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Get Blog Posts As EmailsAdventure tourism used to be a small, niche market segment of the travel industry. A new study by George Washington University measures the market for the first time, and shows that adventure tourism has become a huge segment of the market. I wrote about the study’s first announcement in a previous blog post, and additional [...]
Natural/Cultural Experiences Sought by Huge Number of Travelers
August 19th, 2010 by FrancesAmble YouTube Channel
July 9th, 2010 by TimI’m sure you’ve been watching all of our recent YouTube videos. If you haven’t, here is one from the legendary Horst Schulze, Chairman and CEO of The West Paces Hotel Group, explaining how hotel guests will be treated on Isla Palenque. It was filmed at our April broker presentation in Houston at the St. Regis [...]
Paper Bottles
May 13th, 2010 by FrancesI look forward to my Green Supplier Spotlight emails from Green Lodging News. I’ve gotten other blog material from them, see my previous post about green washing machines. This time they sent an ad for a product that caught my eye: shampoo in paper bottles. Of course! It makes so much sense! Don’t you feel [...]
Presenting…Us!
May 3rd, 2010 by FrancesJust got back from Texas, where Amble President Ben Loomis, West Paces Hotel Group Chairman Horst Schulze and I met with prospective buyers and real estate brokers in Dallas and Houston. Everyone seemed to enjoy our presentation so much, we’re going to make it available online soon – I’ll keep you posted about when and [...]
Here’s to Spring!
April 23rd, 2010 by JoeAs spring finally arrives it would only be fitting to sit back and smile as the end of winter is behind us……for now. For those of you who already miss the snow and cold temperature and would love nothing more than to bask in all of its frigid glory, this might be the place for [...]
Getting Back to Our Roots
March 31st, 2010 by JoeAs we continue to chug away with schematic plans and concepts for the canopy homes for Isla Palenque, I found myself searching for new inspiration only to stumble upon, yep you guessed it, a tree hotel. Inspired by the documentary film “Trädälskaren”(Treelover) where three men from the urban environment build a tree house together to [...]
Orientation!
March 30th, 2010 by FrancesLast week I traveled to Auburn, Alabama with Amble President Ben Loomis, Sales Manager Michelle Nataros and Project Coordinator Aris Almengor. “Alabama,” you say incredulously? “Why?” Well it just so happens that Auburn University is the home of the Hotel Auburn, run by our hotel management company, The West Paces Hotel Group. (If you follow [...]
Press Release – Amble Resorts Signs West Paces Hotel Group to Manage World-Class Panama Resort Project: Isla Palenque
March 15th, 2010 by FrancesCHICAGO, March 9, 2010 — Burgeoning resort development company Amble Resorts has contracted the hospitality experts West Paces Hotel Group to manage Amble’s sophisticated, environmentally sensitive debut resort community, The Resort at Isla Palenque. The collaboration is noteworthy for its marriage of Amble’s unique, visionary ideas with West Paces’ experience and well-known service standards. Amble, [...]
West Paces
February 19th, 2010 by BenI just executed a hotel management agreement with The West Paces Hotel Group about an hour ago. We’ve been working with them for the last several months, and signed an LOI back in November. But it isn’t til now that we could really make the information public. This is very exciting for us. Why we’re [...]
Press Release – Progressive Luxury Resorts Make Walls Obsolete for the Traveling Elite
January 8th, 2010 by FrancesCHICAGO, Jan. 6, 2010 — Luxury travel has assumed a new meaning among vacationers looking to be submerged in their destinations’ natural environment. In response to a growing demand for close-to-nature vacation experiences, some progressive luxury resorts are eliminating the physical barriers between travelers and their ultimate destination: nature. These high-end resorts now offer open-air [...]