"Travel With Stephanie Abrams!"

Show Notes for April 1, 2007

"Travel Expert Stephanie Abrams presents interviews with leaders in the travel industry from “Athens to Aruba and from Bal Harbour, Florida to the Boston Symphony Orchestra plus an interview with John Hume including an anecdote about Tip O’Neill as told by 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner John Hume as told to Stephanie Abrams on her recent trip to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland."

Topics include:
The historic peace in Northern Ireland with insights from Civil Rights Activist and Former Member of Parliament, Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume.

How to get around language barriers while traveling with a palm-sized translator from ECTACO.

An update from CitiPremierPass Card with a special visit to Milly-La-Foret, France.
www.citipremierpass.citicards.com

Shopping, dining and relaxing in the luxury of Bal Harbour Village, Florida.

Details on Spring programs at the Symphony Hall and Summer Programming at Tanglewood offered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops!

News on the High Wings program in Aruba and their Passport Incentives!

Guests include:
John Hume, 1998 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts in bringing peace to Northern Ireland.

Boris Krol, Ectaco Company.
www.ectaco.com

Jose Lime, Executive Director, Bal Harbour Village, Florida.
www.balharbourflorida.com

Valerie Habibe, Aruba Tourism Authority.
www.aruba.com

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"Travel With Stephanie Abrams!"

Show Notes for April 8, 2007

"Bicycle tours of Europe, visiting America's own special tropics, the US Virgin Islands and touring the world with the Globus Family of Brands including Avalon Waterways"

Topics include:
Going to the US Virgin Islands without a passport for US Citizens.
Learning about what's new in St. Thomas and St. Croix

River Cruising through Europe with the Globus family of brands including Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways, Brennan Tours and Monograms.

Who is a candidate for a bicycle tour of Europe?

What are some of the most popular bicycle tour itineraries?

Where do bicycle tour participants stay for lodging?

An update on using the CitiPremierPass Card for a trip to Europe.
www.citipremierpass.citicards.com

Guests include:
Henry De Lagarde, Director of Tourism for the US Virgin Island.
www.usvitourism.vi

Pam Shaw, Globus Family of Brands, NE Regional Sales Director.
www.globusandcosmos.com

Andy Levine, CEO, Du Vine Adventures.
www.duvine.com

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"Travel With Stephanie Abrams!"

Show Notes for April 15, 2007

"Travel Expert Stephanie Abrams takes radio listeners to Northern Ireland to understand the significance of this past week's historic events there, a stop at the Abbey Hotel in Roscommon, Ireland where, in the abbey behind the hotel, the Last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, was buried in 1198 near the altar, and then off to visit in historic Salem, Massachusetts, checking in with ASTA and River Runners in this two hour radio whirlwind tour!"

Topics include:
What to see and do in Greece.

How to visit the Greek Islands cost-effectively.

Where to stay at an historic abbey hotel location where the Last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Conor, is buried.

Find out what to see and do in Salem, MA.

Get the inside track to the history of the Salem Witch Trials and the museum that explains it all.

Find out what River Runners provides to travelers.

Learn why a travel agent continues to be the traveler's best friend.

Take a virtual trip with the CitiPremierPass Card.
www.citipremierpass.citicards.com

Guests include:
John Klados, Vice President, Homeric Tours.
www.homerictours.com

Adrian Grealy, General Manager, Abbey Hotel, Roscommon, County Longford, Ireland.
www.abbeyhotel.ie

Susan Babin, Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA.
www.hawthornehotel.com

David Arnold, President, Class VI River Runners.
www.800classvi.com

William Maloney, Executive Director, American Society of Travel Agents.
www.astanet.com

Traveling with the CitiPremierPass Card.
www.citipremierpass.citicards.com

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"Travel With Stephanie Abrams!"

Show Notes for April 22, 2007

"Travel Expert Stephanie Abrams and her Traveling Companion David Isby celebrate their 250^th live broadcast oif TWSA with great geusts and prize giveaways."

Topics include:
Take a trip with Stephanie Abrams and the CitiPremierPass Card and find out about some special ways to use the card in Monaco!
www.citipremierpass.citicards.com

Guests include:
Margaret O'Shaughnessy, Founder, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, Ireland. We'll be discussing an historic flght that will occur this year (2007) which will reinact the course of the flying boat at Foynes Ireland.
www.flyingboatmuseum.com

Lew Blaustein, Organizor of Entanglements. Discussing romantic weekend trips to Tanglewood.
www.bso.org/entanglements

Denis Toner, Organizer of Tanglewood Wine and Food ClassicFestival, which is being held at Tanglewood in Lenox MA. Tranglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony orchestra (BSO), the Tanglewood Jazz Festival and the Boston Pops.
www.tanglewoodwineandfoodclassic.com

Ticki Winsor, Owner of Eastover Resort, Lenox MA. Eastover is a 600-acre, park-like resort complete with historic mansion, a heard of American Bison and happens to host a Civil War museum housing the largest private civil war collection of memorabilia in the United States.
www.eastover.com

Stephanie Plunkett, Chief Currator, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA.
www.nrm.org

Jim Grace, President and CEO, InsureMyTrip.com. Sharing imprortant info about insurance for travelers.
www.insuremytrip.com

Prizes being given away on today's show!
Prize 1) 3 Day/2 Night stay for 2 at one of the 3 Universal Orlando Resort on-site hotels: The Portofino Bay Hotel, Hardrock Hotel, or Royal Pacific resort. The prize winner must be over 21. Transportation to the resort is not included.

Prize 2) Weekend for 2 at Eastover Resort, Stockbridge, MA. More info about this special prize will be announced today on the air.
www.eastover.com

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"Travel With Stephanie Abrams!"

Show Notes for April 29, 2007

"With service from Boston and JFK to Knock International Airport on Ireland's Northwest Coast,beginning in May 2007, radio's foremost radio travel expert, Stephanie Abrams, takes listeners on a tour of the West and Northwest of Ireland and insights into new ways to get there!"

Topics include:
What to see and do in the Northwest and West of Ireland.

Special features of Knock Airport and its proximity to the second most important shrine in Europe after Lourdes, the Knock Shrine.

Natural wonders of the West and Northwest of Ireland.

Where to stay in the West and Northwest of Ireland.

How to partipate in 5 months of daily events celebrating the 1607 Flight of the Earls from Donegal along Ireland's West Coast.

Exploring the trail castle trail in the Northwest and West of Ireland.

Climbing the highest cliffs in Europe in Donegal.

Surfing in 40 foot waves in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, Ireland.

And more!

Guests include:
TBA

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