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LifeCycle Adventures Enters its Third Decade with the Launch of Cycling Tours in Croatia

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Celebrating its third decade in business, LifeCycle Adventures proudly announces the launch of private cycling tours on Croatia's Istrian Peninsula. Renowned for its commitment to delivering exceptional private travel experiences on a guided or self-guided basis, LifeCycle Adventures invites cyclists to embark on a unique active journey. Various style of bikes are available including hybrid, road, and eBike options.

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  • LifeCycle Adventures is pleased to introduce cycling tours on the enchanting Istrian Peninsula.
  • PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Celebrating its third decade in business, LifeCycle Adventures proudly announces the launch of private cycling tours on Croatia's Istrian Peninsula.
  • The inclusion of eBikes in our tours enhances accessibility and range, allowing participants to effortlessly traverse Istria's enchanting landscapes," said Tony Blakey, Founder at LifeCycle Adventures.
  • With the best seasons for cycling being spring, early summer, and fall, LifeCycle Adventures invites cycling guests to experience Istria's coastal beauty and historic towns.

As Ukraine takes the fight to Russians, signs of unease in Moscow over war's progress

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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The meeting was unusual: In recent months, Putin has avoided public statements about the war and postponed his annual Russia Day phone-in show scheduled for June.

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  • The meeting was unusual: In recent months, Putin has avoided public statements about the war and postponed his annual Russia Day phone-in show scheduled for June.
  • He similarly canceled both the June call-in in 2022 as well as his annual news conference in December.

On the defensive?

    • These developments further undermine Putin’s argument that this is a “special military operation” and not a war, and that life can continue as normal for ordinary Russians.
    • At the same time, Putin is facing a political challenge from Yevgeny Prigozhin, the erstwhile chef-turned-mercenary leader.
    • Prigozhin heads the Wagner Group, a private company that has recruited some 50,000 fighters for the Ukraine war on behalf of Moscow.
    • They played a key role in the capture of the Ukrainian city Bakhmut, which fell on May 20 after a 224-day siege.

Facing questions

    • With the background of more open criticism of a war that has now blown back across the Russian border, Putin faced some tough questions at the meeting with war correspondents.
    • Another asked why different regions are allowed to pay different bonuses to contract soldiers from their area.
    • In response, Putin could only offer that Russia is a federal system, and regions spend what they can afford.

Desperate measures

    • However, members of the Russian elite seem to share the growing unease aired among the bloggers.
    • On May 20-21, Russian officials and policy experts attended a meeting of the influential Council on Foreign and Security Policy think tank.
    • Judging by reports from people who attended, such as State Duma Deputy Konstantin Zatulin, there was a clear sense that the war is going badly.
    • Perhaps the most famous mercenary of all time, Albrecht Von Wallenstein, successfully commanded an army of 50,000 during the Thirty Years’ War.

ROSEWOOD VIENNA OPENS TODAY

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Monday, August 1, 2022
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HONG KONG, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosewood Vienna opens today, August 1, making its debut as the fifth European property in the Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® portfolio and the brand's first in the German-speaking market. Located at Petersplatz, one of the city's most famous squares, the hotel is steps from the celebrated Graben, Kohlmarkt, and Tuchlauben pedestrian streets, renowned for luxury shops and restaurants, and close to many of Vienna's cultural and historical sites. The property joins Rosewood's esteemed collection of European properties that includes Rosewood London, Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany, Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel in Paris, and Rosewood Villa Magna in Madrid.

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  • HONG KONG, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Rosewood Vienna opens today, August 1, making its debut as the fifth European property in the Rosewood Hotels & Resorts portfolio and the brand's first in the German-speaking market.
  • The property joins Rosewood's esteemed collection of European properties that includes Rosewood London, Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany, Htel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel in Paris, and Rosewood Villa Magna in Madrid.
  • "The opening of Rosewood Vienna offers today's ultra-luxury travelers a new kind of Viennese lifestyle, one that is imbued with the rich history of the destination yet the modern and cosmopolitan outlook befitting this dynamic European capital," says Alexander Lahmer, Managing Director of Rosewood Vienna.
  • The Rosewood collection includes some of the world's most legendary hotels and resorts, including The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel in New York, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas and Htel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel in Paris, as well as new classics such as Rosewood Hong Kong and Rosewood So Paulo.