Green Energy New Mexico

Travel is one of life's great pleasures and most rewarding experiences. Give something back to the planet by offsetting the carbon emissions of your next Santa Fe trip with each purchase of renewable energy certificates from Green Energy New Mexico.

Santa Fe and Green Energy New Mexico offer travelers a simple way to reduce the impact travel has on the environment by offsetting carbon emissions through the purchase of renewable energy certificates also called Green Tags.
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TripAdvisor Votes Santa Fe at Top 25 US Destination-2008

Santa Fe was chosen as one of America's Top 25 Destinations by TripAdvisor® in the 2008 Travelers' Choice® Destinations Awards. In its inaugural year, the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Destinations Awards honor the world's top destinations, earning their distinction from those who know them best - real travelers.

Only TripAdvisor's Destinations Awards represent the opinions of millions of travelers.
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Creative Tourism Conference

For Immediate Release

UNESCO Creative Tourism Conference Teaches Fundamentals of Latest Travel Trend.

Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism, "A global Conversation," features world's leaders on creative tourism.
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Creative Tourism Conference Registration Open - 2008

Registration is now available online at www.santafecreativetourism.com for the Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism; the first UNESCO* Creative Cities conference of its kind in North America. This international gathering, taking place September 28-October 2, 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will bring together founders of the creative tourism movement with leaders of creative industries and real-world practitioners in an experientially-based learning environment.
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Santa Fe Rated a Top Art Town

4/08: For the third year in a row the art-loving readers of AmericanStyle Magazine have rated Santa Fe the top small city for art in the country. In fact, Santa Fe has appeared in the magazine's Top 25 list of American art cities since the poll began.

With a history of art dating back to its Native American origins and carried on in numerous styles right through today, Santa Fe has evolved as one of America's most important art towns, regardless of size.
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New Geocaching Challenge - 2008

The new Santa Fe Geocaching Challenge uses GPS (global positioning system) technology and some of the city's most prominent landmarks in an adventurous new way to explore the history and culture of Santa Fe. A high-tech treasure hunt using GPS devices, the Santa Fe challenge takes participants on a tour of historic downtown with some unexpected surprises along the way and prizes for those who find all of the locations.

Geocaching has developed worldwide interest as a fun adventure activity.
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Spring 2008 in Santa Fe

New Santa Fe Area Comes to Life this Spring

Spring in Santa Fe promises to be green and lush after plentiful snowfall over the winter. Following the first flush of annual color will come the blooming of the Santa Fe Railyard, www.sfrailyardcc.org, an exciting development adjacent to the Santa Fe Southern rail line in the Guadalupe Street area.
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Weddings in Santa08 Fe - 2008

For decades Santa Fe has been the destination wedding location of choice for couples from around the world. Few days are charged with higher expectations and with so much planning and emotion in every single detail, Santa Fe's relaxed pace, romantic charm, and large group of knowledgeable wedding experts put even the most frazzled bridal party at ease.
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Santa Fe Named a Top Walking City

Santa Fe has been recognized as New Mexico's top city for walkers and was rated as one of the top 100 walking cities in America by Prevention magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). Santa Fe was ranked as the 22nd best walking city in the country from a survey of 500 American towns.
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Free 2008 Visitors Guide

Each year the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau publishes a free guide of vital information for visitors to Santa Fe. The Official Santa Fe Visitors Guide is distributed annually to 400,000 travelers, convention participants, and folks simply interested in the city. As of the first of the year, the new 2008 guide became available, just in time for planning winter trips or dreaming about what to do when the warm weather returns.
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New "Green" Convention Center - 2008

The new Santa Fe Convention Center, scheduled for completion in late summer of 2008, faces all the hurdles of municipal construction plus a few more, owing to its location in a historic city and the desire to build and operate the center in as 'green' a manner as possible.

