Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Announcing the names of the New7Wonders Cities, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, said: "I would like to thank everyone who has helped promote the New7Wonders Cities campaign since its inception in 2011. We began with more than 1,200 nominees from 220 different countries and here we…
Counting down the hours to counting the votes
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Voting in the New7Wonders Cities campaign ends at 7 am GMT tomorrow, 7 December, and the New7Wonders Cities will be announced from Dubai 12 hours later, at 7 pm GMT. Along with the votes cast using a range of devices on a variety of platforms, valid postal…
Postal voting for New7Wonders Cities goes global
Zurich, Switzerland: With less than a week to go before the declaration of the New7Wonders Cities, postal voting for the "canon of 7" is gaining global momentum. "By giving people the chance to vote using postcards in these final days of the campaign, we are adding a traditional way of…
New7Wonders Cities: Now you can vote by post!
Zurich: Another exciting way to vote in the worldwide New7Wonders Cities campaign has just been announced. For the first time, postal voting using the New7Wonders Cities Voting Postcards has been enabled. All postal voting will be coordinated via the New7Wonders post voting centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The official supporting…
New7Wonders Cities: 14 go forward to final round
Zurich / Munich: Revealing the 14 Official Finalists that have been voted through to the last round of the New7Wonders Cities campaign, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, congratulated the chosen candidates. Speaking from the worldwide technology and data hub of New7Wonders in Munich, Germany, he said, "This is a memorable…
New7Wonders Cities approaching the grand final stage
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…
Philippines President Proclaims Puerto Princesa Underground River Day
Zurich, Switzerland: The President of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino, III, has proclaimed that 11 November every year will be known as "Puerto Princesa Underground River Day." The signing of the proclamation took place in the Malacañang Palace in Manila, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. Noting…
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."…
Wall of Wonders aims to unite the world’s 7 billion people: #wallofwonders #7billionwow
Zurich, Switzerland: New7Wonders has just launched the Wall of Wonders, a web-based platform designed to bring together the people of the world. Today, 07.07.2014, this interactive wall launches on what is the 7th anniversary of the historic first-ever global vote and election of the New7Wonders of the World in 2007. "Each…
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…