Posted in Food, Wine, Wining and Dining on July 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Hot from the block: This certificate proves that I know a little bit about wine and spirits. I found I had to study a bit more in order to be able to serve our guests at Haagsche Suites better.
It also goes together with my aim to cover the categories “Food”, “Wine” and “Wining and Dining” [...]
Posted in Design, Luxury, Yachts and Yachting on July 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Apparently super yacht “A”, named after current billionaire owner Andrey Melnichenko’s wife Alexandra, has been delivered: According to a Times Online article, it sneaked to Norway to take three Monet Paintings on board as extravaganza decoration… reportedly to avoid some taxes, but I suspect also to avoid some legislation that prohibits export of art.
The Internet [...]
Posted in Blogs, T-List, Trackbacks, Travel on July 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Found Happy Hotelier among Joe’s Blog list. Wow!
Blogistan @ JoeSentMe.com
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE TO FIND TRAVEL BLOGS
We’ve come a long way from the Rosetta Stone to the Internet blog. Whether blogs help us decipher the intricacies of travel, however, is an open question. Blogs are the ultimate expression of free speech for everyone. But [...]
Posted in Internet, Street Art on July 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Blogs, Hoteliers, USA on July 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Discovered recently started Drop In To The Wyland Waikiki, written by the hotel’s GM, Robin Graf, pictured here below (left) together with artist and self proclaimed celebrity Wyland (right) after whom the hotel is named. Am curious whether Robin will keep up with the usual Blogging requirements. Success!
Posted in Biking, City Marketing, Things to do on July 26th, 2008 No Comments »
I was busy, on the road, looking after our hotel guests and trying to revamp my other Blog, Chair Blog, therefore a little less attention here.
The revamping of Chair Blog is sticky: I went backward and forward with the theme and am back to square 1: Same old Misty theme, but a lot of more [...]
Posted in Museum, Netherlands, Street Art, The Hague, Things to do on July 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The original Vermeer painting “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” is to admire here in The Hague in the museum Mauritshuis. It is featured on their homepage as well.
Not until he used this example, I noticed Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art.
Like any reasonably creative and curious human, Scott can’t resist a dirty rear car window. [...]
Posted in Guest Reviews, Guests, Hoteliers, Hotels, Luxury, Middle East, Web 2.0 on July 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Burj Al Arab by Tigger 2008
Just by coincidence I noticed someone landing here via Jumeira Knowledge base
I already knew a lot is going on at High Syndicate, sister of WiWiH: Many Hoteliers use it as as a closed group repository. I assumed access only for the insiders of the big hotel chain in question [...]
