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2007/01/31

Holiday Inn plans to invest in the construction of hotels in the Bulgarian coastal cities of Varna and Burgas. Recently Holiday Inn opened its first hotel in the residential complex Mladost in Sofia that was rated as the best city hotel for 2006. Some 15 million euro have been invested in the project. Seventy long-term contracts for 100 nightstays per year have already been made with various corporate clients. The Holiday Inn hotel in Sofia has 130 rooms, 10 conference halls, wireless Internet...

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2007/01/30

The agreement for the construction of a bridge connecting Bulgaria's Vidin to Romania's Calafat over the Danube river will be signed in Sofia on January 30.

Focus news agency reported that the construction of the combined road and railroad bridge was among the most challenging infrastructure projects the Cabinet decided to undertake.

Work on the project began in June 2000, when Bulgaria and Romania signed an agreement on the technical, financial, legal and organisational issues of the...

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2007/01/29

Bulgaria joins an international hunt expo "Hunt & Dog" for the first time from January 30 until February 4 in Dortmund, Germany.

The expo is among the most prestigious hunting and fishing ones in Europe. With nearly 500 exhibitors from over 20 different countries, the exhibition attracts around 70,000 visitors, Bulgaria's Ministry of the Agriculture and Forestry boasted.

The Bulgarian exhibition area will be 244 square meters and Bulgaria's culture and history will be represented as a...

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2007/01/22

A ferry complex connecting the Bulgarian town of Silistra to the Romanian Calarasi would start functioning by March 1 2007, Silistra deputy regional governor Ivan Nedev said.

Vessel mooring infrastructure as well as the internal infrastructure of the complex was finished in the end of 2006, Bulgarian news agency BTA said. Equipment for the various services to be offered at the complex is still to be provided.

Silistra-Calarasi ferry complex had to be opened more than a year ago, BTA said....

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2007/01/19

A recreation of a Thracian settlement will be constructed near the coastal town of Tsarevo.
The settlement would be built on the road between Tsarevo and the village of Varvara on more than 14 000 sq m of municipal land, Dnevnik daily said.

Life of the Thracian tribes would be recreated there. According to the project some Thracian rituals would also be revived.

Mainly Tsarevo citizen would take part in the recreation. The project must be carried out in the active tourism season, Dnevnik...

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2007/01/18

Bulgaria became a partner of the international annual tourism fair ITF SlovakiaTour 2007.
The fair would be held from January 18 to 21 2007 in Slovakia\'s capital of Bratislava, Focus news agency reported.

Bulgaria would be presented as a modern year-round tourism destination and a new partner within the EU. Bulgarian exhibitors would promote summer season 2007 and the possibilities for spa, cultural and ski tourism in the country.

Visitors at Bulgaria\'s information stand would be...

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2007/01/17

The first eco-innovation hotel in Southeastern Europe will be constructed in the Bulgarian village of Zdravkovets.

Hilltop hotel will feature wind mills, local purifying devices and the utilisation of rainwater. A monitoring system will indicate the quantity of electricity produced and consumed at the hotel, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported.

Time foundation is among the project executors, foundation representative Elena Petkova said. It takes part in the public-private partnership...

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2007/01/17

More than five million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in 2006, breaking a new record for the country, officials announced in Stuttgart.

Bulgaria's tourism sector generated more than EUR 2 B of revenues last year from 5 158 000 visitors, Stanislav Novakov, deputy chair of the State Tourism Agency, said at the Caravan-Motor-Touristik tourism exhibition.

The state agency presented the country as a modern and dynamic destination, offering traditional and alternative tourism (spa, golf, eco...

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2007/01/16

The number of tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2006 is nearly seven per cent higher than the number of visits for 2005, deputy head of the State Agency for Tourism (SAT) Stanislav Novakov said.

Bulgaria had the potential to develop year-round tourism opportunities, Novakov said as quoted by Novinar newspaper.

The country had already established its summer and winter resorts, Novakov told participants of the Bulgaria- Dream Area forum. Among the other types of tourism the country could...

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2007/01/11

Ireland's experience in creating a winning branding strategy has been highly recommended as the best model for Bulgaria.

"Ireland joined the European Union in 1973 and managed to grow from a country generally perceived as a destination with nothing to do and see to a hugely popular one," James Knight, CEO of leading UK advertising company Knight International, said.

Knight joined Wednesday Bulgaria's key annual tourism event, Bulgaria Dream Area, which he has been following from its very...

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