In a town poised to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its founding, the impact of new construction on its most historic district is taken seriously.
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ART Santa Fe 2008

By popular demand, ART Santa Fe is slated to be an annual event, announced the organization this month. Held in July this year, the fair--a biennial occurrence since its inception in 1995--proved beyond uncertainty that Santa Fe, New Mexico is a thriving international contemporary art destination. ART Santa Fe 2007's turnout of some 5,000 people over four days left all involved, from gallerists to artists to collectors, feeling that the fair was an unmitigated success.
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SITE Santa Fe Biennial 2008

SITE Santa Fe's Seventh International Biennial
June 22 - October 26, 2008

SITE Santa Fe was founded in 1995 with the purpose of presenting the only international biennial in the United States. We have welcomed six extraordinary curators here, and each one of them created an equally extraordinary biennial.

Lucky Number Seven will take place in the summer of
2008 and will be curated by Lance Fung. His vision for the Biennial is the most risk-taking and dynamic yet proposed.
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Santa Fe International Folk Art Market 2008

The 5th Annual Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
JULY 12-13, 2008

MEET MORE THAN 100 MASTER ARTISTS SELECTED
TO SELL THEIR WORK AND PARTICIPATE
IN BUSINESS-DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

SKILLS LEARNED AND MONEY EARNED WILL HELP SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES WORLDWIDE

For the fifth consecutive year, more than 100 of the world's finest folk artists -- some famous, others new to the global market -- will gather at Milner Plaza in Santa Fe, for the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market.
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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Four Commissioned Premieres by Saariaho, Sierra, Ruo and Tower, Completion of Beethoven String Quartet Cycle Among Musical Offerings of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival's 36th Season.
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Santa Fe for Families - 2008

Santa Fe For Family Travel: Santa Fe offers the traveling family a different sort of vacation. Instead of walking the mall there are centuries old Anasazi villages to explore. Rather than a roller coaster there is mountain biking. In place of the world's biggest ball of twine there is the world's largest collection of folkart.
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December Holidays in Santa Fe - 2008

December Holidays in Santa Fe - 2008
Santa Fe Xmas: Like so many things in Santa Fe, Christmas is celebrated just a little differently here. The combination of Western, Hispanic and Native American traditions blend into a holiday celebration not duplicated anywhere else

Candles in Bags - Known locally as farolitos, these small bags filled with sand and lit from within by votive candles are Northern New Mexico's version of traditional Christmas decorations.
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Travel & Leisure Readers Rank Santa Fe Highly - 2007

8/07: For the sixth year in a row, Santa Fe has made Travel + Leisure (T+L) magazine's "World's Best Awards" list of favorite Continental United States and Canadian travel destinations. For 2007 Santa Fe is ranked as the fourth most popular travel city in North America by the magazine's readers. In 2006 Santa Fe was ranked in the fifth spot. Clearly, Santa Fe remains an enduring favorite with the magazine's large group of sophisticated and passionate travelers.
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Santa Fe's 400th Anniversary Coming Up - 2007

The people of Santa Fe have been working long and hard to capture the city's spirit, imagination, and pride in advance of the commemoration of Santa Fe's 400th Anniversary. As the oldest European settlement west of the Mississippi there is extensive ground to cover prior to this milestone. Wonderful plans have already taken shape and much more is in process to mark the founding of one of America's most historic and vibrant cities.
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Winter Savings - 2008

Santa Fe Winter Savings
Make Santa Fe a winter get away and save

Crisp sunny days, snow-covered Rocky Mountain peaks, and the best deals of the year make Santa Fe an inspired choice for value-conscious travelers or those looking for some sophisticated winter relaxation. From ski packages to spa savings to free nights, Santa Fe's lodgers have put together their best rates and offers of the year for this winter.
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Winter Highlights - 2008

Winter in Santa Fe is an under-appreciated season and worth discovering for that very reason. The streets are quiet, many lodgers drop their rates to the lowest of the year, and the scene is even more laid back and stress free than usual. All of the city's restaurants, galleries, and museums, continue to serve up great food, amazing art, and cultural insight while the rest of the city's many attractions remain open and welcoming. There are simply fewer people around.
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Santa Fe a Top City for Artists - 2007 Survey

