Category: Speciality Travel

Canada leading the way in high-tech hospitality?

Canada leading the way in high-tech hospitality?

By on Jan 16, 2006 in Accommodation, Business Travel, Canada, Gadgets, Hotels, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, Travel Equipment

High-tech hotels are getting more and more sophisticated in Canada, in order to  secure the loyalty of  their visitors — especially the large percentage who travel on business.   Each room in the SoHo Metropolitan in Toronto, for instance, features state-of-the-art entertainment, heated marble floors, remote-control lighting, motorized drapes, laptop-compatible safes and wireless Internet access. […]

Gourmet food and fine wine weekend at Swinton Park

By on Jan 16, 2006 in Accommodation, Europe, Events, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Leisure Travel, Regions, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe

Swinton Park in Masham, North Yorkshire,  has planned an innovative weekend which is sure to delight the experienced food and wine connoisseurs – and convert the budding gourmet!   A packed but suitably leisurely weekend will allow guests to experience some of the finest local food, and the award-winning cuisine of Head Chef Andy Burton. […]

Top 10 business hotels opened in 2005

Top 10 business hotels opened in 2005

By on Jan 16, 2006 in Accommodation, Asia, Business Travel, Hotels, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, USA, Worldwide

According to Forbes, the top 10 business hotels to open last year were: Intercontinental Financial Street, Beijing Sofitel on Renmin Square, Xian Hotel Fox, Copenhagen Four Seasons Hotel  Hong Kong Shangri-La Hotel, New Delhi Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo Park Hyatt, Seoul The Setai, Miami The Shoreham, New York City St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco Interestingly, all […]

New Norwegian Cruise Line ships

New Norwegian Cruise Line ships

By on Jan 16, 2006 in Cruises & Boat Travel, Family Travel, Regions, Speciality Travel

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced the names of its two newest ships: Norwegian Pearl and Norwegian Gem, due to be delivered in   February 2007 and October 2007 respectively. Currently under construction at Meyer Werft in Germany, both the new ships will feature all the attributes of NCL`s unique modern Freestyle Cruising fleet with […]

Food fight in the sky

Food fight in the sky

By on Jan 15, 2006 in Air Travel, Business Travel, Speciality Travel

There’s a food fight going on in the sky. Competing for premium customers who pay $5,000 and up for trans-Atlantic and Asian round trips, airlines are employing celebrity chefs and offering multicourse meals, long wine lists, caviar, crème brulée and goats’ cheese. Lufthansa have winter dishes conceived by Joachim Splichal, American Airlines are using Stephan […]

New business class seat designs

New business class seat designs

By on Jan 15, 2006 in Air Travel, Business Travel, Regions, Speciality Travel

Business class air travel is poised to move into a new era of supreme comfort as the major airlines gear up to install more luxurious seats. UK airlines British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have already launched fully flat business class beds, with the major US airlines set to follow. Such changes could pave the way […]

Best Hotel Chain in Asia

Best Hotel Chain in Asia

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Asia, Business Travel, Hotels, Regions, Resorts, Speciality Travel

Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, was named Best Hotel Chain in Asia in the annual FinanceAsia Business Travel Poll Awards 2005.    The poll invited FinanceAsia readers to rate the best and worst elements of Asian travel. Of 768 responses, 25% of respondents spent more than 50 nights per year […]

Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel

Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Business Travel, California, Hotels, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, USA

The 549-room Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel reopened Thursday after closing in June for a $40 million renovation, becoming the city’s third Hilton. The hotel was formerly a business-oriented Holiday Inn Select. The renovations included an entryway water sculpture and rooms with work desks and ergonomic chairs, and wired and wireless high-speed Internet access.

Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Florida

Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Florida

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, USA

The Mayfair Hotel in Coconut Grove, FL has opened a new Jurlique spa. It covers 4,300 sq. ft. and has seven treatment rooms including a double room, a hydrotub, vichy water massage room and manicure and pedicure stations. The Mayfair has 179 suites with 42″ plasma televisions, LCD TVs in the bathroom, DVD/CD players, terrycloth […]

Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen

Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Attractions, Denmark, Disabled Travel, Europe, Going Out, Regions, Speciality Travel, Western Europe

After 10 months of building and refurbishing, Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen is now  a more beautiful, larger and more accessible venue. Among its new attractions is the Tivoli Aquarium, Europe’s longest salt water aquarium holding approximately 1600 tropical fish and sharks. On the top floor of the concert hall, the new Balanchine Lounge Tivoli’s […]

Amansara, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Amansara, Siem Reap, Cambodia

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Asia, Cambodia, Regions, Resorts, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel

Amansara, formerly the guest villa of King Norodom Sihanouk,  is a 24-suite resort, with the addition of 12 pool suites and a 25m lap pool. A spa, with private treatment and relaxation rooms,  is joining the  existing facilities 15th January, 2006. Situated in Siem Reap only 10 minutes from the entrance to Angkor, this private […]

Raffles Resort Canouan Island jet package

Raffles Resort Canouan Island jet package

By on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Air Travel, Caribbean, Regions, Resorts, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Special Offers & Packages, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany

Raffles Resort Canouan Island has revealed its Jet Package for 2006, promising guests the most stylish transfers in the Caribbean. Raffles’ guests will be the envy of Barbados Airport as a resort representative whisks them straight through to their own private jet for a breathtaking twenty-minute flight over the Grenadines. For guests staying ten or […]

Waterfall spa in Leeds, UK

Waterfall spa in Leeds, UK

By on Jan 13, 2006 in Europe, Regions, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, United Kingdom, Western Europe

The new Waterfall spa in Leeds has just opened. Designed specifically for ladies only,  the spa  will pamper, indulge and delight  its guests  with their five-star facilities, outstanding treatments and little treats! From the moment you step into Waterfall, your troubles and aches will disappear as you are whisked away to heaven on earth. Walnut […]

Spas of America

Spas of America

By on Jan 12, 2006 in Canada, North America, Regions, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, USA

Spas of America has launched a new website featuring over 300 premium  resort, hotel and destination spas in the United States and Canada. The new online experience enables spa enthusiasts around the world to search and browse premium spa listings, read health and wellness articles, spa reviews, browse and purchase Spa & Wellness products, and […]

Oprah Winfrey private jet incident

Oprah Winfrey private jet incident

By on Jan 12, 2006 in Air Travel, California, Celebrities, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, USA

A bird collided with Oprah Winfrey’s GulfStream private jet this week. The plane’s windshield cracked, and the jet was forced to return to the airport in Santa Barbara, California to make an emergency landing. The jet will stay put at the airport until its windshield can be fixed. Oprah and her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, were […]

Musha Cay, Bahamas

Musha Cay, Bahamas

By on Jan 12, 2006 in Accommodation, Bahamas, Caribbean, Celebrities, Family Travel, Regions, Resorts, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany

For $24,750 per day for up to 8 guests, Musha Cay allows you to truly leave the nine-to-five grind and enjoy a Caribbean island to yourself.   Arrive by private sea plane, you’ll  enjoy Champagne breakfasts and relax in the master cottage, with 30 staff at your beck and call. Originally bought as a family […]