25.08.2005

TOURISM as social network BETA 0.9

Tourism Culture Park 
The Tourism Culture Park is the only, professional body to link the mutual interests of individuals throughout the many sectors of tourism and its related fields, recognising that people will need increasingly to work (especially in this time) in more than one sector during their career. The Membership includes individuals working in tourism at all management levels up to industry leaders both past and present as well as other tourism professionals in consultancy, academic and students.
The goals of The Tourism Society are:
Promote and advance professionalism in tourism.
Support training and academic development.
Uphold, explore and enhance best practice.
Encourage sustainable development.
Address local, national and international issues.
Recognise individual achievement in the field of tourism.
We promote the open source operating system,
for our associates (hotels, b&b, travel agents, travel companies)

      LINUX as the 'platform of choice' instead of 'proprietary' solutions 
& all the web applications right for your company.
    We offer also full asssistance for Mac users.
    We teach how to spare time and money tips & tricks and everything else related to                 effectively promote your business.
    Self relation marketing & Social networks 
(RSS - F.O.A.F - Podcasting -Broadcasting)
    Voip - phone over internet software, hardware
    We offer solutions across our forum to share thinkings and 
bringing people together! 


The Background Of The Society
President: ------?President Emeritus: -----
The Tourism Society, established in 2003, is a membership organisation of professionals working in, studying or associated with tourism, primarily in Italy. The Club was founded to bring together professionals working in all sectors of the diverse travel and tourism industry and in fields related to it. It thus links the many sectors of tourism such as attractions, hotels and other visitor accommodation, catering and hospitality, tour operators, transport and travel agents. It also links other people interested in travel and tourism such as architects, engineers, lawyers, surveyors and accountants. The Club provides a forum and think thank for debate on issues across the breadth of tourism's influence and its interaction with many other industries, activities and interests.
The Society welcomes applications from:
Anyone practicing in or professionally interested in tourism
Anyone studying for a recognised degree course in tourism
Anyone who has practiced in and/or has been professionally interested in tourism
 
 The Tourism Society -- Board Members
The Society is managed by a Board, elected by the members, and is funded by subscriptions, advertising revenue, meetings fees, other contributions and sponsorship.

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Email
 
For general enquiries: quartopiano at gmail.com


For membership enquiries:quartopiano at gmail.com


Telephone
 
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SKYPE: bedandhope
GIZMO: SIP number: 1-747-607-4616 
 
 

25.08.2005

BED AND BREAKFAST IN FLORENCE

I have only two rooms
rooms can be single or double
each room has a private bathroom (shower) and is 5 m high.
Each room has a great view from the big windows (they have a step to see through):
Just in fron the old market of San Lorenzo Liberty construction built in 1872 (same time of Quartopiano)
1 time a day the rooms are cleaned.
The Guests can use the kitchen (basic ingredients to cook are there - coffee and tea)
they can enjoy the terrace (very high)  where Florence is 360°.
they have no curfew (they have keys- indipendent)
and internet access 24 h free and phone facilities over internet - SKYPE & GIZMO
there is no breakfast anymore.
Air conditioning on request.
Many books and travel guides 
No TV. The children pay over 6 Quartopiano is on the 3th floor (no lift)  and so is not good for disabled persons.
It's downtown.
4 min walking to Santa Maria Novella Train Station
4 min walking to DUOMO
DOWNTOWN.
Via Panicale is a pedestrian street

by car
the best parking (the chapest one)
15 min walking to the center (me)
stay behind Piazza della Libertà
and it calls PARTERRE
costs 15 euro  per day - Pay in advance (open 24h)
then you walk throw Piazza della Libertà - Via San Gallo till  Via Guelfa then you ask for VIA PANICALE
in front of the old market of San lorenzo there is an ancient building
with  a big collonnade
under the colonnade door n# 3

We offer offer cookery course on request.

Quartopiano bed and hope
via panicale (già via dei maccheroni) n# 3
Firenze
+39 329 3149042
Paolo
http://www.quartopiano.com
icq#167995753
we use Skype free Internet telephony
http://www.skype.com/
user id: bedandhope

SIP number: 1-747-607-4616
download GIZMO for mac/pc/linux
http://www.gizmoproject.com
Reception is open FROM 8.00 TO 13.00 - 16.00 TO 20.00
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHECK IN AFTER 20.00

if you are going to arrive
in a different time please advise
+39-3293149042
DIRECTIONS: http://www.quartopiano.com/map.html ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHROOMS, AIR CONDITIONING not included ! You can also use the kitchen and enjoy the terrace (you are downtown) Towels included - no curfew there is no television but you have books and radio 24h internet access free Towels included - no curfew My projects "Tourism as Social Network" http://www.tourismculturepark.org/ HOME PAGE FORUMS http://www.tauatauablog.org/forums/ TOPICS http://www.tourismculturepark.org/culture-park/ E-Learning http://www.tauatauablog.org/school-business/ BROADCASTING http://www.tourismculturepark.org/bm/index.php RSS http://www.cultureparkflorence.com/ BLOGTROTTER The traveller's blog trotter http://www.blogtrotter.org