"Travel
With Stephanie Abrams!"
Show
Notes for January 7, 2007
"Travel
WITH Stephanie Abrams kicks off 2007 with a visit to Saxony’s
Dresden, Germany with the CitiPremier Pass Card followed by a
reprise of the Best of 2006! Listeners are treated to a global
journey from Florida to France, from San Francisco to Chicago
with stops at New York City’s Tribecca Film Festival, London,
Scotland and the St. Andrew Links!"
Topics
include:
Ecological
concerns, wildlife and marine life conservation at Florida's Amelia
Island Plantation.
www.aipfl.com
An update
on chateau hotels of France with Grandes Etapes Francaises.
www.gefhotels.com
A visit with
the pet-friendly hotels of San Francisco in the Personality Hotels
group
www.personalityhotels.com
An update
on Chicago from the Sofitel Watertower Hotel.
www.sofitel.com
News on London
and the charm of the Dukes Hotel.
www.dukeshotel.com
Introduction
to the historic Dalhousie Castle near Edinburgh Airport from its
GM and its bagpiping historian.
www.dalhousiecastle.co.uk
An insiders
view of where to stay for the Tribecca Film Festival with special
visits with, author Malachy McCourt and others associated with
the film festival.
www.tribecafilmfestival.com
And an update
of what’s being planned for your visit to the NYTimes Travel
Show!
www.nytravelshow.com
Guests
include:
Richard Goldman, VP, Amelia Island Plantation.
www.aipfl.com
Stephen
Winter, Director, Grandes Etapes Francaises Chateau Hotels,
(GEFhotels) . www.gefhotels.com
Yvonne
Lembi-Detert, CEO, Personality Hotels.
www.personalityhotels.com
Robert
Prohaska, Director of Sales, Sofitel Watertower.
www.sofitel.com
David
Naylor-Leland, owner, Dukes Hotel, London.
www.dukeshotel.com
Malachy
McCourt, author, humorist, all-around wonderful Irishman!
www.malachymccourt.com
Glen
Holstein, Writer and Director for the film, “When
I Came Home”.
Summary:
Iraq War veteran Herold Noel suffers from post-traumatic stress
disorder and lives out of his car in Brooklyn. Using Noel's story
as a fulcrum, this doc examines the wider issue of homeless U.S.
military veterans-from Vietnam to Iraq-who have to fight tooth-and-nail
to receive the benefits promised to them by their government.
Official
Film Website: www.whenicamehome.com
Tribecca
Film Festival Website: www.tribecafilmfestival.org
Joachim
Heden, Director, film: “New York Waiting”.
Summary:
Hedén's debut film sensitively illuminates the effects
of lovesickness and wanderlust. After Sidney sends his lost love
a plane ticket and a letter, asking her to meet him at the top
of the Empire State Building, he unexpectedly meets a lovesick
woman. Together they wander the streets of New York, lamenting
their lost loves while secretly wondering if they're falling in
love with
each other. Watch
Trailer
Official
Film Website: www.newyorkwaiting.se
Distribution website: www.sonetfilm.se
Tribecca
Film Festival Website: www.tribecafilmfestival.org
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