Archive for the ‘Hotel’ Category

The Palm Court, The Plaza Hotel, New York City, NY USA

The Plaza is a shadow of its former glory days – this is obvious upon walking through the halls and taking in the ambiance and service. It saddened me. I have fond memories of staying at the hotel, living in its history, yet those days are gone. Eloise is definitely no longer prancing through these […]

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Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

As parents of a 1 and 3.5 year old heading out on a beach vacation just outside of mainland America, our main goals are to have fun, stay safe, and stay sane. It can be a lot of work to accomplish all three, especially when your kids are overly sick. Nevertheless, Rachel and I enlisted […]

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Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne vs Sydney was apparently a big debate for Australians. I liked to think of the cities as two separate yet equally alluring “in their own way” destinations that carry the pride of urban Australia on their backs. Apparently Australians are more biased and polarizing in their opinions than I. Nevertheless, I arrived in Melbourne […]

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QT Hotel, Sydney, Australia

3 years since my last time in Sydney. Amazingly enough, last time I was flying solo desperately trying to secure business from the Australian government, and this time the Australian government was paying for my entire trip as a member of their data committee… I felt such a sense of pride arriving into the country, […]

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Hotel Colón Gran Meliá, Seville, Spain

The expansion of our company’s sales into Europe brought me to Seville for the Tourism Innovation Summit. Alas, I did not know much about the conference nor the city, but what I read online about both was enough to entice me to make this trip a priority for our team. I would describe the trip […]

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InterContinental Toronto Centre, Toronto, ON Canada

Porter Airlines? Toronto City airport on a propeller plane from Boston? For a moment there I thought I was getting scammed. What was this airline I had never heard of before, flying into an airport I didn’t know existed, for the same price as all others to YYZ? A few Google searches told me this […]

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