Nel Chianti la neve non è cosa di tutti i giorni, per questo quando arriva è una festa per tutti, soprattutto se capita come quest’anno che nevichi a pochi giorni da Natale ! Le colline, i vigneti, i dolci pendii della Toscana sono ancora più belli imbiancati da soffice neve. Non solo i turisti ma anche gli abitanti sono sorpresi nell’ammirare la natura imbiancata.
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Nel Chianti è arrivata la neve!
Now that Europe’s top decorators are doing up Paris hotels, you can experience a catalog of signature looks My first trip to Paris, in 1978 at age 23, was a success in every way but one. I tasted cassoulet
Currently the hero of my life is taking care of the hero of my lifetime! Conrad Hilton and his staff around the world have been taking mighty good care of my husband Richard. Now, this man knew what he was doing when he started his hotel service program! I don’t know how the Hilton Hotel employees and their service “system” manage to do it so well, but they have customer service nailed. Over the past 10 years Richard has stayed almost exclusively in Hilton Hotels and usually comes back home with a good attitude partially because the hotel staff treated him well. “Thanks Conrad; you have made my life easier too!” There are not many service organizations that please us these days. I believe that there was a lot of emphasis on creating a good customer service experience back in the 1980s. For a short time it was noticed in a lot of consumer relationships. I remember purchasing my first computer and the great service that went into that sale. Surprise! I also remember buying a used car and getting terrific service during the sale. Most of that is long gone. Companies who had the word “service” in their corporate motto really didn’t mean it
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My Hero
Jump to the full entry & travel map Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Work really is for suckers! It’s always good to get on the road again, this time it was down to Alice to meet Erica who had a conference down there. It is a long way south of Darwin, 1500km to be exact. After filling up the spare 20L jerry can, filling the cooler with ice and loading up the car it was time to get going
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1500km in a day – Darwin to Alice — Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
For lack of a better term – I am a “foodie.” I mean, who isn’t nowadays. Thanks to the success of Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen , and the like, every Mac-N-Cheese eating, sugar cookie burning schmuck is ranting and raving about the stylistic approach to sous-vide cooking, idolizing celeb chefs like rock stars, and detailing the complexities of pork belly and bone marrow. (With that said, if you are yet to taste either the belly or marrow, you have my sympathy.) However, a great restaurant does more than just serve up good food, delivering a certain level of shock-and-awe, mesmerizing the guest and making them come back for more. Hmmm, sounds a lot like what a great hotel is supposed to do, right? For that reason, hotel restaurants are no longer a by-product of the hotel itself, but instead, a leading demand generator and a hotel marketers dream. I didn’t realize the marketing power of a great hotel restaurant until I spent time working at a Relais and Chateaux resort and restaurant in the British Virgin Islands
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Hotel Amenities: Wi-Fi, Plush Linens, Minibar, and ROCK STAR CHEF?
In his story on warm-weather escapes in this month’s issue of Traveler , writer Charles Kulander identified six great affordable hotels that let you commune with nature, including our cover subject, the Cotton Tree Lodge in Punta Gorda, Belize. Here’s his list; check out the full story online . Hix Island House: Vieques, Puerto Rico Crowning a hilltop, these indoor/outdoor concrete lofts open to the elements.
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Sleeping Arrangements: Back to Nature, In Style
PP Blue Sky Resort new buildings on Long Beach Phi Phi Island had just been completed when I was there in mid November. These new bungalows are a lot more modern and airy, a lot better designed and I am looking forward to seeing how they fit them out and what the interior decor will look like.
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PP Blue Sky Resort new buildings on Long Beach Phi Phi Island
Nowadays, moving a business from offline to online becomes a sort of good-style marketing among large and medium companies. If a company does not have at least a promo-website, that is considered to be either as oldie ignorance or as a scoped marketing. Indeed, the Internet sales are in the speedy reincarnation after the painful 2002 dotcom-crash
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Booking Online – Killer-Solution for Tour Operators?
