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Interview with Virginia Casale Intl’ President of Les Clefs d’Or

Interview with Virginia Casale Intl’ President of Les Clefs d’Or | Boston, United States | Carlos Melia interviews Virginia Casale – International President of Les Clefs d’Or and Concierge at the SOFITEL Hotel in Montreal, Canada. BeenThereDoneThat interview series, this time come to Boston, Massachusetts for the Les Clefs d’Or USA Gala Diner which took place at the Seaport World Trade Center, gathering the ELITE of Hotel Concierges from the United States section. Virginia Casale has been recently elected as International President, with 2 challenging years ahead of her, traveling around the world networking and bridging eduction.

CM BY CARLOS MELIA IS MOVING !!!

CM BY CARLOS MELIA IS MOVING !!! | by Carlos Melia | Dear Friends, Colleagues & Followers, It is with mixed emotions that I wanted to let you know that today is my last day at Pisa Brothers Travel. I will be starting a new position at First in Service Travel with based both in New York City and London.

Urge your Legislators to support Gay Marriage NOW

Urge your Legislators to support Gay Marriage NOW | New York | TAKE ACTION NOW New York. Now is the time for Marriage Equality to become a reality in New York State. But we can’t do it without you. Your legislators need to hear from you TODAY. Enter at Empire State Pride Agenda and express your right to be treated as EQUAL. As I always say …”My native language might be Gay, but I am fluent in Straight, everyone is welcome…” Today is your turn to become fluent in Gay and help US regardless of you sexual orientation, religion, ethnic group, nationality. We need your help to be free to love who WE WANT to love. Share this with friends and family, colleagues and other acquaintances.

Expanding Hotel Loyalty Rewards

Expanding Hotel Loyalty Rewards | by The New York Times Travel | Great news for those travelers, like me, that prefer boutique hotels. While often more charming and memorable than your typical chain hotel, most independent hotels don’t offer loyalty programs. Well not anymore. Individual boutique hotels worldwide are getting together for this cause. GHA – Global Hotel Alliance is a clear example of this global trend. Their take, rewarding frequent guests with insider experiences instead of points. STASH Hotel Rewards – Stash is an entirely new kind of hotel rewards program, one that’s dedicated to the spirit of adventurous, meaningful travel. With Stash, you can earn and redeem points for free nights at some of the best independent hotels in the U.S., from landmark historic inns to boutique gems to top-rated resorts. VOILA Hotel Rewards – a similar points-based program for upscale independent hotels that started three years ago now has about 235 hotels in its network. The new programs reflect two different perspectives on loyalty programs. Hoteliers in one camp believe travelers are burned out on points and that what they really want from a loyalty program is access to special perks and experiences they wouldn’t be able to get on their own. In the other camp, hoteliers believe travelers still want points but are frustrated by the redemption process, which often involves complex reward charts or blackout dates. So hotel chains watch out, boutique is the new trend. (Information Source: Michelle Higgins )

Gay Pride at The Peninsula Hotel New York

Gay Pride at The Peninsula Hotel New York | New York City | (Press Release) In celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, The Peninsula New York has created the Peninsula Pride Package, designed for guests to celebrate this historical month in style. Each year during the month of June, the city comes alive with parades and festivities to commemorate one of the foremost events in the history of gay rights, the Stonewall Riots, which commenced on June 28, 1969. The Peninsula New York is ideally located on Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, in the heart of New York City’s most prestigious shopping, cultural, and business neighborhood, in Mid-town Manhattan. A 23-storey, 1905 landmark building, The Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond Peninsula New York features 185 spacious and luxurious guest rooms and 54 suites, decorated in a classic, contemporary style with art nouveau accents.

Warm Welcome to Virginia Casale new Les Clefs d’Or Intl President

Warm Welcome to Virginia Casale new Les Clefs d’Or International President | from CarlosMeliaBlog.com | I want to personally extend my CONGRATULATIONS, RESPECT and WARM WELCOME to Viriginia Casale new International President of Les Clefs d’Or. It is a pleasure to know you as a professional and more over as a person. I am proud and excited to be part of your team, assisting you and Les Clefs d’Or family with Social Media and being the Webmaster of Les Clefs d’Or Blog. WELCOME. !!!! CM

An evening of Luxury Travel at The National Arts Club NYC

An evening of Luxury Travel at The National Arts Club NYC | Manhattan, New York | It is always GREAT to get together with your dear friends, customers and colleagues, specially when the get together takes place at The National Arts Club at Gramercy Park, New York City and the theme of the night is An Evening of Luxury Travel. A night hosted by Pisa Brothers and CM by Carlos Melia, with the support of companies like Orient Express (thank you Tom Alderink), Lufthansa, Trump SOHO Hotel, The Peninsula Hotels among many others. There I hosted my own Gay Luxury Travel Soiree with friends, clients, renown members of the GLBT Press like Edge Publications (Mark Thompson), OUT Traveler GPS (Ed Salvato) and organizations like Les Clefs d’Or (Michael Romei).

CarlosMeliaBlog welcomes ME by Melia Hotels

CarlosMeliaBlog welcomes ME by Melia Hotels | I want to officially welcome ME by Melia Hotels to CarlosMeliaBlog. The young, stylish and hip side of Sol Melia Hotels. I know that many of you may think by association and last name, that we are related somehow… well the unfortunate true – for me – is that no. I so wish I could be the Paris Hilton of Melia Hotels, but hey at least I get to welcome them to the CM by Carlos Melia family. Now back to the important subject, I want to introduce ME by Melia Hotels as one of the 2011 Official Sponsors of CarlosMeliaBlog. ME …” it becomes YOU…”. Thank you for your endorsement and support. I look forward working with ME by Melia all 2011. My work as a Travel Expert and Blogger is to search Worldwide for those mainstream travel products/services which go above and beyond a mere monetary interest with the GLBT market. Companies that welcome, respect, cherish, support and invest into our community and remain active with multiple LGBT Associations and activities worldwide. ME by Melia Hotels is one of them, and I am proud to welcome them to my blog.

Kylie Minogue live at Hammerstein Ballroom New York

Kylie Minogue live at Hammerstein Ballroom New York | New York City | Kylie performed LIVE tonight in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The venue was completely SOLD OUT and it was only the first of the three performances to happen this week in New York City, for her US Aphrodite LIVE 2011 World Tour. The first quarter of the show, I have to admit was very disappointing to me… and Kylie I love you and have followed you all over the World, but thank God for the rest of the show, the backup dancers and the gigantic TV Screens. Took her tonight at least 30 minutes to connect with the crowd. But after that the party started and she played one hit after the other engaging with the crowd.

Connextions Magazine and Mr Gay World

Connextions Magazine and Mr Gay World | United States | The 3rd. issue of Connextions Magazine is out and online, featuring this month Mr. Gay World. I want to personally thank on behalf of Mr Gay World and myself Shelly Straub for the coverage and comments on myself, Francois (btw. great cover picture of our current reining Mr Gay World) and the whole Mr Gay World organization and family. We look forward seeing you all next 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. CM