The Hotel Freizeit Inn website currently displays the message “Bienvenido México” in advance of the squad’s visit for this year’s World Cup. This Göttingen hotel is privately run and regarded as one of the best conference hotels in Germany with 211 rooms over 5 floors. Of particular interest to the impending guests will be the […]
What would you say are the top 10 cities for eating out? According to MSNBC, it’s Barcelona, Brussels, Hanoi, Las Vegas, Lyon, New York, San Francisco, Rome, Tokyo and Vancouver. The choices are based on “cities chosen for their unique dishes”, “others for their celebrity chefs”, and “others for creating dishes known the world over”. […]
With the World Cup only a month away now, the Netherlands will soon be staying at the Parkhotel Adler to begin their challenge for the ultimate football glory. And the accommodation should not disappoint. This five-star hotel is situated in the beautiful village of Hinterzarten in the Black Forest and set in a large area […]
Serbia & Montenegro will soon be staying at the Hotel Weißenburg, Billerbeck, in preparation for the 2006 Fifa World Cup. The hotel has 90 rooms and its own restaurant. To take their minds off football, the players will find the hotel has its own bowling area, swimming pool, sauna, solarium and spacious sun terrace. The […]
London’s Marriott West India Quay found itself in the most unlikely of situations recently after hosting the English Premier League soccer team, Tottenham Hotspur, prior to their last game of the season. Many of the Spurs players were hit with a virus just before the game, enabling rivals Arsenal to ‘pip them at the […]
Klostermannshof Hotel, Niederkassel, is no stranger to hosting national and international football teams and will this June host Didier Drogba (pictured) and the rest of the Ivory Coast national side for the 2006 Fifa World Cup in Germany. This 4-star hotel is a listed building with 66 bedrooms, 2 restaurants and an 18-hole golf course […]
London Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 will have just one hotel. The Sofitel London Heathrow will be a £180-million, 600-bed luxury airport hotel and convention centre. It is due to open in March 2008 and will have excellent business facilities, with 30 meeting rooms, a lecture theatre for 150 people, and the ability to accommodate 1500 […]
The excellent Luxist blog has run a feature entitled “Top Ten Summer Resorts” in preparation for the forthcoming summer and have given us their pick of the best: 1. Soneva Gili, Maldives 2. North Island, Seychelles 3. Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan 4. Kasbah Tamadot, Morocco 5. Ashford Castle, Ireland 6. King Pacific Lodge, […]
After the completion of a €80 million renovation, Italy’s Boscolo Group has re-opened Budapest’s famous New York Palace hotel. They bought the hotel for €9 million in 2001 and purchased an adjacent property which now serves as a new wing of the hotel and takes the total number of rooms from 107 to 180. The […]
The highly rated Argentina team, thought to have a real chance of World Cup success, will be staying at the Herzogspark-Hotel, Herzogenaurac, 25 kilometres from Nürnberg. The hotel has almost 100 spacious rooms (38 sq m) with elegant bathrooms, CD player, high-speed internet access and other conveniences. The ‘Mondial’ restaurant specialises in Franconian dishes. The […]
The Swedish national team have chosen the Park Hotel, Bremen as their base for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. This superior 5-star hotel is within minutes of Bremen International Airport. The restaurant typically serves French-German style cooking and their wine list has over 400 wines; I imagine the latter will be strictly off limits […]
The five star Hotel Landhaus Wachtelhof in Rotenburg will serve as the home of the Trinidad & Tobago team for the 2006 World Cup. This beautiful property is built in a residence style and has 36 double rooms and 2 suites. Leisure facilities include whirlpool, massage service, steam bath, sauna, solarium and indoor pool. The […]
The 2006 Paraguay World Cup team will be staying at Sportschule Oberhaching, 12 kilometres south of Munich. Established in 1994, this Bavarian academy has excellent provision for a number of sports. In addition to football facilities, there’s a running track, swimming pool, table tennis, sauna, solarium, etc. Paraguay won’t expect to remain in the […]
Forbes is running a feature called ‘Moneymoons‘ which I assume are just honeymoons that cost a lot of money. Anyway, as usual they’re running ‘top ten’ slideshow, and this time is no exception. The “ten luxury honeymoon destinations” featured are: Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia Canoe Bay, Chetek, Wisconsin Château de la Chèvre d’Or, Eze, France […]
According to diserio.com, the best skyline in the world is that of Hong Kong, pictured right. Personally, 15th-placed Seattle gets my vote, thanks to the beautiful backdrop of Mount Rainier. The article sums up the top 18 skylines in the world as: 1. Hong Kong (China) 2. Chicago (USA) 3. Shanghai (China) 4. New York […]
The 2006 World Cup team of Ecuador will be staying at the four star Bristol Hotel Bad Kissingen. It’s a family run hotel with a young team of staff, equipped with a Finnish sauna, beauty spa and physio centre. There’s also a good-sized heated pool (measuring 12m x 6m). As far as the […]
