007 Event: A Very Bond Farewell - George Lazenby (5 October 2018)

What: A Very Bond Farewell - George Lazenby . Celebrate Global James Bond Day! 
Where: Spy Museum, between 9th and 8th Streets at 800 F Street, Washington DC, USA
When: 5 October 2018 ,6:30 pm - 9:00 pm 
Tickets: $35 Members of the Inner Circle: $30

Briefing

Say goodbye to the Spy Museum’s Exquisitely Evil exhibit with George Lazenby, the 007 star of "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" (1969). Join the youngest Bond ever for cocktails after hours in the Museum on Global James Bond Day! He’ll share his favorite memories of tangling with Blofeld while mingling with guests.




Real spies will also be on hand to keep it real, while you take a last look at fantastic collection of Bond movie props and prepare to pepper Lazenby with the tough questions: like which was his favorite Angel of Death and did he really ski the Swiss Alps?

Come as your favorite Bond villain: was it Irma Blunt? Or give Lazenby a run for the money and sport a tux or kilt. Or can you pull off lace pants like his ill-fated bride Tracy di Vicenzo? Prizes will be awarded for the best Bond costumes. This is your chance to party like it’s 1969!

*Your ticket includes two drinks, light snacks, after hours Museum access.

Visit the Pussy Galore Gallery
Martinis and Champagne Bubbles Bar
Photo taken with Aston Martin DB5
View "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" in Cloak & Dagger theater
See Bond’s one true bride, Tracy di Vicenzo’s tombstone
Enter Ultimate James Bond Fan Raffle

Source and photos: Spy Museum

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Happy Birthday, George Lazenby, 79 years today (5 September 2018)

Happy 79th Birthday, George Lazenby!

Who: George Robert Lazenby
Born: 5 September 1939, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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George Lazenby trivia facts:

Is an accomplished skier and in fact had won two skiing contests in Australia before becoming James Bond.

He was a martial arts instructor in the Australian army, and holds more than one black belt in the martial arts. He studied martial arts under Bruce Lee himself.

He says that his favorite Bond film is "Goldfinger" (1964).

007 Event: Hollywood Show (27 - 29 July 2018)

What: Hollywood Show
Where: The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 5400 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
When: 27-29 July 2018

Friday 6pm-9pm* | Sat 10am-5pm | Sun 11am-4pm
*PLEASE NOTE: Friday night is a preview night only. No celebrities will be in attendance.
Early Birds go in 1 hour earlier.




Special Bond star appearances:

George Lazenby

James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)


Jill St. John
Tiffany Case in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
1st Ever Appearance!



Luciana Paluzzi
Viona Volpe in "Thunderball" (1965)


Martine Beswick
Zora in "From Russia with Love" (1963) and Paula Caplan in "Thunderball" (1965)




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007 Event: On the tracks of 007 presents: OHMSS 50 in Portugal and Switzerland (25-26 May & 1-2 June 2019) - tickets available now

What: OHMSS 50 in Portugal and Switzerland
Where: Portugal and Switzerland
When: 25-26 May 2019 (Portugal) and 1-2 June 2019 (Switzerland)

Amazing On the tracks of 007.com and Martijn Mulder present "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) starring George Lazenby as James Bond 50th Anniversary event.

This fan event will take place in two countries and in two consecutive weekends.
Both individual tickets and combination tickets are available.
Special VIP tickets will include 5-star lodging and cover the whole event period.

Visit the beautiful Hotel Palácio and Casino in Estoril - where Ian Fleming got his inspiration for his very first Bond novel - together with friends from around the world!

Or visit breathtaking Piz Gloria on top of the Schilthorn for dinner and a spectacular live show by none other than Q The Music - the number one James Bond tribute band!
See the introduction of 007 Travelers here

Switzerland tour also includes one night in Hotel Schweizerhof Bern. See the introduction of 007 Travelers here

Or join the VIP Tour and visit both countries!

Source and photos: Martijn Mulder / onthetracksof007.com

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See the Event Brochure here


See the introduction of permanent BOND WORLD 007 exhibition in Piz Gloria, Switzerland by 007 Travelers here

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007 Drink: Jack Daniel's whiskey

Drink: Jack Daniel's whiskey
Bond book appearances: James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007 (1973), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), You Only Live Twice (1964)
Experience of 007 Travelers: @ home

Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey and the top selling American whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation since 1956. Despite being the location of a major operational distillery, Jack Daniel's home county of Moore is a dry county, so the product is not available for purchase at stores or restaurants within the county. (Wikipedia)

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"Bond poured himself a stiff Jack Daniel's sourmash bourbon on the rocks and added some water. He walked over to the desk and took the right-hand of the three chairs that had been arranged in a semicircle facing the 'Capu'".

