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Jump to the full entry & travel map Alleppey, Kerala, India We arrived in Alleppey or Alappuzha as it has been renamed after British rule and squeezed into one rickshaw for the short journey to Johnsons Nest. There we found the said owner, Johnson who was a bit of a cross between an Indian Rastafarian with red henna dyed hair! His little guest house was pretty basic but we had already decided that it was to be for a night only as we were going to head straight off to Kottayam the next day by local ferry. It was here that we had our first experience of the tropical monsoon

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Kerala Backwaters — Alleppey, Kerala, India

Jump to the full entry & travel map Siem Reap, Cambodia The earliest start yet – up at 3.15 to catch bus to the airport for my flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia to visit the temples at Angkor Wat. Very kindly my friend and her husband gave me a lift to the bus station but as it turned out we could all have had an extra 2 hours in bed as Air Asia, one of the no frills airlines here, had changed the flight time without letting us know.

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Not another ruined temple! — Siem Reap, Cambodia

Enjoy Three-Course Feast for $75 Get a Head-start On Holiday Shopping Along Fashionable Newbury Street; Luxury Accommodations Begin at $75 Per Person Per Night for the Thanksgiving Weekend With Thanksgiving Dinner for Two Foodies are certain to give thanks this Thanksgiving: Taj Boston, the landmark hotel at Arlington and Newbury streets overlooking the Public Garden, is offering a three-course prix fixe chef’s menu in The Café on November 26 for $75 per person, and a special holiday guestroom rate of $75 per person per night, based on double occupancy and the purchase of Thanksgiving dinner for two. Available from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., the delectable Thanksgiving menu designed by Executive Chef Franck Steigerwald includes choices for appetizer, entrée and dessert: Appetizers include Smoked Salmon with lemon cream and basil salad; a Terrine of Foie Gras with citrus salad and apricot marmalade on mini brioche, or Pumpkin Soup with poached egg, parmesan and roasted pumpkin seeds Entrée choices include a Traditional Turkey Dinner with accompaniments; Grilled Beef Striploin with rutabaga mousseline and wild mushroom Madeira sauce, or Seared Halibut with fricassee of asparagus and golden beets with porcini sauce Desserts include Pumpkin Cheesecake with dark chocolate feuilletine, caramel loops and vanilla ice cream, or Apple Puff Tartlette with apple cider sauce, peppered walnuts and cinnamon ice cream Technorati Tags: hotels , Boston , travel , resaurants To reserve, please call Dining Reservations at (617) 598-5255

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TAJ BOSTON OFFERS PRIX-FIXE THANKSGIVING DINNER IN THE CAFÉ

Jump to the full entry & travel map Siem Reap, Cambodia Day1: 7th Nov Arrived Siem Reap at about 3 p.m by car after 6 hours ride from Phnom Penh.Checked into the Borei Angkor.Took two deluxe rooms booked through Agoda. Rooms are good size and clean.Poor lighting in room and bathroom.Towels are old and have lost the fluffs.Internet connection erratic.Otherwise, rooms are quite comfortable if these minor irritations can be rectified.Location not close to other conveniences.About 10 minutes ride to downtown, where all the actions are. Too tired to do anything.Retired early.

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The Magnificient Angkor Wat — Siem Reap, Cambodia

Posted by Website Introductions: Soon, many may probably be boycotting anything that has to do with the owners of Casa Caletas, as well as with a couple other places as well, possibly. Read more: there are three hotels that may be killing baby turtles for their own benefit, Casa Caletas is one of them [click] Tags: san jose , lake coter

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there are three hotels that may be killing baby turtles for their own benefit, Casa Caletas is one of them

Marriott International, Inc announced that it will expand its green hotel portfolio ten─fold over the next five years by introducing a green hotel prototype that will be pre─certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), an internationally recognised green building certification system designed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). According to a report in breakingtravelnews, the green hotel prototype, which will be available in April 2010, will save owners approximately USD 1,00,000 and six months in design time and reduce hotel’s energy and water consumption by up to 25 per cent

