Press

Last edited on September 2, 2012

Since I started Blogging in the Dutch language at Weekendhotel Weblog in 2004 and started this Blog in August 2006, both our luxe B&B / hotel Haagsche Suites and this Blog, Happy Hotelier have been very fortunate to receive mentions and/or referrals in various media:

The Press Page of Andrew Calvo of the blog Passion of a Zealot, inspired me to create this page, as it is good practice and polite in Blogistan to thank referrers where and whenever possible.

And really I do like to be quoted! A Big Thank You to all!

On March 2, 2007 the ball really started rolling: Then Mathieu Ouellet published the first version of the T-List, the Travel/Tourism Bloggers List which was replicated thereafter many times. I don’t think it will be feasible to repeat all mentions that occurred thereafter by replication of the T-List posts, apart from several special occasions. See for a short overview my T-List and L-List page.

Please note this is an ongoing process (WIP or Work in Progress) of trying to tie up the loose ends and filling the gaps. I use Technorati and Google Blog Search to get up to date from time to time. However both are notorious for not giving you a complete overview of all your trackbacks (incoming links).

What others wrote:

• March 15, 2010: Marketing Safari Recapped PhocusWright@ITB Berlin.
• March 13, 2010: Guido The Happy Hotelier.
• February 22, 2010: Walyou liked one of my umbrella posts.
• December 31, 2009: Miss Expatria has a crush on me:-) She’s changed the style of her blog and is now using the theme I’ve used for a long time.
• December 13, 2009: Nomadic Matt whom I guided around The Hague when he passed The Hague mentioned that I inspired him for a post…(oops my post about that encounter still has to flow from my sleeve)
• November 29, 2009 (date I discovered it): Blogrolled by As Cascatas Vilamoura Golf Resort and Spa.
• November 29, 2009 (date I discovered it): Blogrolled by Dubai based Bonnington Tower.
• November 6, 2009: My fellow editor at the Dutch Weekend Hotel blog got me :-).
• November 5, 2009: Katie of Trip Base attempted to get me involved to disclose my 3 travel secrets, but alas, Katie, I was too much involved in other things to deliver a worthy contribution and now [March 2010] I believe it is too long ago.
• October 9, 2009: My Travel Blogging buddy Stephen Joyce of the T4 Blog published a list of Travel Twitterati worthwhile following. Later he moved the list to TweepML
• August 3, 2009: And Alexandros Paraskevas over at A Space of Possibilities deemed P. Ling’s post worthy enough for inclusion in his blog.
• August 3, 2009:  P. Ling counts me among the Top 15 Hotel Blogs and Bloggers over at Uptake.
• July 6, 2009:: Eat Me Daily found my post about AVL’s human slaughterhouse
• July 6, 2009:: Ahem Agathon12 wrote a nice note about this blog on Delicious:
  

  Oh! Stumbled upon this chap and his boutique upmarket hotel (three suites!) in Den Haag. Delightful blog and utterly lux. “hotel”. Very special. Robbie, take note and promote! Here is my review that I posted on stumbleupon: {…} Dazzling! An utterly delightful blog authored by a debonair hotelier (Guido van den Elshout) who owns a luxurious boutique hotel (the Haagsche Suites) in Den Haag, Holland. He educates and charms his readership with intelligence grace wit and good humour. A must read and RSS for people who travel and love unique and lovely hotel properties in Europe. In the current blog Gesa Noormann discusses Escapio – “a booking website with a selection of hand picked (upmarket) hotels ” whereupon she chats about her work, recommends hotels, and offers sound travel advice. Since this was my business for many years (albeit in the Caribbean) , I can give this blog a very enthusiastic two thumbs up ! Right. I believe I’ve quite run out of superlatives. /;-> {…}

  Curious to get to know Agathon12:-)
  Added: Found her Stumble Page Dazzling Diana.

