N-REV Book Airline Employee World Travel & Discount Guide

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RESTAURANTS and NIGHT-LIFE

HOTELS

AFRICA TOURS

-Ivory Safaris - Kenya Safaris (From Nairobi): 3 days Masai Mara
Luxury Air Safari from $554; 6 days Lewa Downs/Masai Mara Luxury 
Camp Air Safari $1,339; 4 day Treehotel/Samburu/Mount Kenya $765; 
4 day Rift Valley/Masai Mara (two) $655; 6 day Treehotel/Mount 
Kenya/Rift Valley/Masai Mara (two) $1,130.  For reservations call 
(425) 895-7152, E-Mail ivorykenya@aol.com, Fax (425) 895-7152. 
Note: All rates are per person sharing twin, safaris services in
Tanzania or Kenya only, and valid to November 1999. Ivory Photo 
Safaris, 16149 Redmond Way, Suite 254, Redmond, WA 98052

-Ivory Safaris - Tanzania Safaris (From Arusha): 3 days Lake Manyara/ 
Ngorongoro $482; 4 days Manyara/ Ngorongoro (two) $693; 4 day 
Manyara/ Serengetti/ Ngorongoro $746; 6 day Manyara/Serengetti 
(two)/ Ngorongoro (two) $1,086. Shuttle bus transfers Nairobi/ Arusha/ 
Nairobi $80. For reservations call (425) 895-7152, E-Mail 
ivorytanzania@aol.com. Fax (425) 895-7700

-White Hunter Safaris - has available, big game viewing, guided walks, 
day & night drives, incredible bird watching, diamond & gold mines, 
God’s Window, Baobab trees, Blyde River Canyon, Gold Rush town, 
caves & Bushman Rock Art, Wine tours, Capetown, Palace of Lost City, 
Boer & Zulu War battlefields, curios, golfing, fishing, hunting, 
Minimum safari 7 days, special rate of $250 per day per person, all 
inclusive, airline employees, spouses, parents, & retirees. Each safari 
itinerary tailored, 2 to 6 persons. White Hunter Ltd. Julius Glogovcsan 
Tel/Fax 310-375-5698  1609 Via Garfias, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 
90274


RESTAURANTS and NIGHT-LIFE


AFRICA HOTELS

BOTSWANA

BOTSWANA HOTELS
-Chobe Safari Lodge - 37 rooms.  Located on the banks of the Chobe 
River.  P.O. Box 10, Kasane  Telephone 65-03-36

CONGO

CONGO HOTELS
-Hotel Inter-Continental - 50% discount based on availability.  5 night 
maximum stay.  496 rooms and suites.  Located in a residential area.  
Pool, tennis, casino, gym, sauna, 3 restaurants, 4 bars.  800-327-0200

EGYPT

EGYPT HOTELS
CAIRO
-Cairo Nile Hilton - In the heart of Cairo with views of the Nile, city 
and pyramids.  15 miles from airport.  433 rooms, suites and 4 executive 
floors and clubroom.  5 restaurants, 2 bars, disco, casino, outdoor pool, 
sauna, steam bath, clay tennis courts, squash, and exercise facilities.  
Call for discount  800-HILTONS

-Cairo Ramses Hilton - In the heart of Cairo on the east bank of the Nile.  
Views of the Nile and city.  15 miles from airport.  838 rooms, suites 
and 3 executive floors and clubroom.  6 restaurants, 3 bars, casino, 
outdoor pool, sauna, jacuzzi, steam bath and exercise facilities.  
Call for discount  800-HILTONS

-Inter-Continental Semiramis - 50% discount based on availability.  5 
night maximum stay.  Located on the east bank of the Nile.  840 rooms 
and suites.  11 restaurants, pool, travel desk and satellite.  Call for 
availability  800-327-0200

-Sheraton Hotel Towers and Casino - Located on the river bank of the 
Nile.  433 rooms. Pool, health club, sauna, gym, jacuzzi, tennis, Casino, 
restaurants, bars.   800-325-3535

-Sonesta Hotel and Nile tours - Located in Heliopolis, 10 minutes from 
the airport.  254 rooms and suites, 6 restaurants, 3 bars, nightclub, 
fitness and beauty spa, heated pool.  Nile cruises available on deluxe 
cruise ships.  800-SONESTA

LUXOR
-Luxor Hilton - 261 rooms.  Located on east bank of the Nile.  
800-HILTONS

