One of the most expensive portions of a world travel's trip is accommodations, so imagine how far your Euro would go if you didn't have to worry about paying for your resort, a hotel, your B&B, that week-long apartment rental … campgrounds.
From now until July 24, Radisson Blu hotels are hosting a contest-aptly named the the Greatest Holiday in the World and are giving away 365 nights in more than 200 of their hotels around the world … and you have five years to use 'em or share them with your friends and family (or the super cool blogger who told you about this awesome giveaway)!
Unfortunately for me, you have to be a EU citizen to enter and while yes, I now have residency and a Carta di Soggiorno in Italy, I'm not yet a full-fledged citizen. If you are, all you have to do is tell the Blogosphere why you deserve to win. You can enter directly from their site and whoever has the most votes on July 24, wins!
Easy Peasy.
In an effort to keep all things on the up and up, I should let you know that Radisson is paying me to announce the contest-but no, I have no real pull over there and yes, you still have to write the best entry and get the most votes.
But isn’t that tempting?
So go check out the contest and if you are an EU citizen, by all means, enter people! Do it for all of us Americans out there who can't, for the Canadians who tried, for the Asians and Australians who are watching from abroad. And if you enter, come back here and let us know so we can vote for you. I won’t make you invite me along for every trip. Probably.
Where would you go if you won 365 free hotel nights around the world? Would you use them all up or would you share them with your globe-trottin' friends and family?
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Boycott not to affect presidential election: says US ambassador.
Yemen News Agency (SABA) February 16, 2012 SANA’A, Feb. 16 (Saba) – The US ambassador to Yemen said on Thursday said that the Houthi group and southern movement’s boycott would not affect the early presidential election to be hold on 21 February. go to site 2012 presidential election
In a press conference held in the US embassy in Sana’a, Gerald Feierstein pointed to regional and international commitment to succeed the presidential election.
“We are working with the national reconciliation government for achieving the election successfully and ensuring as much as possible of participation in the voting day,” he said.
He expected security challenges during the election, saying it would be “the beginning, and not the end, of the transitional phase.” Feierstein hailed the political parties’ fulfillment of the Gulf initiative and the related achieved steps, topped by the actions taken by the government to secure the elections.
“Despite the political achievements, we have not seen any progress in the economic field”, the US ambassador said, stressing the importance of ending the Yemeni citizens’ suffering due to deterioration of basic services.
He accentuated the need of conducting the “national dialogue” between the various political parties, scheduled to be taken place after the presidential election, adding that the dialogue would address all legitimate demands including the issues of Sa’ada and the South region as well as adopting the constitutional reforms. 2012presidentialelectionnow.net 2012 presidential election
He expressed his optimism about Houthi group’s participating in the dialogue. “We want Houthis to take part in the national dialogue, and abandon violence and armed action.” Concerning the armed and security forces, Feierstein said it would be restructured after the presidential election. “I will not name any person, but I expect the involvement of all leaders”.
He criticized the protests within the government institutions, in particular military units, affirming the legal actions against any government leaders accused of corruption must be taken. “The accused should have the opportunity to defend themselves”, he underlined.
Regarding the President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s political activity, Feierstein said the US does not have any reservation about the President’s political activities after ending his current presidential term, via leading the General People Congress Party.
AF Saba Sabanews.net 1999 – 2012 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company
Wow, that’s a pretty amazing giveaway! Thanks for the info!
Prego-be sure to let us know if you enter so we can vote for you!
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Forgot to say where I’d go… Hmm, I’d definitely want to explore Europe more. Although I live in Italy, I’ve only been to a few European countries. I’d go to Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Dublin, Edinburgh and all the Scandinavian countries, too! Of course, I’d share!
I think the best part is that you have five years to use them-that is tons of time! I love your choices-I’d like to visit Asia and Australia, too (in addition to the places you listed, of course.)
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Cherrye, this is an awesome promotion! Too bad Jill and I don’t qualify either. We’d definitely use it to come visit you guys (which is actually a trip we keep bouncing around and will hopefully do soon). If I could line up enough engagements over there in Europe I’d like just spend the days back-to-back seeing all there is to see.
I hear you, Chris. I was sad I couldn’t enter, too. We’d love for you guys to visit!
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