this week’s newsletter…

May 6th, 2009

(simply too busy to update the list…)


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

* Bridging the gap (or is that The Gap?) * Bagging business: street vendors fight back * Higher highway fees * A smashing good time, hard rock indeed * Royal farewell and fare not so well - Prince Charles in Venice

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 24 april)
* The strikes calendar (updated 4 may)

DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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this weeks newsletter

April 7th, 2009


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Museums exhibit initiative
* Kicking sand in the faces of Lido beach services
* IMOB: leaving so soon?
* Prince Charles in Venice

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
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floating above the economy

March 23rd, 2009


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* The Boat Show floats above the economy
* Barnstorming for preservation
* When two for one is a bad thing
* Shopkeepers insist on First Class treatment
* The Lido airport reopens

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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this week’s newsletter

March 16th, 2009

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Boats instead of bromides
* Parking is such sweet sorrow: boat slips slip
* I went to Venice, and all I got was this crummy glass
* Fly the friendly skies: kites take wing
* The woe-begotten Calatrava Bridge

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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this week in venice

March 9th, 2009

Luxury hotels along the Grand Canal are giving even a 70 percent discount.... and quite a good weather. Again, I recommend: it's one of the best times to visit Venice, between Carnival and Easter.

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Bits and bytes on vaporettos
* Heineken Jammin’ Festival silent
* Nicked for nabbing nappies
* The seven day work week hits the Lido
* It’s all downhill at the Boat Show?

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
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one of the best times

March 2nd, 2009

A quiet and nearly inexpensive (or much less expensive) city, no queues and no hussles.One of the best times to visit Venice, between Carnival and Easter.

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Coca-Cola: no longer the pause that refreshes?
* Luxury’s nod to family values
* It pays to be historically correct
* D&G: too callous for the opera?

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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100 percent more???

February 23rd, 2009

The calculation of the tourism presence in Venice are always a good exercise. If it's true that the presences doubled in comparison with last year's, then one could wonder how everyone is complaining about the general reduced revenues, the desertification of some areas of the city; one could not understand why hotels (even the luxury ones) are suffering from the economic crisis, and firing their workers (like Starwood hotels: see our newsletter). The point is that the daily tourists build up numbers but do not "bring in" money: they do not stay overnight, they eat mostly home-made sandwiches, they do not even wear masks (homemade or not) but are deeply in the "tradition" of going to Venice to watch others having fun: shooting pictures, standing and walking for hours, most of them get cold and bored, in the end. But they won't admit it. If all the daily tourists would be actively and cheerfully contributing to the Carnival spirit, this would be already a good step forward.

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* A Carnival record… again
* Germans put their best mask forward
* The Des Bains Hotel expects new residents
* Starwood burns 94 at the Gritti, Danieli, Europa, and Regina
* Carnival: Recommended events and parties

The REMINDER:
* The Venice Carnival programme
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: CARNIVAL PARTIES, MASKS, ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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30 percent less…

February 16th, 2009

Hi my dear

the truth being that the visitors at the Venice Carnival are 30 percent less than last year, and most of them with some holes in their pockets...

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

* Winging it over St. Mark’s
* Weather or not to tide you over
* Cross about crossing
* Unions wild about Harry’s
* Twinterland
* The kids’ carnival
* Carnival: Recommended events and parties

The REMINDER:
* The Venice Carnival programme
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: CARNIVAL PARTIES, MASKS, ACCOMMODATION
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ths week’s newsletter topics - Angel of Carnival

February 8th, 2009

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

angel of carnival
THIS WEEK’S BUONGIORNO VENEZIA HEADLINES:
* The Angel of Carnival revealed
* Time and the tide
* Traffic gets loopy on the mainland
* Smile, you’re on Vandal Camera
* Italian academic opts for online
* Cipriani to chip away at Harry’s salaries
* Apolitical Facebook
* Carnival: Recommended events
* A Renaissance garden and a Nobelist at the feast

The REMINDER:
* The Venice Carnival programme
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events
* The strike” calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
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MEMBERS OFFERS: CARNIVAL PARTIES, MASKS, ACCOMMODATION
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this is week newsletter’s topics - A Nobelist at the Carnival

February 2nd, 2009

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

THIS WEEK'S BUONGIORNO VENEZIA HEADLINES:
* Carnival: Recommended events
* A Renaissance garden and a Nobelist at the feast
* The kids' carnival
* Secret angel
* Coca-Cola: its euros are the real thing
* Adopt a square metre
* The first foreign priest consecrated in Venice
* The weather

The REMINDER:
* The Venice Carnival programme
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events
* The strike" calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: CARNIVAL PARTIES, MASKS, ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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