by Minter Dial | Sep 6, 2016 | New Tech
I recently had the great pleasure to stay one night at the Park Hyatt Palace Hotel in Paris. It’s not very often that one stays in a hotel in your home town… and this was no ordinary night. The entire stay, from beginning to end, was marked by tremendous...
by Minter Dial | Jan 6, 2014 | Travel
On our recent family holidays to Kerala, India, I was struck how several hotels used recycled newspapers. Specifically, I found recycled newspapers being used as bags (for example, for shoes), sanitary bags, envelopes and garbage inserts. The bags were carefully...
by Minter Dial | Jun 12, 2010 | Marketing, Travel
An out of town friend of mine recently told me about this very different kind of boutique hotel in Paris, called Mama Shelter. Isn’t it funny how, sometimes, it takes a tourist to tell you about your own city. First of all, Mama Shelter is a breakthrough name...
by Minter Dial | May 19, 2009 | Travel
We spent last weekend in sunny, windy, & rainy Dorset, around the wedding of my dear old friend, Tom. Using our Tom-Tom to find Tom was something of a leitmotif for the weekend as we drove around endless country roads hidden from cows’ views by huge parallel...
by Minter Dial | Apr 23, 2009 | Travel
What is and what is not allowed to be taken from hotel rooms? Le Figaro had an article (21/04/09) on hotel stealth by guests. If you are staying at a hotel, have you ever asked yourself which articles you are “allowed” to take and which you are not allowed...
