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 | | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Joggins Fossil Cliffs, on the western coast of Nova Scotia, a World Natural Heritage Site. Joining Old Town Lunenburg on this esteemed list, the World Heritage Committee deemed Joggins a geological wonder. The coastal cliffs reveal the most complete fossil record of life during earth’s “Coal Age”, 300 million years ago! And visitors can view these rare fossils of plants and animals preserved in the place where they lived. Begin your visit at the Joggins Fossil Centre which houses interpretive displays for visitors and acts as a departure point for guided tours of the Fossil Cliffs. You will also find an array of amenities at the wheelchair accessible centre including a café, gift shop, parking, tourism information and more. |  |  | | The Clare Interpretive Centre will open in the summer of 2009 and will include a number of exhibits on the history of the Acadians in the Clare region. The centre will also include a multi-media exhibit, art gallery and information centre. | |  | | The Eatonville day-use area of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park will officially open to the public in the Spring of 2009. Located in Eatonville Harbour, the day-use park will provide visitors with accessible walking trails suitable for everyone including families and the physically challenged. |
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 | | Cape Breton Island has been named the Best Island to visit in the United States and Canada in Travel + Leisure's 2008 World’s Best Awards! | |  | | Annapolis Royal was recently chosen as the winner of the International Challenge - Small Category - at the Communities in Bloom Awards in Lethbridge, Alberta, "outblooming" five other communities from Canada, Ireland, England and the United States. The Historic Gardens, along with the beautifully maintained grounds of many homes and businesses, anchored the success in several of the evaluation categories and the strong record of heritage preservation in the community was noted by the judges, in terms of both the built heritage and the experiential components such as the Candlelight Graveyard Tour. |
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 | | New Castle Hotels, LLC and Southwest Properties Limited will open a Sheraton Hotel at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Due to open in 2010, the 175-room hotel will be attached to the terminal building will feature world-class amenities. | |  | | A 130-room Hilton Garden Inn will be built at the corner of Hollis and Sackville Streets in Halifax. Opening date is unconfirmed. |
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 | | The 2nd Annual Nova Scotia Winter Icewine Festival takes place from February 12-22, 2009 featuring icewine and wine tastings, gourmet dinners, ice-sculptures, cooking classes and more. For more information on the festival and Nova Scotia’s award winning wineries, visit www.winesofnovascotia.com. | |  | | L'Acadie Vineyards is Nova Scotia's newest addition to the growing wine region of the Gaspereau Valley, a sub-valley of the Annapolis Valley, famous for growing apples and other fruits. Plans are to organically grow L'Acadie grapes and craft them into premium traditionally bottle fermented sparkling wines and table wines. | |  | | Benjamin Bridge Vineyards is another addition to the Gaspereau Valley wine region. In development, since 2000, they released their first limited-edition wine, Nova 7, in Halifax this past summer. Their focus will also be on sparkling wines, fermented in the bottle, French style. |
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| | Nova Scotia representative(s) will be attending these upcoming marketplaces / trade shows: - World Travel Market
November 10-13, London, England
- National Tour Association Annual Convention
November 15-19, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA
- American Bus Marketplace
January 7-12, 2009, Charlotte, NC
- Mid-Atlantic Workshop & Seminar
February 5-8, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland
- AAA Travel Marketplace
March 6-8, 2009, Foxborough, MA
- Spotlight Canada
March 2009, London, England
- ITB
March 11-15, 2009, Berlin, Germany
- Seatrade
March 16-20, 2009, Miami, FL
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