• Home
  • Post a press-release
  • Visibility packages
  • Subscribe email updates
  • Event Calendar
  • Contact

For Immediate Release | Official News Wire for the Travel Industry

Where press releases are breaking news

  • Home
  • Post a press-release
  • Visibility packages
  • Subscribe email updates
  • Event Calendar
  • Contact

Malta, where Game of Thrones all began, plays host to the 5th Annual Valletta Film Festival

April 17, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

Malta, the first location for Season One of  Game of Thrones, plays host to the annual  Valletta Film Festival (VFF), June 14-23, presented by the Film Grain Foundation. This year will mark the Fifth Anniversary of this exciting film lovers’ event. During the ten-day event, Valletta will be transformed into a live cinema with screenings and events taking place in historic buildings and outdoor venues including Pjazza Teatru Rjal and Pjazza San Ġorġ. Over the years, the streets of Valletta hosted various international productions like World War Z, Assassin’s Creed, The Count of Monte Cristo, Game of Thrones and Murder on the Orient Express.

Pjazza Teatru Rjal/Photo courtesy of Film Grain Foundation – Ali Tollervey

The VFF attracts more than 10,000 visitors and is the largest cinematic event in Malta. “What makes Malta a unique setting for a film festival is that the Maltese Islands themselves are world famous for film production,” said Oliver Mallia, Co-Founder and Co-Director with Slavko Vukanovic, both film producers in their own right. “Movie buffs can visit locations used for the sets of such headliners as the Game of Thrones, and blockbuster films including Gladiator and Troy.”

Malta offers Valletta Film Festival goers a transformative experience, witnessing where major blockbusters have been filmed while at the same time watching a number of Europe’s newest films. The festival will screen over forty feature films, twenty-four short films, and organizes many different master classes and workshops.

Pjazza San Ġorġ/Photo courtesy of Film Grain Foundation – Ali Tollervey

VFF 2019 will introduce the first Cinema of Small Nations Competition open to feature-length and short films from small countries in Europe and the Middle East. This competition will put a spotlight on the reality of cinema in small nations, and will highlight the abundance of talent and creativity that is often seen in films produced by filmmakers in these countries.

Michelle Buttigieg, Malta Tourism Authority representative in North America, noted “Film Tourism is trending and very popular with American and Canadian tourists who love to travel for film festivals as well as visit the locations of their favorite movies or TV Series. Malta’s movie sets include the iconic Popeye’s Village which is still one the Islands’ most popular tourist attractions, to the hottest HBO show, Game of Thrones, which started in Malta.”

For the VFF 2019 #VFF5 program visit https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/

To purchase VFF 2019 passes visit https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/2019-festival-pass-tickets/

About Malta

The sunny islands of Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, are home to a most remarkable concentration of intact built heritage, including the highest density of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in any nation-state anywhere.  Valletta built by the proud Knights of St. John is one of the UNESCO sites and was the European Capital of Culture for 2018. Malta’s patrimony in stone ranges from the oldest free-standing stone architecture in the world, to one of the British Empire’s most formidable defensive systems, and includes a rich mix of domestic, religious and military architecture from the ancient, medieval and early modern periods. With superbly sunny weather, attractive beaches, a thriving nightlife and 7,000 years of intriguing history, there is a great deal to see and do.

MTA US Editorial Contact:

The Bradford Group

Karen Hoffman/ Bianca Pappas

Tel: (212) 447-0027

Fax: (212) 725 8253

E-mail: [email protected]

