http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog Pages of travel tales gathered from visits to hotels, hammams, beaches, boutiques, bars and everything luxurious in between Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/check-in-taj-mahal-hotel-palace-wing/19177 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/check-in-taj-mahal-hotel-palace-wing/19177#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:13 +0000 Rene Vosslamber /blog/?p=19177 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/check-in-taj-mahal-hotel-palace-wing/19177/feed 0 Rene Vosslamber checks-in at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Palace Wing in Mumbai, India. Click through for his personal pics and more info on this landmark hotel. Mumbai is a big city. Home to more than 20 million people, it’s the commercial and creative capital of India. There’s a lot to see and experience here, including [...] 002928-14-corridor http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:00:35 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=18748 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748/feed 0 Where in the world should you book this year’s great escape? Kiwi Experts and sojourn connoisseurs Bradley Cocks and Rene Vosslamber share their top picks of places and properties for 2012 travel. Thailand remains popular with a constant flow of new luxury hotels—in Bangkok, Siam Kempinski Bangkok, The St. Regis Bangkok, and the upcoming Siam [...] 002913-02-exterior-mountain-view http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/an-island-hideaway-with-a-long-island-iced-tea/9116 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/an-island-hideaway-with-a-long-island-iced-tea/9116#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Melanie Zieba /blog/?p=9116 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/an-island-hideaway-with-a-long-island-iced-tea/9116/feed 0 A few long island iced teas will give you just the motivation you need to realize……you need an island hideaway! Now you might be thinking. “island hideaway…pff ya right , when am I going to have time to have one of those?”  Well, let me tell you, you’ll make time because this week we are [...] island-hideaway http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-make-good-on-your-resolutions-by-sipping-on-masala-chai-tea/5981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-make-good-on-your-resolutions-by-sipping-on-masala-chai-tea/5981#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:00:31 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=5981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-make-good-on-your-resolutions-by-sipping-on-masala-chai-tea/5981/feed 3 It’s the first Friday of 2010, and most of us are still (feebly) attempting to make good on our New Year’s resolutions. For lots of us, that might mean cutting back and not drinking as much. So, in light of helping our readers make good on their New Year’s Resolutions, we’re going to share the [...] taj-lake-palace http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/wow-travels-new-photo-feature-lantern-love/5285 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/wow-travels-new-photo-feature-lantern-love/5285#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:18:57 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=5285 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/wow-travels-new-photo-feature-lantern-love/5285/feed 0 Kiwi Collections luxury online magazine Wow Travel has just put together a new photo feature. This is just a small sampling of some of the hotels beautiful evening settings. Be sure to take a look at Wow Travel’s full photo feature titled Lantern Love. The Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China. The One&Only [...] singita-boulders http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rambagh-palace-jaipur-voted-best-hotel-in-the-world-by-conde-nast/3791 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rambagh-palace-jaipur-voted-best-hotel-in-the-world-by-conde-nast/3791#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:03:40 +0000 Melissa Mewdell http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=3791 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rambagh-palace-jaipur-voted-best-hotel-in-the-world-by-conde-nast/3791/feed 1 Check Availability Perfect for family vacations, romantic escapades and food and wine lovers alike, it’s no surprise for us here at Kiwi Collection that Rambagh Palace Jaipur was just voted the “Best Hotel in the World” by Conde Nast Traveller readers. This “traditional style” hotel in India scored an overall 95.62 and also topped the [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/visit-india-for-diwali-%e2%80%93-the-festival-of-lights-2009/3429 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/visit-india-for-diwali-%e2%80%93-the-festival-of-lights-2009/3429#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:00:06 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=3429 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/visit-india-for-diwali-%e2%80%93-the-festival-of-lights-2009/3429/feed 3 Celebrated as an official national festival in India, Diwali is better known to westerners as The Festival of lights. This festival literally illuminates the country in its celebration of the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. This five day festival starts on October 15th with each day having a [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/taj-mahal-luxury-palace-and-tower-in-mumbai/190 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/taj-mahal-luxury-palace-and-tower-in-mumbai/190#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:20:56 +0000 The Kiwi Insiders http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=190 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/taj-mahal-luxury-palace-and-tower-in-mumbai/190/feed 0 Please wait a moment while the gallery loads…once it is fully loaded, the play controls will appear on the bottom right corner of the image. I’m adding a new section to the Kiwi JetSetter as I was given a new component from the Kiwi geek squad today…a nifty flash gallery of different images in our [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/journey-rajasthan-palaces-14-nights/134 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/journey-rajasthan-palaces-14-nights/134#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:00:59 +0000 Erik Haugen http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=134 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/journey-rajasthan-palaces-14-nights/134/feed 0 Kiwi Collection CEO Erik Haugen offers journey suggestions to travellers based upon his own personal experiences travelling around the globe. Stay 3 nights in Delhi at the Imperial, one of Asia’s best hotels which has played an integral part in India’s history Train transfer to Agra Stay 1 night at the Oberoi Amarvillas in Agra, boasting [...]