The Happier the Hotelier, the Happier the Guest!
The Airlines did it again for me. I’ll hop over to London by car tomorrow. Nothing Zen in trying to get a last minute flight at a decent rate.
Travel Blog Camp 2008
I’m looking forward to meet about 80 to 100 fellow travel bloggers and industry persons at Travel Blog Camp 2008 (Registration is closed) set [...]
Posted in Been There, France, Hip Hotel, Hoteliers, Hotels, Luxury, Rants, Zen on Aug 20th, 2008
Bastide Saint Mathieu: Entrance
I’ve preluded to this review a long time ago in French Riviera and The Art of Booking Online: Nothing Zen! Part 3. I didn’t publish this review earlier, because I had terrible problems organizing my photos last year. That problem I only solved recently.
Front
In July 2007 we were probably among the last [...]
Posted in Blogs, T-List, Trackbacks, Web 2.0, Zen on Apr 4th, 2008
Recently I saw referrals coming in from Travel.Alltop.
According to its Blog Travel.Alltop was launched on March 28, 2008. They thanked Gary Arndt, Chris Holdren, Glenn James, Paul Sanchez, Sheila Scarborough and Jen Leo. Since I don’t happen to know these people, I more or less wonder how I got on their shortlist.
Wat is Alltop?
Alltop is [...]
I discovered Unique Small Hotels.
It seems a derivative of Booking.com, but because it unveils very little about itself I’m not sure.
As owner of a unique small luxury hotel I am always looking for small luxury hotels and B&B’s.
After checking out some of their offerings I can agree with many of their picks. Maybe I should [...]
Posted in Amsterdam, Hotels, Netherlands, Pod Hotel, WIP, Zen on Mar 21st, 2008
Here we go again with my “Nothing Zen” series
A fellow TrendHunter, a very trend setting young lady from Down Under, younger than my 2 daughters (who, by the way, are two very trend setting young ladies themselves) is going to attend a conference at the VU university of Amsterdam in July and asks me whether [...]
Posted in Berlin, Blogs, Germany, Hoteliers, Hotels, Internet, Luxury, Rants, T-List, Travel, WIP, Web 2.0, Websites, Zen on Mar 3rd, 2008
Where to stay in Berlin?
General
So I will be meeting a couple of fellow Travel Bloggers (T-Listers) at the PhoCusWright Travel bloggers Summit.
As a hotelier, my primary focus is Luxury Hotels, although I must admit that anyone who sees the various subjects covered here, might doubt that.
I use the tag Nothing Zen, because when you [...]
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 [...]
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