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New York is one of the music capitals of the world. It’s no surprise that, with many concert venues, a large population and a thriving entertainment business, New York City has a large claim on the music industry.

NYC is home to some of the biggest record labels in the country, such as Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Def Jam, and Epic. These labels have a huge influence on the music industry are constantly scouting new and upcoming talent.

The big apple is also a place of inspiration for many people, with the bright lights, the bustling city and the dreams of making a better life. Just take a look at the song Empire State of Mind, by Alicia Keys and Jay Z, in which they pay tribute to the amazing city.

With so many concert venues and such a huge population, New York always hosts the best concerts of the year. There is always a concert to go see and they always get the major headliners. For Example, both Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift have upcoming concerts in Madison Square Garden.

If music is your passion then you will want to plan a trip to New York to get the full music experience. You will want to make sure that you bring a New York Map and a radius map of the area you will be staying in because New York is a huge place and it is easy to get lost, especially if you are walking from place to place. Once you have those then you can hit the streets and experience all different types of music, whether it be an undiscovered indie band at a local bar or a huge concert in the park, New York will make your musical senses tingle.

He would catch a grenade for you and he thinks you’re beautiful just the way you are. Yep, that’s right, Bruno Mars is on a nationwide tour with Janelle Monae and they are hitting all the big cities.

Mars got his start songwriting for artists and when his songs became number one hits he decided that it was time to start his own career. He then collaborated with B.o.B. on the chart topping song, Nothin’ On You and also worked with Travie McCoy on the song, Billionaire. After his collaboration success, he decided to write his own album which has been nothing short of greatness. With his crooning voice and catchy lyrics you know this show will be a crowd pleaser.

Opening for Bruno Mars, is Janelle Monae, the R & B, indie pop singer. Monae has a very unique sound and blends the music of soul, funk, and indie pop. She has been nominated for multiple grammy awards and she is sure to put on a great performance.

The tour is nationwide but the show you will definitely not want to miss will be June 16, 2011 at the Las Vegas Palms hotel. What better way to celebrate summer than a trip to Las Vegas to see a fantastic performer. You can book a room at the beautiful Palms hotel in Las Vegas, see the show, and experience all that Vegas has to offer. The Palms is a beautiful hotel which offers immaculate rooms, fine dining, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to see the concert you have been dying to see and have a little getaway for yourself too.

No visit to the cultural and historic mecca that is Boston would be complete without a trip to one or more of the area’s many museums. From history to science, from art to maps, from archaeology to anatomy, there really is something for everyone. So book a room at one of the many Boston boutique hotels and plan a vacation touring the museums of greater Boston.

Families may want to start their trip at the Boston Children’s Museum and enjoy KidStage performances, hands-on exhibits and plenty of activities and special events designed to educate and inspire. While not strictly speaking a museum, the New England Aquarium is home to one of the largest fish tanks in the world and offers programs and even whale watching trips to educate visitors about marine life and conservation. Another great trip for families with children is the USS Constitution Museum at the Charlestown Navy Yard which features hands-on exhibits on sailing crafts and skill.

Art lovers will have more options than they could possibly enjoy in a single trip. From the city’s largest, the Museum of Fine Arts to the Institute of Contemporary Art and university museums like the Harvard Art Museum, the metropolitan Boston area has dozens of museums.

History and Science aficionados can check out the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the MIT Museum which features science, innovation, and technology, the Museum of Science , and The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.

More specialized collections can be found at the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library , the Semitic Museum, and the Warren Anatomical Museum. Other options include the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum with its famed floral displays and the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology.

As recently revealed on the season finale of Top Chef , the cuisine of Singapore is a mix of cultures and influences with seafood playing a key role, as fitting an island country. While the rise of Singapore as a hub of international business and finance has brought world-class chefs with world cuisines, the locals will stick by their chili crab and noodle dishes. In deconstructing the various roots of Singapore cuisine, it comes down the same big three that influence most of the city’s culture, art, and society: China, Malay, and India.

