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What’s New in BostonUSA 2008?

ボストンでの新しい出来事

What’s New in BostonUSA? is produced by the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau to provide media & tour professionals worldwide with advance BostonUSA information : Larry Meehan, VP, Media Relations & Tourism Sales Tel: 617- 867-8231, e-mail: lmeehan@bostonusa.com; Stacy Shreffler, Media Relations & Tourism Sales Coordinator, sshreffler@bostonusa.com, 617-867-8203.

www.BostonUSA.com is Boston’s Official Visitor Information web site.

1. 新しいエアーと鉄道サービス: アイルランドウエスト、グラスゴー、マトリッドからボストンへ: UK全都市と、新しい南ヨーロッパマーケットからボストンのローガン国際空港まで。

2. ボストンのウォーターフロントでの新しいアトラクションとツアー2007- 2008: ボストンの

新しい「サファイア・ネックレス」 :

3. 2007-2008 美術館の特別展示: ジャッキー、チンパンジー、ハーバーアイランド・アート、

ナポレオン、エル・グレッコ2008

4. 2007-2008 ボストンでのコンベンション

5. スポーツイベント 2008 : 第１１２回ボストンマラソン & US オリンピック女子のトライアル

6. クルーズポート・ボストン 2007 大第記録: 2006年度より21%増加; 2008年も増加予想

7. ボストンのグリーンツーリズム: 交通手段の選択, ‘グリーンなレストラン、ホテル、アトラクション、

フェスティバル、ツアーの詳細はウェブのリンクから www.BostonUSA.com.

8. 2007-2008 の新ホテル: リバティー、リージェント・バテリーワーフ、ルネッサンス・ウォーターフロ

ント、マンダリンオリエンタル、“W”

Iberia Madrid--Boston will provide connecting services from new markets: On May 6, 2007 Iberia will offer new nonstop service Madrid to Boston, five times a week. The new nonstop service will provide a great connection to Boston from Southern European & North African markets such as Lisbon, Lyon, Marrakech, Milan, Palma, Rome, Toulouse, Venice, Oporto, Istanbul, Vienna, Bologna, Athens, Casablanca, La Coruña & Gibraltar which offer nonstop service to Madrid…flyglobespan Glasgow Boston begins May 25, 2007 & flyglobespan Ireland West Boston begins May 30; 2007 virtually all of the United Kingdom & Ireland will now be served non-stops to Boston Logan International Airport. In 2008 We anticipate increased daily Amtrak Acela high speed service from New York City & the possibility of China-Boston air service Click to view: new overseas Boston air service.

2. ボストンのウォーターフロントでの新しいアトラクションとツアー2007- 2008: ボストンの

新しい「サファイア・ネックレス」 :New waterfront modern art museum open, new waterfront Boston HarborWalk, new Spectacle Island Harbor Island , year-round New England Aquarium activity & whale watch tours , and the new harbor tour via “ Codzilla”

The 34-island Boston Harbor & the new mile-long Rose Kennedy Greenway (built over the completed “Big Dig” ) have been joined with a spectacular new four-story all glass waterfront modern art museum (the ICA) , new waterfront walking path called the Boston HarborWalk, the new Spectacle Island Harbor Island, and the new $45 million waterfront addition to the Boston’s Children’s Museum to form what will be called Boston’s new “Sapphire Necklace” . The New England Aquarium, which will celebrate its 40^th birthday in 2009, now features its own IMAX theatre, whale watch tours, & special programs such as its new ‘sustainable Seafood dinners’ program. Boston Harbor Cruises, which is celebrating its 80^th anniversary this year is introducing Boston’s newest fun tour “Codzilla”.

One of the world’s great urban parks is being completed in Boston: the mile-long Rose Kennedy Greenway , already includes several miles of new and refurbished sidewalks & numerous plazas, and during this summer will install 600 street lights, nearly 900 trees, complete three major parks & 11 small parks with public art, water features. In the next five years three new museums, & a dedicated all glass Harbor visitor information center.

What’s Next? Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum 2008 : Major renovation and 2 new ship replicas at Congress Street Bridge at Boston's Fort Point Channel open in June 2008

3. 2007-2008 美術館の特別展示: ジャッキー、チンパンジー、ハーバーアイランド・アート、

ナポレオン、エル・グレッコ2008

The “Jacqueline Kennedy Entertains: The Art of The White House Dinner” exhibition at the JFK Library Museum has opened and will continue on display through 2008; “Discovering Chimpanzees: The Remarkable World of Jane Goodall will open June 2-August 28, 2007. This summer the Harbor Island Art Installation. To mark the ICA's first summer at the water's edge, Vita Brevis presents a new multi-artist project in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. The 34 Harbor Islands Park -easily reached daily by fast ferry from downtown Boston -provide an amazing geological, military, and cultural experience for the visitor. The installation by the selected three artists—Ernesto Pujol, Teri Rueb, Anna Schuleit—and one architectural team—Office dA—will be located on Georges, Lovells, and Spectacle harbor islands. Using sculptural installation, performance, and audio narration, the artworks will “evoke the park's complex past while celebrating its natural and cultural importance in the 21st century.” This fall: “Symbols of Power: Napoleon & The Art of the Empire Style” Oct. 21, 2007- Jan. 27, 2008 at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston With a selection of approximately 230 objects—including furniture, silver, porcelain, bronzes, jewelry, textiles, wallpapers, metalwork, and painting—“Symbols of Power”is the first comprehensive survey of the decorative arts of the Empire style, presenting its iconography in virtually every visual medium. “Symbols of Power” features many significant works, including many extraordinary objects that have never been exhibited outside France. Also: In celebration of 250th birthday of Salem's renowned architect the Peabody Essex Museum will present “Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style".

