Happy Hotelier

Perfect Escapes is a site with a collection of luxury hotels I can live with as afficianado. Today I found out they even have their own Blog called The Suite Life Blog which I have added to my T-List and L-List. Enjoy reading!

I noticed Bloggers Choice Award’s Best Travel Blog Category out there and thought: “Why not advertise myself?” and nominated Happy Hotelier for Best Travel Blog….A long way to go still.
The funny thing is there are hardly any Blog from the T-List, but there are many Blogs in the travel category.. It seems there is […]

Leona Helmsley in 2001
Photo thanks to NYTimes

Former part time model, secretary and successful property sales woman Leona Helmsley, born Rosenthal and having been married to property tycoon Harry Helmsley, passed away in her summer home in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, on August 20, 2007.
The Helmsleys owned inter alia the Helmsley Collection of hotels
It is fascinating to […]

The Hague Post Stamp

Do you do snail mail? I still do!. And my first job today will be running to the Post Office to acquire a good stock of this new post stamp issued by Royal Dutch TNT Post in a series “Beautiful Netherlands” , which did a much better job than the The Hague […]

The World Solar Challenge

The Panasonic World Solar Challenge will start October 21, 2007 in Darwin Australia.

World Solar Challenge Map

The Australian Panasonic World Solar Challenge is a bi annual 3000 km solar car race from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia since 1987, so this year it celebrates its 20ieth anniversary. The challenge is for student teams […]

Andrea Ragnetti and Magic Brush
(Photo: Capital Photos / Nils van Houts)

This post was an unattended UFO (Un Finished Object) for a long time.
Not many people realize Philips is one of the few remaining Dutch Multinational Companies. After reorganizing, reorganizing and again reorganizing the company is back to how it started, as a producer of electrical […]

With the congestions and waiting lines at the airports this is a nifty gadget: A suitcase trolley with a chair. The only disadvantage is the same as with a convertible car: Not much space for your luggage….or has the demonstrating lady such a large size of shoes?

Palais de Versailles

Dinner?
On September 17 there will be another Epicurean happening: The US $ 30,000.- pp Dinner of the Chefs. A gastronomic experience, bringing together 38 Michelin stars (16 three stars donated chefs) in the Palais de Versaille.
On arrival at the airport in Paris, the sixty guests will be shuttled in their own limousine to […]

I came across Limited Edition, a Belgian company specializing in carpets. The (Half) Golf Ball Carpet is the one that drew my attention.

Inside use

Graphic Concrete, Ltd is a privately-owned Helsinki based Finnish company. Its Finish name is Graafinen Betoni, Oy.
Its product is based on an invention by architect Samuli Naamanka.
It works as follows:
Apply a retardant to a special film in the pattern of your desire. Put the film on a still wet concrete slab. Let the concrete […]

A You Tube Yotel Preview

Us about Yotel:
Willem, founder and co author of our Dutch language Blog Weekendhotel Weblog wrote about Yotel’s plans already in 2004.
I translated the post for Happy Hotelier in English Answer to sleeping in a wine barrel: Yotel
To Schiphol
According to Zibb it is official: Yotel will open a 56 cubicle hotel […]

I wasn’t aware it is almost completely new, at least for The Netherlands, as it appears it was available earlier in the USA, in Taiwan and in France: The Heineken 5 Liter DraughtKeg.
We hosted a party last Monday and someone took a cooled Heineken 5 L DraughtKeg with him and installed it. I noted the […]