This article about the Hyatt Regency Tamaya doesn’t really capture the experience of staying there but it does describe the hotel and how it works with the local Native Americans. It makes me somewhat curious - I’d certainly like to check it out.
I’ve been to Paris five times now and each time it’s like a different city. There’s just so many sides to Paris, and so many ways to approach it. And the thing is, each and every time I’ve loved it.
Paris is that kind of city.
So here’s an overview of the different Paris’ I have experienced. Maybe something here in my past travels will help you sort out what to see and do in Paris. Or, if you’re just like me, you will head straight to the Galleries Lafayette…
I’m somewhere in a godforsaken rainforest on the north coast of West Papua, Indonesia, and I’m ready to get the hell out of here. I’m five days into a three-week jungle trek and things have got both weird and dangerous. Now I’m scared and confused, and I’ve lost all faith in my guide.
This article contains some speculation about how US airline mergers might be a bad thing for travelers. Basically, fares are expected to increase and service is likely to get worse.
Here’s an interesting story from a woman who took her 16-year-old daughter to Fiji. I don’t know that most of us can afford to imitate her experience though:
Navutu Stars Resort and Spa, an exclusive and stunningly beautiful property on an uninhabited island. Six smiling staff members greeted us from the beach with songs, fresh fruit cocktails and leis of pink hibiscus.
Japanese topped the list of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia`s resort island of Bali in 2007, reaching 351,752 persons, or about 21.11 percent of the total number of foreign tourist arrivals (1,666,079), a local official said.
Head of Denpasar`s statistics bureau Ida Komang Wisno said here on Saturday Australian tourist arrivals came second on the list with their number recorded at 204,811 or about 12.29 percent. Next were tourists from Taiwan who accounted for 138,859 or about 8.33 percent of the total.
Compared with the previous year, when the figure was 1,262,537, the number of foreign tourist arrivals in 2007 had increased 31.96 percent.
He said the occupancy rate of hotels in Bali in 2007 was recorded at 60.58 percent, while foreign tourists` length of stay averaged 3.34 days.
Earlier: Bali’s January 2008 Arrivals Burst Out of the Star…
Starwood Hotels & Resorts will open its first W Hotel in Washington, D.C. in 2009. W Washington D.C. will open in what was the historic Hotel Washington, an Italian Renaissance revival building occupying the corner of the city’s world-famous Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street. Owned by Istithmar Hotels Washington, LLC, W Washington D.C. will be located directly across the street from the White House, offering 317 luxurious guest rooms, including 32 suites, a spectacular rooftop bar and terrace and a world-class signature restaurant.