In 2008: “El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III” Sunday, April 20, 2008 - Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Museum of Fine Arts Boston groundbreaking exhibition will feature masterpieces by El Greco and the early paintings of Velázquez .Paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts—including a partial recreation of the camarín of the Duke of Lerma, possibly the most important non-royal collector in Europe at the time and the favorite of Philip III.

4. 2007-2008 ボストンでのコンベンション: The surge of major conventions in Boston continues with two major international convention centers in Boston available for meeting planners - the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on the waterfront & the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay. In 2007 the 21,000 -delegate Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will convene in Boston. In 2008 Boston will host 26 citywide conventions, including the 2008 35,000 AIM On Demand convention, the American Institute of Architects (AIA0 National Science Teachers Association , International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Of the fifteen (15) citywide conventions forecast a 5,000 + delegate attendance. Click here to view: : 2008 Events at a Glance

5. スポーツイベント 2008 : 第１１２回ボストンマラソン & US オリンピック女子のトライアル; the 96^th Red Sox Season, in May NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships Weekend 2008, in July US Judo Association Junior National Championships ; Deutsche Bank Championship in August; the 8^th Boston Half Marathon ,the 32^nd Tufts 10k and the Head of the Charles Regatta, Oct. 18-19, 2008.

6. クルーズポートボストン 2007 大第記録: 2006年度より21%増加; 2008年も増加予想

The legendary Queen Mary II visits Boston on Sept. 30…This year Boston will feature 101 vessel calls, featuring weekly Boston-Bermuda-Boston (begins April 24, 2007) Boston Montreal-Boston cruises (begins June 6)… Click below for details: Cruise Ship Schedules.

7. ボストンのグリーンツーリズム: 交通手段の選択, ‘グリーンなレストラン、ホテル、アトラクション、

フェスティバル、ツアーの詳細はウェブのリンクからwww.BostonUSA.com.

We will promote BostonUSA Visitor Green News & Events, Green visitor activities, parks & reservations, Green-certified restaurants, Green-certified Hotels & special green hotel initiatives, as well as our Green Convention Centers .Click here to view: BostonUSA Green Getaways . We will continue to promote regularly scheduled ferries, rail, coaches, trolleys, to popular destinations such as Cape Cod, Salem, Quincy, the New Hampshire & Maine Coast, and other regions…This summer Boston to Tanglewood Music Festival coaches which depart Boston Symphony Hall Fri. & Sat. afternoons, permit a ‘car-free’ roundtrip all summer long. For more BostonUSA Summer Breakaways Without A Car click Summer Breakaways ...In Boston the 14th Earthfest Festival on May 26, 2007: click here: 14th Earthfest Festival. The ‘new’ Spectacle Island - the result of very creative reuse of ‘Big Dig’ soil The Spectacle Island visitor center demonstrates renewable energy., oriented with a roofline facing south so a solar electric (photo voltaic) system could be installed with maximum solar gain.: Spectacle Island Release

8. 2007-2008 の新ホテル: リバティー、リージェント・バテリーワーフ、ルネッサンス・ウォーターフロ

ント、マンダリンオリエンタル、“W”

Liberty Boston Hotel will feature chic lobby “jail” bar & two restaurants

When the Liberty Hotel opens in June, the hotel will offer cocktails in the chic lobby “jail” bar, regional specialties with a creative twist in the hotel’s casual second floor restaurant and bar, & world-class cuisine at hotel’s fine dining restaurant. The new 300-room hotel incorporates the 1851 Charles Street Jail building and a contemporary structure at the foot of Boston’s 19^th century Beacon Hill. The jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th Century. The north side of the 3-acre site faces the Charles River. ….A new 235-room “W” hotel has been approved for Boston’s Theatre District. Located on Stuart Street adjacent to the Shubert Theatre & opposite the Wilbur & Citi Wang Theatre between Tremont & Warrenton Streets, the $200 million 26- story glass hotel will contain 123 condominium units on the upper floors, restaurant on the ground floor and will feature a spa. Construction will begin this April and opening is anticipated for May 2009…..The first Ritz Carleton in the USA- the Ritz Carlton on Arlington Street opposite the Public Garden is now the Taj Boston Hotel….. the 470-room Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel set to open in December 2007, and the The Regent Boston at Battery Wharf Hotel set to open in Fall, 2007. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Boston’s Back Bay: The luxurious 149 room hotel on Boylston Street adjacent to the Prudential Center, set to open mid-2008.Click here: New Hotels Boston Update

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