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Meet the bright young stars of travel
5/1/2009 | external link
Alex CalderwoodFounder: Ace HotelsAge: 38 Shaking up the hotel trade by blending luxury and budgetCalderwood is a leading creative force behind the Ace hotel group, one of the the most innovative in North America. In 2009, Ace will open hotels in New York and Palm Springs. "Ultimately, we want the hotels to feel residential, like staying in someone's apartment," he says. The first Ace, in Seattle, broke several sacred rules when it opened in 1999. A former boarding house, most of the rooms had shared bath
New InterContinental hotel to open in Melbourne
3/1/2009 | external link
In the latest in a number of tourist developments in Melbourne, Australia, a new InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) property will open its doors in the city this month.IHG announced that its AU$60 million ( 26.3 million) resurrection of the Rialto heritage hotel is virtually complete and the establishment will be welcoming guests from December 15th.InterContinental Melbourne the Rialto is located in Melbourne's financial district, in one of the few remaining examples of 19th century goth
Cars Drives of 2008
3/1/2009 | external link
I m running through my travel lists for 2008, we started with 10 interesting hotels, moved on to music highlights and then the views out the window from my favourite flights. Today it s cars and drives. I didn t cover a lot of distance by road in 2008. There were no long Australian outback trips, no long road trips in Europe or America. In fact I only rented a car on a few occasions and although I spent several months of 2008 in Europe I only had a car for one weekend in England. Bu
Films of 2008
3/1/2009 | external link
I m running through my travel lists for 2008, we started with 10 interesting hotels, moved on to music highlights and then the views out the window from my favourite flights. Next it was cars drives and then museums, galleries exhibitions followed by photographs, books and then other transport. Today it's movies. The El Questro resort is in the heart of the Kimberley region where Australia is set.In Australia the travel film of 2008 would have to be Australia (Baz Luh