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Dear hotel chains, While I completely understand your right to brand your hotels – after all, your guests will often choose to stay with you because they know what the brand name usually offers – you are starting to take the piss. Let me explain something about names. My name is David Whitley. [...]
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I’m sure many travel writers have encountered a situation where they have been offered a ‘media rate’ by hotels, airlines and tour operators. And I’m sure many of us have struggled to know how to word the most appropriate response. Well never fear – just alter the details on this template letter to suit your [...]
Tourism potential of Samoa As some of this blog’s readers will know, I spent a week in the Pacific nation of Samoa last May. It goes against the grain of this blog to say it, but I found it the most extraordinary place I’ve visited this, and possibly any other year. When there, I thought [...]
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