Why Is Hotel Web Content so Boring? There was an interesting round table discussion recently sponsored by visual content management powerhouse, VFM Leonardo . The basic question the panel was asked to consider was this: Why is hotel web site content so boring, and how can it be made more engaging for ...
When Do We Share Travel Information? We recently did an article on why social media mavens don’t use their social media accounts to complain about bad service or disappointing travel experiences. Now, according to the marketing company, Milestone, there’s a twist to this thinking. While travelers may prefer to lodge their travel ...
Images of Fall The magic and mystery of Fall can be found in so many places...late Fall is haunting in the Isle of Skye Breath stealing, in Sedona We almost take Fall for granted here in New England, but I found her playing beautifully with the morning frost in Cedar Falls, Ohio. then dancing ...
Doing the Dude Ranch When 180 horses’ hooves pounded the ground a few feet from me, manes flaring and breaths misting ghost-like, this city boy was transfixed. It was the 5:30 morning roundup at the C Lazy U Ranch in Granby, Colorado, up in the snow-capped Rocky Mountains. The whinnying echoed in the ...
Hotel Shampoos, Tubs and Taxes It’s not one of travel’s burning issues: shower wall shampoo and conditioner or those small bottles that travelers can take home if they don’t use them? Or even if they do. So it was interesting to read that Hotelmarketing.com was just as curious, and asked the question. But the ...
Acadian Culture, Alive and Well in New Brunswick, Canada "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks..." And so goes the epic, deeply moving poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, about the star-crossed romance of two Acadian lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel, lost to each other on their wedding day in ...
Portugal’s Precious Port Wine by Kaleel Sakakeeny The Port Wine Trail begins in the only place legally authentic Port can begin, in Oporto, Portugal’s second-largest city, and a three and a half hour train ride north from Lisbon. More importantly, it’s the gateway to the Douro Valley’s prized Port wine vineyards. The valley is ...
[audio http://travelvideopostcard.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/andalusia_spain_travel_video_postcard_mp3ify-dot-com.mp3] Andalusia, Spain, or in the Arabic, Al Andalus, owes so much of its culture and tradition, even its language to the Moors, Arabs from North Africa who lived and enlightened this part of Europe for years. Listen to the 1-Minute Audio PostCard on Andalusia by clicking the player above. pr ...
[audio http://travelvideopostcard.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/st_thomastravel_st_thomas_st_thomas_travel_video_postcard_mp3ify-dot-com31.mp3] Take a listen to this fun, 1-minute, sound-rich St. Thomas Audio PostCard Or if you'd rather, you can watch the Travel Video PostCard here too
Southampton Inn: Close to the Stars but Down to Earth A random drive along First Neck Lane in fabled Southampton, Long Island, New York brings you very close to gorgeous homes with endless driveways, selling for 20 to 80 million dollars, and that's in a depressed housing market. But a few feet ...
