The Happier the Hotelier, the Happier the Guest!
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 Austria, Belgium, Blogs, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey on Apr 13th, 2007
Today I discovered the nicely written Shortcut, A European City Blog with a nice lay out. It writes about 17 European cities.
It used to write about upcoming events, but nowadays in true web 2.0 style it links through to Yahoo’s Upcoming.
A pity Shortcut don’t feature The Hague.
Go enjoy yourself!
Added July 1, 2007
I changed the [...]
Posted in France, The Making of, Things to do on Dec 27th, 2006
I am not sure Guedelon Castle will be a hotel, but a castle cum accommodation is for many the ultimate hotel destination. According to USA Today the building site is definitely a place to visit and a travel destination in itself! The castle is being entirely rebuilt with the old medieval tools [...]
Not sure whether it is new, but it sure looks Cool: »Murano Urban Resort,.
Posted in Design, France, Luxury, The Making of, Websites on Oct 30th, 2005
My attention was drawn by the fact that Philippe Starck, albeit through his assiciate Christoffe Pillet was involved in the design of »Hotel Sezz,
originally built in 1913, completely renovated in 2005, and recently reopened.
30 rooms of which 14 suites and junior suites rating from Euro 250 to Euro 600. No front desk. Your Personal [...]
Posted in Design, France, Luxury, Trends, Websites on Sep 28th, 2005
When clicking the »Hotel Costes website one gets a screen with a welcome message and some music. No information. When subsequently one clicks the reservation page, one gets its address and a telephone number to make a reservation.
Off course they are so famous, they permit themselves to do entirely without internet bookings. I love such [...]
Posted in Design, France, Luxury, Netherlands, News, The Hague, The Making of on Sep 28th, 2005
After a renovation of 18 months at a cost of Euro 35,000,000 for just 92 rooms, Hotel “Des Indes” of The Hague (as it is known locally) reopened this month.
Its present name is »Le Meridien Hotel Des Indes, but I expect it soon to be renamed “Starwoods Des Indes” or “Sheraton Des Indes” because recently [...]
Willem plans a trip from The Netherlands to Barcelona in Spain by car and considers the following hotels as a stop over:
Day 1 - Paris - »Hotel du Petit Moulin
Day 2 - Périgord Noir - »Le canard a trois pattes
Day 3 - Gascogne - »Just 2 suites
Day 4 - Barcelona - »Banys Orientals
Sphere: Related [...]
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