The most popular local food is Malay or the Malay-Chinese fusion known as Nonya or Peranakan. Eateries from the best Singapore hotels to the smallest hawker stall will offer the spicy curries, stews and dips that characterize this food. Chinese food in Singapore has its roots in the southern regions of China. It incorporates chili and shrimp pastes as well as tropical fruits and vegetables and the use of kan or dry noodles. Indian food, though much smaller in its influence, is still widely available in the city. Look for the Singapore adaptions of putu mayam, fish head curry and roti prata if you want to eat like a local. Just be aware that the Singapore versions of traditional Indian and Chinese dishes may be different than what you’re used to, so be prepared to experience the unexpected.

Arguably the most famous classical music venue in the US, Carnegie Hall kicks off their 2010-2011 season this fall. This year’s productions include an International Festival of Orchestras, starting with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt on September 30th and a series of Great American Orchestras with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra as well as New York and Chicago orchestras.

In easy distance of numerous Manhattan luxury hotel s, Carnegie Hall was built in 1891 and is one of the last major masonry buildings constructed in the city. Renamed in 1896, it was originally known simply as Music Hall, the site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962. It includes three separate stages, including the Isaac Stern Auditorium, which seats audiences of over 2800.

The official Opening Night Gala will be held on September 29th and feature an all-Beethoven program of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The season wraps up with the 120th Anniversary Concert of the New York Philharmonic on May 5, 2011. Other noteworthy events in the season include an April 12 concert by James Taylor, and a Festival featuring Japan’s Great Orchestras and JapanNYC. Carnegie Hall will also host chamber, jazz, folk, world, and pop concerts and recitals through 2011.

The 4th annual WE DAY will grace Vancouver on October 15th. This seminal Free The Children event celebrates youth empowerment and kicks off a year-long We Schools in Action program. The events bring together 38,000 student leaders from Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, representing nearly 2,000 schools. Thousands of additional students will watch the live streaming of the Vancouver and Toronto WE DAY programs in their schools. An incredible slate of activists, politicians, scientists, athletes, artists and motivational speakers will provide inspiring performances and speeches to fire up kids to take action for change in their schools and communities.

The Vancouver WE DAY will begin at 10am on October 15th and feature Nobel Laureate and former US Vice-President Al Gore. Other presenters include Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Martin Sheen, Philippe Cousteua, Barenaked Ladies, and the Co-Founders of Free The Childrean, Craig & Marc Kielburger. Additional presenters and performing artists will be staying in hotels in Vancouver in order to appear at the event.

In the four years since WE DAY began in Canada, students have raised over $5 million to support a diverse slate of charities and have created 5,000 action plans to institute change. Programs in 2009 included a Halloween for Hunger food drive that collected over 200,000 pounds of food and a Vow of Silence event to raise awareness of worldwide children’s rights in which over 60,000 people were silent for 483,000 total hours.
Free the Children estimates that students have contributed over 1 million hours of volunteer time to local and global charities.

Toronto WE DAY will be held on September 30th and Montreal will have their first WE DAY on November 12th.

Hong Kong is a bustling Asian city. While sure to be full of fun and excitement many American visitors may want to stay somewhere familiar which makes it convenient that Disneyland has a location here. Though the adventuresome traveler will definitely enjoy their stay at a Hong Kong hotel outside the amusement park equally well.

For those who prefer to venture out at night or aren’t quite ready to go to bed yet don’t worry that you will miss out entirely on the shopping markets of Hong Kong. The famous Temple Street Night Market comes to life at dusk, when most would be asleep. Traffic stops, people swarm and hundreds of little stalls magically appear. Carts bulge with goods ranging from local goods to wares from around the world nestled between food stalls serving all kind of local snacks and dishes. Much like malls around the world the sound of local Cantonese-pop music can be heard through the sound system and you might catch a live performance of Chinese street opera.

