Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Hotel and Travel advice news for September

Travel is the spice of life for this chef
nebusiness.co.uk, UK - Sep 24, 2007
After receiving that careers advice I did a BTEC in hotel and catering operations followed by an HND which gave me experience in a kitchen. ...
Travel Agents are Still in Demand
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - 15 hours ago
Most agents advice you on destinations and make arrangements for hotel stays, transportation, tours, car rentals, etc. Information on weather conditions, ...
Carlson Recognized as One of the 100 Best Companies for Working ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 9 hours ago
Carlson is a global leader in the hotel, restaurant, business and leisure travel, and marketing industries. The Carlson family of brands and services ...
Timeshare Users Group - Warning article about timeshare scams
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - 8 hours ago
"In fact, I'll come to your city, we can meet at a hotel there, and I'll buy your T/S. Bring your deeds with you so that we can finalize the deal on the ...

Jaunted
Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Osaka 101
Jaunted - 19 hours ago
See if your hotel can rent you one or ask around and see if someone has a spare to loan out. · The unwritten rules state that you can't get arrested for ...
Travel Advice: Sophie Butler
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 3, 2007
When you've booked a package purely for a certain hotel or sight, what redress do you have if the tour operator alters it? A reader contacted me recently to ...
Travel advice: Sophie Butler
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 10, 2007
If you like a more modern style, you may prefer Rocco Forte's Hotel Savoy (0039 055 27351; www.roccofortehotels.co.uk) or JK Place (0039 055 264 5181; ...

Boston Globe
Travel site adds advice on hotel rates
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 28, 2007
How confident consumers can be in Farecast's hotel predictions remains to be seen. For now, it pools data from just three hotel-booking websites ...

