The Great Escapes: A Smart Holiday
If you liked Good Will Hunting, you’ll love a trip to … Boston
By Timothy Haas
At its heart, Good Will Hunting, the 1997 film that propelled Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to stardom, is a love triangle. Will, played by Damon, is a freakishly gifted South Boston tough caught between love [...]
Historic U Street gets audio tour, visitor center
WASHINGTON (AP) - The historic district of Washington once known as the “Black Broadway” now has its own neighborhood heritage trail and visitor center.
The group Cultural Tourism D.C. introduced an audio tour Friday for Washington’s U Street area. A visitor center is opening near 12th and U streets.
Visitors [...]
U Street Launches Visitor Center, Audio Tour
An area once known as Washington’s Black Broadway is inviting visitors to discover, or rediscover, its attractions, culture and history. A new visitors center and audio walking tour are part of the continuing revitalization of greater U Street.
Growing up on U Street in the 1950s and 60s, Stanley Mayes [...]
U Street Visitor Center Offers Glimpse of D.C. History
WASHINGTON - Cultural Tourism D.C. and Ben’s Chili Bowl have teamed up to bring a visitor’s center to Northwest’s U Street.
In the days of segregation, U Street NW was known as the ‘black Broadway.’ Today, the stretch of street is a different world with new development, diversity, [...]
District of Columbia: Greater U street visitor center grand opening friday
Cultural Tourism DC invited DC residents and visitors to rediscover the historic U Street corridor with the grand opening of the Greater U Street Neighborhood Visitor Center last Friday at 1211 U Street NW. The visitor center will serve as a front door to the [...]
Boston-Based Audissey Guides Selected for Forbes’ Boost Your Business Contest
Boston, MA - Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 –
Audissey Guides has been selected as one of twenty
entrepreneurs that have advanced to the second stage of Forbes.com’s third annual “Boost Your Business” editorial contest, available at Forbes.com
“We’re excited to be chosen as a semi-finalist in the Forbes’ Boost Your Business competition,” [...]
… five tech-minded Massachusetts companies have made it to the semi-final round of Forbes Magazine’s “Boost Your Business” competition…
Audissey Guides produces audio tours of cities (like Boston, the Athens of America), companies, and organizations that folks can buy to put on rental iPods. Continuing today’s iPhone app theme, the company would like to use any Fortune [...]
”Four of the 20 semifinalists in the Forbes.com Boost Your Business Contest are local tech startups … tour guide podcast-maker Audissey Guides…”
Parat Solutions and Audissey Media offer museum and tourist destinations iPod-based interpretive tours
Berwyn, PA August 12, 2009 – PARAT Solutions today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Boston-based Audissey Media. Together the companies will offer museums and tourist destinations a turn-key approach to iPod-based interpretive tours. By combining cutting-edge media [...]
Cool Audio Tours for Cities Worldwide
Locals take you far beyond the tourist spots in several American cities. In Seattle, DJ Michele, who hosts a late-night rock show on KEXP, introduces you to the Lusty Lady peep show and anarchist-themed Left Bank Books. As you ride the El on the Chicago tour, hip-hop poet Kevin [...]
