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NEWS
15
ADVERTORIAL
California
Tempts
Travellers in
2013 with New
Events and
Attractions
Across the State
Pebble Beach - California
California is beckoning
visitors in 2013 with exciting
new offerings, fantastic
festivals and sensational
sporting events in dream
vacation destinations as
enticing as they are diverse.
Atop rugged mountains, on
sparkling beaches, against
sun soaked deserts, amid
charming vineyards and
in bustling urban escapes,
travellers to California will
find new hotels, attractions,
museums and performing
arts centres opening in
2013.
This year, California will
play host to a series of
month long festivals sure
to delight wandering
foodies and oenophiles, as
well as travellers looking
to experience the state’s
pioneering efforts in
sustainability.
New Tom
Bradley
Terminal
at LAX
The excitement continues
in Los Angeles County with
major new infrastructure,
arts, culture and luxury
accommodations debuting
in 2013. The $1.7-billion New
Tom Bradley International
Terminal at Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX)
will open the West Gates
and Great Hall –featuring
dining, shopping and other
passenger amenities – in
spring.
Just a short hop to the
south, Orange County has
dramatic new spaces and
enticing new attractions
on tap for visitors in 2013.
In January, the Anaheim
Convention Center’s new
Grand Plaza opened with
more than 100,000 square
feet of year-round outdoor
event space featuring lush
landscaping, dramatic water
features, ample seating and
special event lighting and
infrastructure.
With all these new offerings
on deck, the Golden State
is the place to be in 2013.
For more information
about Visit California
and for a free California
Visitor’s Guide, go to:
www.VisitCalifornia.
com.
This
year,
California
will play host
to a series of
month long
festivals sure
to delight
wandering
foodies and
oenophiles
Viva Florida 500: Sunshine
State Quincentennial in 2013
© Visit Florida
Way back in 1513, while Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon found
neither gold nor the legendary Fountain of Youth, his discovery of the
paradise he named La Florida (land of flowers) inspired European colonists
to settle there.
“Viva Florida 500” will
celebrate that meeting of
Old and New worlds by
showcasing Florida’s native
heritage and 500 years of
influence by peoples from
Spain, France, Great Britain,
Africa and the Caribbean.
The paradise that Ponce
named La Florida, land
of flowers, today is the
world’s preeminent tourist
destination. Experience Viva
Florida 500 by exploring this
cradle of history. Throughout
2013, “Viva Florida 500”
will host numerous
commemorations
honouring Ponce de Leon’s
adventures and the state’s
longstanding ties with
Spain. These celebrations
will add great interest and
excitement to any visit to
the sunshine state.
History Lives
St. Augustine, Florida is
the United States’ oldest
city, colonised in 1565 – at
the behest of King Phillip
II of Spain – by Don Pedro
Menendez de Aviles, who
became the state’s first
governor. The Spanish
influence on St. Augustine
is unmistakeable, from
the massive Castillo de
San Marcos that protected
the city from attack to
the colourful Spanish
architecture and narrow
streets. Go back in time
at the Colonial Spanish
Quarter, teeming with
living-history re-enactors
and working vendors
practicing Old World skills.
Go to visitflorida.com/
viva to browse the 2013 Viva
Florida events scheduled
for St. Augustine -- and for
Florida’s many Spanishinfluenced
destinations.
Royal
celebrations
St. Augustine authorities
have invited Spain’s King
Juan Carlos and Queen
Sofia to dedicate the bells of
the St. Augustine Cathedral
Basilica in the spring of
2013, with a royal reception
to follow. Gov. Rick Scott
St. Augustine
travelled to Spain to invite
the Spanish royals to a Viva
Florida 500 Anniversary
Gala.
ITB BERLIN NEWS • Wednesday 6 th March 2013