SmarterTravel.com
Don't trust everything you read on travel message boards
SmarterTravel.com - Sep 23, 2007
Look at other people's accounts, read guidebooks, and talk to travel providers to get a more complete picture. Essentially, my advice for using online ...
eviivo appoints new CEO
Internet Travel News (press release), UK - Sep 24, 2007
Ian Griffin, eviivo Founder, comments: “Major hotel groups and tour operators have become more and more sophisticated in their use of the internet as their ...
Universal Travel Group Newly-acquired Subsidiary Xi'an Golden Net ...
CNNMoney.com - Sep 18, 2007
Universal Travel's goal is to become China's leading travel services provider in the aviation, cargo, hotel booking and tour packaging segments. ...
OTC:UTVG
Martini lunches still popular in Latin America
MiamiHerald.com, USA - Sep 24, 2007
Of all the anecdotes, advice, tips and cautionary tales Castellon offered in our interview, we couldn't get past our fixation with the problems whiskey ...
business travel show welcomes three new exhibitors
Al-Bawaba, Jordan - Sep 17, 2007
Session topics include; how to maximise your current travel spend, assessing the benefits of online booking, understanding the impact of low cost hotel and ...
Golf Vacation Insider website publishes Top-10 Golf Travel Tips
WorldGolf.com, AZ - Sep 11, 2007
SHORT HILLS, NJ -- Golf Vacation Insider, the preeminent website for expert, unbiased and trusted golf travel advice, has published a series of "Top-10 Golf ...
Save Time, Bucks and Headaches With Rand McNally's Fall Travel Tips
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 17, 2007
The atlas is packed with handy travel information like emergency cell phone numbers, hotel and rental car Web sites, mileage charts and a driving times map. ...
China World Trade Corp Appoints New Chief Development Officer
CNNMoney.com - Sep 20, 2007
Mr. Tse brings more than 30 years of hotel management and service industry expertise to the Company. Starting on September 1, 2007 Mr. Tse will have the ...
OTC:CWTD
Big savings draw more medical tourists
MiamiHerald.com, USA - 23 hours ago
After recuperating in a five-star hotel on the beach, a stone's throw from a satellite hospital Bumrungrad operates in Phuket, she was ready to move from ...
Barmy Army to Sri Lanka
TamilNet, Sri Lanka - Sep 24, 2007
The British High Commissioner, speaking at the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates Association in Habarana, on Saturday, praised the tourism potentiality of Sri ...
Not Just his Steaks are W...
Port Folio Weekly, VA - 8 hours ago
Ignoring her banker and attorney’s advice not to buy into the restaurant business, Ruth purchased Chris Steak House on Broad Street. ...
Business Travelers Welcome Work Trips
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 19, 2007
TripAdvisor Surveys Reveals Majority of Respondents Enjoy Traveling for Work Marriott Favorite Hotel Chain for Business Travelers for Second Straight Year ...
Buyers To Tighten Belts
Business Travel News, NY - Sep 10, 2007
"My advice is to look at the percentage of hotels that are booked at LRA at a preferred hotel." For example, if LRA bookings were about at the 50 percent ...
'To-do' list eases pre-trip jitters
Toledo Blade, OH - Sep 23, 2007
•Give a copy of your travel itinerary to a family member or trusted friend. Include hotel phone numbers as dialed from the US and e-mail addresses so you ...
AARP has ideas for staying forever young Tom Blake
OCRegister, CA - Sep 24, 2007
On another night, Greta and I bought a round-trip subway ticket for two – called CharlieCard – and rode from near our hotel in Copley Square to the Faneuil ...
Seven Travel Rules From a Brooding Teenager
World Hum, CA - Sep 17, 2007
Rule 3: You will not always appreciate travel advice when you are sleep-deprived, under-nourished and lost. You are still somewhat jet-lagged and afflicted ...
A new way to serve up hotel fitness
4Hoteliers, Hong Kong - Sep 12, 2007
Reservations began sending out a 10-page ‘Travel-Well’™ guide giving advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle when away from home. The hotel was receiving ...
Dubai set to launch new Business Travel Show
e-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia - Sep 19, 2007
Attendees will also be able to participate and learn in a forum, meet with travel suppliers and receive professional advice from independents in the ...
Older Travelers Rely Most Heavily On Trusted WOM
Mediapost.com, NY - Sep 19, 2007
The travel advice and opinions of affluent older consumers--those with $75000 or greater household income--are particularly powerful decision-influencers ...
Travel insurance needs close read
News & Observer, NC - Sep 15, 2007
She went, her hotel was evacuated, and she fled Cancun 36 hours after arriving. The hotel refunded her money for the unused days. She turned to Travelex for ...
Australians are upgrading holiday hotels choices to top-of-the ...
micebtn, Australia - Sep 20, 2007
HotelClub.com found that 49.5 per cent of those surveyed indicated that they book travel online either through hotel or airline websites (30.6 per cent) or ...
Jones Lang LaSalle Arranges $34.5M Sale of the Radisson Hill
Hotel Interactive, Inc., NY - Sep 21, 2007
In 2006, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels provided sale and purchase advice on 186 hotel transactions globally; representing a combined value of US$9.3 billion, ...
JLL
Global Hotel Prices Show Slight Rise but Europe Leads the Way
Web Services Journal, NJ - Sep 20, 2007
Longhaul destinations now represent some of the best-value city breaks around the world for those willing to travel further afield: - In South America, ...
Central Virginia Business: Chamber wants to keep a hand in city's ...
Lynchburg News and Advance, VA - Sep 24, 2007
“As a result, we designed an outline of a plan, presented it to a number of the members of city council for their insight and advice, and made many ...
Las Vegas USA Tourist Blog Launches Offering Daily Las Vegas ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 18, 2007
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LasVegasUSA.org announced the launch of its new Las Vegas blog website that provides expert travel advice for visitors to Las Vegas ...
First Order a Plane Ticket. Then Grumble About Delays.
New York Times, United States - Sep 2, 2007
The site’s members post personal pages with travel tips, photos and e-mail addresses through which others can contact them. JR Johnson, co-founder of ...
Bondan Suryaning Tias: Making oneself an exponent of happiness
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - Sep 22, 2007
The latest exhibition is ongoing at Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta from Sept. 5 through Oct. 16. Art columnist Agus Dermawan says in a local newspaper review ...
Rome Hotel and Restaurant Recommendation
About - News & Issues, NY - Sep 19, 2007
The best part of their stay at Hotel Lirico was the very helpful and friendly staff who gave them good restaurant recommendations and advice. ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Alain Ducasse's tart advice in Provence
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 31, 2007
Not into television or Tourette's - as have some - but into hotel keeping. To his 21 restaurants worldwide he has added several small country retreats in ...
TripAdvisor Calls Out World's Quirkiest Lodging
CNNMoney.com - Sep 5, 2007
According to a TripAdvisor traveler, "Wow it was absolutely amazing -- the quirkiest hotel I have ever stayed in -- amazing staff, amazing food and the ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Click away for huge savings
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Sep 10, 2007
Managing director Brent Cooper says the strategy will bring online hotel bookings in line with advance-purchase discount air travel and will broaden the ...
Ancient Ethiopian city tries to become a modern tourist hub
The Canadian Press, Ethiopia - Sep 18, 2007
Other incentives include land awards and free technical advice on construction projects, said Federal Minister of Culture and Tourism Mohamoud Dirir. ...
OrbitzTLC Traveler Update Puts the Power of Social Networking to ...
CNNMoney.com - Sep 4, 2007
Other Travel Tips -- Useful advice from fellow travelers, such as favorite restaurants, quiet work spaces and any other insider advice. ...
OWW
Top travel websites
iAfrica.com, South Africa - Sep 10, 2007
Keep up to date with your travel news or get some travel advice. The site’s booking affiliate, Expedia, searches for the best deals on hotels, flights, ...
Protecting employees in danger zones
Canadian HR Reporter, Canada - Sep 21, 2007
The long-established advice to vary travel routes to and from home and the office obviously remains important but, in some countries, knowing where and when ...
Morning Buzz: Giuliani and 9/11, Subway Reforms, Ahmadinejad’s ...
New York Times, United States - Sep 21, 2007
[Daily News] A Fordham University senior filed a lawsuit, claiming that she was placed in a hotel room infested with bedbugs. A student-housing company had ...

