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InterContinental Times Square is NYC's largest LEED certified hotel
The brand new InterContinental New York Times Square Hotel is the largest hotel in New York City to achieve LEED certification, as well as the largest new hotel in The Big Apple to open since 2002. The 36-story, 607 room hotel is a shining example of [...]
The W San Francisco makes history by earning the first LEED certification for an existing building belonging to a major hotel chain, and only the seventh hotel in the United States to earn the LEED Silver rating. The W San Francisco is also certified by the state of California as a green business. This is [...]
Baltimore’s first LEED certified green hotel is the moderately priced Fairfield Inn and Suites is in the heart of downtown Baltimore. It is close to the city’s famous Inner Harbor and the Baltimore Heritage Walk, a three mile walking trail through four centuries of American history, making it an ideal choice for eco-travelers looking for a moderately priced hotel [...]
Nearly 900 Americas Best Value Inn and Canadas Best Value Inn hotels in North America will be putting soap, shampoo, body lotion and other guest amenities in biodegradable packaging. It’s a first for a hotel chain of this size, which is approximately 50,000 rooms total.
Each year, more than 3.5 billion bottles and caps go into landfills [...]
Paris is wonderful any time of year, but it doesn’t get much cheaper than during Les Soldes, which translates as The Sales. Each January and July, retailers liquidate the previous season’s collections offering reductions of up to 70% off what prices were just before the sales.
All of Paris celebrates the city-wide after-holiday sales. From January 6-9, 2010, there [...]
Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, N.C., is LEED Platinum
How appropriate — the hotel with the world’s top green rating is in the city of Greensboro. It’s the Proximity Hotel, one of the few hotels anywhere to achieve the LEED Platinum rating. Don’t think you have to give up luxury to travel green — this hotel has an [...]
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Where to Find Me 
July
Norwegian Epic
Inaugural Cruise
San Francisco
Launch, 2011 VV Jetta
Trinidad/Tobago
June
Speaker
SATW Meeting, Newport, R. I.
May
Speaker
Alternative Fuel Conference
Las Vegas
Author Book Signing
Peaceful Places NYC
My new travel guidebook
Book Expo America, NYC
Cuba
Havana, Cienfuegos,
Trinidad, Santa Clara
April
San Francisco
Launch, 2011 Ford Fiesta
March
Dubai
Bangkok, Chang Mai
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Where I’ve Been January
Beaver Creek, Vail, Colorado
2009
Miami - Audi A8 launch
Los Angeles Auto Show
Detroit - GM, Ford
St. Lucia
Guadalajara, Mexico
Frankfurt Auto Show
Stuttgart, Munich, Augssburg
Edmondton, Canada NASCAR
Churchill, Canada, "Polar Bear Capital of the World"
Taos, Albuquerque
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