and curated by Matty Roca.

Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section "Sculpture and Installation" at the Florence Biennale 2007, has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration and so, when she received an offer from Matty Roca to depict her vision of Mexico she readily accepted. Over the course of the following two years, Jackie Sleper spent many months in situ, about which she says "I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, in particular, got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger."

Her works are at times reminiscent of a variety of artists: Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to painting, Jackie also creates objects using a variety of materials, which she then transforms into wholly a new and surprising entity, such a the wonderful and fun piece "Rocatizada", dedicated to her curator Matty Roca. The artist other works to be guided by a profound sense of humanity, and she is an artist in the truest sense of the word, her work has always been grounded in her exploration of the human existence and its significance. The art critic, Wim Van der Beek said about Jackie's work prior to her 2007 Netherlands exhibition: "Jackie Sleper's aim is not to shock, but to make things tangible and manageable. She does not want to magnify injustices, but to offe r solutions in the form of positive and unorthodox ways of seeing."

The Querétaro show is the first step in 2009 of Jackie's touring exhibition. Jackie's exhibitions showing throughout Mexico in 2008 and 2009 are all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian, museum curator and art critic. They have so far been a huge success, the first was held at the Museo de la Cultura Maya in Chetumal in March and April 2008, in May-June at the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel, at the Museum of Modern Art of Gómez Palacio in July and August, and most recently in the Museo El Aguacate in Durango.

The artist will, as always, be present at the vernissage of "Dulce y Amargo" on 21 January, along with important local personalities from the political, cultural and educational scene in Mexico and from the Dutch and European communities living in the state of Querétaro.

Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht, and 'light objects' for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp (Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ'Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D'Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her sculptures, "Modestia", was exhibited during the Venice Biennale, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for "Sculpture and Installation" at the Florence Biennale 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Jackie Sleper
website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Images:
You can also see images of Jackie's art at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

For journalists only:
High resolution files of these images or other press related information can be requested directly from the press office:
Vito Abba press officer
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com
http://www.studioabba.com/

Other images and further information are available at:
http://www.dulceyamargo.com/
It will be possible to follow the various stages of "Dulce y Amargo" thanks to the information and images that will be posted on www.dulceyamargo.com.

Visitors to Jackie's exhibitions in Mexico can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on Flickr and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Palazzo Olivia starts the new year with a great promotion.

Palazzo Olivia starts 2009 in a positive way with a new great promotion.

Whether you are a business traveller or enjoying a leisure break in Rome, in January and February you can take advantage of a special 20% discount on all holiday apartments.

Carla Benedetti, Managing Director of Palazzo Olivia, says of the new promotion: -In the first months of the year most of our apartments in Rome are rented by business travellers. This year we want to open to a larger number of travellers. New promotional rates will give holiday makers the opportunity to plan and enjoy a nice break in Rome at very reasonable price. What better way to start 2009.-

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Palazzo Olivia apartments are situated in an ancient building in Rome's historic centre, just a short walk from piazza Navona and Campo de Fiori, and are ideal for your stay in Rome.

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