The Associated Press
Giuliani: I'm Among Best Known Americans
The Associated Press - Sep 19, 2007
"I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world," Giuliani told a small group of reporters at a posh London hotel as onlookers ...
Travel comments that make you say ‘Duh!’
MSNBC - Aug 31, 2007
The hotel would have been fine but all the employees were speaking Spanish. (The next time you are in Mexico, we will order some French-speaking Mexicans ...
Timeshare Users Group Advice - Timesharing 101
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - Sep 18, 2007
I also expect that frequent traveler programs operated by travel companies such as airlines and hotel chains will establish tie-ins with timeshare points ...
Ianiero suspect says she can't travel to US to get medical advice ...
The Canadian Press, Ont. - Aug 27, 2007
Cheryl Everall says she's afraid to travel to the United States to obtain expert medical advice for her five-year-old daughter Kayla, who suffers from a ...
Travel: Itinerary
Kansas City Star, MO - Sep 8, 2007
What’s hot: For London in August, rooms at a Thistle chain hotel were 79 pounds (about $160), a downright steal in the capital these days. ...

PR.com (press release)
Inspirational Philanthropists in Monaco
PR.com (press release), NY - Sep 23, 2007
“During a competition in Cape Town, a friend said she used the phone in the hotel for just a few minutes and it cost over one hundred dollers. ...
Sally aye "Amarillo" Sweetheart of the Country
Malibu Arts Reviews, CA - Sep 23, 2007
She remembers the homespun words of advice from her mother, full of wisdom that doesn't travel well outside the small town. "Look at you laying there with ...
You can experience 4-star Vancouver on a 2-star budget
Inside Bay Area, CA - Sep 17, 2007
A double room in a budget hotel? The downtown Day's Inn quoted nearly $200 a night for mid-August. Five years ago, one US dollar bought $1.60 Canadian. ...
Golfing at Lara Croft 'Tomb' site
The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - Sep 22, 2007
Many international hotel chains have established here and there are some smart cafe{aac}s and restaurants. Red Piano is a landmark corner restaurant in an ...
One-quarter of college German doesn’t cut it
In-Forum (subscription), ND - Sep 22, 2007
Whenever we asked a hotel clerk for directions, she would claim it was “an easy 15-minute walk from here.” We quickly learned that meant “a 45-minute trudge ...
Travelers arrive at Facebook
USA Today - Aug 30, 2007
... let Facebook "friends" trade everything from travel tips, Scrabble scores and books they're reading to hedge fund advice via a fantasy stock exchange. ...
Farecast Launches Hotels Search
Earthtimes.org - Aug 29, 2007
"No other travel search site offers expert advice and information to help you make the right tradeoffs and smarter hotel purchase decisions. ...
Exploring Las Vegas transportation alternatives
Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 12, 2007
Last year's ridership was 7 million (out of the 38.9 million people who visited the city). Share your travel feedback, tips and advice on our Travel Message ...

UK Express
OUTCRY AS HOTEL BUG HITS SCORES OF BRITONS
UK Express, UK - Sep 16, 2007
This month alone more than 50 holidaymakers have sought legal advice after being taken ill at the Royal Park Hotel in Bulgaria. This follows an outbreak ...

Easier
Courchevel chaos?
Easier, UK - Sep 20, 2007
The hotel scene in Courchevel, France’s most stylish and glitzy ski resort, is currently in a major state of flux. Those who haven't been to Courchevel 1850 ...

