It looks IHG Rewards Club will be introducing their next global promotion tomorrow. It will be called Into The Nights, though in practice it looks very similar to the Big Win promotion they ran last year.
Here are all the details we have so far:
-- Current IHG® Rewards Club members and new members can register for the “Into the Nights” hotel rewards promotion at www.ihg.com/freenights
-- Members will receive custom offers to earn bonus points or bonus miles such as: stay more and earn more or stay on the weekend
-- Stay period begins Sept. 4 and ends Dec. 31; members can stay to start earning
-- Members can track their offers and rewards via a customized Rewards Tracker at www.ihg.com/freenights
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A few days ago I visited the new Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.
It's an impressive airport, and there are lots of interesting things about it.
In my opinion nothing quite matches the 6.8 million dollar, 23 foot, 35,000 pound teddy bear in the middle of the departures hall, though. Apparently it was bought by a member of the Qatar royal family, and they're basically using the airport as a storage unit.
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Austin has a history of making simple, everyday things seem unique and beautiful, whether its a personal yard or a public space, the city is loaded with crazy customized creations and the city's Sparky Park in particular is a must see for those who appreciate follies and grottoes.
Sparky Park got its name from its previous life as an electrical substation in 1930. For most of its life it was simply a utilitarian lot with a brick Art Deco municipal building to house the machinery (which is now an exhibition space) tucked into a quiet neighborhood of modest and colorful old homes. When the substation was overhauled to accommodate the current grid, the new machines were installed outside and quickly became an eyesore. In 2008, the City of Austin organization Art in Public Spaces, commissioned local artist Berthold Haas to construct a whimsical wall to obscure the new substation and make the park a serene, inviting, and almost fairytale place.
With help from neighbors (who have left their names if you look closely), an assemblage of karst stones, aggregates, mirror balls, slag glass, broken antique glass dishes, ammonites and other shells, painted stucco, petrified wood, molded cement frieze, marbles, repurposed ceramic disk insulators, and more old substation hardware was built. It shows clear influence from Antonio Gaudi's Parq Guell, 60's psychedelia, the Wonder Cabinets of 1700's Germany, the early 20th century Midwestern Grotto Culture, and the more conventional grottos seen in stately English gardens. Many of the materials used are local and impart a sense of place to the serpentine creation, shaded under large old Cedar Elms. Also on the site is a circular promenade with Crape Myrtles, Mexican Plum trees, Yaupon Holly, and a trellis tunnel with Trumpet Vine and Wisteria. Though tired looking in the 105-plus degree heat of mid-summer (mid-June to mid-September), it is lush and a perfect place for a sack lunch during the spring and fall monsoons.
This is a perfect place for children to explore and touch, and for the elderly or those with physical limitations to enjoy something stimulatingly offbeat without having to trundle up some dusty, thorny hillside. Sparky Park is a must see if you are visiting Austin or nearby towns and want to take in the flair of the weird that the city of bats has to offer.