Dear readers, we have just released the full version of our Green Travel Search Engin, http://www.greenty.com/ . We now have more than 1000 eco hotels listed on the site in many destinations such as: Antigua and Barbuda Eco-hotels Argentina Eco-hotels Aruba Eco-hotels Australia Eco-hotels Austria Eco-hotels Bahamas Eco-hotels Barbados Eco-hotels Belgium Eco-hotels Belize Eco-hotels Bermuda Eco-hotels Bolivia Eco-hotels Brazil Eco-hotels Cambodia Eco-hotels Canada Eco-hotels Cayman Islands Eco-hotels Chile Eco-hotels China Eco-hotels Colombia Eco-hotels Cook Islands Eco-hotels Costa Rica Eco-hotels Czech Republic Eco-hotels Denmark Eco-hotels Dominica Eco-hotels Ecuador Eco-hotels Egypt Eco-hotels Estonia Eco-hotels Fiji Eco-hotels Finland Eco-hotels France Eco-hotels French Polynesia Eco-hotels Gabon Eco-hotels Gambia Eco-hotels Germany Eco-hotels Ghana Eco-hotels Greece Eco-hotels Grenada Eco-hotels Guadeloupe Eco-hotels Guatemala Eco-hotels Guyana Eco-hotels Honduras Eco-hotels Hungary Eco-hotels Iceland Eco-hotels India Eco-hotels Indonesia Eco-hotels Ireland Eco-hotels Italy Eco-hotels Jamaica Eco-hotels Japan Eco-hotels Kenya Eco-hotels Laos Eco-hotels Lithuania Eco-hotels Madagascar Eco-hotels Malawi Eco-hotels Malaysia Eco-hotels Maldives Eco-hotels Mauritius Eco-hotels Mexico Eco-hotels Micronesia Eco-hotels Monaco Eco-hotels Montserrat Eco-hotels Morocco Eco-hotels Mozambique Eco-hotels Namibia Eco-hotels Netherlands Eco-hotels Netherlands Antilles Eco-hotels New Caledonia Eco-hotels New Zealand Eco-hotels Nicaragua Eco-hotels Norway Eco-hotels Panama Eco-hotels Papua New Guinea Eco-hotels Peru Eco-hotels Philippines Eco-hotels Portugal Eco-hotels Puerto Rico Eco-hotels Saint Lucia Eco-hotels Seychelles Eco-hotels South Africa Eco-hotels Spain Eco-hotels Sri Lanka Eco-hotels Sweden Eco-hotels Switzerland Eco-hotels Tanzania Eco-hotels Thailand Eco-hotels Tonga Eco-hotels Turkey Eco-hotels Turks and Caicos Islands Eco-hotels United Kingdom Eco-hotels United States Eco-hotels Vanuatu Eco-hotels Vietnam Eco-hotels Virgin Islands Eco-hotels Western Samoa Eco-hotels Zambia Eco-hotels We welcome your comments
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A website with more than 1000 eco hotels listed
People are pissed about Hilton’s loyalty points devaluation next year, and I don’t blame them. As some of the company’s most loyal guests consider bringing their loyalty elsewhere, the likes of Intercontinental, Marriott, and Starwood are woo’ing them with promotions and all this chit chat about how their points will remain at the same value.
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Hotel points devaluation. Who’s to blame?
Located between the Philippine and the South China seas in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is an exceptionally charming archipelago of 7,107 enchanting islands, covering an area of 300,000 sq km, and consisting of Mindanao, Luzon, and Visayas, thereby forming the nation’s main island chains.Acknowledged as the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, the Philippines boasts of an array of attractions comprising beautiful islands, fantastic beaches, astounding volcanoes, unique wildlife, awe-inspiring landscapes, and world-renowned diving destinations. With hundreds of awesome tourist destinations, the Philippines cater to all types of vacationers, such as honeymooners, nature lovers, adventurers, and wildlife explorers
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Manila, Gateway To The Charming Exotic Philippines
Here are a list of venues and locales along the highline where you can plan your next event. While it may be freezing outside these venues are still real hot!! Standard Hotel, 848 Washington Street NY, NY 10014 212.645.4646 http://www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/ A logical choice; featured in our May 24th posting, this hotel serves as the Highline’s anchor, soaring 18 stories above the now defunct rail-line. Details about future venues at The Standard are on the nebulous side, but this summer expect the opening of five bars (one on the top floor overlooking the Highline) and two restaurants. If you can’t bear to wait a few months for The Standard to reach full operation, then check out the bar adjacent to the lobby, which features a comfortable indoor area and an outdoor lounge equipped with cozy fire pits. Hotel Gansevoort 18 Ninth Ave.
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Planning Events Along the Highline
Hot off the press (well, from a couple weeks ago – November 30th, 2009) is a wonderful little article by Susan Fogwell of the Examiner.com. Susan is a travel focused writer for the Examiner.com and she recently took some time to test out her very own Ivar backpack. What she found is the same thing all other owners of an Ivar pack find out; that there’s truly no other backpack like an Ivar
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Need a travel backpack?
