Keeping active while travelling with Aaptiv

Keeping active while travelling with Aaptiv

There is an all too familiar routine – travel for work or pleasure rarely leaves time for fitting in exercise. And we come home feeling podgy and unexercised. Then because there’s all the work to catch up on, not enough time to fit in exercise when we get back. So the key is…

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12 hours in: Los Angeles

12 hours in: Los Angeles

Sometimes the scheduling gods at work smile kindly… A project in Los Angeles, are you keen… I didn’t have to think twice! California in the spring – yes please!  And yes, the beaches in SoCal are just about as American as it gets! Whilst Los Angeles is not somewhere I would choose to visit on…

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On business – blessings and woes of corporate travel

On business – blessings and woes of corporate travel

You know those people at work that are always jetting off here and there on business, have a clutch of gold cards and exciting passport stamps? So glamorous. I always wanted to be one! And then I was. I went to America more than necessary, once for less than 24 hours… India for…

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Interview With Travel Blogger Anna Parker

Interview With Travel Blogger Anna Parker

Combining business with travel can open you up to exploring the world. You might also have the chance to meet some global celebrities and royalty. Find out more about someone who did in this travel blogger interview with Anna Parker of Travel With Penelope And Parker. http://travelbloggerinterviews.com/anna-parker-travel-with-penelope-and-parker/

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First trip to India

First trip to India

Business travel! Lots of airports, planes, hotel rooms and meetings.  Very little seeing of a country but plenty of currency and language confusion, passport stamps and airmiles.  I don’t begrudge it – I have visited some amazing places over the years (although I have to say that I have been to the USA…

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Living the #spglife in the US!

Living the #spglife in the US!

In the UK there aren’t many Starwood properties, but on a recent business trip to the States I was hard pushed to find anything but.  Value wise they also sit surprisingly well, compared to other business-style hotels.  Given I was on the move pretty much every day on my trip, this meant I…

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When in Rome with Hilton…

When in Rome with Hilton…

In the past month I’ve had the need to stay in 3 of the 4 Hilton hotels in Rome!  I could have been braver and used another hotel group, but there is something to be said for brand loyalty to keep up a tier rating!!  It isn’t usual to stay in so many hotels of…

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