среда, 27 февраля 2008 г.

International sector of Pulkovo-I closes for reconstruction

In a month stops to work an international sector of Pulkovo-I. It will be on reconstruction for an uncertain period of time. During the reconstruction all international flights will be made by general international terminal Pulkovo-2. Terminal change will be made on the 30-th of March.

Now Pulkovo-I terminal, besides internal flights, makes a number of CIS flights, some charter flights and flights of budgetary airlines Germanwings, Air Berlin and Wind Jet. Other international flights are made from Pulkovo-2 terminal.

WH bar opened on the place of «Saigon»

On the place of legendary «Saigon» on Nevsky prospect opened Hi-tech bar «WH». It opened on the New Year's Eve, but official opening was celebrated on the 14-th of February. Loud party visited famous actor Aleksandr Polovtsev, Oleg Garkusha, residents of Comedy Club Piter and blues-jazz “Billy’s Band”. Free whiskey was served specially for the guests of the party and was prepared special entertaining program.
Entrance to WH bar is from Nevsky prospect, down to constructor ladder to the spacious premises. Interior of WH bar is made in silver and dark tree colors. First part of bar hall is a dance floor, on the left — dark tree tables, chairs with silver seats and soft sofas near walls. Behind the corner — big bar with a wide range of spirits of different colors and forms. Here you will find 80 sorts of good-quality whiskey. Bar spirit menu includes also Calvados, Champaign, beer, wine, vermouth, liqueur and different cocktails at your taste. Dish choice is very wide. European kitchen, served in the bar is not expensive: you can taste a salad for 180 rubles, garnish for 100 rubles, desert for 150 rubles etc.

четверг, 14 февраля 2008 г.

St. Valentine’s Day in B&B Rinaldi

On St. Valentine’s Day B&B Rinaldi makes a 10 % discount on accommodation in double room of Rinaldi hotels. This discount will act in period from 14-th -17-th February.

Action will be held in hotels: Rinaldi Olympia, Rinaldi on Moscowsky 18, Rinaldi Harmony, Rinaldi on Nevsky 103, Rinaldi Art, Rinaldi Poetic.

When you will fill in the application, you should write in issue “Booking”, on line “Additional information” - “10% Discount”. You can get this discount if you book a number till 16-th February 2008. So, hurry up!

15-20% Discount for accommodation in Dynasty hotel on March 8

First spring holiday - March 8-th will become a surprise for all guests of Dynasty hotel. On the 8-th of March guests of the hotel will get a 15-20 % Discount and become the participants of the lottery. The main prize - is a golden pendant with blue topaz and brilliants. Nobody will stay without present. Each guest will receive: a bath kit, an accommodation certificates, or other present.

Hotel Dynasty promises to make unforgettable weekend for all guests on the 8-th of March. Cozy numbers with all necessary for comfortable rest, pleasant presents and surprises - all included for party atmosphere.

вторник, 12 февраля 2008 г.

Ya korova (I am a cow) performance

Comedy club “Muki Tvo” (“Your torments”) invites to visit their performance “Ya korova” (“I am a cow”). Performance will be held on 20 February in Actors club “Antresol” (“Entresol”), situated on Maliy (Small) Prospect, 49.

What can unite economist-analytic, host of morning show on FM-radio station of Saint-Petersburg, Czech language specialist (playing accordion professionally), creator of one of the biggest Petersburg invent-agencies and specialist at applied informatics in the sphere of arts and humanities? Success, friendship and unusual approach to standard things. And one more thing, uniting thousands of people around the World – sense of humor.

Comedy club “Muki Tvo” loves and laughs first of all at themselves and then at all the rest. “Ya korova” is a performance, which represents a collection of the best sketches of “Muki Tvo” for last three years, complemented with musical numbers, social satire and generously seasoned with sauce from healthy cynicism. Club “Muki Tvo” (Seva, Arkasha, Kostya, Marina and Sereja) invites you to see the result of their creation and promises you “sea of bread and ocean of show, farce, stinging remarks, critics, epigrams, bouts-rimes, sketches, funny tautology…”

Swedish kings’ road

A new unusual excursion appeared in Leningradskaya area “Swedish kings’ road”. Kings’ road in XV century started on Russian territory near Nienshanz fortress, passed through territory of modern Shuvalovo-Ozerki and Primorskoe highway, connecting Swedish fortresses. All historical events on Karelskiy neck during centuries happened around this territory – from Novgorod republic to Winter war.

