“Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). As of December 31, 2011, HPT owned 288 hotels with 42,632 rooms or suites, and 185 travel centers. Its properties are located in 44 states in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.” Some time ago InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced a new hotel…
Unfortunately, only the thought of going to a place where most of the time I would go to a beach bores me to tears. Not even the fact that I could use hotel points makes it better. So I have made a decision to learn something during my vacation even if it might cost more. I have been doing some research (nice term for using Google) and there seems to be a plethora of sites for activity holidays (I would have been very surprised not to). Some of these sites that I have come across: www.travel-quest.co.uk “Travel-quest is a human edited specialist travel directory, each entry is checked and reviewed by an experienced editor. We list adventure and activity holidays, vacations, trips, tours, residential courses and weekends away in the UK, throughout Europe, in the USA, North America and world-wide – try us for sports, action, culture, crafts,…
This is a sculpture at the Vancouver International Airport; I have been running a few times to catch a flight but I hope I didn’t look like him :).
Again I found a letter in the room about the appreciation week. It said: “Our hotels will be honoring <my company’s name> travelers as a thank you for all you do for Marriott.” But I did not feel honored at all that week :). There was no difference from any other weeks. I would have…
I said that I’d stop reading the business section of the newspapers (and I stated the reason why here) but sometimes I cannot help it. And an article – travel related – drew my attention ‘Southwest’s new legacy shouldn’t strand shareholders’. Actually it was the first paragraph that made me read it: “We know what’s…
It seems I have managed to register and yes, I had to stay up late but you cannot get something in life without putting in some effort :). The sites have been so overloaded, I did not even had to watch the videos, I just got a ‘thank you’ message for watching them.
U.S. News Travel published a list of the best travel gadgets that can improve your travel experiences. The first gadget on the list is: SpareOne Emergency Phone ($69.99), that I didn’t know of. From the site’s FAQ: SpareOne is the world’s only cell phone powered by a single AA battery – the world’s most widely available battery. It works…
From the law firm’s site: “On May 7, 2012, Thomson, Rogers issued a $20 million class action against Air Canada on behalf of the 95 passengers of AC 878 en route from Toronto to Zurich on January 13, 2011. During the flight, passengers were subjected to violent forces as the aircraft was suddenly put into a steep dive….
These are a few photos that I took a while ago Guard escorted by the police: Guard change: tall guys are replaced by not so tall and not so nicely dressed guys: The police escort away the old guard: Two statues – a woman holding a sickle and a man holding a hammer – in front…
The title of this post was inspired by the news that Delta bought a refinery and everyone is wondering how an airline could succeed at running a refinery that experienced energy companies have shunned. Will this start a trend? However, Air Canada could do even better, buy in addition to a refinery a small-medium oil company as well…