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New fragrance ads shot on Teide

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

After signing a multi-million dollar deal to become the face of German cosmetics company Cacharel's new Liberte fragrance, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, completed her first advertising shoot for them on Tenerife. Gisele, a former girl friend of movie star Leonardo DiCaprio, will appear worldwide in television commercials, magazine spreads and billboard posters for Cacharel, all showing her posing on Mount Teide. Cacharel chose Gisele because of her popularity in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and China. She reportedly quit as the face of Victoria's Secret lingerie because they would not increase her $5 million annual salary.

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The Great Tenerife Fireball

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
It happened nearly 12 years ago but people still recall it today – the Great Tenerife Fireball of 1995. Thousands saw it, mostly in the east and north of the island, describing a brilliant fireball that flashed across the night sky shortly after 10pm. It happened on Sunday May 7 and hundreds of people called the Canarian Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) seeking an explanation of the phenomenon. Because it happened at a weekend there were many witnesses to the unusual event. Sunday had been a fine day on Tenerife and many people were returning to their homes from a day at the beach, in the mountains or with friends and family. From the many hundreds of eye witness accounts, scientists were able to paint what they believe to be a fairly accurate picture of what happened. It was around 10.30pm that radio stations on the island broke into their normal programmes ...

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New Year date for new Cunard liner

Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Cunard’s new flagship cruise liner, the Queen Victoria, will spend New Year’s Eve in Tenerife. The 90,000 tons luxury liner, being built near Venice at a cost of over £250 million, is due to be launched in December of this year before embarking from Southampton on a ‘Maiden Canary Islands Festive Celebration, on December 21. The 16-night cruise will take in Vigo and Malaga in Spain, Lisbon, Madeira, the Canary islands of Las Palmas, Lanzarote and Tenerife, Casablanca and Gibraltar. The liner is due to dock at Santa Cruz at 8am on December 31, and a full day’s programme of excursions will be available for passengers, taking in the usual Tenerife attractions, such as Mount Teide, La Orotava , Puerto de la Cruz, Loro Parque, the Mercedes ...

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