Bangkok Post
The heart of the matter
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Sep 21, 2007
At first sight it looks very much like a hotel lobby, with receptionists waiting to give you a warm welcome. But once you see the smiling nurses you know ...
Inaugural Dubai Business Travel show set for October
Travel & Tourism News Middle East, Bahrain - Aug 29, 2007
The Business Travel Show aims to provide practical and independent advice, up to date information, and is a forum for learning. ...
Seminar Helps Vietnam Hotels Achieve Online Success
PR Leap (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2007
COM) HCMC, 20 September 2007 – With as many as 33% of all hotel bookings being made via the internet, a strong online presence is vital for today’s ...
The Best Ways to Get Cash While Overseas
U.S. News & World Report, DC - Sep 5, 2007
Travel experts recommend using debit cards at local ATMs, credit cards, and even US dollars. Here are tips for accessing money abroad: Wait until you get ...
JOBS FAIR AIMS TO BE BIGGEST
South Wales Evening Post, UK - Sep 19, 2007
... Stradey Park Hotel, Travel City Direct, Picton Sports, Argos, Wilkinson, Dawnpac and the armed forces. In zone two will be advice from JobsforceWales, ...
Final Call: Conversation with Leo Hickman
Planeta.com, TX - Sep 20, 2007
In the UK, at least, there is certainly growing evidence that more and more people are travelling independently - booking a flight, car rental and hotel ...

Cinematic Happenings Under Development
THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: DEVIN GO BRAGH (TRAVELOGUE PART 1)
Cinematic Happenings Under Development, NY - Sep 22, 2007
I, of course, couldn't take my own advice and fell asleep minutes after checking into the hotel at about 6pm. When I woke up it was still dark. ...
Posted to the web 19 September 2007
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 19, 2007
Following the spread of the information on his death, his Segelu hotel and his house all at New Ife road, became the mourners ports of call. ...

Daily Mail
Travel-codgers: The people who just can't get enough of Travelodge ...
Daily Mail, UK - Sep 12, 2007
By taking advantage of special offers as low as £15 a night, the couple have spent £97600 on hotel costs over the past 22 years - the cost of a two-bedroom ...
TDN in brief
Travel Daily News International, Greece - Aug 29, 2007
This acquisition teams two of the largest publishers of destination travel advice under one globally-operated company and enables 10Best to significantly ...

Philadelphia Inquirer
Hip Trip | Fall in Quebec keeps you busy
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Sep 23, 2007
Hotel rates inch downward, too. Make no mistake, though, fun still runs full-throttle. Just an hour north of Montreal, in the Laurentians, you can scream ...
Budget hotel site launches in Europe
Internet Travel News (press release), UK - Sep 14, 2007
"We're excited to offer our users the first personalized hotel search engine that combines savvy in-house advice with easy-to-use hotel rate comparison ...
Anti-Syrian MP 'killed in Beirut bomb'
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - Sep 19, 2007
See the Kefalonia Travel Guide for maps, weather and even Kefalonia Greece videos. 123 Debt Solutions based in Liverpool offers free information and advice ...
Hurricane survival guide
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Aug 28, 2007
Consider buying travel insurance that covers you if a hurricane forces you to cancel or cut your trip short. Find out if your hotel has a hurricane ...
ACTE Canada defines key travel industry issues
Travel Daily News International, Greece - Aug 29, 2007
This session will examine how hotel and rental car companies are managing their inventories, and how travel managers can work with suppliers for everyone`s ...
Green hair extensions and other travel emergencies
Brisbane Times, Australia - Aug 26, 2007
She has got herself a job writing travel advice for the Foreign Office website. "It might sound trivial, but you never know when you might break a nail or ...
Planning can add to retirees' travel fun
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - Aug 30, 2007
"Travel agents are paid to know the answers." Travel agents also can offer deals that lump airfare, hotel and sightseeing adventures into a low-cost package ...
"You Are Not Alone' book launch
Donegal News (subscription), UK - Sep 21, 2007
Margo, a cancer survivor herself, will launch the book in the Mount Errigal Hotel at 8pm on Monday next. An open invitation has been extended to everyone to ...
AC may ban free casino shuttle buses in resort
Press of Atlantic City, NJ - Sep 19, 2007
They waited at the Showboat Casino Hotel porte-cochere at about 6 pm Tuesday for the next free black and gold Harrah's Total Rewards bus to drive them to ...
Earn bonus miles by using PayPal for Northwest tickets
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Sep 1, 2007
these resources supply readers with the latest tips and advice on all things automotive- and travel-related as they pertain to their specific needs and ...
NWA
Booking made from 55 countries via online travel and business portal
Times of Malta, Malta - Sep 14, 2007
Speaking to the trade at the BOV MHRA hotel survey yesterday, sales director Jonathan Shaw said the total revenue generated from bookings between January ...
Bull run!
Economic Times, India - Sep 12, 2007
Hadn’tI just seen her drag a suitcase twice her size from the bus to the hotel? And with so many of us milling around, where could it go? ...
Condé Nast Traveler 7 Best Places To Beat The Weak Dollar: Queenstown
Concierge, NY - Sep 19, 2007
Get the best travel advice on earth for 78% off the cover price—that's like getting 9 issues FREE! Send us your questions or comments about Condé Nast ...
No free lunches?
Globes, Israel - Sep 18, 2007
What about a relaxing hour-long massage at a luxury hotel? What about a simple cup of coffee? It is very hard to assess, and it will be even harder to ...
Cashing in on airlines' overbooked flights
Seattle Times, United States - Sep 12, 2007
"Dollar signs lit up in people's eyes," recalls David Lytle, editorial director of the travel Web site frommers.com, whose flight was leaving from a nearby ...
How to...choose a business hotel
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, MA - Sep 5, 2007
If out-of-towners will be coming from the hotel to the firm’s offices on a daily basis, a location nearby will eliminate unnecessary travel time. ...

