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On Tuesday 28th April, we did our second live interview with a travel blogger on Twitter. For those of you who missed it, here is the transcript of our discussion.  We hope Jennifer’s travel insights inspire you to discover more about this unique country and fascinating culture.  Enjoy!

Hi Jennifer (@purplepassport) A pleasure to have you there! Let’s start simply: Who are you, why purplepassport and where are you now?

Hi everyone – I’m in New-York today, but happy to be doing a twitter interview about The United Arab Emirates. I love to travel and keep a blog, diary of the purplepassport, with my best friend Emily (@purplesuitcase). We have matching purple passport covers! I live in the UAE with my husband.

How is the desert climate … after living in other countries, I guess it’s quite a change! What would you advise?

The Desert, by Purplepassport

I arrived in winter when it was cooler (around 20-25 C) so haven’t been there for hot summer yet. People usually say that summer is a time to stay inside, with temperatures reaching 50C! Thankfully there is lots of air conditioning everywhere. One thing that surprised me the most about the climate was the sandstorms – wind picks up and sand gets on everything!

Good luck for this summer then. We have a question from @velvetescape : Dubai has a boomtown, over-the-top ‘Las Vegas’ image. Is it really true? (more…)

On Tuesday 21st April, we did our first ever live interview with a travel blogger on Twitter. For those of you who missed the interview, here is the transcript of this first experience. We think it was a success! And so we will regularly be carrying out similar interviews in the future so that we can discover and share together the experiences of these passionate travellers from all over the world. We hope you find their insights as interesting as we do:

Hello velvetescape a pleasure to have you there! For those who do not know you: who are you, where do you come from and why did you choose velvetescape as a name?

Velvetescape during his favourite activity: Travelling

A pleasure to be there! I’m originally from Malaysia but I’ve lived in Amsterdam for almost 20 years. My background is in banking & economics.
Velvet Escape is about getting away from our daily routine or structured lives and exploring, being adventurous, reflecting and doing it in style (that’s the ‘velvet’ touch!). My travels are my velvet escapes!

And how do you find the time to travel so much? I’m starting to wonder how you’re finding time to work!

I had up to 40 days of leave a year. I took a sabbatical last year, went around the world in 5 months and I’m still on my sabbatical.

Lucky you. I know a lot of people who would love to do the same!

We have a question by one of our fellow followers: @Cristian20 During your travel, what sense develops itself the most? And what was your strongest souvenir? (more…)

We love luxury and character hotels, all with a touch of something unique but more importantly offering an exceptional experience.

Today travellers all around the world are sharing their experiences and tips about the places where they have been; in personal blogs, on Twitter, on social networks… the sources of inspiration are limitless.

Following the launch of the Splendia blog and the Splendiahotels twitter account, we have started discovering and exchanging ideas with other passionate travellers.  And we would like to share their experiences and passion with you.

We are proud to announce the first Splendia Twitter interview with velvetescape (his twitter account here) , a blogger living in Amsterdam who travels extensively all over the world and who regularly publishes beautiful and fascinating articles about his travel experiences. We are very happy to have him on board for this first experiment!

If you don’t really know what Twitter is, check our article about it.

The subject of this interview will be: “TRAVEL IS A FEAST FOR THE FIVE SENSES”

It will be held on Tuesday 21st April at 17.00 (GMT +1:00) and you can follow it live on the Splendia flux.

You can ask your own question:

Meanwhile, if you would like to participate and ask him a specific question, you’ve got until Monday 20th April to send us your questions for velvetescape (140 characters maximum) by emailing us at david[dot]bennet[at]splendia[dot]com or by sending your question to Twitter #splendia (please do not post any more questions on this channel after Monday in order to avoid any problems during the interview).

Fellow Twitter users: you will, of course, be able to interact with us directly during the Interview.

If you can’t follow the interview in real time, do not worry!  We will publish the transcript of this interview with additionnal details on Wednesday 22nd on this blog and on our Facebook fan page.

We look forward to receiving some interesting and original questions from you and to catching up with you on Tuesday!

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