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Mad Guests and UFOs: Why Hampton Hotels Are Number 1

Did you hear the story of the Hampton Hotels guest who took advantage of the chain’s 100%, no-questions asked refund policy?

She complained the UFO’s outside her window kept her awake all night.

She got her money back.

Or, as USA Today reported, how about the guest who asked for a refund because the cows mooing outside his window disturbed his sleep?

No wonder  Hampton Hotels has just been rated  Number 1 in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 
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Winter-Sun-Getaway Hotspots

Winter Sun Hot Spots – great getaways this winter With the golden beaches and warming sun easily accessible nowadays, it’s easy to travel anywhere to escape the cold British weather and head off to some welcoming sunshine. In fact, even more of us are expected to jet off this winter than ever before. But where are the warmest, hottest places at this time of year?

Well firstly, here are a few short haul ideas if you’re thinking about escaping to somewhere warm this winter...

With seven islands to c

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New Cabo Hotel Featuring Top Baja Mediterranean

If you are planning a much needed fun-in-the-sun getaway this winter, you’re in for a treat! Solmar Hotels & Resorts is celebrating its newest luxury property’s grand opening in Los Cabos Mexico at Land’s End. In case you need a geography refresher, Land’s End is on the tip of the Baja Peninsula which juts right into the Sea of Cortes and Pacific Ocean just offshore Los Cabos, a thriving and well developed port of call for cruise ships and yacht excursions from around the world.

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Art Hotels in Paris

It is more and more difficult to find nice hotels in Paris. Of course you have plenty of hotels but some are not well managed with unpleasant receptionists, some are well located but not as clean they should be and some others are too much expensive .

 

I sent one of my friend, Laeticia, to the hotel Art Hotel Congres, located 44 rue Gauthey (17th district). She called me one day and said to me, would you be nice to help me; I need a room from tonight for my husband, my son (2 years old) and pleas

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April-May and October-November are the calm periods in terms of winds and when the water temperature can rise to 29ºC with a visibility of up to 30 metres.

In December -January, the north-west winds blow with relatively the same conditions as in the calm periods, however a greater surface movement and some localised turbidity can be experienced.

From May-September the south-easterly winds blow leading to a decrease in visibility and water temperature to around 25°C.

What types of dives are av

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Luxury Travel Bows to Social Media

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Luxury Travel Bows to Social Media

In Cannes, France, members of the elite International Luxury Travel Market crowd (ILTM)
paid grudging respect to the power of the social media “crowd”.

The elite at the classy Riviera resort had to admit that the  power and wisdom of Face Book, Twitter, and “invite only” travel web sites was changing the face of luxury travel, for good.

Agence France Presse (AFP)  reported that Klara Glowczewska, editor of Conde Nast Traveler, a glossy, upscale trave
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The writer Sinclair Lewis famously observed, “Travel is so broadening,” but I’ll bet he never imagined it could teach you to walk with a book on your head. On November 27 and again on December 29, the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach will reprise its successful “Charm Camp,” a one-day immersion program for teenage guests of the female persuasion modeled on finishing schools of days gone by, but smartly updated for the 21st century. Held for the first time this past June, it also attracted local girls w
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Weather in the Seychelles

The Weather of the Seychelles is relatively stable year round and The Seychelles islands do not experience weather extremes. Many people ask me when is it Winter in the Seychelles- my answer never!!
The Seychelles does not experience radical temperature changes. The temperature in the Seychelles rarely will go below 24°C or rises above 32°C providing for a warm climate all year round. Does it not sound wonderful when you are sitting in the cold dull dark winters!!

Seychelles however does experienc
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Postcard from the Future – Events 2020

I was recently commissioned by BT Publishing, producers of Micenet Australia,Australia’s leading bi-monthly publication for the business events community, to ponder how events might be in the year 2020, here is a
reprint of the article:

Postcard from the Future – Events 2020


I’m sitting here in August 2020, preparing for another conference keynote and reminiscing on how the business events, meetings, exhibition and incentives industry has changed over the last 10 years and how much of it is still

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Snorkeling in the Seychelles Islands

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Great Seychelles Snorkeling @ Chalets d' Anse Forbans

Chalets d' Anse Forbans is located just a step away from the beach of Anse Forbans which is located in a remote bay on the South East Coast of Mahé Island Seychelles. The beach and bay is known as a hawksbill turtle nesting beach but this Seychelles beach has a Exotic Underwater World to share as well.

