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...headquarters of the Pauly Glassworks for more than a century), it was a revelation. Morawetz acquired the property and, rather than selling the valuable artistic-glass collection that came with it, decided to give Venice a new Museum of 20th Century Glass as part of the project. Venice's mayor, philosopher Massimo Cacciari, well aware that the project was far beyond the city council's budget, facilitated bureaucratic permits...
...Luxury is, of course, one of the project's characteristics," says Morawetz, "but we are adding culture to luxury. It's a completely different approach to the city...
Cordiner's brainstorm began in 2002 as a pilot project in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam for the International Finance Corp. (IFC), an arm of the World Bank that provides advice and backing for start-ups. The idea, says Cordiner, 57, was to simplify life for both hoteliers, who need business, and travelers, who want a reliable way to book ahead. A Worldhotel-link.com franchise partner in each destination city provides English-language content for the site and makes sure mouse clicks to the booking engine translate into rock-solid reservations. In some cases, that means a dash down the street...
...When the project began to snowball, Cordiner and his team of techies opted last year for a $700,000 management buyout, a first for an IFC assistance program. Today Worldhotel-link.com offers nearly 70 destinations from Mongolia to Madagascar, and has begun adding tours and other services and even listing some big hotels. Travelers are invited to grade their room and even grade the owners for their social and environmental practices. "They're often doing neat things in sustainable tourism without realizing this is a marketable product," says Cordiner. He, naturally, would love to market...
...Actually, the red flags are “bandanas” and they are a part of a traveling display put on by the Harvard College Democrats to remember the troops lost in Iraq (it’s for the larger Iraq Awareness Project). There are over 3,200 red bandanas—each cut by a member of the Dems—to visually illustrate the sheer magnitude of what Iraq has become. This display was originally outside of the Science Center but was relocated because of nasty permit regulations...