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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>No</strong>. 338<br />

specialize is tailoring tours and itineraries<br />

in the area for groups and families and in<br />

leading guided horseback, ATV and jeep<br />

tours and treks. Half-board packages<br />

can also be had that include meals at<br />

Habokrim, the “Café Anan,” atop Mt.<br />

Bental, a three-minute drive from the<br />

kibbutz and offering panoramic views<br />

of Israel, Syria and Lebanon, or in the<br />

old kibbutz dining hall, which serves<br />

now as the dining room for hotel guests.<br />

Talks on various topics of relevance to<br />

Israel and the Golan are available too,<br />

in a variety of languages.”<br />

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New Wing at Hagoshrim<br />

With work now well underway on construction and logistics, a new<br />

48-room wing at the Hagoshrim Kibbutz & Resort Hotel, located<br />

in the Upper Galilee on Kibbutz Hagoshrim, is scheduled to open<br />

on the first day of April this year. The new wing, situated adjacent<br />

to the hotel’s main lobby, contains five floors, four set aside for guest<br />

accommodations and another for a spa that is to be built in 2013. A<br />

VIP Lounge will also be opened for the use of guests in the new wing,<br />

though other guests may purchase access for a daily fee.<br />

“These new rooms are being constructed on a five-star level, in terms<br />

of both size and how we are outfitting them,” reports Hagoshrim<br />

Managing Director Eytan Rachimi. “Each features both shower and<br />

bath, mini safe, a large outdoor patio, slippers, bathrobes and other VIP<br />

treats, and Wi-Fi connectivity is available throughout the building,<br />

free of charge. This is the culmination of a process that began five<br />

years ago, when we took a strategic decision to upgrade all of<br />

our rooms - there were 180 then - and in 2010, when all of

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