-Sheraton Luxor Resort - 296 rooms. Pool, tennis, volleyball, croquet, 3 
restaurants, lounge, disco. Located in resort area on the Nile.  
800-325-3535

-Sonesta St. George Hotel Luxor - Located on the banks of the Nile just 4 
miles from the airport.  224 rooms and suites, 5 restaurants, 6 bars, 
pool, fitness center and spa.  800-SONESTA

KENYA (SEE ARTICLE NEXT PAGE)

KENYA HOTELS
NAIROBI
-Hilton Safari Club - 24 rooms.  Voi Taveta Road.  800-HILTONS

-Inter-Continental Nairobi - 50% discount based on availability.  5 night 
maximum stay.  385 rooms, health center, pool, casino, restaurants, 
bars.  City Hall Way.  800-327-0200

-Nairobi Hilton - Located in the center of Nairobi central to shopping.  
302 rooms and suites, executive floor and clubroom.  Minibar, 
hairdryer, heated pool, sauna, steam bath, jacuzzi and exercise facility.  
Call for discount  800-HILTONS

MOROCCO

MOROCCO HOTELS
AGADIR
-Sheraton Agadir Hotel - 156 rooms, 2 pools, sauna, health club, gym, 
tennis, casino, 2 restaurants, lounge.  15 miles from airport.  Close to 
Agadir Beach.  800-325-3535

CASABLANCA
-Sheraton Casablanca Hotel - 306 rooms, pool, sauna, jacuzzi, health 
club, gym, solarium, squash, 4 restaurants, 2 lounges.  15 miles from 
airport.  100 Ave. Des F.A.R.  800-325-3535

TETDUAN
-Hyatt Regency Marinasmir - 30% discount, 59 rooms, pool, sauna, 
tennis, steam room, fitness center, restaurants, bar.  40 miles to Tangier 
Airport.  800-233-1234

NIGERIA

NIGERIA HOTELS
ABUJA
-Sheraton Abuja Hotel - 524 rooms, pool, sauna, tennis, squash, gym, 
health center, 3 restaurants, 2 lounges, casino.  24 miles to airport.  
Ladi Kwali Way.  800-325-3535

LAGOS
-Sheraton Lagos Hotel - 273 rooms, pool, tennis, jogging, 4 restaurants, 
lounge, disco.  2 miles to airport.  30 Mobolaji Bank.  800-325-3535


KENYA ARTICLE

Population:  25 million
Area:  350,000 square miles
Language:  English, Swahili
Time zone:
Currency:  Kenyan Shilling
Capital:  Nairobi
Tourist information:  212-486-1300
Airlines:  Air France, KLM

