BY RODERICK EIME IN VANCOUVER
If you see bees swarming around the 2100 sq foot herb garden at the Vancouver (BC) Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, don’t worry, it’s all part of the program.
BY RODERICK EIME IN VANCOUVER
If you see bees swarming around the 2100 sq foot herb garden at the Vancouver (BC) Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, don’t worry, it’s all part of the program.
BY RODERICK EIME IN SABAH
Starting a world-standard eco-resort from scratch is no easy feat, but Mataking Island (Pulau Mataking) in the Celebes Sea to the East of Sabah is an example of how to go about it.
BY RODERICK EIME IN NIUE
In December 2010, HM magazine ran a feature on the development of the tiny island nation of Niue, unknown to most members of the travelling public and in response, HM ventured to Niue to see for himself the progress of tourism development and to meet Hayden Porter, the man tasked with expanding the “Rock of Polynesia”.
BY RODERICK EIME IN BANGKOK
It mightn’t be so hard to become the top motel in Mootwingee or the first choice B&B in Clybucca, but to rise to the dizzying heights of number one-rated hotel on Tripadvisor in one of the world’s most competitive accommodation markets really does take something special.
BY RODERICK EIME IN HO CHI MINH CITY
When Tank 390 of the North Vietnamese Army crashed through the gates of the Independence Palace on April 30, 1975, Saigon changed forever. In the grounds of the preserved palace, now renamed Reunification Hall, a replica of the tank sits proudly on a concrete slab on permanent guard, reminding visitors just who’s who in the new Ho Chi Minh City.
BY RODERICK EIME IN PHNOM PENH
Despite their dramatic exit from Indochina in 1954, the French have never lost their enthusiasm for the former colonies of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
BY RODERICK EIME IN FIJI
Amid stormy weather and giant waves that flooded several hotels, Fiji’s premier tourism trade event, Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE), continued regardless.
EXCLUSIVE BY RODERICK EIME IN FIJI
In a scene reminiscent of that ‘80s beer commercial “They said you’d never make it”, Jenny and Peter Bourke built their dream of luxury Fiji on a run-down remote island in the middle of nowhere that no one wanted to touch.
BY RODERICK EIME IN ADELAIDE
HM checks in to Grand Mercure Mount Lofty House outside Adelaide.
BY RODERICK EIME
The recent announcement by Capricorn Tourism and Economic Development Limited’s CEO, Mary Carroll, looks like bringing to a close the ongoing saga of the failed resort development at Tanby Point near Rockhampton.