Spain’s Melia hotel chain has been working with Endesa, Spain’s largest electric utility, on a plan for the hotel chain to use only renewable energy, such as wind and hydro, and expects to be all-renewable for all of its locations by next year.
September 9, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go) September 16, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (Why Oaxaca?) September 23, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (planning begins in earnest) September 30, 2015:…
To date, all my travel stories on TravelGumbo have been in the past tense. And all my travels out of the country have been multi-month, multi-country affairs. Now, after a move home to California and short adventures closer to home,…
A flurry of new-hotel building, massive renovations and even replacement of existing hotels is changing the face of Tokyo’s central area and some suburbs, largely
A relatively new scam has victimized a number of British vacation renters, and could be more widespread, but it’s easy to avoid: Just follow Airbnb’s rules about payments and messages. A number of British holidayers reported to the Telegraph…
Trump Hotel Collection will expand into Asia for the first time. They…
Love it or hate it, it’s pretty hard to avoid TripAdvisor, and they’re doing their best to be even more inevitable by rolling up a bunch of available features into one Swiss-army-knife of a mobile travel app. The new app will replace…
The Hotel du Grand Controle, built 1681 for Paul de Beauvilliers, Duke of Saint-Aignan The Palace of Versailles is once again trying to sell you a bed—by turning three of the luxurious 17th-century mansions that are part of the vast estate into luxury hotels. Potential operators have until September 14 to place bids.
After a week in Portland’s restaurants and gardens, we were ready for nature. One of Portland’s closest and most popular natural attractions is Multnomah Falls , the second highest, year-round waterfall in the nation. Getting there by car is easy;…
Talk about plans gone wrong! A hotel in Sicily that started construction over 60 years ago and was completed over 30 years ago, has still had no guests except the local pigeons. The story is one of those “truth is stranger than fiction” tales. …
Spain’s Melia hotel chain has been working with Endesa, Spain’s largest electric utility, on a plan for the hotel chain to use only renewable energy, such as wind and hydro, and expects to be all-renewable for all of its locations by next year.
September 9, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go) September 16, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (Why Oaxaca?) September 23, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip (planning begins in earnest) September 30, 2015:…
To date, all my travel stories on TravelGumbo have been in the past tense. And all my travels out of the country have been multi-month, multi-country affairs. Now, after a move home to California and short adventures closer to home,…
A flurry of new-hotel building, massive renovations and even replacement of existing hotels is changing the face of Tokyo’s central
A relatively new scam has victimized a number of British vacation renters, and could be more widespread, but it’s easy to avoid: Just follow Airbnb’s rules about payments and messages. A number of British holidayers reported to the Telegraph…
Trump Hotel Collection will expand into Asia for the first time. They…
Love it or hate it, it’s pretty hard to avoid TripAdvisor, and they’re doing their best to be even more inevitable by rolling up a bunch of available features into one Swiss-army-knife of a mobile travel app. The new app will replace…
The Hotel du Grand Controle, built 1681 for Paul de Beauvilliers, Duke of Saint-Aignan The Palace of Versailles is once again trying to sell you a bed—by turning three of the luxurious 17th-century mansions that are part of the vast estate into luxury hotels. Potential operators have until September 14 to place bids.
After a week in Portland’s restaurants and gardens, we were ready for nature. One of Portland’s closest and most popular natural attractions is Multnomah Falls , the second highest, year-round waterfall in the nation. Getting there by car is easy;…
Talk about plans gone wrong! A hotel in Sicily that started construction over 60 years ago and was completed over 30 years ago, has still had no guests except the local pigeons. The story is one of those “truth is stranger than fiction” tales. …