When planning your Kenya trip, make sure you plan it to the smallest 
detail.  Most travelers to Kenya will be on some kind of tour package 
that is considered a photo safari.  We strongly recommend planning 
your safari with one of these tours.  You can actually go to Nairobi and 
just pick-up a safari there, but we do not suggest doing this.  We found 
a tour company called Ivory Safari Tours (877-SAFARI-8) out of 
Washington that offered a good airline employee discount land package.  
We went with a private tour package, just us in the van.  This is more 
expensive but remember that you are going to be stuck with the people 
on your tour for 10 days and you run the risk of having nightmare 
co-tourists that may not even speak your language.  If you have ever 
been on a cruise, you know how different people can be in constricted 
areas.  Picture sitting next to those people everyday for long periods of 
time in a small van, and to think you flew 20 hours to deal with this.  
The private tour also lets you decide when and where you go to view the 
game.  This becomes very important in the morning.  Most game drives 
are dictated by your hotels/lodges dining times.  On a private tour, you 
go when you want to.  Here’s how our tour went.  We left Nairobi early 
in the morning and went to Tsavo National Park.  In Tsavo, we stayed at 
the Kilaguni Lodge for one night.  The next morning we went to 
Amboseli National Park and stayed at the Amboseli Serena Lodge for 2 
nights.  We then left for Aberdare National Park and stayed at Treetops 
for one night.  Then we went to Samburu National Park and stayed at 
Larsens Tented Camp for one night.  We then went to Mount Kenya 
Safari Club for one night and then to Lake Naivash and stayed at the 
Lake Naivasha Hotel for one night.  The next day we went to Masai 
Mara Game Reserve and stayed at the Mara Safari Tented Club for 2 
nights.  The next day we went back to Nairobi.  Our favorite places were 
Larsens Tented Camp and Amboseli Serena Lodge, but every place we 
stayed was beyond incredible.  If I had it to do over, I would skip 
Treetops and add a day to Larsens Tented Camp.  Larsens has tents that 
should be considered 5 star tents.  There are very few tents, so it’s not 
crowded and the service is excellent.  Your dinner is cooked over a grill.  
The game around this area is great.  Amboseli Serena Lodge in 
Amboseli National Park boasts the largest concentration of game 
anywhere.  Your view of Mt. Kilamanjaro is incredible.  Mount Kenya 
Safari Club is a beautiful lodge.  This lodge is the epitome of decadence 
and even has a fire place in your room that the staff starts for you while 
you are at dinner.  When you’re there, check out the pool table.  It has a 
lot of history to it and it is huge.  When you go to the Mara Safari 
Tented Club, your driver gets a break.  The club has its own drivers and 
land rovers that you view the game in , complete with cold drinks.  
While at the Mara Safari Tented Club, keep in mind that the Masai 
Mara is the Kenya name for the Serengeti.  We wanted to actually go 
into the Serengeti, so we had our driver (not the clubs driver), take us 
one day.  He hired a guard to come with us, and we went.  We figured 
why come all this way and not actually go into the Serengeti.  The guard 
was for two reasons, poachers and if the van broke down.  There is a 
problem with poachers on the Tanzanian border.  They come from 
Tanzania for elephant tusks and leopards.  The penalty for poaching is 
execution, so if you come across one, they will do anything to keep you 
from radioing in their position.  When we were at Amboseli, a tourist 
van had come across some poachers on the road.  The van driver 
stopped and started backing up.  The poacher shot at the van trying to 
hit the radio but the bullet went through the front of the van, the 
dashboard, the front seat and hit a tourist in the knee.  The only thing 
worse than poaching in Kenya is hurting a tourist.  I’m not trying to 
scare you, just make you aware that poaching is a problem around the 
border.  Another interesting thing to do is visit a Masai village.  Have 
your driver set up a visit to a Masai village.  This usually means paying 
off the village chief.  Keep in mind that in order to become a Masai 
chief, you must first kill a lion by yourself using only a spear or knife.  
Do not eat or drink anything at these villages.  Which brings me to 
medical issues.  Make sure you have all the required and recommended 
shots before you go, and we suggest the flying doctor insurance.  Save 
some room for souvenirs.  Everything in Kenya is inexpensive.  We 
found that the best deals are from villagers coming up to your van with 
items for sale.  At times this can be scary and aggressive, but we had fun 
with it.  Watch your stuff when you do this including earrings and 
necklaces.  Make sure your driver takes you to the equator city to see a 
demonstration on water and how the equator effects its rotation.  There 
is so much more to tell you, but the most important thing is that this by 
far was the best, most exciting, most relaxing and most unforgettable 
travel vacation we have ever had.

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA HOTELS
CAPETOWN
-Cape Sun Inter-Continental - 50% discount based on availability.  5 
night maximum stay.  Located in city center.  368 rooms and suites.  
Fitness center, sauna, pool.  800-327-0200

-Holiday Inn - Holiday Inn has 5 locations in Capetown.  Call for 
discount and locations  800-HOLIDAY

DURBAN
-Durban Hilton - Located next to the international convention center.  
327 rooms and suites, minibar, restaurants, bar, pool and fitness center.  
Call for discount  800-HILTONS

-Holiday Inn - Holiday Inn has one Crowne Plaza and 3 other locations 
in Durban.  Call for discount and locations  800-HOLIDAY

SANDTON - JOHANNESBURG
-Holiday Inn - Holiday Inn has one Crowne Plaza and 2 other locations 
in Sandton.  Call for discounts and locations  800-HOLIDAY

-Inter-Continental Sandton Sun and Towers - 50% discount based on 
availability.  5 nights maximum stay.  564 rooms, 2 pools, health center, 
4 restaurants.  800-3270200

-Sandton Hilton - Located in the business district and 25 minutes from 
Johannesburg airport.  329 rooms and suites, minibar, international 
restaurants, pool, sauna, tennis and fitness center.  Call for discount  
800-HILTONS

