Bulgaria's blossoming tourist industry dreams of richer clients
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Bulgaria is developing tourism on a grand scale in its Black Sea resorts following a 10-year slump after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and now is dreaming of seducing a more affluent clientele.
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Visitor numbers to Croatia grew 4% in the first eight months of the year as the former Yugoslav republic continued to rebuild its tourism industry from the ashes of the Balkan wars in the 1990s.
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Bulgaria's blue-chip index SOFIX on Monday rose to an all-time high of 664.98 points after strong gains by oil, chemicals and Black Sea tourist operators propelled it 13.41 points or 2.06% up.
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The citizens of Bansko, a ski  resort in Bulgaria's Pirin mountains, are selling their land  with gusto to buy fancy cars and replace communist-era  furniture.
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Some companies are reviving travel, with options on destinations, as bonuses for their best workers.
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British families are buying houses and settling down in the picturesque region of Dryanovo in central Bulgaria as local inhabitants escape abroad in search of work.
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You can find long-haul wealth-builders on the market's sales rack.
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Business: 28 December 2004, Tuesday. Most of Bulgaria's holiday-makers abroad have chosen Turkey as their New Year's Eve destination, a Bulgarian newspaper wrote.
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HUNGARY is fast becoming a target for foreign investors looking for the value added touch of sophisticated and highly trained, multilingual senior and middle management personnel, but not disregarding the fact ...
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Some resort developers have found a niche that has not been fully mined: luxe marinas with boat slips that can serve giant yachts.
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Greek business forum will be opened in Sofia. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and Greece's President Kostantinos Stephanopoulos will open the business seminar.
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Business: 24 September 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's first commercial real estate expo opened doors in Sofia, bringing under the same roof bankers, entrepreneurs, investors and broker agencies.
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Hoping to replace images of violence with those of hospitality, countries once torn by war are seeking to boost tourism.
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Bulgaria's ancient Thracian heritage has been thrust into the spotlight this year with a number of key archaeological discoveries in the so-called Valley of the Thracian Kings.
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Business: 20 December 2004, Monday. Britons' insatiable appetite for property bargains has led more house-hunters to the picturesque Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria, which is emerging as a prime place for ...
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Private deal makers still seem to have a voracious appetite for commercial real estate, and the sector du jour is hotels and lodging.
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No longer an exclusive asset for the upper classes, second-home ownership has exploded in recent decades, becoming an integral part of global tourism.