Best Western is one of the largest hotel companies in the world with over 4,100 properties and one of the oldest, having started in 1946. It is a privately held company that allows the individual properties to stay independent, charges some of the lowest brand membership fees in the industry and some of the least […]
China was the country with the most international departures world wide at over 84 Million, making Chinese travelers an ever-growing presence, especially in Asia. Now, that the Philippine government under President Duterte is making a “pivot” towards China, what will that mean for travel to the Philippines? The Department of Tourism is looking to grow
If you are looking for a place to stay in Ubud, you will find many small independent hotels around town – or beautiful resorts among the rice paddies. If you are looking for a thoroughly modern hotel that can handle larger groups in the center of town, your choices are few. The evitel is addressing
You are living in Europe and need to get away from the dark, cold winter for two weeks. Asia is calling with it’s warm weather and you are looking for a varied experience of city fun, historic sights and beach relaxation. But you want to get away from the beaten path and enjoy South East
Doubletree is a full-service brand of Hilton Worldwide, positioned next to the name-giving Hilton Brand, below the luxury Conrad and above limited service brands Hampton or Hilton Garden Inn. It is the conversion brand in the portfolio, allowing hotel operators to join the Hilton group without meeting the tighter brand standards of the Hilton brand.
Flight deals continue to come available all around the world – and not only from low-cost carriers! This week features deals from Eva Airlines, a 5-star airline, with flights from the US to Asia from as little as $480 round-trip and from the US to Europe on StarAlliance carriers from only $422 round-trip! Those are
Over the last few days, I attended TBEX, the Travel Blogger Exchange, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), a conference of travel bloggers and travel industry representatives – and it was a great success, for the Philippines as the host of the events, TBEX as the organizer and for the many attendees!
Airline mileage programs have become so complicated, it’s hard to know how many miles you get. You used to get one mile per mile flown and more when you flew business or first class. But nowadays, you might get less or no miles for deeply discounted economy class tickets. The big US carriers have all
I have reported a few times on deals of Accor Hotels – they run frequent promotions that offer great deals, both to accumulate points or take advantage of big discounts. Today, you can take advantage of either, so check out the details for the current promotions to either collect points and earn Accor Leclub status
If you are visiting Manila and want Filipino food, there are plenty of options. My favorite Filipino restaurant in Manila is Cafe Romulo – it offers excellent food in great ambiance and with friendly service at reasonable prices, making it an all around winner.
StarAlliance is the largest airline alliance in the world, serving more than 1,300 airports in over 190 countries – and they just added another airline: Juneyao Airline, based in Shanghai, China. Find out how much that will help you when flying to Asia!
There are two things that any visitor to the Philippines raves about, regardless of where they go: The incredible warmth and friendliness of the Filipino people and the amazing food! And while most countries in Asia claim amazing, local food, the Philippines is the only one where the expression for “hello” is “have you eaten?”!