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2007/12/10

Arena Di Serdica hotel in Sofia hosted the official ceremony of the Eleventh Annual Awards of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA). Varna Municipality took the prize for the most beneficial cooperation in the field of tourism.
The Annual BHRA awards were established to help the ambitious, initiative and well qualified people who proved that the tourism should be among the Bulgarian economy priorities.
Since 1996, in the end of each year BHRA announces the decision of the...

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2007/12/07

Bulgarian Land Development (BLD), listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, said it will invest 27 mln euro in a resort complex in Borovets, Bulgaria's oldest and most famous winter vacation destination which lies 80 km south of Sofia.
At the end of 2006 BLD acquired a 56,093 sq m regulated site 8 km from the center of Borovets, in proximity to the lower-end location of a ski lift that will be built as part of the resort's future expansion.
Earlier this year, BLD manager Hristo Iliev...

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2007/12/07

The slopes under Chumerna peak in the Elena part of the Mountain Balkan Range are covered with snow. Skiers enjoy the steep slope and are even booking another downhill for the next week. Miikovtsi village is situated very close to the slope under Chumerna peak. It is huddled amidst beech forest and is favourite site for tourists due to the turbulent rivers, which form deep clear pools. However, during the winter the vicinities of Miikivtsi should be explored only with the company of a good guide...

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2007/12/07

The city of Varna, located on the Northern Black Sea coast and often referred to as the summer capital of Bulgaria, is the best town to live in, according to a survey.

The poll was conducted by the leading local media private Darik radio, 24 Hours daily and the news portal DarikNews.bg and compared the quality of life in 35 of the biggest towns in Bulgaria. Varna topped the ranking after collecting 243 points, followed closely by the second-biggest town of Plovdiv with a score of 228 points...

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2007/12/07

Executive director of IMEX, the biggest expo for congress tourism, Paul Flacket claimed, among 227 countries Bulgaria takes the 47thplace in the ranking for congress tourism ICCA for 2006.
In compare, most popular destinations according to the rank- list are USA, Germany and United Kingdom, and Vienna, Paris and Singapore are the cities where had been occurred the most of the events.

In Flacket's opinion, business tourism will continue to develop, because of entering of low-cost air...

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2007/12/06

Sofia's Privatization Agency sold Wednesday the ski facilities in Vitosha mountain to a private company for the sum of BGN 8,3 M.

The ski tows and lifts became private property after municipal company "Rope Ways" has been bought by "Vitosha Ski".

The new owner is now obliged to maintain the facilities for 25 years, investing at least BGN 500,000 in the first 12 months.

"Vitosha Ski" owns Rezana-1 and Rezana-2 ropeways as well as "Aleko Sport 99" association, which is responsible for all...

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2007/12/05

Bulgarian Tourist Industry Reaches Out to the Local Customer
Turning their back on years of chasing after the foreign holiday-makers, the owners of hotels and travel agencies in Bulgaria are now once again eager to woo the local customer.

The union of tourism industry investors Tuesday announced a 10% discount on the lowest wholesale price for Bulgarian customers that book in the period between January 1 and March 31 a holiday for any of the remaining months of the year.

The...

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2007/12/05

Over the 25 years that the annual Christmastime book fair has been held, it has drawn publishing houses from Bulgaria and abroad. This year, its 26th, is seeing some changes, most notably in the name: it is now called the Sofia International Book Fair.

There are two reasons for this. It is hoped that the fair, which is being held from December 5 to 9 in NDK in Sofia, will be added to the list of European book fairs, and to the list of European fairs at large. Also, as was said at the news...

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2007/12/05

The ice rink on the top of Varna Mall will be a real attraction not only during the cold winter days, but in the summer either. The unique facility will be 30 metres long and will be spread on the last floor of the new trade centre in Varna Sea Resort. The residents and guests of Bulgaria’s sea capital will have the opportunity skate 28 metres high above the ground.

The visitors and citizens of Sofia will also skate, outdoor. On Dec, 15 the ice rink over Ariana Lake at Orlov Most (the Lions’...

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2007/12/04

Yulen, the company operating the skiing facilities of the local Bansko resort under a concession arrangement, said it has invested 3 mln levs to improve the ski runs for the new season which starts there officially on Dec 15.

Their total length is now 77 km It has added a new four-seat ski lift with an hourly capacity of 2,000 skiers and a new tow system with a capacity of 600 skiers pe hour.

Another local ski resort Pamporovo has invested in a new six pack chair lift with an hourly...

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