stories for you (written by us)
Sure, we thought about coming up with a new and exciting name for our blog: Ol’ Bloggy Blog.
The Duck Stops Here. Kevin.
But at the end of the day, our Google experts said that if people are looking for our blog, they aren’t going to search “The Duck Stops Here”. Or sadly, “Kevin”.
So, welcome to the Accent Inns Blog, where we’ll post stories about what’s going on in our hotels, at our locations, and more.
(By the way, if you do come up with a great name for the blog, let us know—and then we’ll let our experts know, who will let Google and Bing and all the other search engines know. You know?)
Well, we’ve just finished our second annual Accent Inns – source group Charity in Changing times seminars. This year we expanded the reach and put on the seminars at our Accent Inn Victoria hotel, Burnaby hotel and for the first time our Kelowna hotel. The topic was communications and we were so please to have Read the rest of this entry »
Greetings from Lukla. Unfortunately I am not able to send you any photos but will try to tell you a few tales of my trip. Because she wasn’t feeling well, we sadly had to leave Lupita in Namche Bazar as Chandra our guide took Karen and me to Dingboche. It was an amazing trip. Chandra Read the rest of this entry »
Confession: I have an errand boy. One of my passions is mentoring young, motivated women. They are normally in their 20’s and have an abundance of charisma and ambition. Without fail, the first question they always ask me is “How do you run a company and have a family? How do you do it all?” Read the rest of this entry »
Today I sit outside the Khumbu Lodge in Namche in the sunshine. It was been an amazing trip so far. Our definition of luxury changes every day. At first it was Business Class and a nice hotel at Hong Kong Airport. Then it was a day in Kathmandu without a power outage. Now it is Read the rest of this entry »
In just a few days we will be off on our big adventure. Although we have packed way more than we will ever need, there is still a feeling that we must have missed some vital piece of equipment. For that reason we still seem to be magnetically drawn to every Outdoor Store in Victoria. Read the rest of this entry »