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Off Season Anniversary Hits: October Travel

2014-08-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Malta

The birthplace of great Zeus is perhaps the most enthralling Med getaway paradise of all. Find here Argo’s top recommendations for October.

Tags: 50 something, anniversary travel, boomer travel, Crete travel, Cyprus travel, Malta travel, October vacations, retirement, Sicily travel

Affiliation with WIHP brings AMT Hotels Group over 180% ROI

2013-10-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Full size image of the Terrace Suite at the award winning Grand Hotel Villa Igiea

AMT Hotels Group (Acqua Marcia Turismo), the Italian hotels group that offers travelers a new style of welcome, hospitality and luxury in Sicily redesigned its corporate website. Visitors to the AMT hotel sites are now presented with a user friendly experience for surfing and booking on their websites, one which ideally proves the value of a refined direct booking path.

Tags: AMT Group, AMT Hotels, Italy hotels, Sicily hotels Sicily, Sicily travel, travel marketing, WIHP

Five Luxury Suites for Your “Bucket List”

2013-10-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

GRAND HOTEL VILLA IGIEA

When we think of traveling first class, what’s the one image we all have in common where hotels are concerned? Is yours the hotel restaurant, it’s not always ours. How about a vast infinity edge swimming pool? Do you dream when you dream of a hotel stay of five star concierge, a valet, a spa to beat all spas, beach-side waiters, killer room service? Now room service, we got warm then, didn’t we? A luxurious suite, this is a hotel image we can all agree on.

Tags: AMT Hotels, Chile travel, France travel, Hyatt Hotels, Orient Express, Palermo hotels, Paris hotels, Russia travel, Sicily travel, St. Petersburg hotels

Argo App Test: HIP Hotels HIP Guide

2012-09-10 by Phil Butler

Hip Hotels mini apps

First thing this #TT Travel Tuesday a Tweet from Hip Hotels mentioning their smartphone app put me in testing mode. So, without further eloquence (not much anyways), the HIP Hotels HIP Guide download to doing Hip Hotels.

Tags: app tests, Barcelona travel, Hip Hotels, hotel apps, Hotel Arts, Hotel Bratsera, Hydra Greece, iTunes, Machu Picchu, mini apps, mobile apps, Nokia, Sicily travel, tourism apps, Travel Tuesday, Windows Phone, world travel

Hos·pi·tal·i·ty – Smith’s Stock in Trade

2011-11-17 by Phil Butler

New Zealand outback

A couple of weeks ago we posted a short review about the digital connectedness of Mr & Mrs Smith Hotels. An honest review of an obviously superb organization, we honestly had no idea. Today I wanted to personally commend this company again, something I am not sure we have ever done. Read on, and discover the right way to do things in hospitality.

Tags: Argentina travel, Atlantic House, Cape Town travel, hospitality, James Lohan, membership rewards, Mr & Mrs Smith, San Martin de los Andes, Seven Rooms Villadorata, Sicily travel, Silversmith, Tamara Lohan, travel experience

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