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That is the message I get on my login page after I have invited a couple of fellow members of the T-List group on Facebook (Facebook | T-List Group) as friends. I really don’t know what I […]

When traveling I am in favor of primary city hopping and I usually try to get information about 4 distinctive areas of interest:

How to travel from A to B? Like: by plane, train, car or by boat? (I hate buses).
How is B looking? Maps, pictures and descriptions (what you usually look for in a paper […]

Photo (or artist impression?) thanks to the Trip
Advisor review mentioned below.

I announced the Qbic Hip Hotels concept in a post in November last year.
Since the news of their belated opening I have been looking for guest reviews for Qbic Amsterdam.
Now they are out:

One on Tripadvisor:
Wow!
I paid €59 per night (all taxes included), and got to […]

Time for an update on the T-List and the L-List:
First some history:

On March 2, 2007 the T-List was launched by Quebec (CAN) based Mathieu Ouellet of Radaron who modeled it after the Z List, originally launched by Mack Collier of Viral garden.
Mathieu now states in a response to Leeds (UK) based Darren Cronian’s provocative and […]

We are taking a couple of days off after five months of 7/7 and 24/24 service to our dear guests. Destination: French Riviera. Just a couple of days on the board of a private swimming pool or a beach. Late breakfast, rest, lunch on the beach, rest, read a book, rest, small dinner, maybe some […]

At Haagsche Suites we have the honor to receive many couples for their wedding celebration, or for their first honeymoon night.
Sometimes I take photos and sometimes I believe they are worthy sharing.

The front view only shows an ordinary Mini

But here you see the total length

I start this series of posts with the Classic Mini Stretch […]

I have Trend Hunter Magazine in my Google Reader for some time, and was browsing and searching the site. Accidentally I signed up, because it induces you to look at “unpublished trends” and then you get curious, wouldn’t you? It is free anyway.
After signing up I noticed that at Trend Hunter Magazine you can maintain […]

Very Slender Vessels are in the first place developped for use by military and special forces.
From Global security I got this information:
In 1999 the Special Boat Squadron, Britain’s marine special forces unit, acquired a VSV (Very Slender Vessel). It can go faster than any other ocean-going fast pursuit vessel in the world. It is capable […]

The 32nd America’s Cup match has ended in a most spectacular victory for Swiss Team Alinghi. This means that the 33rd America’s Cup Match will be held in a European city somewhere in 2009, 2010 or 2011. Valencia is a likely city of venue again, as it has been a 100% success for both parties.
Here […]

Image of the Boston Globe article

Picture found in Wiki

In a recent article the Boston Globe reports about the plans to give the Ames Building in Boston, once (from 1893 - 1915) Boston’s tallest building except for The Church of the Covenant, a new life as a hotel.
Ehotelier.com also reports about this development from the […]

Usually reading through my Google News Reader I get tons of inspiration for this Blog and I don’t have the time to convert all inspiration into actual posts here.
From time to time I click and share in my reader and so I sort of built a second Blog, gje’s shared items, of items I like […]

Hotel Pillows Front (artist impression)

Hotel Pillows Suite

Thanks to Tourpress I know that small independent Dutch hotel group Sandton will open its first Pillows 5* Hotel with 44 rooms in Zwolle, The Netherlands, on August 1, 2007.
A first, because Sandton has announced a second Pillows hotel for 2008 in Amsterdam and considers more hotels with the […]

Some people believe Facebook is the hit for 2007 in community building. To say the least: It grows considerably.
Induced by A Luxury Travel Blog I have decided to give it a try, created an account on Facebook and started Facebook | Happy Hotelier.
Feel free to join!

Valencia, 03 07 2007
America’s Cup Match by Louis Vuitton.
Alinghi.
©ACM 2007/Photo:Guido Trombetta

Swiss Team Alinghi has won the 7th match sailing race from Emirates Team New Zealand with only 1 second delta!
As this is their fifth win in a best of 9 contest, they have won the 32nd America’s Cup for the second consecutive time.
Quote from the […]

The title of Chic Retreats‘ website is:
Boutique hotel collection - Chic Retreats is a portfolio of hip hotels, small luxury hotels, boutique hotels and charming hotels all with less than 30 rooms.
Now that is a cry from my heart, as the term “Boutique Hotel” (I found a description at Hospitality Net in […]