HotelClub Hotel and Travel Blog » Video http://blog.hotelclub.com Latest Travel and Hotel News Around the World Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Madonna Super Bowl XLVI Press Conference 2012 http://blog.hotelclub.com/madonna-super-bowl-xlvi-press-conference-2012/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/madonna-super-bowl-xlvi-press-conference-2012/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:39:28 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=22128 More]]> No human of sound mind willfully sits through an entire press conference with the Super Bowl halftime entertainment but the 2012 scrum with Madonna is worth a look-see it in bits and pieces. The sheer amplitude of the press corps in attendance is a telltale indication of just how absurd and not about (American) football the annual circus has become. Other than the players and staff of New York and New England – and the odd gambler and bookmaker – does anyone care who wins the game anymore?

New York City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/madonna-super-bowl-xlvi-press-conference-2012/feed/ 1 Hong Kong Year of the Dragon Fireworks http://blog.hotelclub.com/hong-kong-year-of-the-dragon-fireworks/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/hong-kong-year-of-the-dragon-fireworks/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:23:01 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=22017 More]]> When it comes to pyrotechnics mastery, the People’s Republic has everyone whipped. The Chinese invented fireworks back in the 7th century, of course, and the rest of the world has been playing catch-up ever since. Don’t believe it? Just go to a high-rise Shanghai hotel for Spring Festival (or any huge occasion) and gawk at explosions skyrocketing off rooftops as far as the eye can see for hours on end. Or head to Hong Kong, where New Year’s fireworks are taken very, very seriously.

Hong Kong City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/hong-kong-year-of-the-dragon-fireworks/feed/ 1 Supercars on Ice in Norway http://blog.hotelclub.com/supercars-on-ice-in-norway/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/supercars-on-ice-in-norway/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:53:33 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21940 More]]> What do you get when you take a bunch of ultra-performance sports, rally and muscle cars, daredevil drivers and a frozen lake? Why the Ferdinand Ice Festival in the tiny hamlet of Drevsjo, Norway, of course. Every year a cabal of car fanatics and journalists roll in to witness the likes of Lamborghinis, Porsche 911 GT3s and Lotus Elises navigate a 4.4 km-long iceway at ludicrous speeds. The star of the show this year was the all-electric Tesla Roadster, which drew more than the usual cadre of spectators up from Oslo (and down from Trondheim).

Oslo City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/supercars-on-ice-in-norway/feed/ 2 Australian Open 2012 http://blog.hotelclub.com/australian-open-2012/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/australian-open-2012/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:05:11 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21899 More]]> From test cricket last week to Grand Slam tennis this week, Melbourne proves once more to be the capital of world class sports events in Australia. The first major of the tennis season gets underway on Monday, January 16 and will conclude on Sunday, January 29. Champs Novak Djokovic and Kim Clijsters are ready to defend their titles and more than 650,000 spectators are champing at the bit. Let the hype begin!

Melbourne City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/australian-open-2012/feed/ 2 MCG Boxing Day Crowd Welcomes Sachin Tendulkar http://blog.hotelclub.com/mcg-boxing-day-crowd-welcomes-sachin-tendulkar/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/mcg-boxing-day-crowd-welcomes-sachin-tendulkar/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:17:58 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21833 More]]> No athlete so thoroughly dominates and transcends his sport quite like Sachin Tendulkar. A legend and quasi-deity in India, the man’s fame is well beyond that of a Bollywood matinée idol and difficult to put in words for non-observers of cricket. Tendulkar had the impossible weight of a 1.2 billion-strong nation on his shoulders throughout the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and came through in the clutch, as India took the title on home soil. It was no surpirse then, that the top run-scorer and century maker in Test and One-Day International cricket history prompted this reception at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day.

Melbourne City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/mcg-boxing-day-crowd-welcomes-sachin-tendulkar/feed/ 4 Sydney New Year’s Eve Time Lapse http://blog.hotelclub.com/sydney-new-years-eve-time-lapse/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/sydney-new-years-eve-time-lapse/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:12:02 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21768 More]]> There are superb time lapse videos and there are terrible, epic fail time lapse videos. There is no in-between. To cap 2011 off in style, we have unearthed a gem that happily falls in the former category. Sydney has rarely looked better, in our humble opinion. See for yourself.

Sydney City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/sydney-new-years-eve-time-lapse/feed/ 3 Rudolph Balloon Christmas Parade Tragedy http://blog.hotelclub.com/rudolph-balloon-christmas-parade-tragedy/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/rudolph-balloon-christmas-parade-tragedy/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:06:59 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21762 More]]> Need a good incentive to visit Richmond, Virginia? Besides superb landmarks like the Jackson Ward District, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, the State Capitol and Museum of the Confederacy, of course. Well, we have three words for you: Christmas parade hijinks.

RIchmond City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/rudolph-balloon-christmas-parade-tragedy/feed/ 0 Perth Christmas Lights Run Amok http://blog.hotelclub.com/perth-christmas-lights-run-amok/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/perth-christmas-lights-run-amok/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:08:28 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21667 More]]> Some of us in Australia observe Christmas in modest, conventional terms. Decorate the tree, wrap some gifts, roast a turkey, bake a pavlova, sing a few carols, down some nog, pull some crackers, watch the Boxing Day Test, and so on. Others, however, as one Perth homeowner proves, take the season to flashy, flamboyant and decidedly carbon un-neutral heights.

Perth City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/perth-christmas-lights-run-amok/feed/ 2 Lincoln Christmas Market 2011 http://blog.hotelclub.com/lincoln-christmas-market-2011/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/lincoln-christmas-market-2011/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:27:41 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21611 More]]> Think Germany corners the market on Christmas markets? Well, you may have a point. Still, other parts of Europe take part in the venerable tradition throughout the month of December. Take the small East Midlands cathedral city of Lincoln for instance. Just three hours north of London, the county town of Lincolnshire puts on a yuletide market every year that draws tens of thousands of visitors and, for this year at least, one hilarious, irreverent observer.

Lincoln City Guide

]]> http://blog.hotelclub.com/lincoln-christmas-market-2011/feed/ 1 Sunburn Goa 2011 http://blog.hotelclub.com/sunburn-goa-2011/ http://blog.hotelclub.com/sunburn-goa-2011/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:27:03 +0000 Ian http://blog.hotelclub.com/?p=21558 More]]> The best party in India caps the year off on Candolim Beach in Goa on December 27, 28 and 29. Join in the feverish fray for one of the best festivals on the planet, electronic dance music or not. To help whet your appetite, check out the tasty lineup of acts for Sunburn 2011 and be sure to score a room at the sublime Estrela Do Mar Beach Resort Goa before it books up.

Goa City Guide

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