Ian Fleming: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1963)

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007 Event: Revelation Perth International Film Festival with George Lazenby (6-19 July 2017)

Telly Savalas as Blofeld and
George Lazenby as James Bond in
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC

What: Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2017
Where: 
Luna Leederville - 155 Oxford Street, Leederville WA, 
Luna SX - 13 Essex Street, Fremantle WA,
Perth, Australia
When: 6-19 July 2017










Sunday 9 July 2017, 1.30 pm, at Luna Leederville

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) + George Lazenby in Conversation

This session includes an extended 1 hour In Conversation With George Lazenby + a 45 minute autography signing.
Special prices apply: $25

Screen still from "Becoming Bond"

Thurs 6th, 7pm, Luna Leederville (Opening night)
Sat 8th, 8.45pm, Luna Leederville
Fri 14th, 9pm, Luna SX
Mon 17th, 2.45pm, Luna Leederville


"Becoming Bond" (2017)

George Lazenby will be in attendance at selected screenings.

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In Memoriam: Sadanoyama, Jay Milligan and Mona Chong

The world of James Bond has also lost these people:

Who:

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Sadanoyama, (real name Shinmatsu Ichikawa), died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on 27th of April 2017, his family confirmed. He was 79. According to JSA officials, he had been in and out of hospital this year after suffering a heart stroke.

Sadanoyama was a real character in the movie "You Only Live Twice" (1967) Upon his arrival in Japan, Bond (Sean Connery) meets with the sumo wrestler Sadoyanama who gives him tickets to the match. He was played by himself.

Sources: An obituary in The Japan Times, James Bond Wikia

Who:

Photo © Ecfair.org

Jay Milligan, the driving stunt supervisor of "The Man With the Golden Gun", died in March 2017.
Mulligan had helped to create a stunt where a car would do a full rotation between two ramps, landing right side up on the other side.

Source: Ecfair.org

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Who: Bond girl Mona Chong has passed away, she was one of Blofeld's Angels of Death, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), Mona Chong's character name was Chinese Girl.

Source: From Sweden With Love Facebook page

007 Food: Chopped hard-boiled-eggs, with a cream and cheese sauce laced with English mustard

Food: Chopped hard-boiled-eggs, with a cream and cheese sauce laced with English mustard
Bond book appearance: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
Experience of 007 Travelers: Self-made

"‘Just so.’ The maître d’hôtel was standing by her side. His feet came together with a perceptible click. Menus were handed round and Bond’s drink came. He took a long pull at it and ordered Oeufs Gloria and a green salad. Chicken again for Ruby, cold cuts ‘with stacks of potatoes’ for Violet. Irma Bunt ordered her usual cottage cheese and salad. 

Bond said it was. The lunch came. Bond’s eggs were delicious – chopped hard-boiled-eggs, with a cream and cheese sauce laced with English mustard (English mustard seemed to be the clue to the Gloria specialities), gratinés in a copper dish. Bond commented on the excellence of the cooking." 

Ian Fleming: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1963)

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Range Rover Sport - Inferno Downhill Challenge - Schilthorn, Switzerland (Including VIDEO)

When picturing the Swiss Alps, the word “inferno” isn’t something that usually springs to mind. For those that know it though, the Schilthorn range in Mürren, Switzerland has been home to the Inferno Challenge since it was born in 1928. The event is the oldest surviving downhill ski race in the world and at 15km on a 2km vertical descent, it’s one of the longest and most challenging. 

Each year it’s tackled by 1,800 sportsmen and women who, this year, found themselves joined by an unusual new challenger; enter Range Rover Sport, with the direct aim of setting a course record for the fastest descent of a downhill ski race in summer.

Known for its speed and optimum performance, both on and off-road, Range Rover Sport was the perfect vehicle to attempt the very same course during the snow-free summer. Of course, a performance SUV on a challenge like this needs a performance driver and that’s where Ben Collins ("Quantum of Solace", 2008, "Skyfall", 2012, "SPECTRE", 2015) comes in.

