Crowne Plaza Yas Island is, as the name says, located on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. It’s conveniently located just 10 minutes from the airport and that’s why I stayed with my family. We had a very early flight the day after our Abu Dhabi desert [read more]
I’m in the lucky position to visit Argentina every year for a conference after which I normally add 5-6 days of leisure time. My traditional bleisure trips. This year I went to Patagonia, more precise the Glacier National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I [read more]
Every year I visit Moscow for business and I combine this with a bit of leisure. This year I visited the Moscow metro to see all the beautiful decorated stations. I stayed five nights at the Marriott Moscow Novy Arbat. A luxury hotel where the [read more]
Ho Chi Min City or also called Saigon was the starting point and end point of a two-week Vietnam summer holiday with my wife and kids. On the return we had a two night stay at the Hotel Des Arts Saigon. This hotel is member [read more]
Yosemite National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in eastern California, United States of America. As I “collect” UNESCO sites this park was of course included on my west coast road trip itinerary. For road trips, especially in the USA, I often opt [read more]
I’m a huge fan of Intercontinental hotels as you probably know. When I saw that the Intercontinental Phu Quoc opened early summer I added a 4-night stay there to the summer family holidays. It was a perfect fit as I had a 4-night gap in [read more]
I visited Antigua, the bigger island of Antigua & Barbuda, recently when I hopped Caribbean islands. There are many resorts on the island and after some research I booked the Blue Waters Resort & Spa Antigua. I stayed 4 nights on all-inclusive basis and I [read more]
Tanna is a small island in Vanuatu south of the main island Efate and the best place in the world to visit an active volcano. When I finally had the chance to visit Vanuatu for a week a two-day trip to Tanna and the Mount [read more]
Solomon Islands is one of the lesser travelled island nations in the Pacific and has been on my radar for a long time. Recently, after a conference in Singapore, I had the luxury to travel to the Solomon Islands. I stayed at the Heritage Park [read more]
Vanuatu is the 71th country I visited and when I saw that there was a Holiday Inn Resort Port Vila I simply had to try it out. If you have been following me, you know I always choose an (upscale) IHG Hotel if there is [read more]
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