What’s New in BostonUSA 2007?

1. BostonUSA Tours: Boston Duck Tours Offer Holiday Season Tours for 1^st time; Old Town Trolley to offer Chocolate Trolley Tour beginning January 12, 2008

2. Performance Update: RENT: Annie: American Repertory Theatre to perform in Hong Kong Arts Festival ’08 ; Chinese New Year performance at Opera House Boston January; longest running performance of Black Nativity

3. New Hotel News: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel will open in January 2008.

4. Food & Wine: Liberty Boston Hotel Scampi to open; Fairmont Copley Celebrity Chefs begins Jan. 12, 2008; Restaurant Week Boston coincides with New England Flower Show 137! 

5. Shopping: Major Sales Underway: expansions, hotel packages; Wrentham Village Midnight Madness; New GBCVB BostonUSA promotion in United Kingdom: American Airlines & Macys Boston & Macy’s Cambridge

6. FIRST NIGHT-FIRST MONTH Promotion; FIRST NIGHT Hotel Packages & FIRST MONTH Cultural Discounts!

7. New November-March ’08 BostonUSA Specials Cards offers 60 discounts: Theatre, Shopping, Restaurants 

8. Sports 2008-2009 news: Boston is awarded 2009 Junior Field Hockey Championships (Boston is original home of field hockey); Fenway Park announces ’08 season seat, restaurant, improvements

9. BostonUSA & Hollywood news: Steve Martin “Pink Panther II, “  “21” Kevin Spacey, “Bachelor No. 2” filming completed; Cameron Diaz “The Box” & Morgan Freeman “Lonely Maiden” now in Boston filming

10. Airport /Air/Rail service news: Continental Airlines move to Terminal A; online ‘Wayfinder’ big sucess

11.BostonUSA Useful Links for Media, Tour & Meeting Planners : Press Room of Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau: Press Room

1. BostonUSA Tours: Boston Duck Tours Offer Holiday Season Tours for 1^st time; Old Town Trolley to offer Chocolate Trolley Tour beginning January 12, 2008;                                                                                                    The GBCVB is happy to announce, Boston Duck Tours will offer its one hour and twenty minute tour (weekends only, until December 23, 2007 from 10am until 3pm) during the holiday season. All DUCKs are heated and enclosed; December tours will be offered from the Prudential Center Huntington Avenue location only (not from their Museum of Science location) Details click here: http://www.bostonducktours.com/december.html ….On  January 12, 2008, The One & Only Boston Chocolate Tour returns every Saturday through April 26.  The fully-narrated, three-hour journey of decadent desserts and fun facts features tasty visits to Top of the Hub Restaurant, the historic  Omni Parker House Hotel and The Langham Hotel Boston.  The One & Only Boston Chocolate Tour departs from the Trolley Stop Store at the corner of Boylston & South Charles Streets every Saturday at 11:30 A.M. and 12:45 P.M.  Tickets are $75 per person. The tour's first stop is 52 floors above Boston at award-winning Top Of The Hub featuring The Chocolate Surprise ,  a different creation each week, created by Executive Pastry Chef Tommy Choi.An authentic taste of Boston follows at the historic Omni Parker House Hotel with a unique presentation of Boston Creme Pie from Executive Pastry Chef Gerry Tice. The grand finish of the delectable tour is provided by The Langham Hotel Boston's exceptional Chocolate Bar Buffet, with Executive Pastry Chef Alex Luna showcasing more than 125 enticing, all-you-can-eat, whipped, frozen, sculpted and baked chocolate delicacies. Details: Boston Chocolate Trolley Tour

2. Performance Update: RENT: Annie: American Repertory Theatre to perform in Hong Kong Arts Festival ’08 ; Chinese New Year performance at Opera House Boston January; longest running performance of Black Nativity

American Repertory Theatre of Cambridge will perform its signature production  ‘Orpheus X’ at the 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival ’08 on Feb. 21-23, 2008. “Orpheus X “ is a finalist in the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama & this is its Asian premiere. .. RENT, featuring Heinz Winckler & Anwar Robinson, returns to Boston’s Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre for a one-week engagement, January 8-13, 2008. This marks RENT’s 7th visit to Boston…ANNIE, is back in a 30th anniversary tour, returns to Boston’s Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre for a one-week engagement, March 25 - 30, 2008….  The Chinese New Year Spectacular performance at Opera House Boston is set for January 11, 2008. This production features a professional cast of over 100 dancers, musicians, and vocalists performing against a state-of-the-art background projection of dynamic scenery and multilingual lyrics accompanied by a live full-size orchestra ; Boston stages America’s longest running performance of “Black Nativity,” the  Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes' song-play. The inspiring gospel music event  opens next week at Converse Hall on Tremont Street.

3. New Hotel News: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel: The new 21-floor, 456- room, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, will open in January 2008. The newest addition to Boston Harbor, the hotel is now accepting reservations for February 11, 2008 and beyond. Its landmark seafood restaurant- Georges Bank Bistro- will open in January 2008. Details http://www.bostonusa.com/images/admin/logos/NewRenHotels.htm

4. Food & Wine: Liberty Boston Hotel Scampi to open; Fairmont[Back to Press Releases Main]