Zurich, Switzerland: With one week left to go in the current round of voting, the 21 cities competing in the Finalist stages of the worldwide New7Wonders Cities campaign are lining up for the next big qualification milestone. On 7 October, the Finalist cities will be reduced to 14, with one…
New7Wonders Cities: 21 going through to the next round
Lisbon, Portugal: Announcing the 21 Official Finalists that have been voted through to the next round of the New7Wonders Cities campaign, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, said the diversity of the remaining cities in contention for the "canon of 7" is "remarkable in terms of regional geography and urban culture."…
New7Wonders Cities: Counting down to a day of sevens
Zurich, Switzerland: The clock is ticking. On Monday, the 21 cities that have made it to the next Finalist phase of the New7Wonders Cities will be revealed, and it will be a day full of sevens. At 7:07am GMT on Monday, 7 July , voting will temporarily pause as the data…
New7Wonders Cities ramps up global campaign with international phone voting
International phone voting has been enabled for each of the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders Cities campaign. "From today, anyone with a phone — mobile or landline — anywhere in the world, can call one of our dedicated phone lines and vote for their one chosen…
New7Wonders celebrates the World Cup
Billions of people will be watching football for the next four weeks as 32 teams battle each other in Brazil for the World Cup trophy. New7Wonders is celebrating this global festival, too, and we'll be using our social media channels to highlight the participating teams that are connected to our…
One month to go in New7Wonders Cities countdown: It’s all moving!
With only one month left to the end of the first finalist phase of the global vote to choose the New7Wonders Cities — when the 28 participating cities will become 21 — the latest snapshot from the New7Wonders analytics department shows a lot of movement in the positions of the…
New7Wonders Cities candidates on the Guardian Cities brand list
Eight of the 28 cities in the current phase of the New7Wonders Cities campaign are included in the new Guardian Cities brand list, which ranks global cities using a range of metrics, from weather to transport to crime and social 'buzz'. In alphabetical order, the eight are: Bangkok, Barcelona, Chicago,…
7 Amazing Things About 7
British writer and broadcaster Alex Bellos set up a website and asked people to vote for their favorite numbers. More than 44,000 did. The winner? The number 7. Throughout history, our strongest emotional reaction is to the number 7, says Bellos. But why? He thinks that we like 7 because…
The Pennell family share the world of New7Wonders
The Pennell family from Winnipeg in Canada are on their way to the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru, and then they're off to Brazil, via Easter Island, to see the statue of Christ Redeemer. After that, the next stop is the pyramid at Chichén Itzá in…
New7Wonders Cities: Which cities are up? Which cities need to be up?
ZURICH: Four months to go in first finalist phase: It's all still to play for! With four months left to the end of the first finalist phase in the global New7Wonders Cities voting campaign, the New7Wonders analytics department offers a rare snapshot of how some of the 28 participating cities…