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Source, photos and video: Range Rover

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007 Item: Élixir Shampoo Quinine Pinaud

007 Item: Élixir Shampoo Quinine Pinaud

"His two battered suitcases came and he unpacked leisurely and then ordered from Room Service a bottle of the Taittinger Blanc de Blancs that he had made his traditional drink at Royale. When the bottle, in its frosted silver bucket, came, he drank a quarter of it rather fast and then went into the bathroom and had an ice-cold shower and washed his hair with Pinaud Elixir, that prince among shampoos, to get the dust of the roads out of it."

Ian Fleming: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1963)

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007 Drink: Brandy

Drink: Brandy

Bond book appearance: Quantum of Solace (For Your Eyes Only) (1960), Zero Minus Ten (1997)

Experience of 007 Travelers: @ home

Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn, "gebrande wijn" "burned wine" is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks, some are coloured with caramel colouring to imitate the effect of aging, and some brandies are produced using a combination of both aging and colouring.

In broader sense, the term "brandy" also denotes liquors obtained from distillation of pomace (pomace brandy) or mash or wine of any other fruit (fruit brandy). These products are also named eaux-de-vie.

Varieties of wine brandy can be found across the winemaking world. Among the most renowned are Cognac and Armagnac from Southwestern France.

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"There was a pause. The Governor's cigar had gone out. He spent a moment or two getting it going again. When he spoke it seemed to Bond that even tone had gained a spark of life, of interest. The governor said: "There was a man I knew once who must have had the same ideas as you. He fell in love with an air hostess and married her. Rather an interesting story, as a matter of fact. I suppose," the Governor looked sideways at Bond and gave a short self-deprecatory laugh, "you see quite a lot of the seamy side. This story may seem to you on the dull side. But would you care to hear it?"

"Very much. He put enthusiasm into his voice. He doubted if the Governor's idea of what seamy was the same as his own, but at least it would save him from making any more asinine conversation. Now to get away from this damnably cloying sofa. He said: "Could I have some more brandy?" He got up, dashed an inch of brandy into his glass and, instead of going back to the sofa, pulled up a chair and sat down at an angle from the Governor on the other side of the drink tray."

Ian Fleming: "Quantum of Solace" (For Your Eyes Only) (1960)

George Lazenby as James Bond in
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
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007 Hotel is "LUXURY HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2017"

007 Hotel HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF BERN ***** WINS "LUXURY HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2017" AT THE EUROPEAN LUXURY TRAVEL GUIDE AWARDS!

Location: Bern, Switzerland
Address: Bahnhofplatz 11
007 movie appearance:  Bond film "On Her Majesty´s Secret Service" (1969), starring George Lazenby, was partly filmed here
Visited by 007 Travelers: July 2014


 

The European Luxury Travel Guide Awards presented its awards for the year 2017 to top performers in the travel and tourism sector. The Hotel Schweizerhof Bern was awarded the title "Luxury Hotel of the Year 2017". The five-star superior Hotel Schweizerhof Bern is pleased to announce that it has won a new accolade. Every year, experts from the prestigious Luxury Travel Guide travel to the best hotels in the world to test them and evaluate their performance in various categories. For the year 2017, their five-person jury recognised the Hotel Schweizerhof Bern as the Luxury Hotel of the Year 2017.

For over 150 years, the Hotel Schweizerhof Bern has been the leading hotel in Switzerland’s capital city, attracting a demanding clientele of business and event visitors, and guests from Bern itself. Located at Bern’s most central location near the train station, the hotel blends classical grand tradition with contemporary flair, elegant design and world-class service.

Today the Hotel Schweizerhof Bern comprises 99 stylish rooms and suites, the 800 m² Bel Etage including the Salon Trianon, a legendary ballroom appropriate for events of all kinds, Jack's Brasserie with its 14 Gault-Millau points, the modern Lobby Lounge Bar, a sophisticated Cigar Lounge, THE SPA with its 500 m² of luxurious wellness facilities, and the unique Sky Terrace.

Source and photo: Media release of Hotel Schweizerhof Bern

007 Travelers has also visited this 007 hotel, see more here


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007 Travelers reported earlier that HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF BERN RECOGNISED AS "SWITZERLAND'S LEADING BUSINESS HOTEL 2016" AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS.