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Marriott International accelerates green hotel development

San Francisco Zoo San Francisco Zoo is the fantastic zoo which is the great place to go if you are traveling with children have a fondness for penguins, primates, lions or llamas. The Zoo was home to a stunning and important botanical collection as well as more than 250 species of animals, many of which are highly endangered. At this zoo I saw several lions including a lion with a great mane, gorillas including a silverback gorilla, some bears, some tigers, loud apes, some koalas, penguins, and a collection of other animals from Africa and Australia.  Not bad.  I has particularly impressed with the loud apes, the tigers, and the well-mined lion exhibits and plants to learn more about the wonderful things you can experience at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Entertainment with Fantastic Zoo in San Francisco

Jump to the full entry & travel map Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala After getting settled in the hostel, we were ready to start walking around Antigua. But the first thing we needed to do was to find a restaurant, since we hadn’t eat anything since we the crackers and juice they gave us on the plane. The staff at the hostel were extremely helpful, giving us maps, orienting us on where we were located and giving us tips on different restaurants, depending on the budget

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The colonial Antigua — Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala

Finding and working with collaborators is more important than worrying about competitors, said the conference organizers, Susan Schear of Artisin and Elizabeth Wagner of JC Geever . Potential collaborators include libraries (libraries will translate brochures and flyers into different languages, they said), hotels, faith-based organizations, chambers of commerce, business improvement districts, restaurants, government agencies, banks, businesses, book clubs, realtors, PTAs, etc

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Think Collaboration (from HHT Session)

In Rajasthan there are numerous palaces, forts, fortresses and a larger number of havelies. These palatial residences of the nobles were located in their villages and were occupied more than the palaces were. Havelis in Rajasthan Havelis in Rajasthan The havelis are really not that big to be rated as palaces, and it will be too elaborate to be called ordinary palaces of residence.

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Havelis in Rajasthan – Testimony of Glorious Royal History of Rajasthan

Lets start with their selection in Asia: Maria Thomas, London, and may other editors publish a great selection of eco-hotels on the Times Online at the following address: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/green_travel/article630054.ece Best hand-picked places in Asia by the Times Online are: The Phu Chaisai Mountain Resort & Spa , Chiang Rai in Thailand. Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia Sukau Rainforest Lodge in Borneo, Malaysia Sri Lanka’s Kimbuk River India , Dandeli ‘s Jungle Lodges and these lovely guest houses in the Himalaya … Enjoy the trip !

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the 50 eco-hotels of your dream !

For the past month, 10 slabs of the Berlin Wall have been installed outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). According to thelocal.de , “The 2.6-tonne slabs have been made available to artists, who have been given free rein to make their own statements on each block of concrete.” The wall will be on display until November 8, “being symbolically toppled.” [ thelocal.de ] Through November 5, Omni Hotels is offering 40 percent off select stays in Austin, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Diego, New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston, and Tucson. Reservations must be made for travel between Dec

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Daily Radar: 11.04.09

An executive at Novotel , Evan Lewis – Vice President Communications for Accor Asia Pacific, annouced announced today that 32 hotels and resorts have achieved the Green Globe Certification in Asia Pacific. A followup from our report from Septeber 2008 available at http://blog.greenty.com/2008/09/more-on-novotel-and-green-globe.html The most recent hotels to have joined the program include Novotel Hong Kong Century, Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road and Novotel Hong Kong Citigate

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Some more green hotels for Novotel (Accor Group)

A new George Clooney film, Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman is being released through Paramount in cinemas at the end of this year (2009), and is based on a book by Walter Kirn.  The film is a about a businessman who is a frequent traveller, flys and stays a lot in hotels – in fact pretty much all the time.  George Clooney in the film plays a businessman called Ryan Bingham whose ambition is to collect a vast amount of airmiles!  The film features brand positioning with partners American Airlines and upscale hotel brand Hilton Hotels. You can find more information on the Up in the Air movie on the link below: http://www.theupintheairmovie.com/ Up in the Air is in cinemas in the US in December and elsewhere from Janaury! Check out the trailer for Up in the Air…