TANZANIA
TANZANIA HOTELS
DAR ES SALAAM
-Sheraton Hotel - 252 rooms, pool, 2 restaurants, bar.  Near Selous Game 
Reserve.  Ohio Street.  800-325-3535

ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA HOTELS
LUSAKA
-Hotel Inter-Continental - 50% discount based on availability.  5 night 
maximum stay.  402 rooms, pool, tennis, casino, restaurant, disco.  
Close to embassies.  Haile Selassiee Ave.  800-327-0200

ZIMBABWE
ZIMBABWE HOTELS
HARARE
-Crowne Plaza - 246 rooms, pool, health and fitness center, restaurant.  9 
miles to airport.  54 Park Lane.  800-HOLIDAY

-Sheraton Harare - 316 rooms, pool, gym, sauna, tennis, 4 restaurants, 3 
bars.  8 miles to airport.  Pennefather Ave.  800-325-3535

ASIA
Cambodia - China - India - Indonesia - Japan - Malaysia - 
Nepal - Pakistan Philippines - Singapore - South Korea - 
Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Thailand - Uzbekistan


ASIA

CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA HOTELS
PHNOM PENH
-Inter-Continental - 50% discount based on availability.  5 night 
maximum stay.  354 rooms, pool, sauna, tennis, fitness center, 
restaurants, bars.  15 minutes to airport.  296 Blvd. Mao Tse Toung.  
800-327-0200

CHINA

BEIJING - CHINA ARTICLE

Population:  8,000,000
Area:  6,487 square miles
Language:  Guoyu
Time zone:  Eastern time + 13 hours
Currency:  Renminbi (RNB)
Tourist information:  Chinese Embassy in D.C.
Houston, Chicago, New York or 213-545-7504
Airlines:  Northwest, Air China, Canadian Air, British Airways, 
Quantas, United


As one of the last communist countries, China offers the traveler a look 
at a society that is largely controlled by fear.  We went to China having 
one thing in mind, to see the WALL.  We really had no idea what other 
reason there would be to go to China.  Boy were we wrong.  China was 
nothing like what we expected.  I expected wall to wall people being that 
Chinas population is over 1 billion.  In Beijing, there are a lot of 
people, but just ten minutes out of town you find the most beautiful green 
mountains and rolling hills that are not populated.  If you think 
Yosemite is pretty, you have to see China.  We stayed at the Holiday Inn 
Crowne Plaza (48 Wangfujing Dajie) in downtown Beijing.  This hotel 
is beautiful.  We highly recommend it.  It is a 5 star hotel that is 
central to all the sites.  We also recommend using taxis, they are 
inexpensive and driving seems like it would be a nightmare.  Shopping in 
Beijing and the rest of China is excellent.  You can find your best buys at 
the wall, but you must haggle.  We found the best tactic was to give them 
your price minus 20% and when they say “too low” then say O.K. thank 
you and start walking away.  They will yell (this will soon be familiar to 
you) “hello, hello, hello.”  There are government owned “Friendship 
Stores” that are everywhere, but the prices here are high.  We decided to 
promote capitalism and shopped at the small stores and vendors, they 
always had better prices.  Silk alley is by the U.S. Embassy, so we 
suggest checking in at the Embassy when you get there and then 
walking about a block over to silk alley.  This is where you find the Polo 
knock-offs.  Try everything on before you buy it.  The sizing is strange.  
It’s not just small or large, it’s O.K. in the body but short in the 
sleeves or vice versa.  Warning, do not buy software here.  We were 
approached by people selling pirated CD’s and software.  This is illegal.  
We booked a van and an English speaking driver to take us to the wall (we 
set this up at the hotel at the bell desk).  There are two places at the 
wall we recommend you see.  Badaling is about 50 miles northwest of 
Beijing and Mutianyu is about the same distance to the north of Beijing.  
Badaling is touristy and is by far the most popular place to see and walk 
on the wall.  You take a cable car up to the wall where you can walk as 
far as you want.  Great souvenirs here.  Mutianyu is less touristy and the 
wall is in a more natural state of repair or lack of.  There were also a 
lot less people here and, from the parking lot, you just walk right up onto 
the wall instead of having to ride a cable car like at Badaling.  We 
suggest going to both places.  Another warning, do not buy old coins 
from vendors.  The Chinese are excellent forgers.  We purchased some 
coins at Mutianyu and found them to be very good fakes when we got 
home.  One thing you must do in Beijing is have Peking Duck.  The 
Holiday Inn actually had the best Peking Duck even compared to the 
number one rated duck restaurant.  Other must sees are the Summer 
Palace, Lama Temple (Yonghe Gong), and Ming Tombs.  Plan to spend 
a day each at the Imperial Palace, the Summer Palace and the Ming 
Tombs.  You can do the Lama Temple and Tian’anmen Square in about 
half a day each.  We did not like the Beijing Zoo.  We found the 
conditions for the animals to be so bad that we left feeling sorry that we 
helped perpetuate its existence by paying the admission fee.  If you 
think human rights in China are bad, you wont believe the animal rights.  
A side excursion to Xi’an may be something you want to do.  Xi’an is 
where they found over 7,000 life size terra-cotta soldiers and horses 
buried in a hidden tomb in 1974.  We booked our trip at the hotel for 
around $200 each on Air China.  The flight was about 2 hours and the 
drive about an hour.  We flew out in the morning and came back that 
same night and we had plenty of time to see the terra-cotta army.  If you 
plan on going to the Summer Palace, you may want to price out some 
prices on freshwater pearls in the U.S. before your trip.  We purchased 
some excellent quality freshwater pearls at the Summer Palace for about 
half the price you would pay in the U.S.  Don’t forget to haggle.  Make 
sure to have lunch at the restaurant where George Bush ate while there.  
Ask anyone for directions to where President Bush ate lunch and they’ll 
tell you where.  The food was great.  If jade is up your alley, China is 
the place for you.  Jade is everywhere.  Again, the best prices are in the 
small shops.  Tea is also inexpensive and the quality is unmatched.  We 
found the best prices on tea at the government tea store (not the 
Friendship Store).  Keep in mind that very few people speak English, so 
be prepared to do a lot of pointing.  By the way, there is a Dunkin 
Donuts about 3 blocks from the Holiday Inn. 


