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April 2010 Blog Posts (72)

On-line news from San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua

www.delsurnewsonline.com

Spanish & English

Updated weekly, check every Friday for latest news from SJdS

Added by Kelvin Marshall on April 7, 2010 at 3:48pm — No Comments

West Africa Festivals: Move Aside, Glastonbury!

Music has always been part of the commonly shared culture found in the geographical region of west Africa, and the region has produced, in my view, some of the most talented and influential…

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Added by West Africa Discovery on April 7, 2010 at 2:36pm — No Comments

Destination Brandwatch

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Added by Manolis Psarros on April 7, 2010 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Six- and Seven-Star Hotel Ratings Inflation

Burj al Arab Hotel

So far no international classification for hotels exists, but that hasn’t stopped ambitious hotel marketers from slapping any number of stars, diamonds, cacti on their properties and touting them as 5 or 6 or even 7 star properties,

whatever that may mean in real service and amenities.

I think the ratings inflation trend began with the Xanadu-like building frenzy in Dubai, especially…

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Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on April 6, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Top 10 Mundane Things That Make Me a Happy Traveler

Traveling is not all about sightseeing, great restaurants and experiencing new cities. While these things are great and can make for really enjoyable travel, they are not always in the plans for weekly business travelers. We travel more often because we have to, not because we want to.

For those of us who travel routinely, it can sometimes be mundane things that happen to us…

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Added by Carol Margolis on April 6, 2010 at 9:13pm — 2 Comments

When Trip Advisor Gets It Wrong

When Trip Advisor Gets it Wrong

Unarguably, Trip Advisor has changed travel dramatically. It’s changed the way we look at… and book destinations and properties, from all-inclusive resorts to family-run boutique inns.

But the review site can get it wrong, and when it does, given Trip Advisor’s enormous clout, it can cause damage to…

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Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on April 6, 2010 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Prague Statues Write Your Text Message in Bodily Fluids

Who said statues don't have bodily functions? The city of Prague takes the 2010 Tripatini Grand Prize for World's Most Imaginative, Not to Say Weird, Public Sculpture.

On Kampa Island, wedged on the Vltava River between the Old Town and the Malá Strana quarter, two bronze male figures take an eternal leak, moving their torsos -- and their privates -- as they do so. That already beats Brussels' Mannekin Pis by several light-years of technological development. But it gets better:… Continue

Added by Max Pesling on April 6, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Horsing around at Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah

The golden horses of Madinat Jumeirah (© MRandin)

Dubai is good at hotels and shopping malls. And Madinat Jumeirah brings together both.

According to Wikipedia,…

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Added by Vanessa Martin Randin on April 6, 2010 at 4:18am — No Comments

The "Peach Boy" at the Souk Al Bahar

The Momotaro restaurant at the Souk Al Bahar (©MRandin)

Momotaro came to…

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Added by Vanessa Martin Randin on April 6, 2010 at 4:12am — No Comments

Now that Dubai has a "downtown" area...

…what’s there to do?

You can swim with the sharks or ice skate… at the Dubai Mall

When you’ve got such a high concentration of shopping malls in one country it’s good for business to do something “different” to attract the crowds.

Cue giant aquarium at the Dubai Mall.…

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Added by Vanessa Martin Randin on April 6, 2010 at 4:10am — No Comments

Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel Takes Part in the World’s Finest Clubs

The Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel, one of the five boutique hotels that belong to the Heritage Collection, has just taken part of The World’s Finest Clubs, a international network that selects the most exclusive clubs, hotels and restaurants worldwide.

The… Continue

Added by EPOQUE HOTELS on April 5, 2010 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Hotel Britania at the Top 10 Worldwide - TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards 2010

Hotel Britania, a boutique hotel from Heritage Hotels Lisboa, has just been distinguished as one of the Top 10 hotels worldwide in the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards 2010 –… Continue

Added by EPOQUE HOTELS on April 5, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Enterprise Hotel… a Green Hotel in Milan

Enterprise Hotel in Milan, a member of Epoque Hotels, is "eco-readapting" the structural components of the hotel by adjusting the illumination to the most modern technologies to the led or to low consumption, by foreseeing the diversified harvest for all the departments of the hotel, and by proceeding with periodic controls of the systems of filtration of the air…

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Added by EPOQUE HOTELS on April 5, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Epoque Hotels Announces Hotel St. Régis: The Best Place to Stay in the World, Selected By the Readers of Condé Nast Traveler

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Once again, the Hotel San Régis, a member of the Epoque Hotels collection, is proud to be present in the famous Condé Nast Traveler's annual Gold List. With an overall score of 89.4,…

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Added by EPOQUE HOTELS on April 5, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Nat Geo Wild Series Features Billie Swamp Safari

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

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Added by Cindy Malin on April 5, 2010 at 3:22pm — No Comments

Epoque Hotels Announces Hotel OTTO Best Design Hotel

The Trivago-travel community awards the privately run Hotel OTTO as “Top 1 Designerhotel Berlin”.

The largest European travel community, Trivago, chooses the privately run Hotel OTTO in Berlin-Charlottenburg as the best design…

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Added by EPOQUE HOTELS on April 5, 2010 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Great, little Hotel Resort, In Costa Rica,South Caribbean.

http://www.totemhotelresort.com

Hotel Totem is a clean, quiet & well managed family owned property. It is not a 10 acres Cancun All-Inclusive Style place but hey, this…

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Added by Marco Ferrara on April 5, 2010 at 9:42am — No Comments

Brazil Visa Requirements

I just wanted to jot down a few things about visiting Brazil. First you need a visa. You can get a visa by using a surrogate company, these are people that you pay to travel to a Brazilian embassy and get the visa for you. These are typically expensive ($300 or more) and take time. Brazil sets up their… Continue

Added by James Krebsbach on April 3, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments