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Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch to open in April

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The Melrose Arch precinct in Johannesburg will feature the new 197-room Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch in April. Following on the success of the first Fire & Ice concept in Cape Town, this contemporary hotel is aimed at ...Read More »

Hilton Hotels refurbishes several UK properties

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Several Hilton Hotels properties across the UK are part of the roll out of a comprehensive 20m refurbishment programme. The Hilton branded properties, all owned by Igal Ahouvi and his partners, range from Aberdeen to Gatwick. Igal Ahouvi and partners own ...Read More »

The Skinny on Eurail Passes

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There are several European countries in which you can use EurailPasses, which allow for unlimited train travel. While most of the countries are fair game to travel around with a standard Eurailpass, others have restrictions. If you plan to rack up ...Read More »

Emma’s Eccentric Britain: escapology, Covent Garden, London

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Chris Cross looks like a slightly camp extra from Pirates of the Caribbean. He's as tall as a ship's mast, is wearing a leopard skin bandana and his clothes are covered in skulls and crossbones. He's from Newcastle and is a ...Read More »

Just Back from Patagonia

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Sarah Gold spent two weeks exploring the regions at the southern end of the earth: Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. These territories, which encompass both Chile and Argentina, together occupy the southerly tip of South America, and are the last ...Read More »

Napier, New Zealand

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A lovely and remote setting in New Zealand's most enchanting region... Where: Located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island in the Hawke's Bay area, roughly 400 kilometers southeast of Auckland. Why: After a 1931 earthquake flattened the city, most ...Read More »

Just Back from Belize

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Fodor's writer Sarah Sper spent a week traipsing around Belize, climbing up Mayan ruins, canoeing through caves, hiking in the rainforest, snorkeling along the coast, and boating through the atolls. What was your favorite part of the trip? It's a toss up ...Read More »

Guests give generously to Cape kids’ charity

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Last week, the Petousis family-owned hotels - The Vineyard Hotel & Spa, d'Ouwe Werf Hotel and the Townhouse Hotel & Conference Centre - increased their donations made by guests towards four long-term charities of Our Kids of the Cape Fund. At ...Read More »
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