The Executive Airport Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre is the closest Richmond hotel to the Olympic Oval (where speed skating medal competitions will be held during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games). From the rooftop garden, you can see the Olympic Oval, making it less than a 10-minute walk to the sports venue. This...
To start off a small series on Richmond hotels in Canada, I’ll begin with the Sandman Signature Hotel & Resort Vancouver Airport. After shutting the property down for two years, it’s been re-opened with new everything, from the concrete floors up. The hotel is much more of a resort now and really the only...
After sipping and grazing at the first annual Wines of Mexico Festival, I slipped upstairs to my room at the Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver. Sliding into a Frette bathrobe, I ordered in some sushi and settled down for the Canucks game. It’s one of those kinds of hotels: enough luxury to make it a...
On my trip to Jamaica this winter, I was able to scout out a variety of hotels and attractions. I compiled my findings into two articles for Suite101.com Media: Jamaica Vacations at All Inclusive Resorts Jamaica Attractions on the Caribbean Island (winner of the Editor’s Choice Award) Happy reading!
Probably my favourite night of the trip to the Sunshine Coast was staying at Rockwater Secret Cove Resort in Halfmoon Bay, BC. I walked along the lengthy boardwalk to my “Tenthouse Suite” perched above the enticing Malaspina Strait. These “tenthouses” are like private cottages, but the interiors are styled like actual tents. I could...
After a wonderful morning snowshoeing on Grouse Mountain, the group of travel writers I was with had a lovely dinner at Spence on the Coast in Sechelt. Executive Chef Spencer Watt put together a fantastic seafood tasting menu: think mahi mahi resting on a bed of beans (my favourite of the evening) and albacore...
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