Latest Article | Dec 6, 2014
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…
International SMS voting for New7Wonders of Nature
Zurich/Switzerland: New7Wonders has set up an international SMS voting line which is available worldwide. Voters can now send their chosen Finalist keyword to one number, accessible worldwide from most countries and mobile operators. Here's how it works: Send the chosen word by SMS text to +2489 88888 — and the…
Vote now, miss the traffic!
Those who have not yet voted for their favourite seven Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature are being urged to do so immediately because of the traffic surge that the campaign website is set to experience in the coming days. "People should try to vote online today or tomorrow, because…
People power in Indonesia for Komodo
"When the government fails, the people will take the lead." So wrote the Jakarta Post on Friday in an opinion piece titled "Public initiatives revive Komodo voting". The writer was referring to Komodo National Park, one of the 28 Official Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature. Disappointed with the…
Indonesian President calls for SMS support for Komodo
The president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has asked all Indonesians to support Komodo Island, one of the 28 Official Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature. The president made the appeal when he was officially inaugurating the new Lombok International Airport. According to The Jakarta Post, he asked the dignitaries…
Phoning and voting around the world
New national SMS and telephone voting options for the Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature have been rolled out across three continents in the past two weeks. In Indonesia, you can vote for Komodo Island by SMS; in Jordan, you can text vote for the Dead Sea in English…
SMS voting now live for Komodo Island
One of the world's leading mobile texting countries is now switched on to vote for the New7Wonders of Nature. Indonesians can send KOMODO to 9818, and with that vote for Komodo Island to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature. SMS voting works across the leading networks of Telkomsel and XL,…
Text mad Irish can now SMS their love for the Cliffs of Moher in N7W final phase
Ireland joins the list of countries that offer nation-wide SMS/text voting in the Official New7Wonders of Nature. Voting for the Irish Finalist, the Cliffs of Moher, is as simple as sending MOHER by SMS to 53131. Each text costs €0.30 per vote and standard network charges may apply. "In the Republic…