Cancun Holiday Inn brand
June 30, 2006 on 8:57 am | In Beachbooker, Cancun Cozumel Yucatan | No Comments
In November InterContinental Hotels Group will open the hotel Holiday Inn Cancun - Arenas. The hotel is undergoing remodeling with a total investment of US$ 8 million. The new establishment that will operate under the all inclusive formula is located on Boulevard Kukulcan, across from the Isla Mujeres, 25 minutes from the international airport.
Nicaragua for real estate investors
June 30, 2006 on 8:56 am | In Beachbooker, Nicaragua | No Comments
From northern Costa Rica, drive a couple hours north to your dream resort property in this emerging real estate market. Benefit from a rapidly expanding economy, stable political climate, ground floor pricing hovering at the $120 US per square foot range … and join the many investors who are enjoying very lucrative returns in this beautiful corner of the world.
At BCResortHomes.com, our focus and specialty as realtors and resort real estate consultants is to research evolving foreign opportunities. Since ocean front property is a non-renewable resource, we are keenly aware of matching such properties with discriminating owners who wish to live the good life while their equity enjoys the natural lift in the market driven by demand.
A year ago, we were introduced to Nicaragua as a safe, beautiful and unspoiled destination that was attracting a good amount of foreign investment. Our initial hesitation turned into fervent optimism.
SuperClubs New Bamboo Spas
June 30, 2006 on 8:45 am | In Beachbooker, Caribbean, Jamaica, Spa Resorts | No Comments
This summer, SuperClubs Resorts invites guests on a restful journey of restoration and revitalization at its newly re-branded line of Bamboo Spas.
Featuring a menu of invigorating treatments — facials, body scrubs, wraps and holistic therapies — best enjoyed in peaceful settings, this new line of spas is designed for “total-body” relaxation. At Bamboo Spas, treatments are carefully crafted to engage all five senses for complete sensory immersion: soothing sounds of lapping waves, refreshing scents of indigenous ingredients, panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea, the skilled touch of professional masseuses, and lingering fruity tastes of tropical drinks.
The re-branding of SuperClubs’ spas begin at its properties in Jamaica, and will roll out to resorts in The Bahamas, Curaçao, and Brazil; incorporating Grand Lido, Breezes and Hedonism resort brands.
All new Bamboo Spas will feature a primary spa menu, though each resort adds their unique touches and pizzazz to the experience. At Grand Lido Braco Resort & Spa, treatments are given under a canopy of tropical trees with the tranquil rustling of leaves as a natural accompaniment, while at Breezes Runaway Bay, seaside cabanas with waves breaking on the rocks below.
Guests seeking the epitome of pampering can indulge in Bamboo Spa’s three-hour signature package, available for $380 per person, which incorporates the finest ingredients from the land and the sea, including an Island Coffee Mint Glo Scrub, Tropical Body Mousse, Tropical Fruit Facial and its namesake, Bamboo Massage, which uses bamboo shoots to relieve tension from the body.
For more information or reservations, call 800-GO-SUPER or visit www.superclubs.com
Budapest’s Corinthia Grand’s New Spa
June 30, 2006 on 8:42 am | In Hungary, Spa Resorts | No Comments
The five-star Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal in Budapest, Hungary, has inaugurated its unique “Royal Spa,” following an extensive 4 million euro renovation of an original 19th century spa.
Within the framework of its classical interiors, the Royal Spa has been redesigned to provide over 1,000 square meters of space spread over two levels. The spa is dedicated to vitality, tranquility and well-being of body and mind.
Its wide range of facilities include a 15-metre-long swimming pool, several relaxation areas, saunas, steam bath, Jacuzzis, a fitness room, tropical rain showers, Niagara bathtubs, mud baths, seaweed baths, as well as a variety of therapeutic and massage treatments. The Royal Spa is accessible directly through the hotel as well as from a separate entrance on Erzsébet Boulevard.
The Royal Spa features a wide range of products by Algotherm, the renowned French spa specialists. Respectful of the environment, Algotherm has selected seaweed and other marine active ingredients designed for pure quality and vitality.
Algotherm’s marine resources are meticulously harvested and combined to provide special treatments having the full strength of the oceans. Trained Algotherm aestheticians provide some of the best massage techniques from around the world as also a selection of treatments to enhance well-being and heighten the senses. The original spa was planned and built by famous Hungarian architect Vilmos Freund in 1886-88.
