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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 […]

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10 Internet Statistics You Need to Know by Vicky Brock
The Value of Social Networking for a Large Business by Ken Burgin who refers to a slideshow in a style I like from Sacha Chua. Ken has a keen eye for the unusual and a lot of experience
Office Worker […]

Monet painted his Waterloo Bridge paintings during a stay in the London Savoy Hotel. This painting fetched a record at Christie’s of UK pnd 18 mio which is more than double the pre sale estimate.
From the Lot notes of Christie’s :
‘I adore London, it is a mass, an ensemble, and it is so simple. What […]

Thanks to Back of House in DBX, a startup Dubay hotel employee’s Blog, I noticed Guests Behaving Badly in Australia:
Guests Behaving Badly Pty Limited (GBB) is a member based organisation designed to minimise the occurrence of anti-social, intimidatory and destructive behaviour that currently affects guests, service providers and their staff within the hospitality […]

It took me some time to vote for the Travvies, mainly because I carefully inspected all the finalists and also the nominees, because methodically as I sometimes am, I wanted to know whether I missed something. The reading took me to some lists of travel writers and also to the 2007 Bloggies and found there […]

If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t believe it: For many people the ultimate experience of a hotelroom is the first jump in the plush luscious bed, according to Hotel Bed Jumping HQ:
This Site Celebrates Hotel Beds. And we poke fun at them too.
There is something completely intoxicating about today’s hotel bed. Plush, deep, […]

Each Hotel has a guestbook.
Hotel Spaander of Volendam, a major Dutch tourist attraction, celebrates its 125th anniversary.
Eddy Guyt who was commissioned to write about its history, found 7 guestbooks in the attic with a wealth of material.
Some famous signatures can now be found online.
Emma was the queen mother of Wilhelmina and Johan Cruijff […]

More and more people tend to book via internet and more and more word of mouth will help the loneley traveler behind the computerscreen to get an idea of where he might go.
Therefor sites whith more or less independent hotel reviews will attract more and more attention.
In Dutch »Weekend Reports takes care of this with […]

Hotel chains are developing their own beds. Some are for sale at the hotel. More in: Luxury hotels go to the mattresses.