Archive for April, 2009

 
Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Travelodge Budget Hotel Company has expanded to Spain with one location set in beautiful Madrid and another in Barcelona.

The UK budget hotel chain recently announced a one billion euro expansion plan for Spain and plans to open 100 more affordable hotels and create two thousand jobs in Spain by the year 2020.

This follows successful trials at Travelodge Madrid Las Rozas in Madrid and Travelodge Barcelona Hospitalet in Barcelona. Travelodge in Spain is ripe for growth and hotels in Valencia, Malaga, Zaragoza and Bilbao are set to join the two pilot sites in Madrid and Barcelona.

The budget hotel chain desires leadership in the emerging Spanish affordable hotel market. Travelodge hopes to double in size by 2011; taking advantage of growth in the sector. (more…)

 

If you are looking for a Caribbean Vacation Special in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, then perhaps you need to do some investigation about the private island of Mayreau. It is a quiet destination found just west of the Tobago Cays. There is no airport on Mayreau so visitors arrive by small cruise ships that dock at Saline Bay on the south west corner of the island.

Mayreau is the smallest inhabited island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, being only one and a half square miles in area with a permanent population of about three hundred people who all live in a village on the south west of the island. (more…)

 

Nestled deeply in the mysterious but ever alluring United Arab Emirates, Dubai has for decades been hidden from the Western world, only recently opening its golden doors to eager tourists desperate to experience all this desert kingdom has to offer.

Located in the eastern Arabian Peninsula, Dubai is one of the world’s hottest tourist’s destinations and has become a leading figure in business, IT and the finance world. Built on the back of rich oil reserves, the city has transformed into an oasis of high rise buildings, world class shopping and dining and competitive sports, without forfeiting its exotic culture and spice filled history. (more…)