The big green thing you see in major US cities soon isn’t “The Incredible Hulk.” Because Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide just announced it’s introducing a new green hotel chain. Element is opening its first hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts, with others soon Irving and Houston, TX, plus Las Vegas, NV.
Quinto do Monte Hotel is 5* luxury surrounded by heavenly gardens in the Village of Monte in Madeira. With its wonderful climate stunning views and UNESCO protected areas this gorgeous little historical Manor Hotel has charmed the rich and famous for generations. For sub-tropical gardens, exquisite views and with Funchal City Centre only minutes away…
Now, there’s a different kind of dealer on the Las Vegas Strip. Lamborghini Las Vegas just announced the launch of a multi-billion dollar venture at the The Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casiono, bringing together five distinct Lamborghini properties — a car dealership, an exotic sports car gallery, a café, a retail boutique, and Dal Toro,…
La Pleta has put together one fun food-foraging package, where the lucky participants are guided by a local expert on three, half-day tours through the Val d’Aran forest in the Spanish Pyrenees, learning how and where to pick the best mushrooms, berries and snails. Each night you will enjoy a magnificent dinner with the delicacies…
More games. More music. More navigation. More office apps. In fact, there are now more than 500 new software programs for the next-gen iPhone 3G that will run on the 3G cell phone network. They’re all at the App Store, which is now part of the iTunes software site.
My recent trip to New York led me in opposite directions for lodging. I spent a couple days in the W Times Square, a splashy Starwood hotel that still attracts the young and the pretty from this country and Europe. Then I spent a few days in the Helmsley Middletowne, a down-to-earth comfy old building….
I was tasting some dessert wine last weekend in Sonoma at Viansa Winery, which is a gorgeous setting reminiscent of Tuscany. Anyway, I saw several people walking to the register with these flat bubble-wrap thingies, which turns out to be called WineSkin. When you slip your bottle of wine into one, it protects it from…
The Willows Lodge is THE place to sleep when your dining at either the Barking Frog, or the Herbfarm, or just tired from a day of wine tasting, or just looking for a romantic getaway. Perfectly situated along the Sammamish River in the heart of Woodinville Wine Country it also borders the scenic Burke Gilman…
Any sentence that uses the words “free” and “spa” together gets my attention. Rock Resorts, with properties in the Rocky Mountain West and Caribbean, is giving it away at all of their spas to celebrate their four newest. Book a stay at any of their properties for two nights or more, arriving by July 31,…
The light and easy to use Balanzza means you can pack right to your limit without the worry of excess charges. It’s small and light enough to take with you, even do a double-check while in the queue. It will weigh up to 44kg or 100lbs with a strong strap it’s quick to attach to…
It’s still summertime and the livin’ is hopefully easy, but it’s also a good time to plan your winter getaways. Last February, I went on a 1,232 mile Northern Lights Cruise in Norway with Hurtigruten, and it was one of the coolest trips I’ve ever been on — in more ways than one! The six-day…
If you’re addicted to golf (and I’ve been bitten by the bug, too) and have always yearned to play the British Isles or European courses on a golf vacation, Perry Golf is offering three special value tours to northwest Ireland, Wales and Spain’s Costa del Sol, for less than $3,000 each.