• July 1, 2009: Mentioned in Carnival of cities for 01 July, 2009 hosted by Sheila on Family Travel Guide
• May 7, 2009: Travel Trips copied the T-List
• May 5, 2009: Hotel Marketing Strategies Blog suggests to follow me on Twitter among other hoteliers in Twitter Starter Pack for Hotels.
• April 22, 2009: Yay! Ginni McGraht of the respected UK Times Online deemed me worthy a link in 10 hottest online travel trends. Thanks Ginny!
• April 19, 2009: Sheila Scarborough liked her 10 Questions For post.
• April 6, 2009: Linked here by Donna Hull of My Itchy Travel Feet who liked her 10 Questions For
• April 6, 2009: Mentioned in Europe A la Carte’s Europe Travel Carnival: Europe Travel Carnival 6 April, 2009
• April 3, 2009: Eurocheapo linked here, liking the 10 Questions For co founder Tom Meyer
• April 5, 2009: Linked by Kurt Akkerman of Afrika Tourism Blog who wraps up ITB09
• March 31, 2009 (date I noticed it): Wow! Blogrolled by Barbara de Lollis USA Today Hotel Check-in who succeeds Kitty Bean Yeancy with a new blog “Hotel Check-in” that replaces Kitty’s
• March 24, 2009: Merrill Goussot of Voyagegeek linked here in How to Feature on Travel.Alltop
• March 24, 2009 (date I noticed it): Blogrolled by Kosmoplight.
• March 19, 2009: Linked by Travel Savvy Mom in It’s All about Community.
• March 15, 2009: Joobili’s Recap of ITB09 Berlin.
• March 15, 2009: My friend Hjortur linked here in his Catch of the Week post.
• March 11, 2009: Goetz Primke linked here in his German language Le Gourmand Blog.
• March 5, 2009 (date I noticed it): Blogrolled by Dynamic Frontiers.
• March 5, 2009: The Travel Answer Man counts me under 50 more Travel Blogs to read.
• March 4, 2009: Linked by Ed Wohlfart in Bridge building by Social Media (in German).
• March 2, 2009: Linked by Blackbook Magazine: Meet the Twitchhiker.
• February 27, 2009: Although I didn’t succeed in getting him in Haagsche Suites The Twitchhiker kindly mentioned my offer and why he had to refuse it in Going Against the Grain.
• February 27, 2009(date I noticed): Blogrolled by Hotel Marketing Strategies Blog
• February 25, 2009: Linked in Gastgewerbe Gedankensplitter re LP Awards.
• February 25, 2009: Mentioned in the Carnival of Cities hosted by Uptake.
• February 20, 2009: Linked in a post by Go Green Travel Green 50 more Travel Blogs you should be reading.
• February 8, 2009: Linked by FishHawk (Villa Cassell).
• February 2, 2009: Mentioned in the Carnival of Cities hosted by Roaming Tales
• January 29, 2009: Via Blog Burst in the Interview with Northern Californian Travel Writer Nancy D. Brown.
• January 7, 2009: Mentioned in the Carnival of Cities, usually hosted by Family Travelogue of , but now hosted on the Uptake Blog by Sheila Scarborough.
• January 2, 2009 (date I noticed it): Blogrolled by Luxique Blog.
• December 20, 2008: Blogrolled by Tourism About.
• December 16, 2008: Tumblrd by Doppelgangers | Tumblr.
• December 15, 2008: Blogrolled by Jaimechicheri’s E Commerce and Revenue Management. Since he moved from Blogspot to his own hosted blog (El Blog de Jaime L Chicheri), alas he deleted the link from his blogrol.
• December 12, 2008: Blogrolled by Lucy Huxley.
• December 6, 2008: My friend at Euro Cheapo liked my Venetian Wakeboarding Post.
• December 5, 2008: Lara Dunston reiterated interest for her 10 questions for interview in In Print and on the Road.
• December 5, 2008: Wow mentioned under Ten Favorite Travel Industry News Blogs by Uptake’s contributor Patricia Jenkins.
• December 4, 2008: Chicago Sum Times vio BlogFlux: Fort Knox (2008) | Sietze Kalkwijk.
• December 2, 2008: My friend Stephen A. Joyce ponders what will happen with The T-List in 2009 and beyond on his personal blog. I wonder if he is not afraid for “Duplicate Content” as this is also a post seen on his T4 Blog….or does he syndicate his personal blog on his T4 Blog?
• December 2, 2008: My friend Stephen A. Joyce ponders what will happen with The T-List in 2009 and beyond on his T4 Blog.