Northern Spain and Galicia offer an exceptional variety of visitor accommodation. Accommodation can be found that will fit all forms of budgets and even the most particular tourists will find something to suit their particular needs. If it is luxury that you are after then the best advice should be to head straight for the exclusive hotels and “Paradors” but to be honest even the basic family “casas rurales” are extremely good value for money.
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Guest Houses, Inns and Hotels in Northern Spain
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. This Week’s Stories : Gordon Ramsay Sells off New York Restaurant , Nur Khan and Paul Sevigny Set to Reopen Civetta in 2010 , Tom Colicchio Planning Tom Tuesday Dinner-Inspired Restaurant , Le Pain Quotidien Wins Bid for Central Park Cafe , The 2nd Annual Hottest Chefs in NYC Contest Commences , The Top Ten Industry Freak Outs of 2009 , Todd English to Add Food Court to Plaza Mall , and Anne Burrell Sued for Discrimination
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Week in Eater: Ramsay Sells, Colicchio Plans New Restaurant, Burrell Sued
Dubai will be much more worth visiting if you book in one of its quality hotels. Hotel booking will be made easier and safer when done with the Dubai Tourism accredited hotels whether a luxury hotel or the more affordable ones..
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Kayak, Canoe and Paddle Blog Archive Dubai Hotel Guide – Hotel Booking – Blog Posts – Famous Hotels
Sabina Lohr took a break from touristy Cancún , Mexico, and learned that getting off the beaten path is only a few steps away. Just a short ferry hop from Cancún, Mexico, colorful Isla Mujeres is an spot where day-trippers commonly escape for a while from their all-inclusive hotel vacations in the mainland’s hotel zone. This tiny island boasts gorgeous beaches, friendly people, and great little Mexican restaurants.
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Mexico’s Garden of Art
Renee Ashley’s Red ‘Globetrotter’ Travel Case PAMPERING: It is inevitable that you’ll get stuck in an airport somewhere, sometime, so why not relax while you’re waiting? Get Pampered: At Detroit Metro Airport, you can get a facial, a massage, and a shower in McNamara terminal. Listen to Chopin: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has a pianist to serenade irritable would-be passengers
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Travel: Jet Set or Jet Blue (Pampering, Planning, and Photographing)
The November 2009 issue of Dream of Italy is out. Here is what paid susbcribers will be reading about: Sisters Share Their Private Puglia Travel recommendations that delve deep into the Italian region of Puglia – its food and restaurants, glorious natural wonders and musical, cultural and religious celebrations.
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November 2009 Issue – Puglia, Christmas in Sicily, Florence Hotels
There are certain books that begin with a great premise and a great main character but which are simply unable to deliver on the promise of a well-told story. This is one of those books. This 303-page tale of a modern airline traveler loses its interest, its energy and its wings at about the 200-page mark. From then on, the engines are stalled and the story glides awkwardly to a crash landing on a foam-filled runway. Up in the Air is the story of Ryan Bingham, a so-called Career Transition Counselor, who is hired to help downsizing companies get rid of employees without having them go postal. Bingham must be part psychologist, part upward mobility trainer and – to a large part – a fraudulent New Age guru who’s supposed to convince the terminated workers that its all for the best. Of course, Bingham (who views himself as a type of glorified and special purpose accountant) never has to stick around to view the actual damage – the failed marriages, lost homes and suicides. He convinces himself that he does more good than harm as he flies every day or two on Great West Airlines circa 2001. As we meet the not-t00-likeable and self-absorbed Bingham, he’s submitted his resignation because he is about to accomplish the main goal of his life. His primary objective is to be the tenth person in the domestic carrier’s history who has flown 1,000,000 miles without leaving the U.S. Bingham travels so much that he has no home or apartment, he lives in the thin atmosphere land he calls “Airworld.” There’s a lot of inside baseball talk that frequent flyers and frequent lodging chain sleepers will find entertaining… For example, there’s much debate about the merits of Hilton-owned Hampton Inns versus Marriott Courtyards. Which one is the best base for corporate warriors, and why is it that a traveler feels almost invisible at the larger Marriott and Hilton properties? (And why is it that frequent travelers come to need Sound Soothers to sleep?) Bingham also has this marvelous machine called the Hand Star, the apparent precursor of today’s BlackBerry smartphone.
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A Turbulent Flight