The first New7Wonders Global Network Summit was held at the weekend in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Participants included delegates from New Wonders host countries, the "W20": Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Suriname, Venezuela and Viet Nam.
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Indonesia celebrates Official Inauguration of Komodo
DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA: Komodo National Park has been officially inaugurated as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. The colourful ceremony was attended by the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono; the former vice president of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, the Founder-President of New7Wonders, Bernard Weber, members…
Presentation of Komodo plaque in Jakarta
During a banquet in Jakarta to celebrate the final New7Wonders of Nature Official Inauguration ceremony, the specially-designed plaque listing Komodo National Park in the "canon of 7" was presented by Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, to Jusuf Kalla, former Vice President of Indonesia and Chief Ambassador and Head of the…
Forres pupils sing “The Wonders we have chosen”
"We are committed to providing a balanced and dynamic education for every child, with the belief that children are unique and that individual minds learn differently," says Kim van der Hoven, Head of Forres Preparatory School in Rondebosch, one of the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.
Rondebosch…
Work begins in Buenos Aires on Iguazu Falls monument
Construction workers have begun breaking ground in the heart of Buenos Aires as part of a unique architectural project that will feature as its centre-piece the Official New7Wonders Plaque listing Iguazu Falls as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. The inauguration is scheduled for early next year.
Founder-President of New7Wonders, Bernard…
New7Wonders announces Official Inauguration of Komodo as one of the New7Wonders of Nature
ZURICH: 6 August 2013: The Official Inauguration of Komodo as one of the New7Wonders of Nature will be celebrated in Indonesia in September at events in the capital, Jakarta, and at Labuan Bajo, in the Nusa Tenggara region, near Komodo Island, home of the famous dragons.
The Jakarta event will…
Visit7Wonders: a new global tourism platform for the New7Wonders of Nature
Visit7Wonders launched in Dubai on 7 May 2013: A new global tourism platform bringing together the New7Wonders of Nature from across the world was announced today at one the leading international travel fairs, the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.
The New7Wonders of Nature, elected following a global four-year campaign with hundreds…
K-Pop stars JYJ to become honorary citizens of Jeju
The three members of the South Korean pop group, JYJ, will be made honorary citizens of Jeju Island for their contribution to its successful New7Wonders of Nature campaign. The trio, Junsu, Yoochun and Jaejoong, had acted as ambassadors for the island and helped raise the profile of Jeju internationally. According…
77 Milestones for New7Wonders
Heard about the "Sydney Splash"? It took place in September 2000 when Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, landed a seaplane in Sydney Harbour to highlight the official nomination of Sydney Opera House as a candidate in the New7Wonders of the World campaign. The dramatic touchdown took place one week before…
Fundación Mediterránea research paper cites impact of the ‘Wonder Effect’
The number of visitors to the Cristo Redentor statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, grew by 107 percent between 2006 — the year before its election as one of the New7Wonders of the World — and 2011. This extraordinary rate of growth is cited in a paper titled "El…