• December 2, 2008: Blogrolled by Globetrotting Bride. Hm I should do more with our specality: The Honeymoon Suites.
• November 9, 2008: Gary Arndt mentions his Happy Hotelier Interview.
• November 9, 2008: Afrika Tourism liked its Ranking.
• November 3, 2008: Mrs Mecomber likes my newest T-List Ranking.
• November 3, 2008: Delicious Baby likes her 20th position on the Newest T-List.
• November 3, 2008: Linked: Tam Talks to Happy Hotelier by Anthony of the Mr & Mrs Smith Blog.
• November 2, 2008: Tony Masccara picked up the latest: T-List Actualizada.
• October 29, 2008: Jen Leo of the LA Times Daily Travel and Deal Blog picked up my pointer to the 50 best Budget Hotels of the UK Telegraph in Roundup:Emirates offers nonstop service LAX-Dubai; AmEx Business Travel to launch social network.
• October 23, 2008: Mentioned by Travel Trends – Blog Now!, Social is mainstream, Internet Users by Travel 2.0.
• October 20, 2008: Erica of Travel Blissful mentions her 10 Questions For Interview: Happy Hotelier Interview
• October 20, 2008: Linked byTravel News Roundup by John Rambow, one of the contributors to the Newsweek Budget Travel Magazine’s Blog Budget Travel.
• October 19, 2008: Blogrolled by my Trendhunter friend Kentucky Baby Boomer Going like Sixty. Look for his amazing Trendhunter Portfolio at: Trendhuter|Going Like 60.
• October 19, 2008: Jorge, author of the Buenos Aires Hostel Colonial Blog Hostel Buenos Aires Blogspot liked me mentioning his second win in a row of the 2008 Blogger’s Choice Award in the “travel” category.
• October 16, 2008: Via Blog Burst in the Herald News Online: My post 10 Questions (10) For: Shannon Hurst Lane, another Traveling Mamma.
• September 3, 2008: Linked by Kiwi Writer of Write to Travel Blogspot.
• September 3, 2008: Linked: The Pyama Entrepreneur Lists her Favorite Travel Destinations and Tips I wasn’t sure Esme would like to connect this nicely named blog with the other two blogs of hers.
• September 2, 2008: Linked: Mapplr Founder Esme Vos answers 10 questions about Travel and Food.
• August 28, 2008: Linked by Hotel Talk.
• August 23, 2008: Linked in a post by Traveling Mamas is now listed on Alltop [had to change the url as the post disappeared].
• August 23, 2008: Quoted in:10 things that anoy us about Hotels: Oh, yes there’s more…. – by Lara Dunston of Cool Travel Guide.
• August 22, 2008:: Blogrolled by Felicia of This Time in Seoul.
• August 21, 2008: Linked: I’m Famous! – by Barbara Weibel of Hole in the Donut, who I had asked my 10 Questions for:
• August 21, 2008: Quoted in:10 Things that annoy us about hotels no 10: Check in and check out times and never the twain shall meet… – by Lara Dunston of Cool Travel Guide.
• August 20, 2008: Linked: The Happy Hotelier Interviews a travel writer who is perfectly happy to chatter away about herself…woops that’s me – by Lara Dunston of Cool Travel Guide, who I had asked my 10 Questions for:.
• August 20, 2008: Linked: Carnival of Cities, this time by Sheila Scarborough, one of the presently 4 writers of Perceptive Travel Blog.
• August 18, 2008: Tumblred: Miss Expatria Miss Expatria|Tumblr
• August 17, 2008: “Live Journalled” by Miss Expatria on her Miss Expatria | Live Journal.
• August 14, 2008: Via Blogburts in Reuters: Project Syndicate. Link disappeared since then
• August 13, 2008
  Blogrolled: Alex Bainbridge of Musings on Travel E-Commerce by Alex Bainbridge.
• August 11, 2008: Linked: We Rate Vacations: The Daily Travel Wire.
• August 8, 2008: Blogrolled: Maco Caribbean Living.
• August 6, 2008: Linked: Hotel Blog Rants about PR – Guillaume Thevenot of Hotel Blogs.
• August 4, 2008: Linked: Travel Chatter: What’s Hot on the Net – by Kelly Goodman, one of the threesome of Travellious.
• July 16, 2008: Linked: Tuesday News Dump – by Miss Expatria of Miss Expatria.
• July 11, 2008: Linked: The Daily travel Wire: The Bull Run, Rock Jumping and Sucking on an Ice Cream Cone – by We Rate Vacations
• July 8, 2008: Reviewed: Live Journal – by Sushis | Live Journal
  

