Quinta da Bela Vista and Hotel Amérigo, two ARTEH® Hotels, were distinguished by the prestigious Condé Nast Johansens Excellence Awards, a famed and worldwide recognized hotel accommodation guide.

The Port America’s Cup and Marina were centre stage at the 45th Salón Náutico Internacional de Barcelona (Barcelona Boat Show) last Wednesday the 15th of November. The 32nd America’s Cup has two spaces at the show, one in the pavilion exclusively dedicated to Port America’s Cup Marina with the other in Port Vell, showing visitors the features that will make Port America’s Cup the centre of the yachting universe in 2007.

The Florence Marathon takes place in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the route of the event takes the runners right through the heart of it.

Consecutive to the success of last year 1st edition, with 15000 visitors, Inter Soie France organizes a second Silk Market at the Palais du Commerce this year from the 23rd to the 26th of November.

The RomaPass is now available in the US market! It is a joint venture of tourism and culture to give visitors better access to the Eternal City’s treasures!

The 6th edition of the Contemporary Art Fair will be held in Lisbon from the 8th to the 13th of November at FIL – Feira Internacional de Lisboa (International Fair of Lisbon) – at Parque das Nações.

Mas Passamaner in La Selva del Camp, Tarragona, is one of the hotels nominated for Condé Nast Johansens Award of Excellence for best Design and Innovation, held this year on the 6th of November in London.

Casas do Côro in Marialva - Portugal, are nominated in the category for “Most Excellent Guest House” in Europe, for Condé Nast Johansens “Awards for Excellence 2007”, along with: La Bastide Saint-Mathieu on the Cote d’Azur - France, Plêiades Luxurious Villas in Creta - Greece and Castel Peitraio in Italy.

From the 1st to the 5th of November, in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Andres Gomez will be present at the Citibank Masters Tour.

Halloween is a traditional festivity, celebrated every year in Anglo-Saxon countries, on the 31st of October. It’s taken most seriously in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, based on pagan celebrations of the Ancient Celts Civilization.