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137 Pillars House Introduces CSR Guest Visiting Program with Chiang Mai School for Life
137 Pillars House has introduced a new guest activity program in conjunction with School for Life, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility Program to support the local community. Guests can visit the school and interact with the pupils while participating in meaningful activities to support the children and the School. This stunning 30-suite property […]
137 Pillars House Introduces CSR Guest Visiting Program with Chiang Mai School for Life
137 Pillars House has introduced a new guest activity program in conjunction with School for Life, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility Program to support the local community. Guests can visit the school and interact with the pupils while participating in meaningful activities to support the children and the School. This stunning 30-suite property […]
Travel Tip #442: Keep your passport in good nick.
About to board my international flight and check-in supervisor takes one look at my worse-for-wear passport. “I’m sorry, we can’t let you fly with a passport in this condition.” came the matter-of-fact statement. I was being denied boarding on the basis of my deteriorating, 8-y-o passport. Shoving in and out of SmartGate machines could […]
Travel Tip #442: Keep your passport in good nick.
About to board my international flight and check-in supervisor takes one look at my worse-for-wear passport. “I’m sorry, we can’t let you fly with a passport in this condition.” came the matter-of-fact statement. I was being denied boarding on the basis of my deteriorating, 8-y-o passport. Shoving in and out of SmartGate machines could […]
Struth! Wine pays the perfect insult
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that a recent trip to Africa found him facing a bottle of wine he discovered was labelled along the lines of comments less-kind colleagues have often made about his enjoyment of a pleasant drop or […]
HONOURING MICHELLE’S 27 YEARS AT THE HELM
DEDICATED to an amazing ladyforced to the helm 27 years ago. Wc10Jun13 David Ellis AFTER retiring from 27 years at the helm, Michelle Nugan can now invite friends to share a very special drop with her on the many big occasions that lay ahead – Nugan Estate’s Chief Winemaker, Daren Owers has created an exceptional […]
Sydney Railway Square History
GETTING SQUARE WITH DAYS OF YORE David Ellis A RECENT overnight at a hotel on Sydney’s Railway Square turned out to be something more than just the chance to put the feet up for a night of the good life, it became an extraordinary walk down memory lane… Not that the Mercure Sydney was some […]
Packed in Hua Hin
Let’s Sea – Hua Hin Am at Hua Hin. I picked this area because I though it might have missed the uncontrolled development and frantic nightlife of other beachside areas. I was very, very wrong. My resort, Let’s Sea, is squeezed between a number of other new developments. I really don’t see the point in […]
Packed in Hua Hin
Let’s Sea – Hua Hin Am at Hua Hin. I picked this area because I though it might have missed the uncontrolled development and frantic nightlife of other beachside areas. I was very, very wrong. My resort, Let’s Sea, is squeezed between a number of other new developments. I really don’t see the point in […]
Lindblad to bring new competition to Kimberley cruises
Expedition cruising in the Kimberley region of Australia is about to get some new, healthy competition, says Sven Lindblad. Sven Lindblad (file image) THE founder of Lindblad Expeditions, Sven Lindblad says his purchase of the soon-to-be former Orion Expedition Cruises (CW 07 Mar), will add some new spice to the local market. Speaking to Cruise […]