  …I came across another blog that excites me more than it should: The Happy Hotelier. The Happy Hotelier blogs from the Netherlands, and focuses on European hotels. Even though I have no plans to visit Europe in the near future, just reading about hotels, and, more, looking at pictures of them, awakens parts of my psyche perhaps better left dormant.
  In addition to his blog posts, he also provides a mouth-watering list of weekend hotels and unusual hotels.
  Ooh, also found this bit of travel porn, which the Happy Hotelier linked to : 10 Insanely Beautiful Hotels Worth Traveling For

  I quoted a lot here, because it’s great to get a rave occasionally.

• July 5, 2008: Linked: Doutzen Kroes Photos – by Nice Star Wallpaper.
• July 5, 2008: Blogrolled by Miss Expatria
• July 2, 2008: Reviewed: The Haagsche Suites – Luxury Accommodation in The Hague, Holland – Karen Bryan of Wandalust.
• June 30, 2008: Commented: I’m not a Grey Travel Blogger Happy Hotelier – Karen Bryan of Europe A La Carte Blog. Oops: faux pas!
• June 25, 2008: Linked: The Launch of the CitizenM Hotel at Schiphol Airport Amsterdam – by Howard Greenstein of Howard Greenstein’s Website
• June 16, 2008: Dared: Palo Alto Revealed – A Local’s Perspective- Gudrun Enger of the Uptake Blog daring me to follow her example.
• May 22, 2008: Blogrolled: Smith Travel Blog The Mr & Mrs Smith one.
• May 3, 2008: Linked by my virtual friend from Iceland, Hjortur in: My 1st Month on Twitter – What I’ve Learned.
• April 9, 2008:: Via Blogburst in Fox Business: How long do we have to wait till Travelodge’s Movable Pod Hotel will be launched?
• April 9, 2008: Reviewed in The Longtail Twitterati: Follow All the Cool Travel Blogs at T-List by Michelle’s Blog, Michelle Greer is a Web Marketing Strategist, based in Austin, TX, US.
• April 5, 2008: Linked by my Iceland Friend Hjortur in:Alltop.com—Best of the Best.
• January 6, 2008: Quoted by Sean Dodson of the Guardian in The Best Net Tips| Travel
• December 2007: Rated: Top 125 Elite Choice, Elites choice of top blogs. Thank you Elite Choice.
• July 11, 2007: Linked: Travel Bloggers give VibeAgent Two Thumbs UP – Adam Healy VibeAgent Blog.
• April 4, 2007: T-Listed byAlberto Duran Mittel
• March 2, 2007: This entry marks the start of the T-List, a list of Travel Blogs: The T-List is started – Travel/Tourism Bloggers List – Mathieu Ouellet of Radar, Internet Strategy for Tourism and Travel Industry.
• March 1, 2007: Interviewed: Interview with Guido van den Elshout of Haagsche Suites- Paul Johnson of A Luxury Travel Blog.
• October 16, 2006: Linked:HipHotels Website – Guillaume Thevenot of Hotel Blogs.
• October 15, 2006: Reviewed: The Happy Hotelier – Darren Cronian of Travel Rants.
• September 8, 2006: Reviewed: Happy Hotelier – Paul Johnson of A Luxury Travel Blog.
• August 2, 2006: Reviewed: Special Feature: Haagsche Suites The Hague The Netherlands – Paul Johnson of A Luxury Travel Blog.
• April 8, 2006: Commented: Luxury hotel gets a dash of panache – Claire Wrathall Financial Times. The article is about Des Indes, but the quote in the penultimate paragraph is: …there’s a lot to like about Des Indes. It may not have quite the charm of the Haagsche Suites, hitherto the only truly desirable accommodation in The Hague….
• December 2005: Review of Haagsche Suites: Monthly Review – Haagsche Suites – Patrick Goff of Hotel Designs UK.
• October 29, 2005:: Review of Haagsche Suites: Hotel Design: Back to The Future? – Patrick Goff of Hotel Designs UK.
• June 16, 2005: Review of Haagsche Suites: The queue-buster’s guide to the world’s greatest masterpieces – Sean Newsom, Sunday Times.
• January 18, 2004:: Review of Haagsche Suites: The Hague: The Girl with a Pearl Earring is winning hearts at the movies. She’s lovelier still in person, says Sean Newsom – Sean Newsom, Sunday Times.