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Filed Under: Press Release, Travel & Tourism Tagged With: and, anniversary, annual, attractions, authority, blockbuster, Breaking Travel News, buildings, Canadian, Canadian tourists, cinema, classes, co-founder, competition, countries, creativity, Cultural Travel News, day, different, director, East, Europe, event, Events, experience, express, famous, favorite, Feature, Festival, festivals, fifth anniversary, film, film festival, film production, films, films including, first, For immediate Release, foundation, founder, free, game, Government Affairs, HBO, headliners, highlight, historic, Hospitality News, host, iconic, in, including, International, International Travel News, introduce, islands, June, largest, like, live, location, locations, love, lovers, major, Malta, Malta The, Malta Tourism, Malta Tourism Authority, Malta travel news, Maltese, Maltese Islands, Master, MICE Industry News, Michelle, Middle, Middle East, Monte Cristo, most, most popular, movie, movies, murder, nations, nbsp, News articles, North, North America, number, offers, Oliver, open, outdoor, over, pass, Passes, Place, popular, presented, production, program, purchase, reality, representative, right, s, said, season, series, sets, setting, short, show, small, started, taking, talent, Thrones, tickets, time, to, tourism, tourism authority, tourist, tourist attractions, tourists, Travel, Travel & Tourism Organizations News, Travel Destination News, Travelwire News, TV, TV series, UNESCO, unique, used, Valletta, venues, VFF, village, visit, visitors, war, WHO, workshops, World, World News, world war, year, years

IGLTA Foundation’s new NYC think tank to address key issues in LGBTQ+ Tourism

March 21, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association Foundation (IGLTAF) inaugural Leadership Think Tank will unite top executives from LGBTQ+ welcoming destinations around the globe at Google during IGLTA’s 36th Annual Global Convention in New York City this April. The invitation-only discussion will focus on responsible tourism through the lens of LGBTQ+ welcoming travel and is presented with support from Miles Partnership and Google.

“IGLTA strives to continuously drive the conversations around LGBTQ+ travel to reflect our ever-evolving industry,” said IGLTA President/CEO John Tanzella. “We’re proud that IGLTAF has assembled for this important dialogue such an influential group of industry veterans from destinations and organizations that value our LGBTQ+ travel community.”

The Leadership Think Tank, organized in collaboration with NYC & Company and NYU’s Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, will include leaders from Destination Canada, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, Cape Town Tourism, Destination DC, Italy National Tourist Board, Visit Dallas, Destination Niagara USA, Bermuda Tourism Authority, Discover Puerto Rico, Embratur (Brazil), Visit California, Milano Smart City Association, Greater Boston CVB, Destinations International, Tourism Madrid, Guam Visitors Bureau, U.S. Travel Association, Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB, Barcelona Tourism, Visit Salt Lake City, Thailand Tourism, and Greater Miami CVB.

“Accepting a seat at the leadership table during this invitation-only roundtable is important to affirm Bermuda’s position as a welcoming destination to all travelers, including the LGBTQ+ visitors,” said Kevin Dallas, CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority. “We applaud the IGLTA Foundation’s role in convening such diverse destinations to discuss critical issues facing the industry.”

A white paper from the session will be provided to the trade press and IGLTA’s global membership that focuses on five topics:
• Addressing issues of destination overcrowding as it impacts LGBTQ + travelers
• Analyzing the differences between LGBTQ+ travel niches and integration of LGBTQ+ travelers into the “mainstream”
• Diversifying LGBTQ+ products and services
• Examining cultural perspectives that impact LGBTQ+ tourism
• Discussing the challenges facing LGBTQ+ business owners in emerging destinations

“It’s a privilege to work with IGLTAF and to be a part of this special event, which is pondering some of the key forward-looking issues facing travel and tourism,” said U.S. Travel Association President/CEO Roger Dow. “This will be a terrific lineup engaging one of the most valuable practices we can undertake as an industry: anticipating and planning for challenges, which will better enable us to sustain our strength as an economic engine and job creator.”

Daniela Wagner, Group Business Development Director, Jacobs Media Group & Director EMEA, Pacific Asia Travel Association, and Fred Mayo, MBA, PhD, CHE, CHT, Founder, Mayo Consulting Services and Clinical Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, NYU, will co-moderate the Leadership Think Tank.

The 36th Annual IGLTA Global Convention would not be possible without the generous support of our convention sponsors: Presenting Level – NYC & Company, Delta Air Lines, Disney Destinations©, Italian National Tourist Board; Official Level – AIG Travel, Inc., Airbnb, Guam Visitors Bureau, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Italian National Tourist Board, Malta Tourism Authority, Visit Philadelphia®; Conference Level – Inprotur Argentina, Visit Britain, VisitDallas, International Experience Canada/Government of Canada, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Miles Partnership, Q.Digital, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, Visit West Hollywood.

