Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria

We had planned this trip 6 months prior, but it only truly came together in the days leading up to it. If you have points on Star Alliance, generally speaking, a lot of international availability opens up within 24-78hrs prior to departure. Who has the ability to book such last minute international trips? This guy, […]

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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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VOMO Island and Monuriki Island, Fiji

It’s almost impossible to describe the warm hospitality felt upon arrival at VOMO Island. With so many hotels and resorts to choose from around Fiji, it was a difficult – yet extremely fun – task in finding and selecting VOMO. We didn’t really know what we were in for, but the photos almost undersold the […]

InterContinental Hotel, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar, Colombia

Cartagena couldn’t have been more different than Bogota. And wow was I happy to have landed here for 4 nights. Love Cartagena. Culture, food, cocktails, history, architecture, nightlife, beaches, boats, and so much more. Why had I never been here before? I couldn’t answer that question. But who cares – I was teeming with excitement […]

Aux Delices, Pasadena, CA USA

I was jonesing for a club sandwich. Too many plain mixed salads, salty Starbucks wraps, tiny Jamba Juice quinoa bowls, and overly average poke had left craving something fulfilling in the Old Town Pasadena vicinity. I needed a club sandwich, I knew that would quench this craving, and a google search revealed Aux Delices had one […]

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The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA USA

Grand was The Palace Hotel. If one didn’t know this upon booking, the entrance and lobby said it all (after, of course, I paid $60/night for valet parking).  As I walked to my room I couldn’t tell if I would be staying in an old, rundown establishment in need of a restoration, or a newly […]

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