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		<title>Palazzina Grazzi on the Grand Canal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed Palazzo Grassi. The façade is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which generations of noble and haute-bourgeois families lived and several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelberger Hotel set to Open in Berlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Hotel veterans might say newcomer Tom Michelberger is playing at being a hotelier which would be fine by him as “play” is a central theme to his brand new hotel.
The “first” Michelberger Hotel is set to open in September near the Oberbaum bridge over the river Spree in Berlin, Germany. The entire team behind the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEVVA &#8211; Hong Kong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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SEVVA (pronounced savor) is the newest &#8220;it&#8221; spot in downtown Hong Kong.
Hong Kong style icon and SEVVA creator, Bonnie Gokson enlisted the aid of Calvin Tsao of Tsao &#38; McKown Architects in New York to design the 13,000 sq ft space. The new restaurant/club, located on the 25-floor penthouse of the Prince Building, is divided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumbo Hostel-Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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There are many unique hotel concepts around the world. From the one room mobile Hotel Everland that is transported to different rooftops around Europe to the rooms inside massive concrete drainpipes of Dasparkhotel, hoteliers are finding innovative ways to create a unique hotel experience.
Just opened on February 15, 2009, the Jumbo Hostel is the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aloft is arising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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Things in Tempe are looking up.
aloft, the first Tempe hotel in nearly ten years, will open February 5, 2009, nearly seven weeks ahead of schedule. Geared toward the high tech-traveler, it&#8217;s a place where fancy meets simple right where it makes the most sense.
Featuring WiFi, online check-in, iPod-compatible speakers throughout the property, TVs with laptop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Room Mate Grace &#8211; New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Grace: Creative, multicultural, charismatic&#8230;
So their web site states. But they left out unique, cool and hip. A good idea, as in today&#8217;s marketing world, those words have become cliché and Grace is most definitely not cliché. It is, however, unique, cool and hip in the very real definition of those words.
Located on 45th Street just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco: A World Of Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hamett</dc:creator>
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San Francisco is one of those cities that is whatever visitors want it to be. Once referred to as the Paris of the West, a better description might be the world of the west. Visitors can circle the globe by way of Chinatown, Japan Town, North Beach, the Russian hub and the Mission. Castro remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nu Hotel, Brooklyn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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The Nu Hotel is the new destination for travelers in Brooklyn.
While Brooklyn neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Park Slope get a lot of attention, there is another cluster of well-known neighborhoods including Cobble Hill, featuring Restaurant Row; Carroll Gardens, with its parks and Italian heritage; and downtown Brooklyn.
Nu Hotel opened this July and sits squarely at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Dreams Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Modern Vancouver is more than part of the eco-revolution; it may be the hub of an existing eco-evolution. It&#8217;s no wonder locals have affectionately known this green city for decades as the &#8220;city in the rainforest&#8221;.
Unlike most comparable metropolitan areas, Vancouver&#8217;s unique and notable natural beauties-water, mountains and lushness-are indivisible. This endemic desire to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Earth Friendly, Travel Green!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Everybody is going green these days; the tourism industry is no exception. With all the eco-travel focus on popular green destinations, how one travels is just as important as where. Here is some of the best advice on how to travel green and minimize a vacation&#8217;s environmental impact.
A little green planning goes a long way. [...]]]></description>
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