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School Auctions Off Unique Travel and Culinary Experiences

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Florida International University's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is launching their first FIU Hospitality Online Auction on September 3, 2010 with a variety of travel and food-related auction lots. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the school's scholarship program; grants for students to attend industry conferences; and funding for student teaching assistantships. The auction is sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines and includes over 100 auction items available for bidding from September 3 to October 3, 2010. Lots range in value from $250 to $7,500. Bid on travel packages from Loews Hotels across the US and Canada, Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale, Carnival Cruise Lines, Sandals and Beaches Resorts, InterContinental Hotels throughout China and more as well as entertainment experiences including tickets to Miami Heat games, the Rachael Ray Show, The View and Jungle Island. Other lots give bidders a chance to get a bit of the FIU experience through classes like
pastry cooking and "brew your own label" classes with FIU professors.

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Abercrombie & Kent 1-Day Dutch Auction Serves Up Adventure for Less

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

This year is the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of the Species, so don't you think it's about time you saw the Galapagos? If you've been waiting for an even more auspicious reason, then Abercrombie & Kent, the travel agency made adventurous hedonists, wants you to mark this Thursday, December 10 on your calendar.

At 9 a.m. Central Time A&K will begin discounting the prices for nine destinations and its World Pass. Every thirty minutes from then on, another 5% will be subtracted, so that by 3 p.m. CST the price you pay will be 60 percent smaller than the retail price. Notice we did say "trips:" in case you're taken with Darwin's spirit of enterprise but not his destination, Galapagos isn't the only option. Other locales include Eastern Europe, East Africa, Chile, Peru, Botswana, Zambia, Jordan, and Turkey.

The catch: there are only limited number of slots on each trip, and once they're gone, they're gone. That means you need to balance your desire to save with the joy-killing principle of scarcity, so bring your adamantium nerves. A second choice wouldn't go astray, either. But even if you miss out on a chance to ride the camels in Jordan's Wadi Rum, well, there's always... the Galapagos.

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