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By Ken Hegan for MSN This awards season we’ve had the Golden Globes, Grammys, and Oscars. Now it’s time for the awards night we’ve all been waiting for…the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards presented by Airports Council International (ACI). Can you feel the tension and magic? “This an exciting time for airports,” said Angela…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Exhausted by jet lag or this insidious switch to Daylight Savings? If you’re in Tokyo this week (and have a matching pair of XX chromosomes), drag your sleepy butt to the Qusca Sleeping Cafe. This new crash pad opened in Tokyo’s Akasaka business district in December and it’s pretty special.…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Wish you could sleep in an IKEA showroom? Pack your bags because IKEA’s opening budget hotels across Europe. The company’s real estate arm, IKEA.UL, is partnering with Marriott to launch an economy hotel chain called Moxy. Travel tips for IKEA hotels: 1) Instead of a room key, you get a…
By Ken Hegan for MSN When you’re mad as hell, do you: (a) stamp a foot (b) bounce with rage (c) throw things at strangers? Why not do all three at the same time by playing 3-D Trampoline Dodgeball. This is a vertical variation on the sport that my sadistic Grade 6 gym teacher described…
By Ken Hegan for MSN A Dutch prison has been turned into a luxury hotel. Similar to the English hotel Malmaison Oxford (which used to be Oxford Prison), the Netherlands’ Het Arresthuis is now a classy inn that you arrive at in your Bentley instead of fleeing by tunnelling out. The old cell doors still…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Need a cheap hotel room for an afternoon quickie? Dayguest.com is happy to be your wingman/woman. As their website says, they’ve begun offering “boutique and luxury hotels for a few hours, during the day” in two major Canadian airports and cities, in addition to their existing hotel discounts in…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Seeking a celestial spy hotel? This Chilean hotel boasts a telescopic observatory — and private, open-ceiling, geodesic domes — for you to spy on galaxies and your randy neighbours in the cabins down the hill. Established in 2005 in the wine country of Pisco Elqui, Chile, the Hotel Elqui…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Smell that sweet scent wafting up from Colorado? That’s the smell of the burning ‘pot tourism’ debate in Denver. On November 4th, the same day President Obama was re-elected, both Colorado and Washington state voted to legalize marijuana… a move that will surely increase tourism [I highly doubt you’ll…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Movies made me fall in love with San Francisco. Five of my favourite films were shot there: #5) Harold and Maude #4) Bullitt #3) The Maltese Falcon #2) The Game #1) So I Married an Axe Murder [not to mention Vertigo which I’ll cover below]. Each of these films…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel TRAVELLER RULE #44: “Avoid roaming fees, for they are the work of the devil/Mafia/Yakuza.” Ever felt that bitter rage when you discover a surprise roaming charge on your phone bill? These harsh charges are punitively expensive. And even worse, they don’t appear until a month after your travel tan…
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