Argophilia

Αργοφιλία: For the love of the journey.

Gstaad Palace: Green, Luxuriant & Progressive Too

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One of the world’s exclusive eco-friendly hotels, the Gstaad Palace, has elected to use Global Hotel Exchange, a revolutionary new online booking platform that makes an ideal bed-fellow for one of Switzerland’s most inventive and luxurious places to stay. As this fabulous Swiss resort proclaims in their video at post’s end, “Gstaad Palace is far more than just a hotel.” Where forward thinking joins old world tradition, excellence resides.

US Mobile Travel Bookings to Top $8 Billion

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Everyone in the business of travel distribution knows mobile is the most influential sector of the booking segment. A new report from the world’s leading travel authority, PhoCusWright, tells of mobile’s value upcoming. According to the research company bookings via mobile will exceed $8 billion in 2013 in the US alone.

Legend Hotel Paris Offers Chic Economy & Location

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It’s not every day or even on every trip one finds perfect economy and location in setting like that at Legend Hotel Paris. Located just a stone’s throw from Saint Germain, Luxembourg Gardens, Boulevard Saint Michel, and Châtelet & Notre-Dame, this little gem of an accommodation exhibits a quaint and mysterious character.

Jekyll Island Convention Center Excites Tourism Chiefs

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Tourism chiefs in Georgia are enthusiastically awaiting the unveiling of the brand new, state-of-the-art, Jekyll Island Convention Center, a development which they hope is going to give business travel to the region a significant boost in the coming months.

Travel Matters Conference Speakers Confirmed

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In news from ABTA, the speaker lineup for this year’s Travel Matters Conference has been announced. Their news also confirms that John Penrose MP, Minister for Tourism and Heritage, will be among the distinguished industry figures appearing in the program.

Travelport Adds NTV Italian High Speed Rail

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Some good news from Travelport, clients will now be able to book rail travel on the much talked about Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV), the first Italian private high-speed railway. The strategic partnership tells of NTV distribution via Galileo-connected travel agencies in Italy and around the world.

Google Flight Search Moves to Mobile

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Good news for the die hard Google user, the world’s biggest Internet player has just announced Google Flight Search for Android and iOS devices. The company says these mobile variants offer all the functionality and benefits of the desktop platform. According to a post on the official Google blog, since launching Flight Search back in […]

Watch Planet Asia Travel Channel

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In touring news from Asia, Planet Asia Travel Channel offers travelers shares insider advice on touring the region via their blog, photos, videos, and bi-weekly Podcasts that feature celebrity guest experts. Another adventuresome initiative by Daniel Fraser and Scott Coates, the founders of Smiling Albino, the channel is definitely a unique one.

At Home in Maine – Parkwood Inn Magnuson Grand

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Spotlighting yet another charming hotel this week, we turn our binoculars toward Brunswick, Maine, once a colonial shipbuilding Mecca. For accomodating the outdoors type intent on a soft bed instead of a sleeping bag there, visitors can pull up some genuine hospitality at the Parkwood Inn Magnuson Grand hotel there.