Lets Travel Radio Michael Zufolo & Susan Raphael

Hi from Let’s travel!. We hope you’re all safe out there. This month we’re reprising our show on New Hope, PA including the story about the famed Simeone racing car collection. If we can’t all travel in person, at least we can travel virtually with Susi and Patrice.

Join Susi Raphael and Patrice Samara as they explore “The New” New Hope, PA, including the Ghost Light Inn, Stella by Jose Garces Restaurant, the Bucks County Playhouse, and the Ferry Market. Then they visit the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Voted #1 Car Collection in the World and interview Dr. Fred Simeone, the museum’s founder!

March showcase celebrates IRELAND & GALWAY, the European Union’s selection for 2020 as the Capital City of Culture. Join us as we discover what the country has to offer travellers of all sorts in 2020 along with GALWAY, a unique destination and this year’s international site for nearly 2000 cultural events and programs.

Bill Condon

Bill Condon is Vice President for Marketing & Product Development for the Irish Tourist Board in New York. He’s a 35+ year veteran in Tour & Travel, and postings with Tourism Ireland and Aer Lingus, the country’s national carrier, Previously he was Manager for Southern & Northern Europe for Tourism Ireland well as Manager for Australia & New Zealand. Golf in Ireland is his game.

email: bcondontourismireland@ireland.com; www.ireland.com

John Crumlish

John Crumlish is C.E.O. for the GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ATS FESTIVAL in Galway, Ireland since 2002. A native of County Mayo, he holds a MA and MBS in Business Practices and is a member of the GALWAY Arts Council. He was nominated as Person of the Year in 2013 and Honorary Fellow from County Mayo in 2016. He also holds an Honorary Doctor of the Arts degree from NUI Galway.

email:jcrumlish@giaf.ie.; ww.giaf.ie

Frances Howarth

Francis Howarth is Dir. of Marketing at the IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE in New York having previously served in a variety of capacities at the American Ballet Theatre, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, and the Town Hall. She’s a European History scholar with degrees from Barnard College and New York University where she earned a Masters degree in Performing Arts Administration

email:frances@irishrep.org; www.irishrep.org

Barry O’ Seanain

Barry is the Program & Special Projects Coordinator for the Irish Cultural Arts Institute in New York working with the development and planning departments therein. He has served as a theatrical producer and grant writer in Ireland. He is proficient in English Literature with a degree in Modern Irish from Trinity College, Dublin, and has an MA in Cultural Policy & Arts Management from University College, Dublin.

email:barry@irishartscenter.org; www.irishartscenter.org

James Donahue

James Donahue is the Executive Chef and Restaurant Manager at the Fitzpatrick Hotels in New York City since 2013. In his position, he oversees all operations in food and service management for both properties. He is an award-winning restauranteur having earned citations from media and television.

email:jdonahue@fitzpatrickhotels.com

Join Susi Raphael and Patrice Samara as they explore “The New” New Hope, PA, including the Ghost Light Inn, Stella by Jose Garces Restaurant, the Bucks County Playhouse, and the Ferry Market. Then they visit the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Voted #1 Car Collection in the World and interview Dr. Fred Simeone, the museum’s founder!

Today’s guest included Frederic Sund, GM of Smorgas Chef restaurants in NYC, Pablo Cid, Wines from Spain, Alice Loubaton, Trade & Marketing Relations Manager, Sopexa, Jigi Mathew, Dir. of Operations, Aligael’s On Broadway, and Marc Bauer, Master Chef, The International Culinary Center. The Holiday Table celebrated the classic cuisine and wine selections from France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, and traditional Jewish and Kosher dishes from the U.S. and abroad.

Portugal gets the nod for Fall travel from the U.S. and the price is right.

Take TAP’s Premium Economy Premium class daily anywhere from 5 U.S. cities; NY-Newark-Boston, D.C.and Miami on their new  A 330 neo wide-bodies to Lisbon or Porto, perhaps the hottest city on our itinerary in less than seven hours.

Our travels by car took us to: Lisbon, the country’s capital, next to Óbido, a charming, flower-filled town, one-hour away on the A-8 superhighway, on to Coimbra, home to Portugal’s largest university and the country’s first capital via the A-8 again in less than two hours, then to Aviero, the “Venice of Portugal” this time less than two hours and-a-half hours on one of the “N” state roads, finally to Porto, as it name implies a lively port, where we took a Flix bus to cross over to Vigo, Spain’s first major city after the Minho river, the dividing line between Spain and Portugal.

BIOS

. Samantha Coehlo, Marketing Communications, TAP/ Air Portugal

tapmarketingUSA@tap.pt;

.  Riccardo Guimaraes, Manager, Operations, TAP Porto; Riccardo.guimaraes@tap.porto.com

. Bernardo Trevisano, Promotion Manager, Tourismo De Portugal; www.visitportugal.com

. Jose Fernandes, Agency Manager, ACP; jose.fernandes@acp-voagens.pt

Carmo Botelho, Manager, Marketing, Turismo de Lisboa; Visitors and Convention Bureau; cbotelho@visitlisboa.com

. Victor Carrico, Dir., Turismo de Lisboa Visitors and Convention Bureau; carrico@visitlisboa.com

Our Sept. showcase, DISCOVER AFRICA, features leading authorities on the Arts, Tour & Travel, Food, Fashion, and World heritage sites.

Africa is the world’s 2nd largest continent after Asia, and 2nd in total population after China. It is made up of 54 countries, with 125,000-3000 languages and dialects. It holds the world’s largest the river-the Nile, the largest desert, the Sahara, and the highest waterfalls, Victoria Falls. You’ll find the world’s fastest land animals here with over 1100 species, and 2600 species of birds.