Santa Fe was named the second best place in the United States for artists and creatives by Sperling's Best Places and Businessweek.com on March 15, 2007. The list of the Top 10 best places was compiled by identifying metro areas that have the highest concentrations of artistic business establishments.
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Santa Fe Film Festival - 2007

For 2007 the eighth annual Santa Fe Film Festival ISFFF) will feature more than 85 programs encompassing over 230 films, shorts, and features of all genres, themes, and topics. The five-day festival has grown in scope and stature each year and is a high point of Santa Fe's fall calendar with a long list of events, activities, and social functions.
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400th Anniversary Logo Contest

The city of Santa Fe, New Mexico will commemorate its 400th Anniversary starting in the summer of 2007, continuing through 2008 and 2009, and culminate with a final season full of events in the summer of 2010. As part of the fun honoring the amazing story of America's oldest capital city. the 400th Anniversary Committee is searching for the perfect event logo.
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Santa Fe Design Week, October, 2007

Santa Fe Design Week 07 celebrates the oldest continuous design center in the US. This year's event launches on October 11 and continues through the 17th. From Anasazi pots and Spanish Colonial santos to cutting edge contemporary products, including artisan goods, book design, graphic design, fashion and jewelry design, furniture competition and more, Santa Feans' creations exemplify design from here to there.

The weekend design conference starts on Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday.
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Santa Fe Fall 2007

*Fall is Fabulous in the Southern Rockies - The Rocky Mountains are at their most glorious in autumn when the aspens turn the mountains gold and the air is clear and crisp. The Rockies actually begin-or end- just outside of Santa Fe as the mountain chain stretches from just south of the city in a continuous formation of peaks into northern Canada.

Located on the doorstep of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range, Santa Fe is the perfect jumping off spot for fall leaf viewing.
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Santa Fe First UNESCO Creative City in U.S. - 2005

It should come as no surprise that UNESCO just made Santa Fe America's first Creative City during a July (7/8/05) ceremony inducting the city into the Creative Cities Network in both Folk Art and Design. For decades Santa Fe has been a center for original thought and enterprise. Walking up Canyon Road, Santa Fe's most visible art district, one can almost feel the creativity vibrating from each of the galleries along the street.
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Santa Fe Opera 2007

2007 Santa Fe Opera Season
Fifty years of musical excellence and counting

The Santa Fe Opera's 51st season picks up in 2007 right where the previous 50 years left off; with a cast of world-class performers on stage for productions both sublime and surprising. This summer's season will open Friday, June 29 with a new production of Puccini's La bohème followed the next night by a revival of Mozart's Così fan tutte.
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Santa Fe PhotoArts 2007

PhotoArts Santa Fe Biennial Photography Festival July 13-22, 2007
Ten days of everything for the photographer and those who love photography

May, 2007: Santa Fe has grown into one of the most important cities in the country for photographers: as a showplace for their work, as a home, and as a place filled with pictures waiting to be taken.
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Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta; Fall Colors 2007

Seventeenth Annual Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta
Started as a modest affair celebrating fine wine and good chile, the 2007 fiesta will feature more than 110 wineries during five days of activities taking place this year, September 26 to the 30th, 2007.
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New Santa Fe Convention Center Breaks Ground - 2006 Updated

11/06: Construction of the Santa Fe Convention Center, in Santa Fe, New Mexico began on the last day of November, 2006 with a ceremonial ground breaking. Many of the Santa Fe citizens, organizations, design professionals, and city government representatives who brought the 25 year process to a successful conclusion were on hand for, what is seen as, a milestone in Santa Fe's development.
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Santa Fe #2 in 2006 CONDE NAST Readers' Poll

For the fifteenth straight year the sophisticated travelers who subscribe to CONDE NAST TRAVELER magazine have voted Santa Fe one of their favorite travel destinations in the U.S. Santa Fe was selected as the Second most popular travel city in the country after San Francisco and ahead of a host of desirable travel towns in the magazine's 19th Annual Readers' Choice Awards.
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