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Apr 1st, 2013
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Roger Ellman
Inspired by the numerous companies developing trips into outer space and the opportunities to enjoy the weightless experiences of zero gravity, Weightless Hotels and Resorts™ are creating one of the most revolutionary luxury hotel experiences, since the electronic room key card. Better than a spa, you will feel the total absence of weight. It gives
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Tags: April Fool's, funny, hotels, humour, jokes, Travel Business, Travel. April 1st, Weightless Hotels, witty
Oct 13th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
The Alhambra Palace Hotel – Granada, Andalucia, Spain The Moorish décor of the Alhambra Palace itself, the fantastic buildings, gardens and castle that is one of the world’s must-visit places, the motifs that are so well represented there, form part of the Hotel Alhambra Palace’s visage and internal decor. There is also an element of
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Tags: Alhambra Palace, Alpujerras, Granada, Hotel, hotels, Select, Spain, Special, Travel
Aug 5th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
Boulogne sur mer. Once a popular holiday resort and a somewhat interesting town, and once gateway port on the channel crossing to the UK. Calais just 20 minutes along the coast now boasts huge port facilities and parking areas for hundreds of cars waiting their place on a ferry travelling to Dover in England. Some
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Tags: Boulogne, coast, ferry, France, hotels, Michelin restaurants
Jul 25th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
Country Inns and hotels sometimes please and occasionally disappoint. I am not going to waste your time with a lengthy tome on sadness or lack, but offer a note about a place I will stay one day, in fact I would have to cancel other plans, happily, to stay at Whatley Manor. On occasion an
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Tags: Britain, destinations, ferrari, hotels, luxury, review, style, Travel, UK, Wiltshire
Apr 24th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
In reply to Travelodge guest survey 24 April 2011 Very impressed by the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff at the Wymondley Travelodge…all of them. Dismayed at the submission to the fascist Health and Safety regime in the UK that means (or is your excuse perhaps??!!!) for not allowing access to the balconies at the
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Tags: Business/Entrepreneurship, common sense, health & safety, hotels, oppressive regulations, rebel, restrictions, Travel, UK
Apr 2nd, 2010
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Roger Ellman
Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog (April Fools 2010) An astonishingly timely hotel concept launches today with the opening of the first 7 hotels in the newborn X-Hotels™ chain. This infant in the worldwide hospitality scene is expected to grow fast – there will be 30 X-Hotels open within 6 months and brand-linked cafes and restaurants under the X-Presso™
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Tags: April Fool's, April fools joke, bail outs, Business/Entrepreneurship, hotel chain, hotels, ObamaCare, Politics, pricing models, taxes, X-Hotels
Apr 5th, 2009
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Roger + Lina together
Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. Skype May Be The Biggest Winner From The Web 2.0 Era Skype does not get the respect it deserves, because eBay not only publicly admitted to overpaying for it but is making a mess of its core business. Another reason may be that Skype flies in
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Tags: authors, brain, DNA, Hawaii, health, hotels, Manchester, nanotechhology, obituary, roosters, skype, Travel
Apr 1st, 2009
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Roger Ellman
Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog The New 5 Star Raft Hotels group launches We are delighted to announce the first of our new hotel brand – “5 Star Raft Elafonisi Crete”. 5 Star Raft will build and float super-luxury wood raft floating hotels. The first is the 5 Star Raft Elafonisi Crete. The new hotel phenomenon
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Tags: April Fool's, hotels
Mar 30th, 2009
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Roger + Lina together
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Tags: country roads, countryside, England, flowers, gardens, health & safety, hotels, inns, london, national trust, phone booths, pub, red buses, shops, spring
Mar 27th, 2009
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Roger + Lina together
Original hotel descriptions (and not the hotel’s own!) Original photos (again, not just the oh-so-perfect-images the hotel provides) Clear price-list, including all taxes (show all periods, without having to enter dates) Testimonials for the travel service/website/business Transparent about who handles the booking and who is responsible for customer satisfaction Clear, plain-english quotes and terms (without
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Tags: best practices, booking, Business/Entrepreneurship, hotels, transparency, Travel, website