Those who make it out during the day do reap the rewards of being active then. The sheer number of attractions can be intimidating without a plan. Those who would shop will have to see the Jade Market, where one can find jade in many forms and colors for affordable prices, or hit up the Ladies Market though be prepared for the ultimate in competitive shopping experiences. With the sheer number of markets in this city it’s a good thing there are boutique hotel s to take your hauls back to.

For those who are more into the natural sights or historical it’s advised to take a tour of Hong Kong National Geopark where one might encounter fossils of marine and terrestrial creatures that date from 400 million years ago to 10 millions years ago in the surrounding rocks.

There are some standard geographical features and cultural attractions that entice first time visitors to the Greek island of Corfu. And while these continue to interest second and third time tourists, one of the things that contributes to repeat and regularly visitors to the island is the variety of incredible festivals that occurs there throughout the year.

And one of the most entices for guests in some of the beautiful beach hotels of Corfu is the Carnival celebration, known locally as Ta Karnavalia. While the main theme of this tradition is not unique to Corfu, in fact Carnival is celebrated in many countries and cultures throughout the world, including the popular Mardi Gras festival that occurs in New Orleans, Louisiana every year, certain aspects of it are unique to this incredible island. And many people claim that you don’t really experience Carnival until you’ve experienced it on Corfu.

Ta Karnavalia a great parade with one of the central features being a grotesque figure with a large smiling face. This creature leads the way and a selection of highly colorful and decorative floats follow. Costume parties and dances occur all through the night and celebrations are on every street. Fabulous food and revelry are common associations to the incredible annual festival.

The historic community of Golden, Colorado is located at the beautiful foothills of the Front Range of the Rockies. The city is sheltered between the North and South Table Mountains and Lookout Mountain where the infamous Buffalo Bill Cody is buried.

Coors Brewing Company is what Golden is best known for, but there’s also The American Mountaineering Center, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the National Earthquake Information Center. Visitors can take tours at all of these companies, which keep the city of Golden a vibrant and thriving community. These businesses also make Golden the place where the best luxury hotels Colorado are to be found.

Golden is a great place for mountaineering, rock climbing and skiing. The Golden Gate Canyon State Park and the Clear Creek White Park are the best places for all outdoor activities and both have facilities offering kayaking and horseback riding. After a hard day of fun activities, check out one of Golden’s museums; it has one of the largest concentrations of museums in Colorado. Other local attractions include the Victorian West style Heritage Square, with plenty of shops, restaurants and an Amphitheater where concerts are played in Red Rocks Park .

If you’ll be in town during August and September, there are two events to attend: the Augusts’ Golden Fine Arts Festival and in September, the Golden Fest.

One of the great and recently established cultural and artistic attractions in Cape Town is the Fugard Theatre , which just opened its doors in February of this year. On February 12th of this year the company was officially opened and the event was celebrated not only by the theatre community but by a large portion of the city’s population, which is incredibly supportive of the arts. And there is great reason to celebrate the arrival of this new company. Many of the guests in the Cape Town hotels are curious about what all they should seek out while they are there, and some of the great theatre productions that exist in the city are always some of the top recommendations.

The theatre exists in District Six and this is significant not only for a geographic placement designation but also symbolically. Beginning in the middle of the 1800s the area was one of the most diverse and populated regions in the city. However, the apartheid government declared it was for whites only in 1966. Sixty thousand people were forcibly moved from the district and the homes that remained were bulldozed to the ground. And all these years later, the district continues to suffer from the evacuation and remains vacant to a large degree. Institutions like the Fugard Theatre, which is named after South African playwright Athol Fugard, are part of a major effort at revitalization and honoring of the city’s great history. Fugard was a major advocate for equality and much of his work dealt with issues of racism, segregation and oppression. He is almost unanimously recognized as the most important theatre practitioner to come from the country.