CHINA HOTELS
BEIJING
-Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza - 385 rooms .  Located in the heart of 
downtown.  Just two blocks from the Imperial Palace/Forbidden City.  
Travel agent on-site, indoor pool, sauna, jacuzzi and fitness center.  
International world class restaurants and shopping in the hotel.  Call for 
discount.  48 Wangfujing  800-HOLIDAY

-Radisson SAS - 50% discount based on availability.  362 rooms.  6A 
East Beisanhuan Rd.  800-333-3333

-Sheraton Great Wall - 1,007 rooms. Pool, gym, sauna, tennis, 4 
restaurants, 2 lounges. Located 13 miles from airport on outskirts of 
city.  10 North DongSanHuan Rd.  800-325-3535

HONG KONG ISLAND
-Grand Hyatt Hong Kong - 30% discount based on availability. 572 
rooms. Pool, tennis, whirlpool, golf driving range, restaurants. Located 
on the waterfront with views of Victoria Harbor. 1 Harbour Rd.  
800-233-1234

-JW Marriott Hotel - 604 rooms.  88 Queensway Pacific Place  
800-831-1000

KOW LOON PENINSULA (HONG KONG)
-Hyatt Regency Hong Kong - 30% discount based on availability.  723 
rooms.  Located in the center of town in heart of shopping. 15 min.s to 
airport.  67 Nathan Rd.  800-233-1234

-Hotel Nikko Hong Kong - 462 rooms.  15 minutes from airport.  72 
Mody Rd.  800-NIKKO-US

-Ramada Hotel Kow Loon - 205 rooms.  Located Downtown.  73-75 
Chatham Rd. 5.  800-2-RAMADA

-Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers - 798 rooms. Pool, sauna, health 
club, 6 restaurants, 2 lounges. Located opposite cultural center and 
space museum.  20 Nathan Rd.  800-325-3535

SHANGHAI
-Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza - 496 rooms, pool, gym, squash, restaurants, 
bar.  400 Pan Yu Rd.  800-HOLIDAY

-Hotel Nikko Shanghai - 385 rooms.  2451 Hongqiao Rd.  
800-NIKKO-US

-Radisson SAS Lansheng Hotel Shanghai - 50% discount based on 
availability.  100 Qu Yang Rd.  800-333-3333

-Shanghai Hilton - Located 9 miles from airport.  775 rooms and suites, 
6 restaurants, 2 bars, health club, indoor pool, gymnasium, tennis and 
squash courts.  Call for discount  800-HILTONS

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