Program of two-day tour includes the repetition of Swedish kings’ road – visit to the residence of Otto Kuusinen’s government and the only acting Lutheran church, built by Joseph Stenbeck, mansion house Mariyoki not far from Serovo. You will have an opportunity to visit fort’s battery Ino in Privetinskoe, grounded in honor of Russian army temple of St. Nikolas the Miracle-Worker and museum of local history in Koyvisto (Primorsk), situated in Lutheran church, which used to visit Russian tsar Nicolay II.

In Viborg for travellers is organized a review excursion around the city, to Viborgskiy palace and park Monrepo. The last district of the first excursion day “Kings’ roads” is settlement Torfyanovka, where a group will stay for the night. On the next day it is planned to visit fortress Korela (Priosersk). Rout will be finished by Tiverskoe ancient settlement.

This is the first project of tour firm “Fantasies world” (“Mir fantasiy”), specializing on author’s excursion routes.

понедельник, 11 февраля 2008 г.

Registration fee in Astoria and Angleterre

Due to “Law of migratory calculation of foreign citizens and faces without citizenship of Russian Federation” realization, hotels Astoria and Angleterre apply a registration fee for each guest, staying in the hotel. Fee action has begun in February 2008. Sum of the fee is 150 rubles.

This sum will automatically be included in the general account for accommodation and will be named “Registration Fee”. Registration fee will be taken from each guest or will be paid by the company or agency, depending on payment conditions.

DINA football club stayed in Lancaster Court Hotel

In the beginning of February Lancaster Court Hotel (Fokina Street, 3) met special guests – DINA football club, the most titled mini-football club in the country. Football club visit to Saint-Petersburg was planned in borders of Russia’s Championship 2007/2008. DINA has already become a frequent guest of the Northern capital, but in Lancaster Court Hotel they stayed for the first time.

By the words of Sergey Kukanov, chief of “DINA” team, - “hotel, where stayed our team stroke our imagination. Hardly you will find more comfortable, modern and cozy place to stay in. Our players’ state of mood is equal to the level of their accommodation.”

On 8-th of February in “Ubileyniy” SCC will be held the first game of the 16-th championship between DINAMO (Saint-Petersburg) and DINA (Moskow). Staff of Lancaster Court Hotel wishes DINA team new successes and waits for their new visit.

пятница, 8 февраля 2008 г.

7 films about love

The French Movie Festival 2008, organized by St. Petersburg’s French Institute, began Thursday and takes place nightly at 7 p.m. until February 13 at the Rodina Cinema. “Seven Films about Love” will be shown in borders of festival.

Actress Julie Depardieu — daughter of Gerard Depardieu — takes part in two of the films in the program and will be in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to introduce “You and Me,” the festival’s closing film, in person.

The films in the program are presented in French with Russian subtitles. The festival began Thursday with the film “Qui m’aime me suive” (If You Love Me Follow Me), starring Mathieu Demy, Romane Bohringer and Julie Depardieu, a comedy about a doctor in his 30s who gives up a successful career to start a rock band.

Sport World’s Oscars will be held in Mariinsky Theater

The ninth Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony 2008 will pass in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on Feb.18. The names of the world’s best sportsman and woman are to be announced there.

The ceremony is to be translated in more than 180 countries and will be attended by world’s best sportsmen and women nominated for the awards, as well as the 43 famous athletes who will judge the ceremony. Olympic legend Edwin Moses already committed to attending the event in Russia. The jury will be joined by such sport legends as German tennis player Boris Becker, Russian pole-vaulter Sergei Bubka, Romania-born gymnast Nadia Comaneci and many others. Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Klichko and Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov will also attend the event.

Among the nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year are Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, U.S. athlete Tyson Gay, Brazilian soccer player Kaka, Australian swimmer Michael Phelps, Finnish Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen, and U.S. golfer Tiger Woods.

The candidates for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year are Belgian tennis player Justine Henin, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft, Australian swimmer Libby Lenton, Brazilian soccer player Marta, and Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa.

The Laureus World Team of the Year nominees include Italian soccer club AC Milan, the Australian national cricket team, the Italian car racing team Ferrari, the German national female soccer team, the Iraqi national soccer team, and the South African national rugby team.

Awards are also given out in the following categories: Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year, Laureus World Sportsman of the Year with a Disability, and Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year.

четверг, 7 февраля 2008 г.

Butterfly tame performance

9 February on the stage of Interior Theater will pas a performance “Butterfly tame”. Performance is represented by Tatyana Habarova (actress of famous theater “DEREVO”) and Evelina Petrova (brilliant accordionist, composer, star of new Russian music).

