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Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
…he 17th floor for those people in the club access they have a quite stunning club room for breakfast and evening canapes/ drinks. This is very tastefully designed with great views (also across the racecourse). The hotel meeting area called “The Residence” (pictures also posted) is just stunning and a great place to hold a meeting in quite special surroundings.This is a hotel I look forward to staying here again!…
Sao Paulo Things To Do When Visiting (Part 2)
…ecommendation. Probably the best place to go and see the city is from the “hotel Unique”. This is a very funky and trendy hotel that was designed by Philippe Stark and looks a bit like a “Noah’s Ark” from the outside shape-wise. Although it is not that many stories high based on its location, the views from the bar at the top are supposed to be among the best in the city. It is also one of the hot places to be seen and to see people and is busy an…
ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors
…the one to visit of you only go to one museum and takes you through Greek history with some amazing prehistoric exhibits and also great sculptures Places to stay, based on hotels I have stayed at. Look at each if these for my reviews, videos and photos: Hotel Pentelikon Grecotel Cape Sounio…
PODCAST #3: FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
…VICTORIA · ONE MARTIN PLACE · QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING · CASTLEREAGH STREET HOTELS CITYGATE SEBEL (AVOID!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or “right click” and “save” to desktop My photos: (click here) SYDNEY HARBOUR MARRIOT (MY RECOMMENDATION!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or right click and save to desktop My photos: (click here) SHANGRI-LA SYDNEY (NICE!) Hotel website: click here My room v…
About Me
…ilitary Service I did 18 months military service in Zimbabwe, after school during the Civil War before One-Man One-Vote Independence. During my service, I was a weapons instructor, training soldiers to man the convoys that escorted civilians and goods traffic between the major towns. It was far too dangerous to travel alone. I was a Browning machine gun, automatic rifle, and pistol expert. In 1980, after military service, I left Zimbabwe to go to…
Genoa Italy. City of Rich Maritime, Cruising & Ship Building Heritage
…. Genoa was the key port for people travelling from Italy to New York. The hotel today known as Grand Hotel Savoia was where the rich, famous and important would stay before boarding their ships. It is still a glorious and old fashioned hotel that reeks of that era of glamour (as my review and photos show). You could stay there to relive that atmosphere, or at least visit for tea or a drink in the beautiful public rooms. The most famous and most p…
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Gary Bembridge And My Travels & Blog
…put us in the stunning Chelsea suite. Nothing has beaten it yet. Berkeley Hotel Chelsea Suite on my Civil Partnership 2009. A very special day and hotel 4. Choosing a global marketing career enabled, and has funded, me travelling for over 20 years every month, every year all over world ⁃ I love marketing, and chose a career that meant I had regional and global jobs. Most of my career was at Johnson & Johnson, although since April 2012 I have been…
Revealing the fascinating story behind the crew on Holland America Line
…t majority of the passenger facing crew that you come across in dining and hotel services are no longer Dutch but are from Indonesia and the Philippines. I discovered that came about by design and is a key feature of the new “united nations” of Holland America. The changed nature of the service industry, and the economics of the cruise industry, have meant that Holland America had to turn to other nations to enable it to retain its traditional lev…
The Other Side Of Victoria : A look Beyond Whale-Watching in British Columbia, Canada
…time-lapse video I made of Victoria Harbour Watch the video I made of the Hotel Grand Pacific Hotel, Victoria Harbour Travel to and enjoy Fisherman’s Wharf From the harbour you can either walk along the attractive waterfront, watching the boats glide by and floatplanes land and take off, or catch one of the water taxi rides to Fisherman’s Wharf. It takes around fifteen minutes to stroll there, although if you get the water taxi ride the enthusi…
