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  • Welcome to CarlosMeliaBlog

    Carlos Melia,Travel Agent. Luxury Travel Curator & Blogger. Wedding Planner. Public Relations & Marketing

    For the last 30 years I have travelled and lived all over the world. Experiential and worldwide travel expertise.

    My firm commitment to you, and main purpose of my blog is - Been There Done That. All travel services and products to be reviewed, offered and featured, have previously been experienced, tested and approved personally by me.

    At CarlosMeliaBlog I speak Gay, but I am also fluent in Straight. Everyone is welcome, everyone.

    Former Mr Gay International 2008, I work along the main LGBT organizations worldwide, in pro of our rights and to assure everyone that indeed It will be Better.

    Hope you enjoy this trip and look forward hearing your feedback and comments. CM


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FACEBOOK tales in Koh Samui Thailand

Apr 02 2013
Filed In: Carlos Melia, FeaturedSlider, GPS Carlos Melia, Koh Samui, Thailand

The gay world is small and certainly FACEBOOK has made it even smaller. So here is a funny FACEBOOK story. Both Rubin and I were hanging at our villa at the W Retreat Koh Samui, when I get a message from friends in LAX saying …” We are having Pad Thai at the restaurant..”. My first instinct was, guys we are at the W Koh Samui in Thailand, not in West Hollywood. They replied WE TOO.!!! We saw your photos from Rubin’s Fashion Show and realized we were all at the same resort.!!! What are the odds right. In the end we spent a lovely afternoon at the beach and at our pool drinking sake with Auris, Robbie, Tony and Thomas. Thank you Facebook.!!

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GaySocialites recommends CarlosMeliaBlog

Nov 03 2012
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GaySocialites Facebook Group recommends to all members to read and follow CarlosMeliaBlog.com.

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5000 Facebook Subscribers GOAL completed

Aug 06 2012
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5000 Facebook Subscribers GOAL completed | Carlos Melia | Thank you everyone for the constant support, interest and following. This weekend I reached my new goal of 5000 Subscribers to complete a total of 13,440 followers in Facebook. Keep them coming !!!! Global Experiential Travel by CM @ Carlos Melia Recommends

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11,618 Carlos Melia Facebook followers and Growing

May 25 2012
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11,618 Carlos Melia Facebook followers and Growing | Carlos Melia Network | Exactly a month ago I was announcing that my Facebook Network had reached 10,050 followers/subscribers. Well today a new milestone, thanks to you all, today I have reached the new goal of 4,000 subscribers at my main Profile Carlos Melia. Subscribers is the alternative to Friends, for main profiles that have reached the maximum allowed number of friends, which BTW is 5,000. THANK YOU very much everyone for your support, interest and company. Keep LIKING and SUBSCRIBING… and please do not forget to visit my new page Carlos Melia Recommeds. Cheers CM @ Carlos Melia Recommends

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Reached the 10050 Followers on Facebook going for more

Apr 23 2012
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Reached the 10050 Followers on Facebook going for more | Facebook | Thank you everyone for your support, interest and company. Today I passed the barrier of 3000 Subscribers and next goal is to reach 4000. A total of over 10050 Followers, together with 3011 Subscribers, 5000 Friends and 2058 Follower at Carlos Melia Facebook Page. THANK YOU for being there, specially on those moments when I am alone in the most isolated corners of the world. Always open to feedback, comments and suggestions. CM

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Subscribe to my Facebook Profile NOW

Mar 29 2012
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Subscribe to my Facebook Profile NOW | Facebook | Now you can SUBSCRIBE to my Facebook Profile just by simply clicking on the subscribe button of my Facebook Wall. You’ve always been subscribed to friends. Now you can hear from me even if we are not friends connected. Facebook has the limitation of 5000 friends on your main Profile, but now with Subscribe, you can get my public updates in your News Feed and interact with me, same as if you were my closest friend. Get the latest on luxury travel, unique hotels, restaurants and destinations worldwide, based on my own experiences traveling around the world. Simply click SUBSCRIBE (see the yellow circle on the image above) and lets connect. Looking forward to have you onboard. And remember, my native tongue might be Gay, but I am fluent in Straight to everyone is welcomed to join and subscribe. Cheers CM

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FREE WiFi for everyone a lesson to be learnt by Hotels Worldwide

Jan 22 2012
Filed In: Carlos Melia, Tips

FREE WiFi for everyone a lesson to be learnt by Hotels worldwide | New York, United States | More and more hotels across the world are becoming more savvy and proficient in the use of Social Media and Social Applications. The big question that always raises to this still brand new technology, which many pretend to master, but only a few truly understand, is how to measure the ROI – return on investment. As I travel the world, staying at all types of hotels, I have had multiple experiences with the internet service, which most of the time can be very annoying, where hotels yet don’t understand that internet is one of the top features guests will take into consideration, at the moment of booking their stay. The worst examples during last year travels, were hotels in London, UK and Jaipur, India, where I was shocked with my bill upon check out with charges over USD 40 x day for a lousy crappy connection that would take me over 10 minutes to upload a single photo. On top of that, most hotels do not offer the Multi Device Connection platforms, and travelers like me, we need to at least to connect three devices, such as Laptop, iPhone and iPad, meaning three times the charges. The recently open cutting edge and modern Yotel in New York City, has grasped this concept and finally proved that what I have been telling hotels for the last two years, was indeed a great idea, first and for most to please customers, and second, to self promote their properties and services making use of the different techniques on online advertising and viral effects.

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Les Clefs d’Or USA Gala Diner Boston

Jul 10 2011
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Les Clefs d’Or USA Gala Diner Boston | Boston, United States | Another great Gala Diner surrounded by the ELITE of Hotel Concierges in the World. This time the USA division of this prestigious international organization. The Gala Diner took place at the Seaport World Trade Center of Boston. For those of you that are trying to figure out my involvement with Les Clefs d’Or organization, I am the person responsible for their Social Marketing, Blog, Facebook, Twitter etc. worldwide. Les Clefs d’Or is one of the many clients I work with internationally on my Tourism/Hospitality Marketing Consultant role, that compliments my long proven career as an International Travel Expert and Blogger.

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Behold the Next Generation Travel Agent

Apr 21 2011
Filed In: News

The Next Generation Travel Agent for the New World | by Tnooz | A colleague of mine shared this piece with me today, and I felt so identify with this that I thought I should share it with all of you. Shame that the only part it does not apply to me anymore is the age factor of 20 years old, long long along passed ha ha ha .

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Gay Travel Bloggers Networking Group

Feb 28 2011
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Gay Travel Bloggers Networking Group | If you are a Gay or Gay Friendly Travel Blogger JOIN US. A networking Group for Gay & Gay Friendly Travel Bloggers worldwide. A common space where we can all interact and collaborate to create a synergic group of experienced Gay Travel Bloggers. Reviews, News, Tips on Hotels, Destinations, Restaurants, Attractions, Tours and much more all over the world based on our own travel experiences.

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