CNN International
An inside look at European tours
CNN International - Sep 14, 2007
Therefore he knows everyone's business and can give excellent advice to competing tour companies. Anyone considering booking a tour might enjoy an overview ...

Lovetripper.com
Destination Weddings and Honeymoons in St. Barts
Lovetripper.com, TX - Sep 19, 2007
Each hotel has been uniquely designed, blending into the surrounding terrain. Luxury and elegance is felt in each environment. St. Barts features some of ...
The female escort of a students’ excursion
The Statesman, India - Sep 17, 2007
The hotel rooms in Darjeeling are not very clean and some students want to leave for a better place by paying through one student’s credit card. ...
A TOUR FOR EVERY OTAKU: POP JAPAN TRAVEL NOW ACCEPTING 2008 ...
Active Anime (press release) - Aug 29, 2007
For $2500 (plus a $200 fuel surcharge) the Cold Steel Tour includes roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles to Tokyo, hotel accomodations for eight nights in ...
Golf Odyssey adds searchable, back-issue archive to its website
WorldGolf.com, AZ - Aug 26, 2007
Golf Vacation Insider, LLC publishes expert, unbiased and trusted golf travel advice for free on its website and via e-mail, special reports, and guidebooks ...
Our favorite networking gear
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Sep 16, 2007
Basically, it turns your hotel room's Ethernet Internet connection into a wireless one. The good: Easy to set up and maintain; fast throughput; ...
£1m spend at heart of council finance probe
Hereford Times, UK - Sep 20, 2007
We want to know who sanctioned what and on whose advice - with this in mind, some of our senior officers and cabinet members should already be considering ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Tourist or traveller: which one are you?
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Aug 28, 2007
The labels are hard to define, which is why I've come up with my fool-proof, completely made-up quiz to determine your travel status. So, get a pen ready, ...
Room for the Kids on a Cruise Tour?
Concierge, NY - Aug 29, 2007
Timely and practical travel advice and insights from Condé Nast Traveler's consumer news editor Wendy Perrin and her team. Freebies forbidden here! ...
Navigating a Budget Airline
Wall Street Journal - Sep 2, 2007
... also serving as director of several companies in the hotel and travel group SembCorp Industries Ltd. Tor Ching Li interviewed Ms. Chong in Singapore. ...
Social media to drive dramatic change
Internet Travel News (press release), UK - Sep 5, 2007
The findings, first being presented in a speech by Estis at the HSMAI Hotel Sales Strategy Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, ...
New book: 'Where to Go When'
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Aug 27, 2007
The GAIA Napa Valley, in American Canyon, Calif., and the Orchard Garden Hotel in San Francisco are among just five hotels in the world to be certified as ...
Five Ways to a Cheap Last-Minute Vacation
Kiplinger.com, DC - Aug 31, 2007
Or you can look for destinations within a day's drive and book an affordable hotel using one of our favorite travel Web sites. ...
Gold Fields Bidder Takes Twisted Path From Shelter to Argentina
Bloomberg - Aug 31, 2007
He concocts deals while jumping from a trailer park to a homeless shelter to hotel rooms costing $38 a night in San Francisco's crime-ridden Tenderloin ...
GFI
WWD Ultimate Guide to Wi-Fi: From Network Setup to Power User Tips
WebWorkerDaily, CA - Sep 17, 2007
Wi-Fi in the Hotel. Do you spend a lot of time in hotels? If so, a Wi-Fi travel router is an essential tool to carry. Belkin has one that I like a lot. ...



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