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| Posted: 21 Dec 2009 01:27 PM PST IRVING, Texas, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- An unprecedented eight Omni Hotels have been named on Travel + Leisure's annual list of the top 500 hotels in the world, featured in the January 2010 issue of the esteemed travel magazine as well as on travelandleisure.com/tl500. Seven Omni Hotels are named on the T+L 500 in the United States: the Omni San Francisco Hotel; the Omni Berkshire Place in New York; the Omni Hotel at Independence Park in Philadelphia; the Omni Chicago Hotel; the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas near Dallas; the Omni La Mansion del Rio and the Watermark Hotel & Spa in San Antonio. The Omni Mont-Royal in Montreal, Canada is included on the T+L 500. "It is truly an honor to have so many great Omni Hotels recognized on Travel + Leisure's prestigious T+L 500 list of the world's best hotels," said Mike Deitemeyer, president of Omni Hotels. "This is tremendous reinforcement that our guests clearly take notice of our unique properties, heightened level of personalized service and commitment to creating memorable experiences." The 2010 T+L 500 recognizes the 500 highest-rated hotels, resorts, inns and lodges from Travel + Leisure's 2009 World's Best Awards survey and identifies what makes each one special. Each year, Travel + Leisure asks their readers to rate the places they've stayed recently, and thousands of readers share their opinions. Guests can get additional information and book accommodations at omnihotels.com or by calling 1-800-The-Omni. About Omni Hotels & Resorts Omni Hotels & Resorts creates genuine, authentic guest experiences that take guests on "A Total Departure" to 45 distinct luxury hotels and resorts in leading business gateways and leisure destinations across North America. From exceptional golf and spa retreats to dynamic business settings, each Omni showcases the local flavor of the destination while featuring four-diamond services, signature restaurants, Wi-Fi connectivity and unique wellness options. Known for its award-winning, personalized service, Omni leaves a lasting impression with every customer interaction, with a heightened level of recognition and rewards delivered through its Select Guest loyalty program and the company's "Power of One" associate empowerment program. To get additional information or book accommodations, visit omnihotels.com or call 1-800-The-Omni. SOURCE Omni Hotels & Resorts Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Travels in Cyberspace: The Monday Report - New York Times (blog) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:51 PM PST Forget the Winter Olympics in Vancouver or the World Cup in South Africa. For music fans, the hottest ticket for 2010 will be the Coachella festival in California. So says Jaunted, which in a recent post, announced both the festival's dates for 2010 and offered advice on how to get tickets.
The weekend indie festival will kick off on April 16, and a three-day pass to the entire event will cost $269 a person. According to Jaunted, attendees can buy their tickets through a layaway plan, with a 50 percent down payment due by Feb. 15, 2010. Also, for the first time, car-camping reservations are being offered, with prices starting at $55 for a reserved spot. As the festival's Web site explains, "If you've camped with us at Coachella before, you're probably used to parking and lugging your gear. Now you can park your car right next to your tent." Meanwhile, the folks at Jaunted are definitely psyched. As the Web site puts it, "Feel free to start crossing your fingers for an Arcade Fire headlining gig now." A Great Traveling Companion Ever hear of Nicolas Bouvier? No? Well, luckily, Tom Swick has. Writing for the travel site WorldHum, Mr. Swick says he was given a copy of Bouvier's "The Way of the World" last year — a book about the Swiss travel writer's journey in the 1950s through the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan – and was immediately smitten. Here, for example, is a typical passage, as quoted by Mr. Swick, a longtime travel writer himself, "Sitting in a row behind a table covered in half-empty litre bottles, five gypsies in their forties, five dirty, tattered, wily, distinguished gypsies, strummed their patched instruments and sang." As Mr. Swick puts it, "A writer who can waylay me with the perfect outsider adjective ('distinguished') and nail a socio-economic milieu with another ('patched') is someone I would go anywhere with." Mr. Swick said sentences like these demonstrated Bouvier's "painterly ability to capture a scene with a few omnipotent words." Mr. Bouvier died in 1998, just short of his 70th birthday, having worked as a freelance photographer and also having published several other travel books besides "The Way of the World." As Mr. Swick raves, "Reading Bouvier, you are constantly torn between lingering over an unforgettable line (or paragraph) and turning the page to see what prizes await." "The Way of the World" is available through Amazon, with a recent paperback edition selling for $11.53. Uruguay: The Next Hot Spot? Is Uruguay finally getting its moment in the sun? Carry On, the daily blog from Travel & Leisure magazine, reports that a flashy new airport in Montevideo (designed by the Uruguay-born, New York-based architect Rafael Viñoly) and the scheduled opening of a new boutique hotel in what was a Victorian-era mansion owned by the country's president are signs that this often-overlooked South American destination is on the verge of getting some tourism love. "Things are popping down there," the magazine states, "and it won't be long before everyone figures it out." Partying in Mexico City If you're looking for a great weekend escape right about now — something to take your mind off the slush-filled streets and the bone-chilling temperatures up and down the Eastern Seaboard – New York magazine recommends a quick trip to Mexico City. In particular, the magazine's Web site recommends the late-night music scene there, from the "cutting edge electro acts" at clubs like Pasagüero or El Imperial or the vibrant dance parties at ButterFlies (formerly Buttergold),"the megasize disco with five bars and twice-nightly drag revues that draw as many straight folks as gay." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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