Travel News | eTurboNews

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Filed Under: Press Release Tagged With: and, Angeles, annual, applaud, April, Argentina, around the globe, Asia, asia travel, association, Association President, authority, Barcelona, Bermuda, Bermuda tourism, better, board, Boston, Brazil, Breaking Travel News, Britain, bureau, Business, Business Development, business owners, California, Canada, Cape, Cape Town, Cape Town Tourism, center, CEO, challenges, city, Clearwater, collaboration, community, company, conference, consulting, convention, Convention & Visitors Bureau, Convention and Visitors Authority, conversations, critical, cultural, CVB, D.C., Dallas, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Destination, Destination Niagara, Destinations, development, dialogue, differences, digital, director, Discuss, discussion, Disney, drive, economic, Educational Travel News, EMBRATUR, emerging, engine, event, executives, experience, Fort Lauderdale, Forward, foundation, founder, free, generous, Global, Global Convention, Globe, Google, government, greater, Greater Fort Lauderdale, Group, Guam, guam visitors, guam visitors bureau, hollywood, hospitality, Human Rights news, IGLTA, IGLTAF, impact, impacts, important, in, inaugural, Inc, including, Industry, integration, International, International Travel News, invitation, issues, IT, Italian, Italy, job, John, Jonathan M. Tisch, Lake City, las, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, leaders, leadership, Leadership Think Tank, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ tourism, lines, lineup, looking, Los Angeles, M, Madrid, Mainstream, Malta, Malta Tourism, Malta Tourism Authority, management, MBA, media, media group, membership, Miami, Milano, miles, most, national, New, new york, New York City, News articles, Niagara, NYC, NYC & Company, NYU, official, only, organizations, owners, Pacific, Pacific Asia, Pacific Asia Travel Association, partnership, People in Travel, Philadelphia, planning, position, practices, presenting, president, Press, products, Professor, proud, Puerto, Puerto Rico, responsible, responsible tourism, RICO, Roger Dow, role, roundtable, s, said, salt, Salt lake City, seat, services, Special, St, strength, support, sustain, thailand, thailand tourism, think, think tank, through, tisch center, to, TO BE, top, tourism, tourism authority, tourism management, tourist, tourist board, town, Trade, Travel, Travel & Tourism Organizations News, travel and tourism, travel association, travelers, Travelwire News, U.S. travel, U.S. Travel Association, Unite, US, USA, value, Vegas, veterans, visit, Visit Britain, Visit California, visitors, Visitors Bureau, We, welcoming, West, West Hollywood, white, white paper, work, World News, York, York City

Discover religious heart of Maltese culture with new Pilgrimage Trail

March 21, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

The Malta Tourism Authority’s series of themed maps has a new addition – the Pilgrimage Trail, which showcases the most beautiful churches and religious spots across the archipelago.

With more than 360 churches and chapels scattered across Malta and Gozo, the religious sites highlighted in the map form an integral part of the country’s history, landscape and skyline – they are at the heart of Maltese social and cultural life.

Malta is believed to be the first country to be converted to Christianity, when St Paul was shipwrecked on the Islands in AD 60 and his grotto is still visited by thousands of tourists each year. Between the 16th and 18th centuries Malta was ruled by the Knight’s of St.John and still today remains one of the most devoutly Catholic countries in the world.

The Pilgrimage Trail firmly plants the capital, Valletta, and the islands as one of Europe’s top pilgrimage hot spots and a must-visit religious destination for 2019.

Highlights include:

• Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta – the silhouette of the buildings 42-metre high oval dome dominates the skyline and is home to a painting of Our Lady of Mount Carmel dating back to the 17th century.

• St John’s Co Cathedral, Valletta – The jaw dropping interior, elaborately created by Mattia Preti is widely considered to be the best example of baroque style in Europe. The magnificent cathedral is also home to the only signed Caravaggio painting in the world.