Plastic art of Tatyana Habarova in combination with expressive live music of Evelina Petrova create special spectacular and original atmosphere of performance. Idea of this performance was born in Italy, where Evelina Petrova was invited with her solo program and participants of theater festival Tatiana Habarova and Marco di Stefano. There was born an idea of some story, combining with plots of fairy tales and myths, grounded on initiation ceremony as an inseparable part of mysterious dance “Life”…

New 5-star hotel complex will be opened in Saint-Petersburg

One of the leading companies in Spain Hesperia Hotels will open a 5-star hotel complex in St. Petersburg, Russia. Hesperia Hotels in cooperation with GC-Development Group (one of the biggest Russia’s holding companies) plan to open 5-star complex by 2010. Luxurious complex will consist of hotel with 300 numbers, conference-hall for 500 seats and 23 business-halls. Lump sum square of conference-centre 41 000 square meters. Moreover, there will be situated a health-improving complex (35 000 square meters), office premises (28 square meters), parking (60 000 square meters), water park and helicopter ground.
Architectural project was entrusted to Willy Müller Architects team and BPG Arquitectes after International contest, where took part such Grands as Estudio Lamela (Madrid) and RTKL (London).

среда, 6 февраля 2008 г.

14-16 February ExpoHoReCa in Saint-Petersburg SCC

6-th International exhibition “ExpoHoReCa” will be led from 14-16 February 2008 in Saint-Petersburg SCC.
“ExpoHoReCa” – is a leading exhibition of hospitality industry on the northwest of Russia – a meeting place of hotel and restaurant business specialists with producers and suppliers of equipment, facilities, products and services for hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars.
Exhibition has three main topics: “Hotels, boarding homes, rest houses”, “Groceries” (for restaurants, cafes and bars) and “Equipment, technologies, services” (for restaurants, cafes and bars)
Program of exhibition includes: technological equipment demonstration and dish cooking, products and drinks tasting, new fashion collections shows of professional clothes, Open barmen Championship “Big Eagle Cup”, barmen show. On www.farexpo.ru you can find more information about “ExpoHoReCa” exhibition.

One more PARK INN on Nevsky Prospekt

Rezidor Hotel Group plans to open a new Park Inn hotel in Saint-Petersburg. New Park Inn St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospect with 246 numbers should appear in February 2009. Near one million dollars supposedly will invest Rezidor Hotel Group in hotel building. 3-star Park Inn will be situated on Nevsky Prospect near 4-star Oktyabrskaya hotel.

Belgian Rezidor Hotel Group maintains the biggest number fund in Saint-Petersburg. New hotel will become third for Park Inn in Saint-Petersburg after Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya (1200 numbers) and Park Inn Pulkovskaya (840 numbers).

пятница, 1 февраля 2008 г.

Robert Burns evening in Moscow hotel

Traditionally days of Scotland will pass in Northern capital from 2-7 February. Representatives of “Saint-Petersburg’s forum”, World federation of Robert Burns, Burns club in Grinnok, social organization “Women of the World”, association of Scottish artists “Primera”, members of “Rotari” club from Pejsly will participate in events of “days of Scotland”.

Program of Scottish days includes summing up of education programs for the youth, opening of a new exhibition of Scottish artists, students’ works, taking part in the contest, dedicated to creative union of famous Scottish artist, architect and designer Charles Rene Mackintosh and sisters Margaret and Francis Macdonald. Scottish delegation will visit children’s homes № 11, №40 and №46, where long-term charity projects are realized.

In borders of these events in hotel Moscow will pass a literary-musical evening, dedicated to famous Scottish poet Robert Burns. In Russia there are a lot of fans of Burns and many guests are expected in hotel Moscow.

Business-lunch in restaurant COTE JARDAN

Every day from 12.00 – 16.00, except weekends, in restaurant COTE JARDAN is served business-lunch. COTE JARDAN restaurant is situated in Novotel hotel on Mayakovskaya Street 3a. Menu of business-lunch offers French chief-cook of the restaurant Serge Feri. Buffet with a wide range of salads, fish and meat cuttings, terrins, vegetables, pickles, meat, fish and vegetarian main dishes, soups in Mediterranean style. Plenty of deserts, coffee, tea and mineral water offer Serge Feri to its guests. Cost of business-lunch – 610 rubles. You can make one change of dishes and eat a desert for 350 rubles.