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Up in the Air film – George Clooney

The October 2009 issue of Dream of Italy is a special report – Treasures of Tuscany – exploring the hidden corners of one of Italy’s most popular regions. Here is what paid subscribers will be reading about: Lingering in Lovely Lucca The Lucca Details: Hotels, Apartment Rentals, Restaurants, Private Guides and Great Shopping Studying Italiano in Lucca Historic Locanda Toscanini – Transformed by an American Journalist and her Italian Architect Husband La Petraia : An Organic Farm and Little Piece of Paradise in Chianti Ready to dive into this issue but not a paid susbcriber

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October 2009 Issue – Special Report: Treasures of Tuscany

As the summer travel season ends, Hotels.com is encouraging travelers to plan that family road trip or romantic weekend getaway to check out the brilliant colors of the season and take advantage of great hotel deals on httpwww.hotels.com/ . “If you’re looking for an excuse to take a trip this fall, Publication: PR… Tagged as: summer, travel, season, hotels, encouraging, travelers, family, romantic, weekend, getaway, brilliant, colors, advantage, httpwww, excuse, publication

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Hotels.com Falls for Autumn With Great Savings in the Northeast Teams With The Foliage Network to Give Customers Expert Foliage Finding Facts – Best…

Hilton Hotels to Franchise 16 Hotels under Its Brand, Hampton by Hilton[TM], Over the Next 5 Years NEW DELHI, India — Hilton Hotels Corporation has entered into an agreement to franchise its Hampton by Hilton[TM] brand to Marigold Hospitality Limited in India.

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Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Multi Unit Hotel Development Franchise Deal in India – Best Hotel Deals – Press Release – DIRECT REVIEW AND DEALS…

The U.S. DOJ announced that it has filed charges against several people involved with the Galleon Group hedge fund, including founder Raj Rajaratnam. The Galleon Group has about $3 billion under management, and is highly involved in high technology stocks.

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Kentucky environmental attorney Sanders says US Department of Justice is pursuing Galleon Group founder for insider trading in high technology stocks.

Market View Bridge Street: Luxury modern apartments housed in a classic Victorian building Historic Clerkenwell is a beautiful part of London, with many unique and interesting attractions. Smithfield meat market has traded for over 800 years, making it one of the oldest markets in the capital, and it now supplies the huge range of butchers and restaurants in London with their daily meat supplies

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Beautiful apartments available to rent in stylish Clerkenwell

Last month a Babson College professor wrote about the correlation between bad bosses and bad decision-making , and he explained the reasons why bad bosses played key roles in the chains of bad decisions that have led to the downfall of well-known companies such as  AIG , Bear Stearns , and Lehman Brothers .  Only one month later, we are witnessing yet another example of a company creating a hostile work environment that becomes a breeding ground for bad decisions which ultimately cripple the organization.  Galleon Group , the $3 billion hedge fund co-founded by Raj Rajaratnam that is now caught up in one of the largest insider-trading cases in decades.  Rajaratnam and five other executives were arrested on Friday and were charged with securities fraud and conspiracy for their involvement in an insider-trading ring that allegedly traded on nonpublic information involving companies such as Google , Hilton Hotels , and IBM .  Abusive bosses apparently created a hostile work environment at Galleon Group that put extreme pressure on its traders, by publicly humiliating or firing employees , to get valuable information about investment target companies.  The Wall Street Journal reports that a “senior trader, Leon Shaulov , who wasn’t named in any federal charges, sometimes berated traders or analysts who couldn’t uncover enough information that could move stocks, say several current and former employees….Nearby, Mr. Rajaratnam would listen to the commotion through the glass door to his office. Through Galleon, Mr.

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Hostile work environment at Galleon Group apparently contributed to insider-trading scandal