• St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina – Founded in the 17th century, the cathedral is widely believed to be a Lorenzo Gafa masterpiece. The cathedral stands tall in the middle of ‘the silent city’ and it’s façade impresses visitors as they emerge from Mdina’s narrow streets.

• Cathedral of Assumption, Gozo – Dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, the impressive structure is situated in Cittadella of Victoria in Gozo. The church is more than 300 years old, completed 1711, and boasts a beautiful baroque exterior.

• Our Lady on Ta’Pinu, Gozo – In 1883 a woman from the village of Għarb, Karmni Grima, heard the voice of Our Lady at the small chapel that then occupied this site. It rapidly became a center of pilgrimage and the number of visitors soon overwhelmed the little church. Today’s monumental shrine to Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu was built between 1920 and 1931 and is heralded as an architectural masterpiece. The sanctuary was constructed in front of the original chapel.

Travel News | eTurboNews

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Filed Under: Press Release Tagged With: and, Archipelago, architectural, authority, Basilica, beautiful, best, Breaking Travel News, buildings, built, capital, Catholic, center, Century, Christianity, church, churches, city, completed, countries, country, created, cultural, Cultural Travel News, culture, Destination, Educational Travel News, Europe, first, free, Government Affairs, Gozo, Grotto, high, history, home, Hot, impressive, in, interior, International Travel News, islands, IT, John, lady, landscape, life, Malta, Malta and Gozo, Malta Tourism, Malta Tourism Authority, Malta travel news, Maltese, map, maps, Middle, most, most beautiful, narrow, New, new addition, News articles, number, only, Our Lady, painting, Paul, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage Trail, plants, religious, religious destination, remains, s, sanctuary, series, signed, Silhouette, site, sites, skyline, small, social, spots, St, stands, structure, Style, TA, The World, thousands, to, TO BE, today, top, tourism, tourism authority, tourists, trail, Travel & Tourism Organizations News, Travel Destination News, Travelwire News, Valletta, Victoria, village, visit, visited, visitors, woman, World, World News, year, years

Search




Recent Articles

  • The St. Regis Venice Triumphs at Marriott’s EMEA General Manager’s Conference 2023
  • The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Aviation & Investments Returns to SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo under the theme ‘Soaring into The Bahamas GoldenJubilee’
  • Kingston Cops Award for Best Creative Destination for 2023
  • Jamaica Tourist Board Announces Retirement of Donnie Dawson
  • Curacao is Calling with Enticing Escapes
  • Frankfurt Airport: 2023 Summer Flight Schedule with New Destinations and Increased Seating Capacities
  • Minister Bartlett Welcomes Resurgence of Villas Sub-Sector
  • Tourism Seychelles Principal Secretary shares industry successes at 10th Arab Aviation Summit
  • Speed Networking Events Generate Over $650 Million in Revenue for Small Businesses Supplying Tourism Sector, says Bartlett
  • Enjoying the Suite Life at Sandals Resorts

Subscribe to daily email update

RSS eTN Articles

  • Resilient Cultural City Odesa, Ukraine, joins World Tourism Network
  • SKAL CUZCO Youth Program Sets a Trend for Peru & beyond
  • Hyatt Hotel Staff in California begs guests to pay their Health Care
  • Nonstop Flight from Dublin to Hartford on Aer Lingus
  • Hotel San Luis Obispo partners with award-winning winemaker
  • Silversea Cruises Celebrate Keel Laying of New Ship, Silver Ray
  • St. Maarten Becomes FCCA Presidential Partner
  • Turks and Caicos to End All COVID-19 Entry Requirements April 1
  • Importance of Wine? Win/Win
  • Barbados Tourism: What the Future Holds

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • August 2016

Content

and Breaking Travel News Business CEO experience first free hotel Hotels in including Industry International International Travel News IT minister most New News articles only over People s said sandals The World through time to TO BE tourism Tours Transportation News Travel Travel & Tourism Organizations News Travel Destination News Travelwire News up We were WHO World World News year years

Copyright © 2023 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in