At that time it contained steam baths, wave and shower baths, electric baths, pneumatic chamber and a medical room with cold water. The Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal, Royal Residence and Royal Spa, are owned by InternationaHotel Investments Plc and operated by Corinthia Hotels International, a Malta based hospitality group of 20 upscale city and resort hotels in Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Libya, Malta, Portugal, Russia, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia and Turkey.
For more information, visit www.corinthiahotels.com
Market Pavilion Charleston for Shopping
June 30, 2006 on 8:26 am | In Shopping, The South | No Comments
The Market Pavilion Hotel in Charleston has teamed up with a select group top area retailers — including MOO ROO, The Ben Silver Corporation, Magar Hatworks and Bob Ellis Shoes — to showcase the city’s dynamic shopping attractions with a value-added travel package featuring luxury accommodations.
Available until Oct. 31, the special package includes a host of gourmet meals, special libations, airport transfers via chauffeured driven Bentleys, and an array of unique shopping privileges at the city’s most chic boutiques, from free delivery and shipping of all in-store purchases to special offers and commemorative gifts.
Priced at $1,800 for single or double occupancy plus tax and service charges, the “Good Girls Charleston Shopping Get-Away” features two-night/three-day luxury accommodations, complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea daily, evening hors d’ oeuvres, dinner for two at the hotel’s signature award-winning steakhouse Grill 225, a “Sky’s The Limit” commemorative cocktail in the hotel’s popular rooftop Pavilion Bar, airport transfers, and special signature parting gifts. “Good Girls Charleston Shopping Get-Away” guests will also enjoy a 10 percent discount at MOO ROO’s Charleston flagship www.mooroo.com, as well as a gift. Designer Mary Norton, the darling of the fashion industry, began her business just six years ago on her Charleston living room table, making bags for her friends as gifts. Today her MOO ROO has blossomed into one of the most legendary internationally acclaimed luxury brands.
With a huge celebrity and fashionista following, MOO ROO unique “day into night” bags, as well as silk scarves, brooches, and bracelets, can be found in such stores as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harvey Nichols, Seibu, and 300 luxury boutiques worldwide. The Ben Silver Corporation (www.bensilver.com), ranked among the world’s finest haberdasheries and famous for its large selection of hand-made university, club, and regimental striped ties made of fine English and Italian silks, has two gorgeous shops on Charleston’s historic King Street.
In addition to complimentary delivery and free shipping of all purchases here, guests will also enjoy a 10 percent discount on all in-store purchases. Leigh Magar of Magar Hatworks (www.magarhatworks.com) is offering “Good Girls Charleston Shopping Get-Away” travelers 10 percent off on all in-store purchases, as well as free delivery and/or shipping.
Embracing the classic craft of millinery, each and every one of Leigh’s hats is hand made at her charming Charleston studio/shop. Bob Ellis Shoes (www.bobellisshoes.com), renowned for its fine collection of ladies’ and men’s footwear and handbags as recently featured on The Today Show, has been a Charleston landmark for more than 50 years.
Featuring designs by Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Prada, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Chloe, Balenciaga, Yves St. Laurent, Stuart Weitzman, Fendi, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs and others, plus hard-to-find sizes and widths.
The store also will offer a $100 gift card for use at a later date on all in-store and online purchases (excluding sale items) worth $1,000 or more. The 66-room Market Pavilion Hotel is a member of Leading Small Hotels of the World.
The boutique “resort-hotel” stands at the corner of Charleston’s most famous intersection, Market and East Bay Streets, just steps from the City Market, waterfront, historic landmarks, shopping and antebellum homes.
For information and reservations, call 877-440-2250 or visit www.marketpavilion.com
Australia’s Victoria for Golf and Wine
June 30, 2006 on 8:05 am | In Australia, Dine Drink, Golf Resorts | No CommentsThe second Australian ever to win the U.S. Open, 29 year-old Geoff Ogilvy, is a new hero in his home state of Victoria. Ogilvy’s spectacular feat is drawing eyes the world over to Victoria, a world-class golf destination with vast acres of fairways, greens, bunkers and hazards at more than 375 courses ranging from traditional country links to coastal cliff-top layouts and even grounds groomed by mobs of grazing kangaroos.
