Zurich / Munich: Revealing the 14 Official Finalists that have been voted through to the last round of the New7Wonders Cities campaign, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, congratulated the chosen candidates. Speaking from the worldwide technology and data hub of New7Wonders in Munich, Germany, he said, “This is a memorable day for all involved in [...] Read More →
Zurich, Switzerland: With one week left to go in the current round of voting, the 21 cities competing in the Finalist stages of the worldwide New7Wonders Cities campaign are lining up for the next big qualification milestone. On 7 October, the Finalist cities will be reduced to 14, with one third leaving the campaign, and [...] Read More →
Zurich, Switzerland: The President of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino, III, has proclaimed that 11 November every year will be known as “Puerto Princesa Underground River Day.” The signing of the proclamation took place in the Malacañang Palace in Manila, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. Noting that the Puerto Princesa Underground [...] Read More →
Lisbon, Portugal: Announcing the 21 Official Finalists that have been voted through to the next round of the New7Wonders Cities campaign, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, said the diversity of the remaining cities in contention for the “canon of 7″ is “remarkable in terms of regional geography and urban culture.” He commended all involved in [...] Read More →
Zurich, Switzerland: New7Wonders has just launched the Wall of Wonders, a web-based platform designed to bring together the people of the world. Today, 07.07.2014, this interactive wall launches on what is the 7th anniversary of the historic first-ever global vote and election of the New7Wonders of the World in 2007. “Each and every one of [...] Read More →
Zurich, Switzerland: The clock is ticking. On Monday, the 21 cities that have made it to the next Finalist phase of the New7Wonders Cities will be revealed, and it will be a day full of sevens. At 7:07am GMT on Monday, 7 July (the 7th month), voting will temporarily pause as the data is collected [...] Read More →
International phone voting has been enabled for each of the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders Cities campaign. “From today, anyone with a phone — mobile or landline — anywhere in the world, can call one of our dedicated phone lines and vote for their one chosen city,” said Jean-Paul de la Fuente, Director of New7Wonders. [...] Read More →
Billions of people will be watching football for the next four weeks as 32 teams battle each other in Brazil for the World Cup trophy. New7Wonders is celebrating this global festival, too, and we’ll be using our social media channels to highlight the participating teams that are connected to our campaigns: the New7Wonders of the [...] Read More →
With only one month left to the end of the first finalist phase of the global vote to choose the New7Wonders Cities — when the 28 participating cities will become 21 — the latest snapshot from the New7Wonders analytics department shows a lot of movement in the positions of the participants: Landmark cities such as [...] Read More →
Petra is Jordan’s greatest tourist attraction. Carved into sheer rock more than 2,000 years ago by the Nabataeans, the city was an important junction on the silk and spice trade routes that linked China, India and Arabia with Greece and Rome. In 2007, Petra was elected as one of the New7Wonders of the World and [...] Read More →