[Translate] Travel in style to experience New York at its luxurious best. (Michael Gebicki/LPI) To an enviable number of CEOs and Forbes-listed elites, personal concierge Katherine Stromsland is a veritable lifesaver. From chartering Gulf Streams at any given moment to shopping for 60 relatives and friends, this svelte Nordic-Italian New Yorker makes it her mission to lighten the load... 

[Translate] There is uncertainty over the celebration of this year’s Aboakyer festival of the people of Winneba. This is because the two warrior (or Asafo) groups in the town cannot agree on which of them is mandated to go on the deer hunt, which is the highlight of the festival. As a result, the Efutu Traditional Council has reportedly voted to suspend the festival which was due... 

[Translate] Paragliding over AtibieThere has been a massive participation in the hang and paragliding festival at the Kwahu Mountains as part of activities to mark the Easter celebrations. As many as thirty five invited foreign pilots have been paragliding together with other revellers at the event. Speaking to Joy News, the Deputy Tourism Minister, James Agyenim-Boateng who underwent... 

[Translate] Akua Sena DansuaThe new Tourism Minister, Mrs Akua Sena Dansua, has unveiled ambitious plans to develop the tourism sector of the country’s economy. Mrs Dansua intends to pursue an aggressive tourism development project she says must transform the sector. She met with news editors Friday to put her plans before them, solicit their input and court their support. Giving an overview... 

[Translate] Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of TourismGhana will soon tap into the vast Asian tourist market as part of a new promotion policy direction, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Tourism, has said. She said Ghana already attracts tourists from the Americas and the United Kingdom but there are un-tapped potential markets in Asia, Malaysia and China that needs to be explored. Ms Dansua noted... 

[Translate] The Ashanti Regional Task Force of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), on Monday, shut down seven hotels and restaurants, in Kumasi and the Sekyere-Afram Plains district, for operating without permit. These include Stephen Brobbey’s Guest House, Manhattar Hotel, 10 Downing Guest House, Grandees Restaurant, Bar Naas Catering Service, Olinasa Bar and Restaurant, and the Echoes Valley Pub... 

[Translate] Google on Tuesday unveiled the Art Project, a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail. Over the last 18 months Google has worked with 17 art museums including the Tate and National Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Van Gohg... 

[Translate] Mrs Zita Okaikoi, Minister of TourismMrs Zita Okaikoi, Minister of Tourism, on Monday cut the sod for work to commence on a 397,000 Ghana Cedi Tourist Receptive Facility at Kpetoe in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District. The facility is made up of an information area, toilet facilities, restaurants, souvenir shops, museum, reading rooms and parking area as well as land banks for private sector... 

[Translate] President of the American Chamber of Commerce, Mona Boyd wants government to increase its support to the tourism sector because of its viability as a major foreign exchange. The sector is estimated to have contributed about 8 percent to GDP or 1.2 billion dollars in 2009, but Mona Boyd says the sector could bring in a whole lot more if given the needed support. According to her, though... 

[Translate] Nine Ghanaian hospitality firms were adjudged the best out of 13 award categories at the just ended West African Tourism and Hospitality Awards in Accra. The maiden ceremony is intended to encourage improved standards in the hospitality industry in the West African sub-region. Mr. Adedayo Adesugba, initiator of the awards pointed out that tourism inflow to the sub-region was too low...