I recently attended a travel bloggers event hosted by Gekko, hotel recommendation engine, and friend of this blog. I was first introduced to Gekko last year and thought it sounded like a good way to find a hotel that’s right up your street. But it’s now added booking partners Expedia, LateRooms, Travel Intelligence and Booking.com to offer up some great rates.
In this time of travel need many companies have tried to help people stranded by the ash cloud from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano. And Lonely Planet is no exception. The travel guide publisher gave away copies of 13 of their iPhone/iPod European city guide apps free this week.
Two weeks ago I posted in support of a growing campaign to see more hotels offer free wifi to guests – you can read that post here. To help people locate a hotel offering guests this basic-level service I started a twitter list. The list is growing and there are a few brands on it, from the exclusive to the budget conscious, offering free wifi across their chain of hotels. Red Carnation, Best Western, Days Inn and City Inn, for example, deserve particular recognition.
I’m very excited. I’ve just watched the video above of Sports Illustrated’s vision for publishing their magazine on Apple’s much talked about Tablet. The Tablet is the rumoured-to-be new netbook with touchscreen capabilities that Apple is said to be launching next year (more on the possible spec here). Until now I hadn’t realised the incredible [...]
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