007 Related book: The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Book: The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Author: Charles Helfenstein
Pages: 289
Language: English

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Bond hotel won: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern World Travel Awards

MEDIA RELEASE


HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF BERN RECOGNISED AS "SWITZERLAND'S LEADING BUSINESS HOTEL 2016" AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS


Bern, 6th September 2016 - On Sunday, 4th


September 2016, a number of outstanding achievements in the travel and tourism industry were recognised at the World Travel Awards Europe Gala in Sardinia. The Hotel Schweizerhof Bern won top honours in the category "Switzerland's Leading Business Hotel".

The five-star superior Hotel Schweizerhof Bern is adding another award to its long list of
accolades. At the 23rd edition of the prestigious World Travel Awards, Bern’s legendary
hotel was nominated in two categories, "Switzerland's Leading Business Hotel" and "Switzerland's Leading Hotel Suite”, and in the first of these categories, the Schweizerhof won first place, besting five competing nominees. "We are very proud to have won this prestigious award as Switzerland's Leading Business Hotel," said General Manager Iris Flückiger. “It encourages us to keep on focusing on exceeding our guests' wishes.”


The Hotel Schweizerhof, located at Bern’s most central address, offers 11 rooms totaling
some 800 m2 in area that are ideal settings for a wide variety of occasions from meetings
and seminars to conferences and banquets. The centrepiece is the 350 m2 Salon Trianon,
a listed ballroom featuring impressive stucco ceilings, imposing marble columns and
chandeliers in the original Belle Epoque design. The three smaller salons, I to III, offer a
unique atmosphere as well for meetings and celebrations of all kinds. Featuring state-of-
the-art equipment, the hotel’s meeting rooms provide solutions tailored to meet all the
needs of a contemporary workplace. The hotel’s technology was completely upgraded in
2015 to guarantee that guests have access to infrastructure of the highest quality.


Since April 2015, some 150,000 honeybees have also been staying at the Hotel Schweizerhof Bern, housed in three "mini-hotels" on the roof terrace, where they produce the hotel’s own “Sky Deluxe” honey. The hotel is contributing toward the survival of
honeybees and promoting ecological balance.


For more information about the World Travel Awards ceremony, see
www.worldtravelawards.com.
Hotel Schweizerhof Bern
Daniel Huggenberger, PR & Communications Coordinator
Bahnhofplatz 11, 3001 Bern
T +41 31 313 70 94
F +41 31 326 80 83
E-Mail: daniel.huggenberger@schweizerhof-bern.ch

www.schweizerhof-bern.ch

007 Travelers congratulates!


Hotel Schweizerhof Bern is also a Bond hotel. Outside and inside shots were filmed there when George Lazenby starred as James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in 1969. 007 Travelers was lucky enough to visit this hotel in 2014. See the introduction of this splendid hotel by 007 Travelers here. 

In Memoriam: Joe Powell

Joe Powell (21 March 1922 - 30 June 2016) has passed away.

Joe Powell, doubling for Sean Connery on the set of "The Man Who Would be King"
PHOTO CREDIT:PENELOPE REIFFER

Joe Powell, who has died aged 94, was known as the “daddy of British stuntmen” for the gut-wrenchingly high-risk feats he performed in classic adventure films such as "Where Eagles Dare" and "The Guns of Navarone".

For "The Man Who Would Be King", John Huston’s adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling story filmed in the Atlas mountains, Powell, doubling for Sean Connery, had to plunge 100 ft from a collapsed rope bridge into a perilous ravine: if he had missed the target area covered with boxes to cushion his fall, he would have plummeted a further 2,000 ft. The co-star Michael Caine walked away saying: “I’m not going to watch this one.” Huston was delighted, saying it was “the darnedest stunt I ever saw”.

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Source: The Telegraph

Photo: From the set of "The Man Who Would Be King": Penelope Reiffer


Joe Powell in James Bond movies:

Stunts (uncredited) in "Casino Royale" (1967)
Stunt rigger (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited) in "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
Stunt double Blofeld (uncredited) in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
Stunt arranger in "A View to a Kill" (1985)

According to Movie-Dude.co.uk site Joe Powell acted also in "Casino Royale" (1967) having two roles: British Officer and Strong Man / Piper.

Joe Powell as British Officer in
"Casino Royale" (1967)
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Joe Powell as Strong Man / Piper in
"Casino Royale" (1967)
Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC