Caribbean Cruise 2007: The amazing cabin
As you will have seen from the original posting, I went on a 14 day cruise which started in Barbados and ends in Southampton in the UK. I wrote a journal...
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Carribean Cruise 2007 Part 1: The plans
It is just a week now before I leave to fly to Barbados to meet up with the P&O ship Arcadia or what I am sure is going to be a...
Radisson SAS Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany; Hotel room video
This is a video of the slightly unusual but innovative rooms at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Dusseldorf Germany. What do you think? Other than I seemed to be moving the...
Sofitel Rive Gauge Paris (France) Hotel Room Video
Am getting around to posting all my hotel room videos onto youtube and also then onto my TFT Video Podcast. Here is the Sofitel Rive Gauge in Paris, France
Update on Virgin Atlantic poor service after VS18 fiasco
Here is an update on the TERRIBLE service from Virgin Atlantic after the nightmare on VS18 that an earlier blog reports. After sending and email chasing them, I got a reply...
My new travel video podcast
I have launched a sister podcast to my audio podcast (Tips for Travellers: The Global Travel Destination Podcast). The new podcast is a video podcast and called Tips for Travellers: Hotel...
A sort of response from Virgin….
I have just got this reply from my letter to Virgin. Which says not a lot other than my letter has been passed on to “Richard Branson’s Office”……. !? No apolpogy...
Virgin Atlantic: Nightmare on VS18
Virgin Atlantic: A Nightmare on VS18 As my last posting refers to, I was on the VS18 on Virgin Atlantic from Newark (NYC) to London Heathrow on Thursday 15 February that...
Ramada Hotel, Newark Airport, New Jersey USA; Room video
This is a video of Room 370 at the Ramada Hotel at Newark Airport, New Jersey, USA. As you will hear in the commentary I am a bit tired and fed...
ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors
See Part 1: The hotel video and review of where I stayed: click hereI can never really make up my mind if I love, loath or am indifferent about Athens. But...
Athens, Greece: Part 1 Hotel Pentelikon Review & Video
I have been to Athens 3 tiems (so far this year): at the end of January for a meeting, in June for a conference and then again for a short meeting....
QM2: She’s getting better with age
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/16594372.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp QM2: She’s getting better with ageYou’re not likely to experience the service snafus that plagued the QM2 when she made her maiden voyage three years ago. BY JAY [email protected] Three...
Hudson Hotel New York: review, Video & Photos. SO small So Funky So horrible!
Hudson Hotel New York is a trendy, hip and funky hotel. It is also a strange hotel that will not appeal to everyone. You can read my review below.…but take a...
Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade
When I heard I was getting a chance to go to Taipei Taiwan, I was very excited as it was a place I was keen to visit. As although you hear...
Taiwan: Grand Hyatt Taipei
The Grand Hyatt chain in Asia is usually a great bet for a place to stay as they tend to have great locations, large impressive looking properties with a “wow factor”...
Cathay Pacific Review: 1st Class London – Hong Kong
The Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific was established in 1946, making 2006 its 60th birthday. From two military surplus DC planes that they converted into passenger carriers, the airline now...
Taiwan : Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world)
Taipei 101 in Taiwan is the 2nd tallest building in the world. For a long time it was the tallest until the determined Dubai leadership built the Burj Khalifa which at...
