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Your summary of what else is new and noteworthy
TRAVEL
Tech Gourmet
Guests at the Grand Hyatt DFW (in Terminal D of the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport) can now experience a chic convergence of exquisite flavors, technology, and hospitality with iTaste and The Virtual Menu programs. MOKA, the hotel’s epicurean boutique and coffee bar, offers fun and informative podcast-assisted tastings of wine, cheese, or chocolate via iTaste. The Virtual Menu provides vivid imagery and culinary details of chef-recommended food and wine pairings via a touch-screen electronic menu in the hotel’s signature Grand Met restaurant. (972) 973-1234, www.grandhyattdfw.com
FITNESS
CEO Challenges
Who is the alpha CEO, the world’s best at golf, fishing, sailing, tennis, right on up to the Ironman Triathlon held each October in Kona, Hawaii — 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking, and 26.2 miles of running? Boulder, Colorado-based CEO Challenges aims to to determine the fittest, most pain tolerant top exec, on the planet (currently Scott Binder of Comcast Colorado). In 2008 CEO Challenges will host 10 different sports competitions around the globe, but CEO Challenge president Ted Kennedy, perhaps an alpha-achiever himself, plans on going far beyond that: “Eventually we want to find out who is the best CEO in every sport in the world.” www.ceochallenges.com — K.M.
FAN-FARE
Spring has sprung and, let’s be honest here, mankind’s thoughts turn to sports … Here are a few of our favorite places to indulge the fan in you.
Major League Baseball
Players up close, the sweet smell of real grass; the Dodgers, the Yankees, the Bosox, the Rockies; everyone has spring training. www.springtrainingonline
NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four
On April 5 and 7, March Madness reaches peak frenzy as the top four teams battle at the Alamodome in San Antonio. www.ncaamarchmadness2008.com/mens
NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four
April 6 and 8, the remaining four women’s teams create equivalent electricity at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. www.ncaamarchmadness2008.com/womens
The Masters
Golf in all its storied glory at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, unfolds April 7-13. www.masters.org
The Stanley Cup
Who will drink champagne from the Cup? The Stanley Cup playoffs start April 9. www.nhl.com
The Kentucky Derby
Since 1875, the most exciting two minutes in sports has enthralled millions. Two weeks of festival culminate on May 3 at Louisville’s Churchill Downs. www.kentuckyderby.com
Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix
Formula One’s most prestigious race whips through one of Europe’s most opulent principalities, May 22 to 25, 2008. www.visitmonaco.com
Euro 2008
From June 7 to 29, the world’s best soccer teams meet in Austria and Switzerland to vie for world dominance. www.uefa.com/competitions/euro
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