Hong Kong based Peninsula Hotels is opening a hotel in Paris, August 1st. It’s one of the most anticipated luxury hotel openings this year. The historic building took six years to restore. The building was the hotel where George Gershwin stayed…
Reykjavik , Iceland is holding the Secret Solstice Festival ,June 20 June 22nd .This 72 hour festival will have over120 musical artists and be held in complete sunlight, since there’s 24 hours sun in Iceland that time of year. …
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has some great reviews out and does have some excellent features for travelers. It’s is a combo tablet and laptop . As a tablet, It has a 12 inch touchscreen , and a nine-hour battery life, As a laptop, it can run…
Gumbo has reported on the major expansion of the Mideast Airlines – Emirates Airline of Dubai , Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi. Those three airlines now send nearly 120 large, new planes weekly to a growing number of American…
To mark the 30th anniversary of Sir John Betjeman’s death, The London Telegraph published some of the buildings he saved and more that he couldn’t . Sir John Betjeman was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death…
Hotels in Rio de Janeiro are reinforcing their security arrangements for the World Cup after violence in recent weeks near the tourist hotspot of Copacabana .Clashes have been between police and members of a favela community . …
A very interesting article by Marybeth Bond of The Gutsy Traveler states 80% of all travel decisions are made by women and 75% of travelers who take cultural, adventure or nature trips are women. Among other information she lists is that the…
TripAdvisor polled more than 30,140 travelers to see their favorite brands to pack in a suitcase. Actually seems like a pretty accurate list to me. Here are a few winners: Hand Sanitizer: Purell Carry-on Luggage: Samsonite Body Lotion and…
The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Disney World is complete .It officially opens May 28th and has received great reviews for a family coaster. This ride is the last piece of Disney’s new Fantasyland Read the review and watch the video of…
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring “trekker” to France for the first time. Trekker uses a…
Hong Kong based Peninsula Hotels is opening a hotel in Paris, August 1st. It’s one of the most anticipated luxury hotel openings this year. The historic building took six years to restore. The building was the hotel where George Gershwin stayed…
Reykjavik , Iceland is holding the Secret Solstice Festival ,June 20 June 22nd .This 72 hour festival will have over120 musical artists and be held in complete sunlight, since there’s 24 hours sun in Iceland that time of year. …
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has some great reviews out and does have some excellent features for travelers. It’s is a combo tablet and laptop . As a tablet, It has a 12 inch touchscreen , and a nine-hour battery life, As a laptop, it can run…
Gumbo has reported on the major expansion of the Mideast Airlines – Emirates Airline of Dubai , Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi. Those three airlines now send nearly 120 large, new planes weekly to a growing number of American…
To mark the 30th anniversary of Sir John Betjeman’s death, The London Telegraph published some of the buildings he saved and more that he couldn’t . Sir John Betjeman was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death…
Hotels in Rio de Janeiro are reinforcing their security arrangements for the World Cup after violence in recent weeks near the tourist hotspot of Copacabana .Clashes have been between police and members of a favela community . …
A very interesting article by Marybeth Bond of The Gutsy Traveler states 80% of all travel decisions are made by women and 75% of travelers who take cultural, adventure or nature trips are women. Among other information she lists is that the…
TripAdvisor polled more than 30,140 travelers to see their favorite brands to pack in a suitcase. Actually seems like a pretty accurate list to me. Here are a few winners: Hand Sanitizer: Purell Carry-on Luggage: Samsonite Body Lotion and…
The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Disney World is complete .It officially opens May 28th and has received great reviews for a family coaster. This ride is the last piece of Disney’s new Fantasyland Read the review and watch the video of…
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring “trekker” to France for the first time. Trekker uses a…