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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