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Posted in Amsterdam, Been There, Things to do, Websites, Wining and Dining on Mar 17th, 2008
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Mad Dish
If you don’t make a reservation, it may become a Madhouse!
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Front
Their motto is aptly chosen, if you don’t make a reservation, chances are they are fully booked.
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Interior
Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me last week when I had an excellent [...]
Posted in Been There, Berlin, Blogs, Germany, Hoteliers, Hotels, Internet, Luxury, T-List, Travel, WIP, Web 2.0, Websites, Zen on Feb 29th, 2008
The Event
I am looking forward to the opportunity: On March 5 and 6, 2008 I will be meeting a couple of fellow Travel Bloggers (T-Listers) at a Travel bloggers Summit at ITB Berlin (International Travel Boerse (or Fair), Berlin.
More about the Summit itself later. For now a link to the Blog that has been launched [...]
Posted in Been There, Hoteliers, Hotels, Internet, Istanbul, Luxury, Travel, Turkey, Web 2.0, Websites, Zen on Sep 26th, 2007
Istanbul: View of the Golden Horn.
A Turk singer and three Derwish
dancers preparing for a video shoot
Photo © Happy Hotelier
I just returned from a week’s trip to Istanbul with a group of 26 and a lot of information to share with you.
Trip and organization
First I would like to address the actual travel details.
We flew with KLM [...]
Posted in Been There, France, Hoteliers, Hotels, Internet, Luxury, Travel, Web 2.0, Websites, Zen on Jul 19th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Been There, Luxury, Netherlands, Suite Talk, The Making of on Apr 9th, 2007
I have reported earlier about the making of this exceptional 2 suites Bed and Breakfast in Stavoren here and here. It has a honeymoon suite with a view that is probably the most beautiful view of The Netherlands.
Saturday 7th April Stadeshuys was officially opened by the Lady of Stavoren, a mythical person in The Netherlands.
Host [...]
Posted in Been There, Germany, History, Hoteliers on Jan 31st, 2007
I am back from the white slopes in Switzerland and time for a tip.
When we drive to Switzerland we frequently make a stopover at Hotel Sonne (the Sun Hotel) in the very center of Offenburg.
Offenburg is next to the Motorway (Autobahn) Frankfurt - Basel, between Baden Baden and Freiburg. It is also easy to reach [...]
Posted in Been There, Luxury, News, Suite Talk, Switzerland on Jan 18th, 2007
Yes, I am on the road and slowing down the posting a bit.
Today, I had an excellent lunch in what I believed was an observatory, but turned out to be an extraordinary high hide away above Zermatt in the Swiss Alps at 3100 m above sealevel which is almost two miles high, the 3100 Kulmhotel [...]
Posted in Been There, Hoteliers, Hotels, Internet, Istanbul, Luxury, Travel, Turkey, Web 2.0, Websites, Zen on Jan 7th, 2007
I am starting this post at the end of 2006 because a journalist of the Guardian has asked me to give some insight comments about booking your travel via Internet. Well, what better answers to such question than to describe what you do on the Internet to get some answers while it is for real?
Once [...]
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