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Could one have a better opening press release than one by Andreas Augustin himself? I don’t believe so.
Andreas is the man behind

The Most Famous Hotels in the World

Schloss Velden was officially opened on Sunday May 27 2007 with 7000 guests for the opening ceremony. On Monday May 28, 2007 it was opened for 300 guests […]

December 28, 2004
Launch of ABN AMRO 2
Photo © Happy Hotelier

Going back in time to December 28, 2004:
My friend Bas had wiped off the snow from ABN AMRO 2’s name, later nicknamed White Betty, just prior to its launch.
Bas was responsible for the styling of the two ABN AMRO sponsored sailing boats and the styling of […]

Thanks to Constance, the Blogging Stewardess I came across this nifty gadget of Drybike the umbrella holder to put on your bike.
Very helpful in this rainy country with more bikes (approx 18 mio) than inhabitants (approx 17 mio).
I would advise to use the Senz Storm Umbrella that has less chance to fly away (with you) […]

White Rietveld Red and Blue Chair
Photo thanks to Christie’s

Today was an important Rietveld day at Christie’s in Amsterdam.
Not many people will know (at least I didn’t know) that before Dutch Chair Designer Gerrit Rietveld painted the Red Blue Rietveld Chair red and blue, inspired as he then must have been by Piet Mondriaan, another member […]

Luxury 5 star hotel The Grand

Luxury 5 star Hotel The Grand Amsterdam, operating under the Sofitel Demeure label of Accor, will undergo a Euro 25 mio renovation starting in November, 2007 and probably lasting 1,5 year.
The 131 rooms and 35 suites Hotel will get a whole new concept. Also the cooperation with Chef Albert Roux […]

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And the Italians did it! They beat the USA team another time and are now heading to the LV Cup’s finals. Egg on the face of the USA BMW Oracle team, but they take it graciously in their Blog!
The America’s cup will either go to Europe again or to New Zealand!

The Italians won again against the Yankees. Consequently Luna Rossa now has a 4-1 lead and just need one more win to go to the LV final series of Matchraces which Final series decide who may race against Alinghi.

Luna Rossa Challenge vs BMW ORACLE Racing.
©ACM 2007/Photo’s:Stefano Gattini and Carlo Borlenghi

Ah Maazing semi finals:
Valencia - 18.05.2007 - 16:53
Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge take control.

Luna Rossa Challenge has jumped out to a 3-1 series lead over BMW ORACLE Racing at the Louis Vuitton Cup. In these Semi Finals, the first team to […]

A recent CNN in depth article by Fortune senior editor Roger Parlof is a real eye opener for me, just while I am porting one server from Novell 5 something to Novell 6 something…..
Microsoft threatens to sue Fortune 500 users of open source software to drive them into paying Microsoft royalties for using open source […]

Luna Rossa Challenge
Photo by Leggo Online

The LV Ranking link is the quickest way to be kept updated about the current rankings in the semifinals of The Louis Vuitton Cup.
Today at 15.00 hr the second flight will start in the best of nine match races of the LV Cup Semifinals.
Yesterday, in the first flight, USA team […]

Karin Schmollgruber
Travel Bloggers are becoming a sort of travel bloggers community of their own: They read each others Blogs, refer and comment to each other and exchange tips.
Karin Smollgruber is based in Austria. She She uses her German language Blog Fasten Your Seatbelts as a means of communicating about her PR business Passion […]

Desafío Español 2007.
©ACM 2007/Photo:Stefano Gattin

After today’s races, with one race to go in Round Robin 2, it is clear that my feeling expressed in this post, two days ago, was correct: The Spanish team Desafío Español 2007 will, for the first time for a Spanish Team, compete in the semi finals. The Swedish Team that, […]

Europol’s present building
Photo Dr Meierhofen (interesting wiki)

Europol calls itself “The European Police Office”. Its is the European Union Law Enforcement Organization that handles criminal intelligence. Its mission is to assist the law enforcement authorities of Member States in their fight against serious forms of organized crime. It has its main office in The Hague in […]

Air Suite

Thanks to This is Londen Co UK we know that Jet Airways launches private suites in its jets commuting between GB and India:
Passengers prepared to pay out just over £4,000 for a trip to Delhi will get to relax in their own 26 sq foot private room, separated from the rest of the cabin […]