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• The variability of Starwood quality...

  Since I travel so much I like to try to focus on specific hotel chains to build up status. This way I can book the cheapest room and get the best available room when I get there. With Starwood, I am less than a week away from Platinum status (50 nights) for this year. Whats annoying though is the huge variability in quality of hotels in the Starwood family. In some towns, the Westins are amazing and... Posted Aug 23 2006, 07:47 PM by technovangelist with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Travel, Starwood Hotels

• A few days in Sydney, Australia

  I have been in Sydney, Australia now for about 2 weeks, though this was the first weekend I could see anything. A colleague asked me a week ago what I thought of the city. At that point I had only seen my mediocre hotel (Sheraton Four Points at Darling Harbor), our offices in Rosebery, and a customer’s office in North Ryde. Based on that I felt it wasn’t a very livable city…meaning... Posted Jun 17 2006, 06:26 PM by technovangelist with | with no comments Filed under: Travel, Australia, Starwood Hotels