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Archive for November, 2006

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

A really cool hotel


Ice Hotel Canada Photo by Sandra BellefoyIf you are the type of person who doesn't mind the cold and actually travels to places that have snow during the winter or maybe you've never had to chance to experience real snow and you want to do it to the extreme. Why not check out a world famous Ice Hotels?

Cool...Ice...Huh, huh.

Oh yes, we are starting the day ...

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Singapore on the Non-Smoking bandwagon


The Royal Plaza Hotel will become Singapore's first fully smoke-free hotel when it reopens in January. This smoking ban will apply to both guests and staff, but management at the Royal Plaza Hotel isn’t turning their backs on smokers completely. Guests who have trouble dealing with the smoke free environment can get ...

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Walking in a winter wonderland


I woke up this morning to lots of snow. I'm not talking about a nice gentle sprinkling of snow. I'm talking 10 minutes of car snow removal this morning, and an extra 20 minutes in traffic snow.

That is a lot of snow.

So to celebrate we are going check out my favorite place to go snowboarding - Banff.

If you are looking for a ...

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Hiroyuki Sakai treats the Observatory Hotel


Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai

Anyone who knows me knows that if I get a chance to work Iron Chef into anything it makes my day...And yes, today my day has been made.

Last night Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai treated guests at the Observatory Hotel to an amazing 7 course meal that was kept top ...

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Great Hotel Marketing


You have probably seen at least one or two billboards promoting hotels during your lifetime. These hotels claim to be comfortable, clean, and loaded with really cool amenities that totally - and conveniently enough - fit what you are looking for when staying at a hotel.

But have you ever had a free preview of a hotel? I doubt it.

Better still, have you ever seen a hotel room on a billboard ...

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Doubletree Hotels Cares


If it always feels good to help your community then Doubletree Hotels should feel really good today. The hotel chain and the World Wildlife Fund have formed an exclusive partnership as part of their continuation of Doubletree Hotel's successful Teaching Kids to CARE community outreach program.
From now until December, thousands of kids will learn about the threats and challenges facing the ...

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Flying Luxury Hotel


Could we be looking at the future of the hotel business? I found this one floating -wink wink - around on the Popular Science website. What you are looking at is no blimp. It is the 400-ton luxury Aeroscraft.

Igor Pasterna of Worldwide Aeros Corporation came up with this behemoth of an idea. It is a huge luxury hotel in the sky, almost ...

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

HotelsByCity Top Ten Everything


HotelsByCity has done it again...in my humble opinion.

We have launched yet another new feature on the fastest growing travel website online! Top 10 Lists from HotelsByCity features some of the coolest theme parks, hottest casinos, most luxurious spas, and sweetest ...

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Borat steals hotel chairs


Borat aka Sacha Baron Cohen

Have you heard about the worldwide phenomenon that is Borat? He is a character played by Sacha Baron Cohen who you might know as Ali G, or that French race car driver from Ricky Bobby. His claim to fame is the new documentary Borat: Cultural Learnings of ...

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Chef Ramsay lands in New York


Celebrity Chef Ramsay is famous from the Hell's Kitchen reality cooking competition. For those not familiar with the show the premise was Ramsay pitting a small army of want-to-be chefs head to head for a chance to become a head chef at a Ramsay owned restaurant. Now he is taking his talent to the Big Apple. New York City will ...