Snorkeling is a must when on holiday with us at Chalets d' Anse Forbans.Anse Forbans beach offers the opportunity of
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5 Romantic Caribbean Getaways

This is a list of the top five romantic Caribbean getaways.

One of the most popular places for a honeymoon is the Caribbean. Its tropical islands have much to offer for newlywed couples beginning their lives together. With so many places in the Caribbean holidays to choose from, the Wedding Channel has created a list of the top five romantic Caribbean getaways.

Las Casitas Village and Golden Door Spa in Puerto Rico

Located in Puerto Rico, the Las Casitas Resort has 157 private villas with Atlantic

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The Twitter Virtual Concierge

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Enter the UK’s First Twitter Virtual Concierge

Britain’s largest hotel chain, Premier Inn Hotels announced what it calls the UK’s “first Twitter concierge service.”

Travel Daily News says it will “shake up the traditional concierge service” by letting guests tweet@PremierInn and ask for recommendations about anything from local family activities, the nearest karaoke bar, emergency medical care, theater tickets...all the stuff that one would normally ask a human concierge.

At the mome
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Japan's Art Museum Turned Hotel

Some hotels and resorts throughout the world make a big deal out of their collections of painting and sculpture. But leave it to the Japanese to go all the way and actually build a hotel around an art museum. The wee island of Naoshima, in Japan's Inland Sea off the Honshu coast between Osaka and Hiroshima, has gotten quite the elegant little rep in recent years for its modern art museums, of all things, thanks to a local textbook publisher called Benesse. That includes the Chichu Art Museum, th

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Easy Thailand Travel: Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai, Thailand, is known for its elephants, tigers, resorts, parasols, temples, hill tribes and mountains.

So what's in it for Levelers? All of the above and more.


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Start with Chiang Mai which means "new city" despite its being 700 years old. Once capital of the Lanna ("a million rice fields") Kingdom and center of Buddhism in northern Thailand it is now the country's second largest. For many years it was accessible only by river or elephant. A railway line wasn't finished un

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Seychelles International Airport- A step back in history
The Seychelles International Airport officially opened on the 20th March 1972 with the official ceremony being carried out by her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II. However, interesting to note well before this on the 17th June 1939 a flying boat called GUBA 11 has flown to the Seychelles under its own steam.

The Seychelles International Airport continued to grow and more aircraft's landed on the island of Mahe to discover the Seychelles. On the 4t
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Hotel Fox, Copenhagen

Ever heard about a place called Hotel FOX in Copenhagen? The hotel that was launched in 2005 as a result of Project FOX and created by international artists.

Each room is a unique piece of art, which the hotel guest completes by staying, sleeping, working and moving in it. The Hotel Fox reflects a new facet of mobility, of travelling and urban living culture. By holding 21 international artist groups from graphic design, urban art and illustration responsible for design and decoration a hotel for

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Upon turning from apartment building to hotel back in 1971, the Athenaeum
instantly became the latest and greatest in upmarket if buttoned-down hostelry swank in Britain's capital, attracting top celebs of the day. Inevitably, plenty of other properties have since laid claim to that crown of cool. But even as it reaches middle age, a recent £7 million (US$10.8 million) refurb put this luxe 123-roomer in Mayfair, down the street from Picadilly Circus and right across from bucolic Green Park, smac

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The Parrot's Perch bucket dumps 400 gallons of water to everyone's delight at CoCo Key's waterpark (© 2010 Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com)

see slideshow at: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/examinerslideshow.html?entryid=1530069

Coco Key Hotel & Waterpark is a refreshing addition to Orlando, already the indisputable world capital of family fun. In fact, Coco Key was built for fun.

Most important for families: it offers resort features for a hotel price, is a Universal-Orlando partner propert

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An Anniversary in the Seychelles on the beach....Chalets d' Anse Forbans Creole Style Gazebo is not only for making Dream Island Weddings come true but also for Special Occasions. This past month the Beach Gazebo was used by some of our visiting clients from Germany to celebrate their 5th Wedding Anniversary. Each year Christian and Heike aim to do some totally different for their anniversary and this year decided on the Seychelles Island and Chalets d' Anse Forbans. We were extremely delighted
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Forget The Mint: Fairmont Offers An iPad in Every Room

Fairmont's flag ship property, The Plaza (NY) still offers its signature turn-down service, skips the mint, but offers the "sweetest" touch of all: an iPad in every guest room.

Starting September 2010, The Plaza will offer iPads in all guest rooms and suites, and they'll be loaded with Fairmont's proprietary program, the '"virtual concierge application," driven by software from Orlando-based Intelity called ICE, f
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