Los Angeles Travel Professionals Guide 2007 - (Page 33) Photos left to right: Hollywood & Highland Visitor Information Center; Hollywood Bowl; Hollywood Walk of Fame; Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. ©LAINC., ©Ambient Photos, ©Richard Cummins, ©LAINC. making it as hip and trendy as any exclusive nightclub. Good food, great drinks, a hip retro atmosphere and high-resolution, floorto-ceiling video screens at the end of each lane to showcase painting, photography and video — this is how bowling should be. Located in the Hollywood & Highland center, it’s a great addition to any Hollywood itinerary. That’s Showbiz • Kodak Theatre — Home to the Academy Awards® and a host of other fabulous celebrity get-togethers, this theater has already become a Hollywood icon, even though it opened just a few years ago. Your clients can tour the theater’s hallowed ground from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. — as long as there aren’t any big events happening. • Hollywood Walk of Fame — The number of terrazzo stars imbedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard is growing all the time. In fact, each year a dozen or so icons of the entertainment industry are added. In 2007, stars such as Matt Damon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mariah Carey and Kiefer Sutherland will be added to the list of entertainment giants featured in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • Grauman’s Chinese Theatre — Even if your clients don’t have time in their busy schedules to catch a movie at this legendary theater, they’ll enjoy stopping by just to check out the courtyard where hand and footprints made by some of the world’s most famous celebrities await. Like a timeline of movie stars, it includes impressions from the stars of earliest Hollywood to today. This is one theater that’s a must-see. After all, how can you pass up a chance to visit the most famous movie theater in the world? • The Hollywood Museum — If your clients are movie buffs, this is the ultimate destination. Located in the former headquarters building of the Max Factor makeup company, this museum is filled with movie memorabilia and other fascinating artifacts. They’ll be able to see costumes and intact sets from their favorite movies, classic promotional posters and flyers, props used in films and plenty of other fascinating movie-themed items. insider details that your clients can’t get anywhere else. Choose from any of the following tour companies for the perfect introduction to Hollywood: • Dearly Departed Tours – In a little more than three hours, your clients will be escorted to such infamous locations as Mae West's last home and places that have hosted events of a more scandalous nature. • Elite Adventure Tours – From celebrity homes to a red carpet adventure complete with a helicopter ride over Hollywood and paparazzi in tow, your clients won’t be disappointed. • LACityTours.com – Groups of many sizes can be accommodated on an excursion to movie star homes, filming locations and the Hollywood sign. • Red Line Tours – Offering walking tours with “live audio,” Red Line Tours takes your clients behind the scenes and inside locations they would normally only see through a bus window. • Starline Tours of Hollywood – Take in all the glamour and stardust with Starline Tours’ one-hour double-decker tour of Hollywood. Take A Tour Hollywood tours are a great introduction to the area’s offerings, and many of them offer 33
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