I have just returned from the long awaited summer vacation - two weeks at the lake, just north of Ottawa in Quebec. Once a year, we go there to enjoy long swims, great reads, long walks, fabulous food and good laughs with friends and family, and of course, lots of tall cool ones by the lake. Basically, it is a time to rejuvenate and recharge.
And then I read an article in the Ottawa Business Journal this week about how Canadians are overworked and take very little vacation. When we do take it, we often stay ‘plugged’ in either by e-mail or cell. Not the vacations we took years ago. Stress-leave is becoming an epidemic.
Amazingly, our hotel is full of travellers from Europe, in particular from the UK. In the summer, we often have more guests from the UK and Europe, then we have from […]

Annie

Summer in central Italy and more specifically in Rome can be overwhelming for its sometimes excessive heat peaks. For those staying longer or simply for returning visitors it is always a pleasure to discover other places in easy reach to make it a day trip.
120 kms south from Rome along the Pontina Road, lays the lovely small town and sea resort Sperlonga on the Mar Tirreno easy accessible by train from Termini station Rome from your central hotel in My Hotel Rome.
If you come by car follow the Pontina Road until Latina, then go ahead on Strada Mediana until Terracina and from there follow the Litoranea 213 (road along the seaside) until you reach Sperlonga.
Nature lovers will want to enjoy its regional park of the Riviera di Ulisse, which partly belongs to the WWF : You will be able to go for a boat trip or underwater excursions and […]

Xtine71

Chester’s Macdonald Blossums Hotel has recently completed a multimillion pound refurbishment and re-opened to rave reviews.

Jim Butler

Events@Corinthia - Corinthia Hotels International’s (CHI) Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Events (MICE) dedicated programme, has teamed up with Malta’s Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment initiative - The ‘34U campaign’ - to launch the initiative, encouraging visiting conference groups to reduce harmful carbon emissions.

Jim Butler

Nanotechnology Ensures Optimum Stain Resistance
New from Panaz is ‘Linear’, a collection of heavy-duty and stain-resistant contract upholstery fabrics offering a contemporary interpretation of natural tweed effects for seating in high traffic areas.

Jim Butler

Candlewood Suites’ Comforts of Home™ Bedding Collection was thoughtfully created with guests AND hotel employees in mind. The Candlewood Suites team designed the Comforts of Home collection to make Candlewood Suites’ guests feel more at home, while it is also operationally pleasing for the suite attendants, setting it apart from traditional hotel bedding collections. Hotels installed nearly 11,000 mattress sets at more than 100 hotels in less than 100 days to complete the Comforts of Home Bedding Collection rollout this summer, 2007.

Jim Butler

The Mayfair is a modern, extremely robust serving tray that can be stacked in large numbers to save space. The base is 6mm thick and the offset handles are chunky for exceptional durability. Furthermore, the low outer lip allows for extensive plate overlap giving flexible use.

Jim Butler

Powering ahead in Asia Pacific, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts is raising its flag in three prime locations in a move that will quadruple the brand’s portfolio in the region and give it presence in previously untapped markets. Operated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.The new St. Regis properties include the brand’s first hotels in Japan and Thailand: St. Regis Hotel, Osaka and St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Bangkok. St. Regis is also adding its third property in China: St. Regis Hotel, Tianjin. Scheduled to open between 2009 and 2011, these three new St. Regis hotels will strengthen Starwood’s leadership position in the luxury hotel market.

Jim Butler

HotelDesigns and RFP Magazine, the only magazine on real estate facilities and projects in Asia, have teamed up to test the level of commitment of the hospitality industry to water conservation and reuse. We look to quiz all managers, owners and even guests for their feelings of the level of concern or attention paid by the industry. It’s a short quiz and if it takes more than 30 seconds then I’d be surprised!

Jim Butler

Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago will welcome its first hotel guests in December 2007. The hotel, comprising floors 14-27 of a 92-story residential tower in development by the Trump Organization, features 339 luxuriously appointed guestrooms — including one-, two- and three-bedroom suites. Designed by the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with interiors by McGinley Design, Trump International Hotel & Tower promises to be a stunning addition to Chicago’s distinguished skyline.

Jim Butler