‘Slow Tourism’ in Tuscany and Sicily
Italy’s railway has renovated four lines that had fallen into disrepair, hoping rides along picturesque routes in 1920s steam trains will attract tourists. Officials said the objective is the development of a form of “slow tourism”, inspired by the slow food movement, that seeks to promote the different facets of a regional heritage including history, geography and industry. “It is a sustainable tourism model that is particularly important in Italy because Italy offers the world excellence in culture and arts as well as in food, fashion, shopping, scenery,” said Tourism Minister Dario Franceschini. The routes lasting from 20 minutes to three hours are aboard vintage railway cars from the 1920s […]
Sotheby’s on eBay
Famed auction house Sotheby’s and eBay launched yesterday their new live online auction site, live.ebay.com/lvx/sothebys. The site, hosted by eBay, will allow collectors to bid on auctions in New York from anywhere in the world as they happen, access live streaming audio and video of the sales, and view items for sale. The first auctions on the platform will begin on April 1 (that’s no joke) with photographs and a themed New York sale that will include the 13 letters of the 1970s Yankee Stadium sign that could fetch up to $600,000 from the collection of baseball great Reggie Jackson. Online art sales are not new. Sotheby’s and its rival […]