Theme: Grand Opening
Tell us about brand-new things for travelers to see or do in cities all around the world. What do we mean by new? Anything that's opened in the last year or so. New hotels, restaurants, attractions, nightspots, you name it. What's new in your neck of the woods?
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Surfari Joe's Wilderness Water Park
Photo by Dennis Burlingham, 8 June 2008
Indoor water park at the Ramada Inn of Watervliet Michigan is decorated in a safari theme.
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Worldwide Weave
Article by Doug Favero, 6 June 2008
The Textile Museum of Oaxaca celebrated its Grand Opening in April of 2008 with an exhibit entitled, "From Mitla to Sumatra: The Art of the Woven Fret," featuring handmade indigenous clothing from Iran to Burma.
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The Big Mosque
Photo by namac, 6 June 2008
Sheikh Zayed Mosque is the third largest mosque in the world, located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco FINALLY Opens!
Article by Tiffany Maleshefski, 5 June 2008
After years of standing vacant, a posh museum emerges out of the dust and rubble.
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shopper
Photo by Pedro Dy-Liacco, 4 June 2008
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Small icebergs in Greenland
Photo by Scott Terry, 2 June 2008
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The Umstead's pool
Photo by Robert Nebel, 28 May 2008
Cary, North Carolina is proud of its latest edition, the gorgeous, comfortable and futuristic Umstead Hotel.
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Mall of Asia
Photo by Jeff Dalawampu, 11 May 2008
A 2-storey wide building that has 700+ shops inside, this is just the exterior of the mall but if you go here, you'll see the modernity of the infrastructure, the beautiful sunset at the bay and the shops inside the mall.
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The Newseum
Article by Joel Carillet, 26 May 2008
A look at Washington D.C.'s latest attraction
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The Newseum
Photo by Joel Carillet, 26 May 2008
The latest addition to Washington DC's sites is the Newseum Located on Pennsylvania Avenue, The visitor will find relics of history (e.g., the Berlin Wall, a shot-up correspondent's car) and numerous exhibits -- my favorite was the gallery of Pulitzer prize winning photographs, which left visitors in silence and some in tears.
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