Where to stay when you leave.
2/26/2008 at 2:16 PM
Tags: Hotels Doing Good, Elephants, Four Seasons Hotels, Luxury Tents
When you mention Manolo Blahnik, Four Seasons and elephants all in the same sentence, our ears will totally prick up.
Recently, the luxe shoe designer pledged his support to the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation by doing what he does best, designing a (limited-edition) shoe.
Available as of March in the US the Blahnik designed D'orsay pump with patent brown trimming and patent brown 90mm heel will feature Congo leopard print pony (fake) leather. The shoes will exclusively be sold through Footcandy Shoe Stores in California but can be shipped anywhere in the world. It will retail at approximately $600 with proceeds going to the GTAEF conservation project.
Luckily for us, unluckily for our wallet, there is a FootCandy store just a few miles from our house. As for the shoe, we don't have a picture of it yet but it will look something like this.
Now you must be wondering, how does the Four Seasons play into all this?
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by juliana
1/29/2008 at 9:20 AM
Tags: Green Hotels, Green Hotel News, Asia Hotel Scene, Elephants
Update:
We heard from Banyan Tree Phuket:
Banyan Tree Phuket does not have an attached wildlife sanctuary. However, Banyan Tree Phuket, like our other resorts has embarked on numerous CSR initiatives including:
*Gibbon Conservation – Supported the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project to help retrieve captured gibbons and retrain them to live in the world again
*Laguna Phuket Sea Turtle Conservation Ceremony – Organizing an annual carnival to raise awareness for marine conservation
Asian hotel blog Agoda recently put out its list of the top ten eco-friendly hotels in the Asian region, and it makes for interesting reading. The Banyan Tree Phuket in Thailand, for example, made it into the number one position both because of its attached wildlife sanctuary and the fact that this hotel was built by transforming an abandoned tin mine. And each of the remaining nine hotels has a similar kind of story.
Interesting for us is the Anantara Resort & Spa Golden Triangle, also in Thailand, because it includes an elephant conservation center and guests can experience elephant trekking and forest living skills courses, all with a green bent. In Myanmar, the Popa Mountain Resort (home to this amazing view) gets on the good green list because it's been carefully designed to fit in with the surroundings, and uses biodegradable products and its own specially adapted recycling processes too.
And down at number ten on the list, but still worth an eco-visit, the Alia Ubud in Indonesia is a champion in waste recycling. It's proud to say it recycles 80% of its water consumption, which isn't bad at all for a hotel with one of our favorite infinity pools.
[Photo: Greg George]
Related Stories:
Top 10 Eco Friendly Hotels [Agoda]
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The Best Hotel Infinity Pools
by amandak
9/12/2007 at 4:01 PM
Tags: Hotel Openings, JW Marriott Hotels, Hotel Animals, Hotel Pets, Elephants
The JW Marriott Grand Rapids in Michigan doesn't officially open until Sept. 19th but the hotel made an exception for these special guests--seven Asian elephants who are performing in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show, Circus of Dreams.
The hotel served the elephants lunch and we sure hope they got the five-star service they deserve, otherwise PETA is going to be pissed. Oh wait, PETA is already pissed at the circus.
Anyways, more hotel animal news:
· The hotels for pets trend continues with The Fur Seasons [Jupiter Courier]
· The Hilton Whistler Resort caters to dogs [Canoe.ca]
· The Residence Inn in Las Vegas takes pets, which is unusual for Sin City [TripAdvisor]
· The Buckingham Hotel in NYC offers an in-room vet exam for your pet [Buckingham Hotel]
· Concierge recommends The Lowell Hotel and SoHo Grand for dogs in NYC [Concierge]
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