“>Most Victorian golf odysseys begin in Melbourne. Southeast of Melbourne is Victoria’s sand-belt corridor, home to four of Australia’s top ten courses including Ogilvy’s own Victoria Golf Club, Kingston Heath, the Metropolitan and the Royal Melbourne. The beachside courses of nearby Mornington Peninsula feature some of Victoria’s finest greens. The Dunes, Victoria’s top public access course, and nearby Flinders, a stunning cliff-top course named after explorer Mathew Flinders, the first to circumnavigate Australia are available. The National, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. with layouts by Greg Norman, also features views of the Bass Strait and is perhaps the hardest course to master in Australia. Another is The Heritage, a beautiful course surrounded by views of the valley, or the Anglesea Golf Club where the resident kangaroo population, numbering more than 300, act as unofficial greens keepers. Golf Wine Travel offers “Golf Victoria” land packages combining courses in Melbourne, the Sand-Belt, and Mornington Peninsula, from $2,440 per person double including four rounds of golf, excursion to Montalto Vineyards, private transfers, and six-nights luxury accommodation. Add-ons are available for exploring additional Victorian courses. Qantas Airways,
Air New Zealand and United Airlines offer daily nonstop and direct flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Melbourne.
For more information, call 888-607-1717 or visit http://www.golfwineaustralia.com/
Las Vegas Adventure Tour Tickets Online
June 29, 2006 on 6:29 pm | In Adventure Travel, Las Vegas, Outdoors | No Comments
Las Vegas Shopping Tours
June 29, 2006 on 4:16 pm | In Dine Drink, Fashions, Las Vegas, Shopping | No Comments
Peru’s Sacred City Of Caral Opens
June 29, 2006 on 9:43 am | In Adventure Travel, Outdoors, Peru | No CommentsLIMA, PERU (June 26, 2006) – The Sacred City of Caral, the oldest city in the Americas that has changed the history of Peru and the world since its discovery in 1994, is now open as a prime destination and archeological treasure for tourists who visit Lima. As a result of the work done by the Proyecto Especial Arqueólogico Caral-Supe (Caral-Supe Special Archeological Project), the Sacred City of Caral is now open for tourists and will continue to undergo a series of restorations that will provide an added value to the existing and future tourist circuits in the region.
The Sacred City of Caral, built over 5,000 years ago, is not only the oldest city in the Americas but also third overall after Mesopotamia and Egypt, followed by China and India. This historical treasure, located in the Supe Valley, is just two hours north of Lima and easily accessible by the Pan-American Highway. Although Machu Picchu, located in Cusco, has gained considerably more attention around the world as the capital of the Inca Empire, many do not know that the Sacred City of Caral was the first political state formed in Peru 4,400 years prior to the Incas.
The Caral civilization was ruled by a hierarchical system with differences in rank and position in society; this is evidenced in the unequal distribution of wealth and occupational roles. Tourists who visit the area will be able to see how this system influenced the Caral way of life when they tour the residential and public housing areas, pyramids, sunken circular plazas, temples, altars, and more.
Due to the civilization’s organizational structure, they were able to flourish in specialties such as astronomy, medicine, engineering, trade, music, textiles and basket weaving. Agricultural cultivations were also an important part of the Caral daily life. Colored cotton was the Caral product of choice for trade especially when it came to anchovies and shellfish arriving from Aspero, the first fishing town in the Americas, one of 19 contemporary settlements of this civilization. Other contemporary settlements to Caral are Kotosh in Huánuco and Piruro in the Marañon Valley; Huaricoto and La Galgada in the Santa Valley; Las Haldas in the Casma Valley; El Paraíso in the Chillon Valley; Bandurria in Huacho and Culebras near to the Culebras Valley.
The Sacred City of Caral receives visitors from all over the world. Caral received 7,338 visitors in 2003, 15,265 visitors in 2004 and 21,068 visitors in 2005. With the support of Promperú, this number is expected to rise in the coming years.
The Commission for the Promotion of Peru (Promperú), founded in 1993, leads the promotion of the Peruvian tourism product and the country’s image both domestically and internationally. Promperú evaluates, develops and executes policies and strategies to promote internal and receptive tourism. It also markets Peru as a tourism destination through advertising, public relations and promotional activities. For information about planning a trip to Peru, call 1-866-661-PERU (in the U.S.) or visit www.peru.info
