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The Traiano Hotel is happy to mark that Coliseum, few minutes away from the hotel and recently included among the new seven wonders of the world, represents the most searched monument on Internet with more than 20 million of web contacts in 2008, according to a universal survey  promoted by the famous Canadian/Swiss film expert Bernard Weber.

Then we find Pisa Tower, Milan Cathedral, St Peter in Rome, Giotto bell tower in Florence, Ovo Castel in Naples and Paestum Temples. It emerges from a research promoted by the Wise Nathan, an international journalistic observatory, that will be presented at the World Travel Market in London, the most important international event concerning tourism. 
Together with the research will be presented the tourist offer concerning Rome and Lazio Region: to realize a Time-Machine, a gyroscopic video guide able to reconstruct in a 3D version the archaeological area of Coliseum and Imperial Forum. For the realization of this video guide it was necessary that Coliseum was furnished with nine Wi-Fi points, becoming the first totally Wi-Fi monument in Italy.

An exibition dedicated to Giovanni Bellini will take place in Rome since 30 September 2008 to 11 January 2009, at the “Scuderie del Quirinale”. Bellini has been proclaimed “the best painter of all” by Albrecht Dürer who admired the works of the Venetian, recalling that in the second half of the fifteenth century Bellini was the reference point for all artists.
The first monographic exhibition after that of Venice, in 1949. More than sixty works painted with sacred and profane themes, about three quarters of the entire collection of the artist. Some extraordinary masterpieces that reveal the great personality of the painter.
For those taking part to exibition and visiting the Capital we suggest luxury accommodations in Rome and rentals rome.

 
The Traiano Hotel is happy to remind you the event Museums for everybody, a Rome Commune initiative for elderly and disabled persons.

Thanks to this event will be easier to visit roman museums for all elderly and disabled.

Roman Commune offers them the opportunity to visit free museums every Wednesday , offering a bus with 50 seats for elderly and specific mean of transport for disabled persons. This initiative was born from the cooperation among the Social Politics Councillorship, the Cultural and Communication Politics, the Cultural Goods Superintendent and Zetema.

There are several Museums involved into the initiative: the Capitoline  Museums with its masterpieces, the Montemartini Central, the Traiano Markets and the new Imperial Forums  Museum with its fascination and history, the Ara Pacis Museum; the Braschi Palace Museum narrating the history of the city, Napoleonic Museum with its collections, the Charles Bilotti Museum, the Trastevere Museum with its  roman life representation, the Torlonia Villa Museums and the Civic Museum of Zoology.  

All the visitors can reserve their visits according to a defined calendar calling the Social Politics Capitoline Councillorship number: 0667105164.

On the occasion of Safer Internet Forum, that took place last September, Ciaopeople interviews Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information and Media Society, to talk about children’s and teenagers’ on-line safety.

Safer Internet Forum, organized every year by European Commission since 2004, provides an European platform through which industries of this field, legal authorities and politicians can face issues regarding on-line safety. So Ciaopeople, as representative of Italian social networks, decided to interview Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information and Media Society.

Viviane Reding has underlined her interest in social networks, specifying that this phenomenon is changing remarkably “the way we get in touch, the way we search for information, the way we have fun. But, it has also given innovative tools for the management of human resources, customer service and advertising. These networking sites have transformed people in active users of technology, but we must not forget that these changes involve new challenges too. Their great popularity among teenagers creates serious problems, concerning on-line data and privacy protection”.

Moreover, the European Commissioner explained that she is well-disposed to self-regulation: “As a member of the Social Christian Party of Luxembourg, I obviously stand up for an efficient self-regulation of industry compared to the creation of a new legislation. But – and as the issue of SMS roaming has confirmed – self-regulation of industry can be considered as an option, if interested stakeholders accept it and when it is actually implemented. I think it’s important that 17 social networks, operating in Europe – for example MySpace, FaceBook, YouTube, Bebo, Hyves, StudiVZ and Skyrock – have decided to talk about a common set of guide-lines to assure on-line safety, in particular for children, and to improve the transparency of their utilities”.

Ciaopeople is a rather large social network that has reached about 500.000 members, mostly teenagers. From the start, Ciaopeople has tried to make a safe virtual platform for its users and now, as a large chat, it underlines the importance of internet safety. Indeed, this firm wants to provide a safe on-line space for its users, in which those who surf the net will be able to find only the best aspects of the net, such as entertainment, socializing and interaction.

As a representative of Italian social networking, Ciaopeople wants to understand Italy’s role in these changes: for this reason, European Commissioner mentioned two important Italian projects, financed by European Safer Internet Plus program, EASY (http://www.easy4.it) and STOP-IT (http://www.stop-it.org) managed by Save the children Italy Organization, in partnership with Adiconsum, consumers association.

In addition, the Commissioner asked social networks to agree to the European Social Networking Task Force, which is working to make a “code of conduct”, that will be ready in 2009. It operates under the supervision of the European Commission.

Internet Safety is a moral obligation for social networking firms, legal authorities, politicians and people in general. So www.ciaopeople.com will agree to the guide-lines of this new code of conduct.

Read the complete interview to Viviane Reding

Press Office www.ciaopeople.com

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