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- Daniel Barenboim at the Festival Hall
- Tea and Tourism Festival evokes good response
- Calling All Rock Stars in Aprons
Daniel Barenboim at the Festival Hall
Times nline – Feb 24, 2008
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Tea and Tourism Festival evokes good response
Hindu – Feb 24, 2008
Udhagamandalam: Has it come of age at last? The reference was to the two-day annual Tea and Tourism Festival which got under way at the Breeks-HADP pen Air Stadium here on Saturday. Those asking the question were stake holders and persons who have been observing the progress of the event ever since its inception about 18 years ago. Noting with gratification the enthusiasm displayed by the organisers and the response the festival evoked they hoped that it had finally overcome its teething problems. They pointed out that among the various tourism related fairs and festival being organised here the festival was the one which has attracted the maximum flak.
Calling All Rock Stars in Aprons
New York Times – Feb 24, 2008
“BBBY’S doing an event at the Delano hotel” said Lee Brian Schrager the founder of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. “Mario is doing an Ernst Benz watch event Rachael’s doing a wine event… Sitting in the passenger seat of a Cadillac Escalade provided by a sponsor to ferry him around South Beach this weekend Mr. Schrager who started this festival seven years ago was fretting about the number of unofficial side events that are starting to proliferate. There are 54 official events at the festival ranging from a $500-a-head tribute dinner for.